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

[Quicksilver]

Myo~

K, I've had this stupidly dull artist's block on my head for months and, after taking in some advice and browsing found for inspiration, I finally got off my arse to do something about it.

So here goes:

Self portrait
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/Cherry_Blossom/sp_web.jpg
The eye is too small and the face shape is a bit off...must really do something about my fringe too - it gets in the way when trying to draw.

Quick self portraits
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/Cherry_Blossom/quicksps_web.jpg
The last one (profile angle) is the most accurate. Should've done these before the main one as a warm-up but I didn't think of that until afterwards...

Faces (drawn last night)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/Cherry_Blossom/faces_web.jpg
No ref, though I could've done with one. I drew these before going to bed.

Apples & A Feather (something I did today)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/Cherry_Blossom/apples_web.jpg
My first time using Gouche paints. I didn't want to use it too thickly because they came in itsy bitsy tubes! >.< And I need some to paint a portrait of my grandma for my grandad.

My mum likes it - she said it looks real. =3 And that apple on the right was dry - I was so diappointed!

Also debating whether to sign it or not 'cause I have a bad feeling I'll screw up my signature when using a ink pen. I'll test it out first....

So thaar we go. Please feel free to crit/comment to your heart's content. :)

~~Quicksilver

[Noë]

nice very nice!
Love the hair, and the self portraits are very good, I can see they're supposed to be you, and its very good if you can do that.
The apples look too purple to me, but I like the painting, the table and feather look very lifelike.
Your lips need some more work, but overal; good!

greetings
Marleen

[asoir]

The nose in the first one needs work, you can't see that it's bumping out and kinda looks like it's completely flat. I'm seeing real progress here, Gouche painting's great! Try using it more often and you'll improve miles.

[jermainevl]

You already know what went wrong with the portrait, so you're a good observer. In time you will get better at both observing and drawing, if you keep practicing that is.

I saw those apples and I said 'wow'. They are almost perfect. The apples should have some more refelection of the table I think. The highlights are well done. The woodtexture is okay, the feather too. But the shadows are too black and sharply edged. Perhaps a dark brown, like burnt umber with raw sienna or something, would have been better, along with a more gradual variation in tone. But still, the piece as a whole is very good!

Keep at it!

P.S. Sign the painting.

[Steinmetz]

hey!! you stole my "baby~" thing!!! I do that!!

Anyway I like the angles of the faces and the way you've mixed things up. Except in most of your face drawings there seems to be one feature disproportionally smaller than it should be. Remember to always start the outline first and then go on with the eyes.

[-Optix]

you are cute!

[Quicksilver]

Noë: Thanks! Yeah, I hate drawing lips. =( Those apples were actually that colour (I hold the paintbrush in front of the object to check when I paint) - they're red American apples, or so my mum says...

Asoir: Thank you :) I think I'll make my granda's portrait my next gouche painting.

jermainevl: Cheers~ To be honest, I don't like the table - the colour is too strong for one, but I wanted to get it on the page because I mixed more paint than I needed (gotta reserve it for now). It was the first thing I painted so I think I progressed from there. I'll soften the shadows when I get home later.

Oh, and there was no reflection - my table isn't [i]that[/t] clean! I guess I should've polished it first. I'll sign the painting too.

Steinmetz: Nyeh :P

I usually do. >_< I'll be fore observant next time. Thanks. =)

-Optix: Lol, thanks.

Cheers for the comments everyone - I'll have a go at drawing people in public and let you know how it turns out, hehe.

[edit] Here's a photo I took when I finshed:
http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/apples_photo.jpg

[Quicksilver]

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/glass_hand.jpg
Drawn kinda quickly 'cause my mum was almost finished cooking dinner so I had to clear the table up.
The first glass looks off - probably because the rim doesn't line up with the bottom so it doesn't have that overall roundness. I think I drew it too tall too.

http://cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/mum_me.jpg
Mum cooking and me after eating dinner. Ref: mirror.

Would've used a softer pencil but that would lead me to spending more time on it - I have an essay to do! :S

Thank you for your time,

~~Quicksilver

[Kronos]

hey quicksilver, really nice stuff :teeth:

you seem to have a good eye for self critiquing, fantabulous! so try and every now and again stop and look at what your drawing and be really critical about the proportions of everything.

i'm going to be really harsh here so don't read this if your in a good mood, cos' i'll spoil it.....

the first self portrait is good(especially the hair) but the eye is too small, the nose isn't really in perspective(looks flat), same could kind of be said for the lips. the neck is a bit thick looking and the adams apple(or female equivalent) is going off the the side. plus like you said, the over all shape of the head isn't quire right.....

the page of selfportaits are really good, patricianly the two on the right, really interesting perspectives and poses. proportions are pretty damn good on all of these!(eyes on the top left one are kinda in-proportionate)

the two heads are extremely good for no ref, only crit is the.....hair.....container.....thing.....? is not really in any kind of perspective, just kind of randomly placed with no particular weight or anything......

the painting of the apples, jermainevl pretty much said it all, you could try blending the feather a bit more the get that smooth texture. also theres a bit of white in the shadow.....

the glass at the top is very good, i really like the light in the shadow. i'm not sure, but i think the shadow should curve out more at the top of the shadow.....dose that make sense:S :dur:

the bottom hand seems like it could do with a little more flesh between the thumb and index finger, and the thumb's a bit big

last self portrait, try not to over emphasize the crease between the nose and mouth. the area around the right side of the neck is kind of strange.....


if you read this far without bursting onto tears, WELL DONE, really your stuff is awesome. hope i helped, probably nothing you hadn't already noticed, but hey, just in case:^^:

keep up the great work

[Quicksilver]

Thanks, Kronos! ^_^ Lol, nah, I'm not that weak. >=P

you seem to have a good eye for self critiquing, fantabulous! so try and every now and again stop and look at what your drawing and be really critical about the proportions of everything.
Thanks~ Yeah, I need to stop thinking about other things when I draw (i.e what hmw I have to finish by tomorrow) to boost concentration and accuracy.

the first self portrait is good(especially the hair) but the eye is too small, the nose isn't really in perspective(looks flat), same could kind of be said for the lips. the neck is a bit thick looking and the adams apple(or female equivalent) is going off the the side. plus like you said, the over all shape of the head isn't quire right.....
Aye, I noticed the eye and overall shape was off. I never really looked into how the adam's apple for females is, so I'll keep an eye out for that next time.

the page of selfportaits are really good, patricianly the two on the right, really interesting perspectives and poses. proportions are pretty damn good on all of these!(eyes on the top left one are kinda in-proportionate)
Thanks!

the two heads are extremely good for no ref, only crit is the.....hair.....container.....thing.....? is not really in any kind of perspective, just kind of randomly placed with no particular weight or anything......
Haha, the hair/head band? Yeah, I thought it looked flat too, but I wanted to go to bed...:^^;:

I'll work into the shadows for the apples sometime today as I'm in college all day tomorrow (9am-6pm plus ~2 hours of travelling, geez...).

the glass at the top is very good, i really like the light in the shadow. i'm not sure, but i think the shadow should curve out more at the top of the shadow.....dose that make sense

the bottom hand seems like it could do with a little more flesh between the thumb and index finger, and the thumb's a bit big
Hehe, yeah, that made sense. I need to do some more detailed hand studies too rather than just drawing rough outlines.

last self portrait, try not to over emphasize the crease between the nose and mouth. the area around the right side of the neck is kind of strange.....
The filtrum? Yeah, I see what you mean.

.......I hate drawing necks. >_<

Cheers for the crit, Kronos, I really appreciate it!

I'll be doing some studies on anatomy when my books arrive (Anatomy For The Artist and The Nude Figure: A Visual Reference for the Artist). The first one should come in by Monday at the very latest - the second takes a couple of weeks.

Here's something I made the other day for my watercolours after spending £11.-something on that big brush, having nowhere to keep it.....until I made this, obviously:
http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/photos/watercolour_bag.jpg
There are long strips of plastic on the outer borders so I can only fold it to a certain point, thus not ruining that brush before having the chance to use it. >_<

[Quicksilver]

Here's what I sketched on the way to college today. I was going to [try to] sketch the people in the bus [without spewing,] but this nice old lady spotted my sketches and complimented me. =3 As did the old man who sat next to me later on, which was nice~

So she let me sketch her:

http://cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/oldlady.jpg
Would've gone into it more and such but motion sickness got the best of me...her right eye is too small.....damn it was such a bumpy ride. :dead:

Bless, she was so sweet!

[Quicksilver]

Yesterday's sketches (A friend and I hung out in the lecture room until our next class was due.):

http://cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/franpiano_rough.jpg
She was playing Tocotta en Fugue (D minor) so there was no way I could catch her hands properly! Or her arm.

http://cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/franpiano_whole.jpg
With her feet under the piano...o.O
The leg is off, I think the piano is out of perspective (or the wall....dunno) and the front part of the piano looks too long. Too damn lazy to draw all the keys in...

http://cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/thumbnails_lecturetheatre.jpg
Just looking around the lecture theatre (they have music lessons in there too, hence the piano and music stand)

C&C is always welcome.

[Kicek]

quicksilver,

the works you got here are really nice, your SPs look gorgeous, maybe you should add some contrast on those, they seem to be very bright, but maybe thats just my screen.
Good stuff. Now post more.
Chris

[timpaatkins]

These look pretty promising QS, a tip would be to draw up some guidelines when you are doing objects in perspective, its helps alot when placing stuff in relation to other stuff. Start off with some simple onepoint, and soon enough youll get bored witht that and want to move on with 2 and 3! Also, when doing portraits, there are certain "rules" that you can follow, to facilitate placing eyes, nose and mouth, ears, fx edge of mouth alignes with middle of eye/browbone, nose is as wide as eye, etc etc. It really helps, and after while these rules become reflexes, and then you can start to break and stretch them!
Cheers Tim

[DazWatford]

Hey there

I hope I'm not being out of line here (apologies in advance, no offence meant :D ) but your pencil work seems a little timid when compared to your wonderfully bold "Apples" painting.

I'd love to see you try using brush and ink to "draw" with, to see if you can get some of that confidence in to your line work :D

Daz

[Quicksilver]

Thanks for posting, guys!

Kicek: Nah, that was just me not shading them in. ^_^;

timpaatkins: ...edge of mouth alignes with middle of eye/browbone...
Ahaaaa. Wow do I feel stupid! xD Cheers~

DazWatford: Not at all! :) You have a point there, actually, my lines are fairly timid. I did a character sketch last night and I feel as though my lines were so much more loose. It must be the fear of not getting it exact when working from a ref.

So here it is, my Jester (originally the Dragonfly Jester but I forgot to draw her wings):
http://cheeb.co.uk/gallery/jester.jpg
I drew this to trade to either nicolas or poise in the Trading Pages thread, but I kinda like it myself. It's on watercolour paper so the scanner didn't pick up the lines - I ended up taking a pic of it. Hopefully you can see it okay.

I kinda did this before going to bed, so no ref. I *initially* used a ref, but for a different pose, which I later found too boring for thisenergetic character. :)

Erm....her left arm disappeared. I think her torso is too long but I'm not sure. Some people have log torsos! Heh. :^^;: You can see the initial sketches here (http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/myart/dragonflyjester.html)

So......to paint or not to paint?

C&C welcome, as always.

[Uziel]

Great work
I defenatly would love to see more painting of you.
For the sketches try to give them more values, don't just use hard lines to define shapes. Now it seems like you sketch with a pen.

[jermainevl]

About the ones made in the lecture room:
You made the correct observations again. The perspective on the piano isn't bad at all in my opinion, or it just isn't disturbing. The feet that dissapear under the piano: I think it's because of lack of 'planning'. By that I mean you should keep in mind what you want to portray in what area. Quickly draw the large shapes and then refine. Sometimes you just forget about it and start drawing and then you end up with those little mistakes, like those feet and the jester's hat cutting off from the top.

About the jester:
I like it a lot! Nice pose and nice lines. Perhaps it's the cropping from photoshop but there are some unhappy accidents with her fingers and the top of the hat. I don't think the torso is too long. You might think that because her boobs are misplaced. As a pervert I have stared at enough tits to be able to recognise that ;) Her right breast (our left) should be moved more to the left. I don't know if you can fix that or not. Perhaps you could pose in the mirror, to see how it should look like (how the sketch should look like, not you :P).

[Quicksilver]

Uziel: Thank you =) What I'd like to do this year is to complete a ('proper') painting per month using the stunning photographs from a calander I recently bought on wild life. I'll post the WIPs here. =)

All of the sketches posted here are by mechanical pencils. I'm fairly light-handed so I have to boost the contrast and such on PS so you guys can actually see them. Yeah, I'll try not to focus so much on the outline when drawing in future. I guess it's become a habit from drawing animated stuff for so many years! It doesn't apply one bit if my hand is holding a paintbrush though~

jermainevl: Oooohh no, no, she actually had her feet underneath the piano, lol. Since it has wheels it's slightly lifted from the ground - I just didn't think the gap would be big enough to fit feet under. It was just a general comment. ^_^; Sorry about the confusion.
Thank you though. Yeah, I'm pretty bad at planning these things. A3's a bit big to carry around, so I bought this new sketchbook (35.5x28cm) with a leather cover so it should be pretty durable. I don't want to waste it with just random sketches though so I'll wait for that book to arrive (It's late, gggrrrrr!!) to make studies/notes from.

Lol, so that was it. Cheers for pointing that out! :) I'll go over it in a sec.

I've been working on my Art and Graphics projects lately so there's only one rough sketch to show. Finally got some feedback from my tutor, and she said I'm too much of a perfectionist, lol. And that I write too much/go way too indepth when analysing/evaluating my work :rolleyes:

Anyhoo, here's what I scribbled in tutorial today:
http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/myart/jesterrough.jpg
The anatomy is CRAP. I just wanted to try out a different expression for a change. Even that isn't as 'smirky' as initially intended.

Thanks so much for the comments, everyone. :D Feel free to post more~

[lefran]

awesome!
you think i would have been a better model for you lol and been more considerate
next time ill sit with my feet normally and in a nice position for you to draw lol ^_^

[koshime]

well done,
I wont add too much tha tothers have touched upon already. So hope to see more biro work which shows much promise and progress!

ps/ keeping a regular SB is now the harder aspect. lol

[Kian]

Ah, I found your SB. The main thing I'd advise is keeping the block-in lines way lighter. So when you really put down the value of a strong line, the construction will almost dissapear. Keeping ontop of values is hard as hell for me, so we're in the same boat :)

[Quicksilver]

Hehe, thanks, Fran. ^_^ Hey, we have that 1 1/2 break after Printing tomorrow.

Here's what I drew earlier:
http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/myart/hair_biro.jpg
It's a bit sloppier than my usual biro sketches, but I did have to balance a webcam whilst sitting crosslegged, lol. It doesn't matter anyhoo. 'Hope it helped, guys~
[cough]I started to do my own thing with the hair[cough]

Drawn in biro:
http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/bus00.jpg

Dossing about in Art:
http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/andy.jpg
Erm, the anatomy is a bit wacky, and even though it's like a characature(sp?) it's probably still out of proportion. Also in biro.

Attempt of drawing a girl from a shoe shop:
http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/shoegirl00.jpg
I drew this one whilst waiting for the train, so it was all from memory.

Soz, but there's nothing to show that's polished. Yes, the "I've no time!" excuse creeps up here but I'll try and draw more during breaks and such. Sooooo much homework to finish off yet......;__;

koshime: As for updating this regularly, that depends on whether I remember to/can be arsed to scan them, hehe. :P

kian: Yeah, I have a bad habit of going crazy with the guidelines! I'll try to tone down a bit, hehe.

C&C is always welcome.

[Kronos]

hey quicksilver,

wow, i really like the jester on the watercolor paper! i'd love to see you do something more with that drawing (or even the character).....

self portrait: ooooh, the hair is awesome! some of the rendering on the face seems a little too "feathery" try get a more confident hatching or cross hatching going on, however i'm no expert on that, and could be wrong, but something doesn't look as nice as it could. also, she could do with a tiny bit more mass on the top of her head (eyes seem just a little bit too high.....)

i think if the caricature had some more interesting curves, the proportions might somehow work better...... sounds weird i hope you know what i mean?

there are several things bugging me about the last one, but i can't quite put my finger on them.... i think the heavy thick line around the face kind of ruins it.....

overall though, some really nice stuff ( jester especially!!! )
keep at it

[Quicksilver]

Kronos: Thank you! Yeah, I'll erase some of the outline on the girl's face the next time I work into it, lol. As for the hatching and such...I been feeling really weird - almost empty - when working with a pencil lately. I might switch to biro for a while and see how that goes...

I really like my jester, so I'll definately have to do a full coloured pic of her sometime. :) Thanks!

Here's what I drew for my thread: (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=59601) <---clicky~
http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/wayw02.jpg
Mechanical pencil, 30-40 mins?

Drew Fran whilst she was playing on the piano again:
http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/franhair.jpg
Black biro, 2 songs...

Thanks for the C&C! ^_^ Feel free to post more, lol~

[Razorb]

love the very last picture.. the lines are beautiful and well just looks perfect to me heh! ;D

keep it up your doin great :D

[lefran]

amazing once again

[Janus]

very nice sketches. i hope i´ll see more in the future

[MrBobMarley]

Great that you are drawing from life. Best way to learn. I like the jester's pose and the looseness of it.

[silentkitty]

Great studies, I especially like this one: http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/myart/hair_biro.jpg . You seem to have a knack for hair in most of these. : ) Keep it up!

[Kronos]

wowozers, you are really good at hair..... really! ...... as in, its CREEPY how good you are at hair..... O_o;

on the other one, you've got some really good foreshortening, just about perfect! the head is a bit small, but damn, your doing well!

[Panda89]

yo quick, your studies are neat, keep them up to improve!!!
the headsketches remind me of my headstudies :p

[Quicksilver]

Razorb, lefran, Janus: Thanks! :D

MrBobMarley: Thanks, I like that one too (should really paint it sometime...)

silent kitty: Cheers~

Kronos: Lol, thank you!! I couldn't see half of my head because the webcam couldn't pick it up and the furthest distance, so I winged it. :rolleyes:

Panda89: Heeey, that's some compliment coming from you :P Cheers~

K, here's something I started&finished last night (or morning....3:30am)
http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/nakamayukie.jpg
Brown card, dry sepia set (pastels, charcoal pencils etc.)
It could do with some darker shading but I don't have a brown dark enough and I'm afraid using too much black will screw it up....

Something I drew earlier:
http://cheeb.co.uk/gallery/chardes00.jpg
Blue biro.
Any ideas on what I could draw for the rest of her head???

[Ryn]

Hey, good to see another girl on here! You've got some nice stuff.

Your studies of hair are just great - but that doesn't always seem to be the case on your self portraits. On your self portraits the hair seems too linear (though this is only terribly evident on your first batch).

Try looking for highlights and shadows more. I find the best way to find shadows/highlights on hair is to cross your eyes - it makes you direct your focus from individual strands to the blocked out forms.

If your hair is really well taken care of, there probably isn't a whole lot of complexity to the lighting on it. Since that seems like it might be the case, it'll be relatively little work and result in a much more bold picture.

Hope that helps. I'll keep an eye on your sketchbook, it's a good motivator. Goodluck!

[koshime]

its good to see the regular updates and progress.
I quite like the brown card/sepia illustration.
overall - good composition that could be further improved with slighty more contrast (probably hard on natural media) but easy with a click of a photoshop brush stroke!

An introduction of a suggestion of shadow/contrast between clavicles and breastbones perhaps? Keep up your good efforts!

[lefran]

wow theyre awesome i love your design of the girl, i dont think it needs anything else from the front view, but its just the side view that looks like its missing something, we discussed this earlier lol ^_^

[Quicksilver]

Ryn: Thanks! Yeah, probably because those were the first drawings I'd done in about a year(?), so there was some catching up to do. That, and for whatever reason I just couldn't be bothered to go into them all that much. ^_^; Probably because they were of myself, haha.

koshime: Aye, I don't have a pastel dark enough, which is a bum, and black would be too strong to use.
An introduction of a suggestion of shadow/contrast between clavicles and breastbones perhaps?
I actually know what those are now! Yeah, if I can get the time to go back to it then I will. There's soooo much to catch up on in college...(it's my fault really for browsing the forums too much!) Thank you :)

lefran: Hmm, still dunno what to do with her head... Cheers~

Today I've drawn about half a skull at a portrait angle and a small face sketch, which I'll try to finish off either tonight of tomorrow. For the mean time, English homework beckons....;__;

[Quicksilver]

Myo~

Nothing in-depth lately, I'm afraid!

http://cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/bus01.jpg

http://cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/faces00.jpg
Procrastinating like hell (should've been doing hmw). No ref. because I was too lazy to search for some...

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/girlWIP00.jpg
Kinda developing that character from before. I don't like the turban-looking thing on her head and her nose is too long. I used a ref of a model from Glamour magazine for this. I think her head's too big too.

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/skull_portrait.jpg
Making good use of that anatomy book. It's unfinished and I ran out of space for the back of the skull. >_<

C&C is always welcome. Sorry I haven't been all that progressive lately. :(

[lefran]

mega ^_^

[AshestoAshes]

your really good i like your style.

[yAdam]

You're off to a good start with your sketchbook..The main thing I think most people have touched upon too, is value and contrast, that would probably be something to begin adding/learning when sketching, even if its just simple and quick for some...

I like some of your costume design, especially the jester woman...theres anatomy issues sure, but if you keep up the studies etc, then you will see improvement in that area in no time..

Nice update too, but, stick a piece of piece of paper underneath if you run out of room, and continue drawing on that... then it wont look squashed..

[Kian]

Totally loving the bus image! It rocks! The skull needs some proportions sorting. But the rendering is great. You're defo coming along great Quicksilver :)

[Quicksilver]

lefran & AshestoAshes: Thanks =)

yAdam: Cheers~ Yeah, I should get into the habit of extending my pics if I run out of room rather than leaving it be. Thanks for the tip. :)

kian: Chaaars~ Yeah, the skull is way off in some parts, lol.

Stuff from life drawing today - it was my first lesson so it look some practice to get into the swing of it, but I think my drawing improved a hell of a lot in the process:

5 minutes warm-ups:
http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/ld00.jpg
http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/ld01.jpg
http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/ld02.jpg

30 mins:
http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/ld03.jpg
http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/ld04.jpg

An hour and something-minutes:
http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/ld05.jpg

All in all, it was alright, though my first sketches were shite, but that's okay - it's all part of the practice. The people there are really nice, and I can see that I've improved a lot, so that's a good sign!! :D

[Kronos]

hey Quicksilver, nice to see your doing life drawing! it helps SSOOOOOO, damn much!!!! take them whenever you can find them, i haven't done one in over three months :xpld:

i have to say, the first three studies are probably the best.... the anatomy seems a bit wonky on the first 30 min one, but you got the lighting quite nicely on the on after that :). the final one is nice, although it would have been nice to see you work up the face aswell, that would really finish it off....

anywayz, just keep em' coming! these classes will be really REALLY good, hope you enjoy them ;D

[Quicksilver]

Myo~

Oooookay, it's been a lil' while since I last updated (due to being too lazy to scan stuff).

Went to meet a bunch of fellow CAer's on Thursday - it was awesome! It was inspirational just looking at other people's SBs in the flesh and chatting to them. Will defo have to do it again sometime. :)

Thu:
http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/pendoodles_lon.jpg
lefran and I waiting outside the British Museum for everyone else to arrive.

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/sculpture_study.jpg
Rough sketch of a statue from the BM. Think I'm getting too fed up with using pencil now...

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/pizzahut.jpg
Quick pen drawings of some of the guys as they were drawing. They look nothing like them, but hey...^_^;;

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/dance_sketches.jpg
Random doodle.

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/pirate_5mins.jpg
I think Zac started this one: We all had 5 minutes to draw a pirate (char. design), then we'd pass on our SBs accross teh table to view/C&C. Cool, ne? It was really fun~

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/enviro.jpg
Testing out the new markers I bought at Cass Art. Also my first enviro! Drawn in a café.

These were drawn on the train ride home:
http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/hair_dress.jpg
Inspired by Kim's drawings which were inspired by someone else

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/creature.jpg
No ref, and I've no idea what's going on with it's leg.

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/joker.jpg
Char. design: The Joker in a business-like suit. Stil really unclear, I bet. He's riding a unicycle. Weeeiiiird proportions and face. o.O Kinda like his costume so far though.

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/woman.jpg
Inspired by Fran's newly purchased ear piece.

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/statue.jpg
I drew this after finishing my shift at work yesterday. It seemed to attract a few people, haha. Twas all positive and friendly, so that's cool with me. :)

To see the photos I took from the London meet, click here (http://www.cheeb.co.uk/photos/ca_londonmeet/).

C&C Welcome~

[lefran]

cool all awesome your environment is my favourite thing there and i think if you keep going with the joker that would be cool too. maybe with the chamelion type thing you could try a digi painting i think that would work. keep it up!! ^_^

[Midnight]

Hi Quicksilver, it was good to meet you.

I think of the latest batch, the pic of Fran's by far the best (clean, confident lines), although the characters in general are looking pretty good!

Your drawing's coming on, but your shading isn't really giving figures a lot of depth right now. Push the darks a bit further, and the image'll pop more.

btw, is one of those guys me, 3rd pic from the top of the last lot?

Keep it up,
Mid.

[seba_boi]

K, here's something I started&finished last night (or morning....3:30am)
http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/myart/nakamayukie_sepia.jpg

Lovely... I like the captured moment feel and softness of the colours... It gives a ethereal balance to it... :teeth:

I think if you colour some of your 'exotic' sketches, they would look very much alive... Best of luck!...

[Quicksilver]

Fran: Thanks :) Yeah, I'll try and work on that joker one - would like to digi paint it. Could use it for Art.....¬____¬

Mid: Cheers~ It was cool meeting you ^_^ Might see you in the Bristol meet if I can make (and afford) it.
Yeah, I really need to go back to my old ways and spend time shading things in properly. It's just that I'm getting really, really fed up with the pencil atm, and I think I'm overusing pastels just as much. =/ Any suggestions as to what other media I could use?
...btw, is one of those guys me, 3rd pic from the top of the last lot?...
Hehe, yeah. ^__^ Kinda drew your arm too short though. Soz 'bout that xD

seba_boi: Thank you =3 I like that pic too~
Hehe, yeah, should get into the habit of colouring my pics. Just that I get bored super easily. >.< Will try and get into digi painting again though.

Thank you for the comments! :)

[asoir]

http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/myart/joker.jpg
Really nice sketch, improve leaps and bounds!

[Quicksilver]

Thanks, Asoir! ^.^ Hey, what happened to you on MSN? I think I dragged your name to the wrong group so I've kinda lost you. XD

Sketches from last night (past midnight - was waiting fr my dad to finish fixing the heaters =/):

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/ml_webcam.jpg
Chatting/drawing on webcam

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/sp_brushpen.jpg
Quick sketch - pretty crap but mleh. It was late and I wanted to go to bed. ;_;

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/woman_face.jpg
Brushpen and grey marker - ref. from an old cover of Vogue (googled). Her left eye is too small and she looks like rather masculine, lol. Reminds me of the lead singer from Nickleback. XD

Today:
http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/markersketch.jpg
Just testing out the markers again. Photo ref.

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/violinist.jpg
A quick brushpen sketch - I'm guessing 15-20 mins.

Wheee~

[edit]
I keep forgetting to post this one:
http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/myart/haircut_feb.jpg
Mah new haircut.

[4rt-r41d]

Very very good work, and the progress is great, i really like the brushpen ones, just keep em comming, this is lovly!

Peace

[Bad Brownie]

I see a lot of progress as I scroll down this page. How exciting!

I personally would love to see your jester sketch painted, I liked it very much. Expressive. I am also a sucker for painted fruit, and as such, enjoyed your apple study. ; )

I believe it was the back of "Fran's" head that I thought you did a nice job with the hair. You seem very open to critique and personally advancing yourself and I really admire that, it's a wonderful trait! Probably the most important one an artist can have.

Keep practicing your proportions and anatamy, it's only gotten better. There are some real gems here. Your "dancer" sketch comes to mind. ; )

Anyway, thanks for visiting my sketch book, I hope to continue to see you and your work around.

[Quicksilver]

wakazou: Thanks~! :D Yeah, I'm lovin' the brush pen right now, hehe.

Bad Brownie: Wow, thank you for the kind words, Brownie! :bashful: Aye, I'll defo be painting the jester pic as I'll be using it for my current Art assignment (yay for killing two birds with one stone, hehe). :)

On that note, I happened to draw her earlier:
http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/jesterface_line.jpg

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/jesterface_wip.jpg

C&C welcome, as always, as well as suggestions on colour. Not TOO sure about the green in her hat but we'll see how it ends up. xD Haven't digi painted in aaaaaagggeeessss...

Ah, and no ref.

[Kronos]

hey nice updates, especially the ones with the markers and brush pens.....

keep going with those other mediums, digital too

heres a really quick critique of the jester wip, the eyes aren't level and i think her right side of her face is a bit too wide, also her head might stop a bit abruptly at e top of her head (didn't really describe that very well)...also, some darker values to make it feel a little less flat

so, here is a very minor/quick paint over (probably overdid the darker tones just to let you know what i mean)

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a173/stupidsoup/jesterface_wip2.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a173/stupidsoup/jesterface_wip1.jpg

keep em' coming!

[lefran]

ooh i like that ! do some more :teeth:

[Quicksilver]

Kronos: Thankyou~ I've added some darker shading but have yet to alter the line work. Cheers for pointing them out! :D

lefran: Cheers, dahrl~

Today's sketches:
http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/mike_markers.jpg
My bro on the compy

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/sp_markers.jpg
Me (ref. mirror)

Both done with markers. Might need to get some more 'cause I'm kinda limited with colours...

C&C welcome, mewmoo~ ^.^

[yAdam]

Nice updates! One thing I've noticed on quite a few of your characters and life drawings (in particular the one of your brother) is that you dont seem to draw the whole head. It looks like you draw up to where the hair is then start drawing the hair.. It makes it look like the head is a bit squashed. I would draw the whole head first.

[Quicksilver]

yAdam: Aaah yeah, that's a good point. Maybe my guidelines are too rough =/ Thanks! I'll keep that in mind for next time. :)

[JeroArt]

Some great worx here :D Realy like how u fix hair. Just like ur first post, the selfportrait. Good face study's here also. I especialy like girl on the Brown card with the dry sepia set. That ones coming out strong!
Keep it up.

[Immortal]

Your brother looks like...Broken Sword from Hero. Good movie.
Anyways, I like your stuff...id suggest drawing more faces/heads...seems to be a weakness.

[sleep]

heh, as mentioned before, i love the way you render hair when you spend time on it. i also lurf what yer doing with the markers down there. by the way, that apple painting is superb! need to see more like it. i dont do painting much.. i think now i will

:meow: sean

[SillyLing]

I like the hair studies. @_@; I seriously can't draw hair. Althought you should work on the contrast.

On the color works, You really need to work on the the contrast between light and dark. =/ If you look closely the skin is NOT just peach or brown. It has different colors boucing off the skin.... red, purples, greens, blue. Use Cold colors to null out the warm color to create shadows

[Quicksilver]

JeroArt: Thank you! Yeah, brown paper rawks =3 Was meant to stick it in my art assignment but I can't fit it in...

Immortal: Lol, I'll tell him that. ^_^ Cheers for the comment - I'll try and get back to my old ways and actually spend time shading and such.

Sean: Cheers~ And awesome, paints are really enjoyable to use, though (as I learnt a couple of days ago) oils are a pain in the arse to clean up after - not to mention the smell of turps...

SillyLing: Thanks for the C&C - yeah, I need to step back and start rendering my sketches properly. Just that I've been trying to loosen up from the ol' perfectionist days in hope that I'd produce more work and generally have more fun with it. Will defo take the comment on the cold tones next time, just not with markers (they're pricey, I'm broke and I've pretty much every other media under the sun in my bedroom/computer room besides clay).

Here's something I drew today using a 0.1 fineliner on my SB paper tinted with a wet teabag! xD

http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/myart/treething_unfinished.jpg
The initial thought was to draw a natural sculpture of a harp/fox, but then I felt like drawing some roots so I did, then just took it from there. Need to think of a way to disguise the hook-looking bit at the top - I still want the shape, not not the outline.

Anyhoo, thank you for your thoughts :) Feel free to add more~

[Summer Pudding]

Hi Naomi,

a quick word in your ear about colour. Years ago I read a sort of 'how to' book by Patrick Woodruffe, in which he gave some advice which in theory seemed counterintuitive, but worked a treat in practice. He suggested using green as an undertone, especially for fairer skin. The reds, roses, and blues of subsequent layers compliment the faint green beneath. It's not a solution for every situation, but I've found it works for me from time to time.

Also, one of the most, if not the only valuable thing I picked up from colege is to expect the unexpected when analysing a great artist's palette. A great example of this is the Dutch 17th century master Frans Hals. This guy knew a thing or two about colour theory. His flesh tones are so varied, the brushstrokes so bold, god, I love this guy. ;)

Here's a few links to some of my favourites of his. The other day, I heard that the sitter in the first one was stoned at the time. Does it show?

Anyway, that's enough dry sermonising from me

cheers chicken

Pud'

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/hals/laughing.jpg
http://www.mystudios.com/art/bar/hals/hals-lute-player-1626.jpg
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/hals/broecke.jpg
http://www.mystudios.com/art/bar/hals/hals-gypsy-1626.jpg
http://gallery.euroweb.hu/art/h/hals/frans/03-1630/29vanita.jpg

PS: that plums still life is wicked.

[Quicksilver]

...using green as an undertone, especially for fairer skin. The reds, roses, and blues of subsequent layers compliment the faint green beneath...
....That's a really good point. Why didn't I think of that? o_o When I went through a phase of being into interior design (considered it as a career at one point) I learnt a bit about complimentary and uniform colours, etc. Still, no one believes me when I say red and green (reminds people too much of Christmas) and blue and orange go well together.

So when painting fairer skin, should I paint in green (I'm picturing a pale, pasteley green?), let it dry, then add on the rest afterwards?
Was gonna save this for when it was completed but here's something I painted using acrylics:
http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/myart/class_wip.jpg (http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/myart/class_wip(fullres).jpg) <----click for high res. version
Is the skintone okay?

And those paintings by Hals are wonderful - I really like how he's captured, what seems like a meer couple of seconds, of raw emotion, as though from a photograph. They're a lot more 'real' and expressive than standard 'posing for a picture' paintings. And yeah, the first guy looks a bit out of it, lol, if not a bit weary! Thanks for sharing :)

...PS: that plums still life is wicked.
Cheers! Although they're apples! xD Yeah, they do look like plums because of their deep, rich colour, but they're American apples and the taste certainly wasn't rewarding. :( Here's a pic:
http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/myart/apples_photo.jpg
Though they still look like plums.....

Thank you for the tip! ^.^

[krakel]

what a nice sketchbook you have here! really enjoyed your roots picture! You should take a look at rebecca kimmels sb i think! especailly the part about opposing curves..http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=59125
right now the lines of some of your drawings dont really look dynamic and opposed but more like tubes.. eg arms just look like tubes.. i guess that sounds harsh but its a point you need to imrpove i think.. other than that- as i said: nice :) keep going

those apples kinda look like plums in real life too by the way..


peace

[koshime]

As a side track....Fuji apples dont look too nice on the other hand but taste really great.

[Quicksilver]

krakel: Thanks! Yeah, I think you're right - I've seen her SB before but didn't have the time to read it all. :S Her work is superb!

Yeah, they do look like plums. ^_^;; Maybe I should've taken a closer shot.

koshime: Have you seen Vietnamese apples? They're super-duper-tiny!! And a bit sour.

Doodley on the bus-ey:
http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/gallery/bus02.jpg

From today's life drawing class (all in charcoal bar the first and last one):
http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/gallery/ld06.jpg
5 mins

http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/gallery/ld07.jpg
5 mins

http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/gallery/ld08.jpg
15 mins

http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/gallery/ld09.jpg
30 mins

http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/gallery/ld10.jpg
45 mins?

http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/gallery/ld11.jpg
1 hr 30 mins. I messed this one up so badly :S Haven't used watercolours in a whle and I tried a new method which didn't quite work for me, I don't think.

C&C welcome~ I'll go look at Rebecca's SB again :D

[koshime]

oooh nudes! that lady is sure flexible (*grin*). I do like the rendering and form of the 30 min life drawing of the lady's derrire

[Alcian]

The quick line work is looking great and dynamic. Those acrylics are coming along nicely as well, I wish I was more dedicated with acrylics.

[james]

Your drawings are the shit. i love them. your life drawings seem slightly weaker than some of your other stuff but are still way better than anything i could do. Love it

J

[damdischink]

http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/myart/class_wip.jpg (http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/myart/class_wip(fullres).jpg) <----click for

freakin nice start out. Now, finish it,,, me wanna see

[Cold]

Ha hi, quicky:) Just looking at your art, and I can say out of my expierence that if you stick to your lines as accurate as possible when colouring underneath then you'll achieve a crispier look.

Ive drawn over your pic if i may to show you how i work most of the time. Also it comes down to your knowledge of the colourwheel and Complementary colours, knowing this is a must.

Adobe PS6
Before i start to colour my lineart I make the white transparency with this technic I got of a tutorial(DEAD EASY to find). I didnt do it on your picture, i just drew over the black lines again that got coloured over abit:)

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/christianfell/jesterface_wip2.jpg

1. Set a grey layer underneath. This helps me to locate the light source better, due to the extra contrast effect.

2. Then I set my brush's opacity on like 20% for starters and paint the light catching areas out only with your already chosen base colour.

3. The lighter the area is the more opacity you can paint on. It's up to you how you do it, You can either change you opacity to 60% or draw three times 20% over the same spot... I have my opacity low to produce a better flow of gradient.

4. At the end I slap my opacity on 100% and give endges some real saturation. This is the bit what makes your picture standout with that extra crisp!

V. for very importand
Dont forget to add Shadow. I used(Dark Complementary/black) darkblue and opacity 7% to give the picture more contrast and depth.

I hope that has helped a wee bit, take care mate!

[bradley]

totally in love with hair rendering on that painting, life studies are looking great

[Quicksilver]

koshime: Thanks!

Alcian: Cheers :) Acrylics are fun to use and waaaay easier to handle than oils (especially when it comes to cleaning time!! :upset:)

jaykizi: Lol, thanks, man! Yeah, I've only been to 4 life drawing sessions so far. So far the pattern's been like this:
session #1: Good
session #2: Crap
session #3: Good
session #4: Crap
SO theoretically, the next one should turn out good. Yes, I'll go with that. :) And I call them sessions instead of classes because they're not really classes - they supply us with a model and we draw, basically. We don't do 1 minute exercises or whatever you guys apparently do <---has no idea.

damdischink: Aye, I still need to finish that for Art. I'll post the final thing when it's done. :)

Cold: Cheers~ Yeah, when CGing I tend to fill in the space with the base tones, work over them, then clean up (ease the bits outside the outline). I'll try your method next time, thanks~~ ^_^

bradley: Thank you!!

K, I wasn't going to reply until I had more to show, but I've yet to install my scanner (will do that soon though) so all I have to show atm is a speedpaint:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/Cherry_Blossom/bwface.jpg
WIP (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/Cherry_Blossom/bwface_wip.jpg)
50 mins, Photoshop
For this one I kicked my personal grudge against the airbrush and used it to see how something would turn out after putting up with it. It's okay, but I know I can do better. Her nose is waaay wonky.

This is something I started a few weeks ago (was meant to paint a huge tattoo on it but forgot I even painted this until I uploaded the pics above, hehe.)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/Cherry_Blossom/tattoo_process.jpg
I'm still a noob at digi painting.


Otherwise, I have about 7-8 pieces to scan. Until then, here are some crappy pics of them taken with the webcam!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/Cherry_Blossom/Picture23.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/Cherry_Blossom/Picture24.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/Cherry_Blossom/Picture25.jpg

Thank you for looking! :D C&C all ya like!

[Midnight]

Progress here is impressive! I love the WIP painting (especially the hair), although I think the airbrush pic looks a little clumsily handled - the light area is totally washed out, which unfortunately obliterates and detail and flattens it out.

Mid.

[Quicksilver]

Mid: Thanks! Yeah, I don't think I concentrated at all with that pic. Will do next time. :) Cheers for stopping by~

Here be a speedpainty I just finished, yarr:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/Cherry_Blossom/cave_web.jpg

[DannySketch]

ok firstly i luv ya cause some of these pieces are mind numbingly fab
secondly i hate u cause ur a year younger than me and WAY ahead of me,
keep it up that acylics piece is going to be awsome

[yAdam]

Hey naomi, I'm glad you think my sp looks like me, that was the idea ;)

Some of your more recent life drawings have had some really nice expressive lines. I rekon you could do some great gesture studies. It would help with random poses and also proportion to some degree.

For the speedpainting the brushes you've used look like they're set at a low opacity. For some things you might need to, but especially for the characters a more solid brush would have helped give them more form. You could have given that guy a hand too! :)

[[void]]

Oh for fucks sake, you kids piss me off! Everytime i think im making decent progress you guys are being all keen with the arting aswell. Gimme a chance or im never gonna get a job.

I think your doing really well, keep up the studies and life work and your no ref stuff with move so much faster (as long as you keep it balanced). Just keep doing what works for you, thats the great thing about this art stuff, theres no one way forward.

Anyhoo keep on truckin kid your doing great.

[Quicksilver]

Dan: Thanks! Hahaha, :rolleyes: ^_^

Adam: Good good, hehe. Yeah, I'm quite happy with the stuff from life drawing. Hopefully I can make it to the next one (work...) 'cause we'll be in the theatre so it's all stage'un spotlights, baby! Maybe some music too, hmmm...

Aye, so be honest, I have NO IDEA what the hell to do when it comes to digi painting. Anyone willing to share their secrets? =3 (Still need to try out Cold's suggestion when I get some lineart scanned in)

As/Ad': Lmao! Cheers, man, much appreciated! :D

Right, I should really pack my bag and such for college tomorrow...maybe draw more....:)

[Bad Brownie]

Just thought I'd stop in, say hello, and lend my support and whatnot. ; )

Yay for you doin' a speedie! I never do 'em and I really should. Everyone should. You get it!

As for digital painting secrets...hmm...I don't have any, I'm not sure there are any...just sort of trial and error, at least that's all I got under my belt for now. I pretty much learn everything the hard way...by making stuff that sucks and then trying it again slightly differently. Sometimes vastly different.
; )

[Dirty C]

Hey Naomi

Nice bust! I mean torso!

Like I said, I've commented on so much of this in person or on MSN, I didn't realise I'd never posted in your sb. Sorry hehe

As I've said, your abilities with cloth and hair will really help you in the future. Getting materials right is hard, and something I'm pretty shit with. You're doing life drawing at the same time, so you're not leaving much out, which is great. Your portraits (particularly SPs) really stand out as great work though.

Really like that bizarre tree too - definite mood going on there.

With the life drawing, the hard marks in the background are a bit distracting. The value's probably a lttle too dark, but more importantly, the lines are too sharp. If you smudged that back with the palm of your hand, the high contrast in the gaps between lines and paper wouldn't draw the eye to them so much. We need to be focussing on the figure, and those are kinda taking away from it just now.

Anyway, keep it up kiddo :P

[Quicksilver]

Brownie: Thanks for dropping by, dahrl~ Yeah, I need to do more speedpainteries too - they'e good practice, just easy to forget about!

Dirteh Christ(ian): Lol! Haha, no worries ^_^ Cheers for helping out so much at the meets - I learn loads just listening to you and Kim. Can't wait for the next one already!
Speaking of SPs, you better do one when your battle scar is ready!! Mweheh :P

Aaaahh crap, I knew I forgot to do something. I'll take pics of the stuff from life drawing after this post (since I went through the trouble of scanning, re-sizing and uploading all 14 sketches)

http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/gallery/bw.jpg
Brush pen
Seeing if I could only mark down the shade of objects, avoiding the use of lines as much as poss.

http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/gallery/bw_face.jpg
Black poster paint, a white coloured pencil and chalk
Just experimenting~ Think I smudged it too much round the hair, but that’s just being really picky. Hehe.

http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/gallery/blarg.jpg
Pencil
Bloo?

http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/gallery/face.jpg
Pencil
I honestly can’t tell if this is aguy or a girl! The ref was of a girl, but she has really strong features so it ended up looking like a guy….ish. I dunno. :S

http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/gallery/face_lady.jpg
Pencil
Some lady I saw waiting for the bus. She wasn’t even facing at this angle (mainly saw the back of her head) so I guess this was done with a semi ref.

http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/gallery/boy_acrylic.jpg
Fineliner, acrylic paint
Speedpaint (50 mins?) – I liked it when it was still sketchy, but my mum came in to see me work so I started talking and explaining, which lead to me using the wrong colour for the highlights. >_< So I had to layer on paints a bit more thickly to hide it. Not that I’m blaming mum; I’m just crap at working whilst talking sometimes.

http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/gallery/hand_charcoal.jpg
Charcoal
Pocrastination [sigh] Should’ve been doing stuff for Art…

http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/gallery/supayoyo.jpg
Pencil, fineliners, grey marker
Suupaaaa Yoyo! ^.^/

http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/gallery/torso.jpg
Pencils, fineliner
Took some random photos after I bought a waistcoat-ish jacket from TopShop and drew a couple.

http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/gallery/face1.jpg
Pencil
3-5 mins? This is a super quick start to a portrait of one of the guys in my mate’s Fine Art class. I had to go to a class so I didn’t end up finishing it.

Ooookie, soz for the crap commentaries with these but it’s a bit late and I have to wake up early for work tomorrow. Rip'em apart, me luvvies~

There’s more to show so please stay tuned!!! :D

~~Naomi xxx

[sleep]

bloobloofbasfla';lfasop'a

yes.so you're evidently getting better. hooray. infact one of my favourites is the very last one you've done, because you can tell already that's its solid etc. i dont actually remember seeing much of this in your sb at the meet. i must be blind ó_o

[le capitan]

you have some really strong qualities too your work, but still plenty of room for improvement. keep at it!

[Quicksilver]

Sean: Thanks! Haha, yeah, it was all there when you saw it last week :P

s.s.nails: Thank you~ Yeah, I definitely agree with ya there, though it applies with everything - nothing can't be improved. :)

Okay, here's something from the last life drawing session:
http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/gallery/ld12.jpg
White chalk on black card
This was the last but one piece I did (haven't posted the others because this was the only one I could find. My room is such a tip...). I'm not too sure how it is, anatomy-wise, but I'm pretty happy with it. The face could do with some more working into but if I remember correctly, my arse was getting seriously numb whilst drawing this, lol (yes, I'm sure you wanted to know that :P).

Studies for Art:
http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/gallery/dancestudies02.jpg
Fineliner (0.1), brush pen and soft pencils (3B, 7B)
http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/gallery/dancestudies01.jpg
Fineliners (o.1, 0.3), Promarker (steel grey)
You can ignore the written babble, hehe.
NOTE: These weren't drawn in order. The one with markers was the first sketch, then the one in pencil, then lastly, the one with brush pen.
In the last CA meet, Kim (sketchling) suggested starting with the torso when drawing figures. Naturally, I thought, "Weh??", but then he explained how it's the core of the figure and that its position decides where and how the other limbs are placed. And y'know what? He was right! I think I busted out these sketches way faster than I would've done if I started with the head (as usual) and my lines became more structured.

My WIP for the TD so far:
http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/gallery/td/girlstd03.jpg
Might do the rest on PS as it's faster but I don't know yet. I still need to alter the foot and make the calf a bit bigger so it lines up with the bottom. As for the hair, I'm thinking of something along thelines of this (http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/gallery/td/girlstd02_bob2.jpg). Please let me know what you think~ :)

Crit away, m'dears~ :cheerleader:

~~Quicksilver

[krakel]

Hey Quicksilver-

Youve got some pretty nice stuff up in here too! I like the values and form in thisone: http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/gallery/ld10.jpg
One of your nicest work I think...

You tend to render in a rather messy way. The values are hard to recognize and its too smudgy-when you draw with charcoal.
I also enjoy your brush-pen works and the drawings of your "waistcoat-ish jacket" :D

The TD-WIP is looking interesting at this point... Really curious where youre gonna take that. You should check on the chin, cheeks and her right leg.. Right now they look a bit awkward.

Anyways- keep em coming like that, progress is def. visible!


krakel

[Quicksilver]

Cheers, krakel! :D
...You tend to render in a rather messy way. The values are hard to recognize and its too smudgy-when you draw with charcoal...
Yeah, definately. I think it's because I like things to look smooth and consistant, and forget that doesn't always work!

Er, forgot to work on the chin but it's a bit late now anyway. Here's my entry for the All Female TD (it's over now - congrats to the top 11 girls!)

http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/gallery/td/quicksilver.jpg
Mixed Media

WIP
http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/gallery/td/girlstd_wip.jpg

Something for the Pen Challenge (which is still going, I think)
http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/gallery/td/penchallenge.jpg
Full res version here (http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/gallery/td/penchallenge_fullres.jpg)
Black biro

Kitty~
http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/gallery/kitty.jpg
Full res version here (http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/gallery/kitty_half.jpg)
Fineliner (0.1)
Just a small doodlish sketch thing from when I was bored. Ref from a lil' purse my sis got me for Christmas (I use it to carry india ink in).

Something I drew earlier:
http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/gallery/dress.jpg

Painted on Photoshop:
http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/gallery/dress_paint.jpg
Obviously unfinished.

Sorry for the lack of updates/self crits but I'm on the verge of being half asleep. :P

Cheers for lookin' Hope to hear from you~!

[Kian]

Nice stuff there Naomi :) Just keep going!

[Eriboss]

ello Naomi, yes you havveee been busy since i last popped in, there's some really nice stuff goin on here. Those waistcoat sketches from up there are erally great, and the kitty is wonderful, one of my favorite peices from you. I liked the concept for the TD piece, juss feel like the proportions may be a bit funky here n there. Great penwomanship you have, look foward to seein your sketchbook in le flesh at teh next meet.
Cheersss

Eri :hat:

[poise]

Quicksilver: your life drawings are looking great, keep at them. :)

[Badger]

Good stuff mi'lady. Some very detailed work going on, you use photoshop like a pen don't you? he he.
these (http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/gallery/bw.jpg) are really good for seeing form.
Nice TD entry btw, dunno if i said.
Keep up the studies.
When working in tone or colour remember it's all relative, so give the background a colour or some middle tone, especially important on computer cause the white is so blazing. This will help show you tonal range, things don't exist on a stark white background very much.
Keep on going.
-B-

[lefran]

i love your entry for TD and your pen challenge is amazing too! the cat is so cute ^_^
(not that im a good role model but) finish your sketches off!

[koshime]

personally i like the b&W illustrations and clothes fashion designs. Good effort!

[asoir]

very nice s/b, took me a while to see that the tdome peice woman was stripping her skin off but good job in the end... keep updating!

[Quicksilver]

Sooo many replies! And most of which were from the same day!! :O

Jon: Thank you~

Chris: Cheers! :D Dunno if I'll end up finishing the kitty though. Twas great to meet you the other day - your SB ish cooooleh. See ya around, Mr. Giant :P

poise/Tiff: Thanks! I keep losing track of when the classes are though 'cause I miss them sometimes due to work. :S Cheers for stopping by~

Josh: Hehe, do I?? Thanks, the TD was interesting to do (will be working on the calander entry soon!).
I gave what you said about the bgs some thought and painted over my more blank pages on PS. Thanks for pointing that out! :)

Fran: Thanks! Hehe, me? FINISH sketches? Hmmm, I'll think about it :P

Chee: Thanks, man. Cheers for dropping by~ :D See you in the next London meet, hopefully.

Asoir (the only one I don't know well enough to call by his first name, hehe): Thanks. Yeah, a few people for confused with the TD entry. I'll be sure ot make my future works clearer to read. :)

righto, here's a wee update (finally!):

http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/gallery/hairstyles_fran.jpg
Pencil
Some hairstyles for lefran

http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/gallery/lilmonsters.jpg
Finliner
Random cartoony monsters. There's another one but I haven't inked it yet.

http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/gallery/chardes01.jpg
Blue pencil
Character design using th elil outfit I designed a few days beforehand.

http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/gallery/scrap.jpg
Pencil
Bus sketch, helping Fran with drawing a hand and a quick sketch of Eri before he moved. :P

http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/gallery/tie.jpg
Pencil
Lil design I tried to sketch before my sister's uni fashion show started. It was dark. o.O

Bristol meet: 14/05/06
http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/gallery/fran_train.jpg
Graphite stick

http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/gallery/pub.jpg
Pencil, Photoshop
Me listening to what Josh said earlier :) No ref for the colouring though, and soz to Dan(nySketch) for holding him from drinking his beer, lol.

http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/gallery/fish.jpg
Pencil, brush pen, Photoshop
Cheers to Kim (sketchling) for giving me his brush pen! It's awesome - waaaay sharper than my other one and you can get that funky dried brush effect with it. :D

http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/gallery/maid.jpg
Pencil
Bleh.

http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/gallery/enviro01_wip.jpg
Pencil, finliner (0.1), Photoshop
Wheee, an actual enviro! Cheers to Kim again for showing me and Fran to make enviros out of random shapes. (Seems obvious but it's still one o fthose things we didn't click onto until then)

I think that's it....though there might be more from life drawing o.O Gotta find 'em first.

Thanks for lookin'! C&C welcome :)

[[void]]

this is fantastic

http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/gallery/maid.jpg

you better not go stealing jobs from me in the future

[Summer Pudding]

In a lot of SBs I rumage through, I see a preponderance of tight linework, or solid form in a given artist's work. It's great to see artists who embrace both, and are yet to settle on one of the disciplines. Your lines are, for the most part going in the right direction. There's loads of confidence there. It's great to see that colour and tonality aren't an afterthought for you, and that you're tackling this aspect of the craft too.

I lose count of the ammount of sketchbooks of young hopefulls, who just tinker on the outskirts of colour and form. You don't seem to be making this mistake.

Drunk at time of writing. Drowning in a sea of Champions League defeat troubles.

<sniffs>

lotsa luv chickadee

Pete

[DannySketch]

as i have already said to ya, that one of badger came out really well, i envy ur increasing tablet skills, my ever so flat beer however (she wouldnt let me touch it untill she drew every bubble:er: ) seems slightly out of perspective with the colour job....that just me?i'm not sure wat it is or if it just my eyes being sleepy but meh,
looking good, keep it up

[glynn james]

As I look through this sketchbook I see that you are definitely improving especially in your confidence with linework.

Keep practicing-the only way is up.

[Amazing Action Ape]

I feel the only thing to say has already been said, so ill reiterate it for clarity's sake!

Keep drawing! You've come so far, but you've still got a ways to go!

[Uziel]

I think you would be a good fashion designer.
Try to clean up your sketches to come out with a stronger design.

Greetz

[lefran]

your photoshop stuff is looking great!

[Kian]

Rock on naomi. Great updates. i see you're experimenting with the darkside (digital :P)
I would really recommend practicing skull construction. do tons and tons of skulls. It will help you.

[Steel Buddha]

Wow, nice thread. Thanks for making it in the first place, it's got me inspired and wanting to draw. I love your sense of lighting... could you spare me some?

[Quicksilver]

Adam: Yeah? I wasn't too fussed on that maid pic. Cheers though ^_^ Haha, you'll be landing those jobs way before me, mate!

In a lot of SBs I rumage through, I see a preponderance of tight linework, or solid form in a given artist's work. It's great to see artists who embrace both, and are yet to settle on one of the disciplines. Your lines are, for the most part going in the right direction. There's loads of confidence there. It's great to see that colour and tonality aren't an afterthought for you, and that you're tackling this aspect of the craft too.

I lose count of the ammount of sketchbooks of young hopefulls, who just tinker on the outskirts of colour and form. You don't seem to be making this mistake.

Drunk at time of writing. Drowning in a sea of Champions League defeat troubles.

<sniffs>

lotsa luv chickadee

Pete
Aww, thank you, man. I know you were drunk, but that's still sweet :bashful: Cheers for the uplift, Pete! [hugs]

Dan: Hehe, thanks. Nah, your beer was drawn separately - it's not meant to be in perspective. Didn't realise it looked like it might have been intended until I got home so I drew a thick outline around it to (hopefully) take it away from the other sketch.

glynn james: Thanks~ Yeah, defo. I haven't been drawing much 'cause I've been feeling a bit fed up, but after switching to a new and bigger SB I've felt so much better! :D It's like being purged from seeing old, depressing work, hehe.

AAA: Thanks :D Cheers for stopping by.

Uziel: Hehe, my sis is a fashion student. I guess it would be cool to have my designs made, and I almost had a part of a clothing line goin' on but I don't know what's happened to that now. [shrugs] Good point about the cleaning up my lines. Is the latest character design okay?

Fran: Chers, dahrl.

Jon: Moowaahahahaha! Yeah, I'm trying to go digital but my laptop doesn't seem to like it. Git. I miss my compy. :( Good point about the skull studies. Still gotta do those :nohope:

Steel Buddha: Cheers, man. Really? I feel honoured to have inspired you. :3 About the lighting....when not working from ref I tend to draw a little circle indicating where the light source is and an arrow (V point) pointing where it's directed at (spotlight/rays/360º). Sometimes I draw arrows to show movement (black points) or wind (white/blank points) direction too. Hope that helped somewhat.
Note: The 'points', for me, means the head of the arrow - just so I know which one's which.

Riiiiiiiight, here's my piddley update and yes, I am ashamed, but what the heck, I have a bigger SB now so I can fit my characters in. Whoop!

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/char02.jpg
Fineliner, grey pro markers
I bought a lil A5 notebook which I was going to use for my next SB but decided not to use it 'cause it would be even more restricting. Think I'll use it for doodles/rough layout plans or something instead.
Kept the sketch really loose 'cause I wanted to find out how the paper took markers since they're a bit of a moo to certain types of paper. Didn't really think of the character herself but I quite like the costume design.

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/doodlepage.jpg
Fineliners (0.1, 0.3), grey pro markers
Tried to do some thumbnail enviros but got a bit lost as to wtf was going on in them, so they're unfinished. To make up for that I jazzed up the bg with shapes. The sketch at the bottom is the counter at Café Nerd where I met up with Fran the other week. Wow do they like their air conditioning! We were freeezing and left early.

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/gower.jpg
Graphite stick, 4B pencil
A sketch of the foresty bit at Gower beach, Swansea. Did this as my legs FRAZZLED :$ Should've put more sun cream on.

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/char03.jpg
HB pencil (NOT a mechanical one! [gasp]
My latest sketch! Drew this one last night without reference to see how far I could go. Gutted her head went off the page but I can easily draw it in on PS - gonna give a bit of a graphic backdrop with either bold, solid colours or leave it black and white with touches of colour.
Her back needs to go out a bit more on the left as her torso's a bit of a weird shape atm. Also need to define the tattoo on her shoulder/arm/chest.

:as: :ai: :at: :ae: :au: :ap: :ad: :aa: :at: :ae: :a!: : CheeB.co.uk (http://www.cheeb.co.uk)
New look, layout and domain name!
Psst: Why isn't there an animated 'd'?

Hope you like what's up, if not, tell me and I'll make better things! :D C&C welcome, as always.

Thanks for lookin'

~~Quicksilver

[lefran]

that character sketch is really good. It really doesnt look like your usual style plus it is awesome. Keep trying new styles like this :) my favourite sketch so far is the elongated girl bending over, thats so good

[Dirty C]

Hey Naomi, long time no hear! Your anatomy is really coming along, excellent to see. I see eggs and i see proper collar bones, so good stuff. Pretty sexy figures too.

Hope we get a chance to catch up when I'm home.

xo
C

[entdroid]

Wow, there's a great improvement here from the first post to the last one!
I really like the enviroment thumbnails, and that last character is coming along great! Her left foot looks a bit weird, but that's all I can crit.

Keep up the good work! :)
entdroid

[fooxoo]

http://www.sweetsunset.co.uk/myart/jester00.jpg - wooo this is sooo pretty!!!

[BlackGuy]

the variety of media that you use is mind boggling. I have such a fear of anything that isn't pencil, so to see someone so good with so many different tools is inspiring to me. Your character outfit costumes are fantastic too. You've got a few proportion issues here and there, like in your last character's right arm, I think the upper arm is a bit too long and the lower arm a bit too short. But everything looks fantastic.

[Listing]

Some beautiful work up there. Don't lose the flow in your sketches as you move to anatomical consturction or finish work. That fruit painting is quite nice.

[Ben powis]

Great to flick through and see what youve been up too! :)
I love your fashioney stuff, that last drawing has such a nice weight and beleivability - and cool trousers ;)

When I grow up, I want to have a signature as cool as yours :)

Congratulations on getting into your foundation course, im sure you will love it and meet some great people :)

[Quicksilver]

Fran: Thanks~

Christian: Cheers, mate! Aye, see ya next week. :)

entroid: Thank you :3 Her left foot.....yeah, actually, it looks a bit long. Cheers for pointing that out. The other one only has the ball of the foot on the ground.

Edite: Thankye, dear~ :3

Danny: Thanks, mate, I appreciate that. :) I grew up experimenting with lots of different media so maybe it's finally paying off, heh.

...Don't lose the flow in your sketches as you move to anatomical consturction or finish work...
Fantastic advice - I never really thought about that. Maybe that's why I've been reluctant to do any studies, lol. Thanks for the kind words :)

Ben: IT'S ALIIIIIVEE!!! :O :P Hehe, welcome back, man, and cheers!
When I grow up, I want to have a signature as cool as yours
Lol

Aaaahh yes, I got into Foundation! Woot. Think it depends on my grades this year though, which I'm not too confident about but mleh, can't really do anything until Results Day.

Another piddley lil update. Yes, yes, shame on me. :( Been working on a commission for a friend too but I can't show it until it's been given as a gift.

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/bus03.jpg
Fineliner, 1.0?
"Bus sketcheroo makes me motion sickeroo"

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/posey.jpg
3B pencil 'cause I sketch too lightly to use HB
Lady with whacked up anatomy :S

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/fran_wip.jpg
Gouache
WIP painting of Fran. Trying not to use black...The blue is standing out too much though so I might mix it with dark brown/purple or something.

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/truck-fulla-dough.jpg
3B pencil
"And you thought lepricorns brought in the dough £££"
On the way from coming back from college I sat down on one of the benches outside some construction works (they're building a new shopping centre) and drew one of their trucks. Was gonna draw a JCB too but it kept moving, hehe. And yah, got some weird looks from teh builders but they were polite and got on with their work. :) I left early though 'cause it looked like they needed to use the truck, which is why the back of it isn't completed. Doubt it's very clear but I've drawn rough circles to show coins falling from the side/top. The truck's driving on a ranbow and is carrying pots of gold and notes.
I think this would be nice as a graphic design.

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/outdoors00.jpg
Top: pencil; Bottom: Brush pen, pencil
Woo, storytime. Well, kinda. When it's sunny outside I sometimes pop into town after it's closed to sketch the surroundings. After whipping out the ol' SB and drawing a mere 3 lines (of the top sketch) I was encountered by a young man asking if I could draw his friend's portrait. I said "Yeah, k", and started a new page.
With the sun blinding both of us accompanied by some rap music playing from his phone, I eventually finished a pencil sketch of the dude and neatly tore out the page. And got £8 in return. o.O
So yah, my first paid portrait sketch, hehe. :) Obviously I don't have it to scan in so there's nothing to show, but I thought I'd share anyway. :)

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/eurasian_lynx(wip).jpg
Pencil
"Eurasian Lynx"
Drew this before going to bed. Ref: The Encyclopedia of World Wildlife.

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/3chsquid_prep.jpg
Pencil
Prep work for the 3CH: A violent quid takes down a golem in an old film"
Which ended up like this (unfinished):
http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/3ch_squidfilm_wip.jpg
Dunno if I'll ever finish it. It's waaaay too texture-happy atm.

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/bar_sp.jpg
Pencils: HB, 3B, 6B
Sketch of a bar I went to with my siblings before watching Superman Returns (good film, though long and the villan's evil scheme sucked). Aaand a sp beneath it.

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/silhouettes.jpg
Bursh pen
Playing with sihlouettes.

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/sketch_paint(wip2).jpg
Pencil, Photoshop
A WIP of what I'm working on atm (beside the girls' calander and comission stuff). I haven't fully developed a concept of her yet, though I'm thinking a marine character......I did type more but deleted it because it didn't make sense.

Anyhoo, I have to go now. Thanks for dropping by and, as always, C&C is much appreciated - even if it's harsh. :)

Take care all,

~~Naomi

[sleep]

you need to draw more cats.

yeah, i could tell that one was of fran, even though the face doesn't bear an immediate resemblance, it's got the mad hair. i like the page with the cafe nerd stuff. the patterns are interesting and it's all rather lovely, you see

well i'm quite obviously bollocks at criticism, so i'll cheer you on. woo. "keep at it"

[Kian]

This is great Naomi. I'd really like to see you take her on, in colour....And don't stop working on her untill she looks totally realistic. Shes a great opportunity for pushing your digital skills. If you need any help with a process for rendering her let me know, I'd be glad to help you out.

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/posey.jpg

[Crane]

sucks

















that most of your pics are red crosses for me :(
but for those i can see, your rendered faces are def your strong points. the blackbirokitty is very nice and so is the lynx? not sure if thats wat it is,but its good non the less lol.
the girl carrying the buckets reminds me of hyung tae kim, very nice, you obviously improve fast, so work your ass off girl and kick some buttocks!
more pics!....wish i could see past the red Xs tho..sniff

[asoir]

Whoa, huge improvement! Honestly!
Great seeing you at the meet.

[Quicksilver]

Sean: Hehe, cheers :)

Jon: Yeah? That's actually the one I least like in my SB. Probably because of the face, which has now been erased. Will get back to ya on that one ;) Cheers!

MadCat: Yeah, I think you caught it at a bad time as I couldn't see them either, so I'm assuming my server was down. Soz 'bout that.
Thanks! Yeah, must draw more...

Marco: Thanks! You too :)

Okay, new spillage coming through:

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/giraffe.jpg
watercolours
Woo, a giraffe. Nothing special, really. Ref. used.

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/silhouettes2.jpg
brush pen

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/dirty_c4badger.jpg
Drawn by dirty_c in the last London meet. :)

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/page.jpg
Fineliner (0.1), brush pen, blue and white Posterman pens

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/town.jpg
Fineliner (0.1, 0.3)
Sat down in town after work a couple of times to sketch. Always had the odd person stop to look or ask Q's. Anyone else get that?

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/castle.jpg
Fineliner (0.1)

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/birdhand.jpg
charcoal, coloured pencils (blue, violet and yellow)
Drawn after looking through this (http://www.politewinter.com). Hair spray buggered it up though - sprayed on too much at first so all the highlights and details were lost. :(

Edit: A finished piece:
http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/zackery.jpg
Done purely in biro, roughly 20 hours. Sheeesh....

Close-up shots:
http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/zack_head.jpg http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/zack_mouth.jpg http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/zack_shoulder.jpg
It was a commission for a friend btw which totally busted. I'll say no more than that.


Thanks for lookin'. C&C appreciated as always :)

~~Naomi

[Dirty C]

Hey Naomi.

The fineliner ones are the strongest in there, I reckon. Definitely showing attention to detail. I'd love to see a more finished one of the cathedral and others like it.

And yes, people often say stuff to me - though I'm kinda shy (yes, really) and kinda avoid it. Kim, as I think you know, revels in it haha

God damn that's a lot of work in the baby picture. May as well have been stippling!!

You're coming along really well - now get back to putting in the hours :D

Thanks a lot for the support over the past couple days - I owe you big style xxx

DC

[asoir]

Nice update! Finally ;)
Love the silhouttes and architecture, this is what i like to see =)

[Amazing Action Ape]

woooo nice work lately! like it a lot!

[Crane]

As DC said, the fineliner ones are def the best pieces.
the watercolor piece is nice, i love the mood, and i really like the hand and bird piece, especially wat you've done with the thumb, protraits are good, but still need a little work, but your well on your way there. :bashful:

[Kian]

Naomi, I beg you to carry on with the church!!!! I can see it being incredible.
With the baby pic, is the best rendering ove seen you do. The value range is top. I'd suggest paying ultra close attention to the pupils, they are the essence of the eye, obviously. But thats a great pic. Soon you'll be running a bloody portrait business :D

[Eriboss]

Hi Naomi!

Great to see an update from you -stuff seems to be really coming along nicely!

watercolour looks quite nice, could have probably pushed the values a bit, the atomsphere is kinda coming of as a bit washy, I think the rough border coupled with that blue above is killing the colours in the sky, i would probably mask it off or crop it, I think it would give more punch, also giraffe anatomy may be a little funky around the neck \ shoulders.

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/page.jpg this page looks really nice, gotta love dem postermans hehe
http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/town.jpg this page is also especially nice, I really like the observation, and the line work looks great too.
http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/castle.jpg - this is wonderful! It came out really nicely, great confident lines, is it on toned paper or is that some photoshop trickery? heh
Birdy hand arm pic looks really nice and the baby portrait.. wowza there is a lot of work gone into that. The rendering is impecable as all your biro stuff seems to be, feature placement may seem a little bit off, but i can't really look at it too long as its scary, nothing against your pic, its just babies agg. heeh
Great stuff all round Naomi i can definatley see improvement and i love your fineliner stuff especially.

Hopefully see you at next meet, I wanna see more mixed media experimentation, pirate skulls and mitten bops!

cheers,

Eri

[luxun]

cool stuf in here, i like your fineliner work which you show good control of. Id like to see some colored/painted stuff that is more worked through though.

[lefran]

yup i like the fineliner one too, the giraffe one is cute =] more i say! maybe develop one of those silhouettes theyre pretty cool

[j a k e]

Like asoir said, the silhouettes are great, and so is the architecture. The baby looks pretty tight too.

[yAdam]

Hello Naomi! Long time since i've been here..

Last update is really good. I think jon has a point about you finishing the church.. Do it! :) I like the detail you got into the newport thumbnails without them reading badly.. They remind of of something as well, like a comicstrip or random book that I read when I was young..can't remember right now though.

+ Awesome biro rendering!

[sleep]

yarr.. really like the giraffe one. lovely atmosphere.. the baby thing is just kickass.. do you have a ref photo? because it just looks a bit too... fake, as in, plastic... i'd expect more form given to a baby's face.. and the eyes are wayy big and shiny. i know kids are like that.. but it feels like some undue emphasis was put here..

man...i really could do with your patience. update soon x

[Quicksilver]

Christian: Cheers! Yeah, I prefer working with pens 'cause they're more definite (in a way - as in, you're pushed to get marks down right).
Yuuussshhhh, must draw more...:S;;

Marco: Thanks :)

Ape: Thanks, man! ^.^

MadCat: Thankyous~

Jon: I'm on it!! I went back to draw it some more but it started to rain a bit :( Look below to see how far I got.
Thanks! :bashful: The eyes were kinda hard, yeah, as in the ref they weren't all that detailed (should have enlarged it, really).

Chris: Why, thankye, Mr. Giant :3
watercolour looks quite nice, could have probably pushed the values a bit, the atomsphere is kinda coming of as a bit washy, I think the rough border coupled with that blue above is killing the colours in the sky, i would probably mask it off or crop it, I think it would give more punch, also giraffe anatomy may be a little funky around the neck \ shoulders.
Man, spot on. :D
The brownish thang on the church/cathedral/pretty building/thing was PSed as an attempt to make it look less bleak, hehe. Got a slight update below, dude.
Mixed media, eeeehhh??? Yeah, sounds good...

luxun: Cheers~ Yeah, defo need more colour.

Fran: Chaaaaars~~ Mmm, think I'll develop the char with the funky wings-type-things :3

Jake: Thankoo

Adam: Workin' on it, dude!! Look below for a wee update :)
I thought of the exact same thing after finishing those thumbnails. Comics can be so fun to draw...

Sean: Thankye, deary. Yeah, I'll post up the ref when I find it, hehe.

OKAY! Piddley lil' update comin' through :nohope:

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/church_wip2.jpg
Fineliner (1.0)
WIP #2 Silly British weather...

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/skull_front.jpg
Pencils (3B, 6B)

Think I'm going through that tight phase again. Wondering whether to keep with it or loosen up a bit...

C&C welcome, me darlings!

[sabe2003]

Great job on that last skull!
I enjoyed your sketchbook, You have a lot of variety. Keep it up!

[Crane]

Wow that skull is awesome, props to you on it, would love to see alot more studies like that.

[asoir]

Go loose, its fun. Then tighten it up.

[[void]]

Woah nice work! That skull is great.

If you wanna loosen up a bit maybe force yourself by using a time limit. Do some figure gestures on town and limit yourself to a minute 15 seconds or whatever.

Keep it up.

[Quicksilver]

sabe: Thank you :) Yeah a variety keeps the boredom away. Wait...

MadCat: Cheers~ Yeah, I still gotta do studies of the skull in different angles. Will post'em up when they're done. :D

Go loose, its fun. Then tighten it up.
I already did that though...Might juggle both [shrugs]

Adam: Thanks :) Yeah, think I'll start going into town again and do some quick sketches when I'm free.

No art to post here, but I made a Self Portrait thread: http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=996485
I started doing them last night. Hope ya don't hate them as much as I do - but if so, then it's not the end of the world :)

~~Naomew x

[Kian]

Hey Naomi! Loving the church...Majorly! Also, how fucking awesome is that skull!!! Well done on that, I'm impressed.
About tightening up and/or loosening up. My personal opinion, (which will enlighten you as to why the way I am/was), is that once I've meticulously finished an image way more than I should have. Its ten times easier to do it loose, and stylised/gestural, as I can simplify in my head, what makes what look realistic and how i can get it soo loose. Most of the time my process is soo anal, because of this exact reason. I believe I understand environment design fair enough now, that I can start developing a "style". All other areas will take alot of study for me. But thats the key word: study

Remember, this is just my opinion, if you feel loosening/tightening will make a decent improvement on your art, do it! This is your decision alone though!! Developing your process for you, is what makes your art...yours. I hope I've made some teeeny bit of sense.

[oma]

omg, that baby looks AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! stars !!!! 5 !!!!

[lefran]

nice skull! those self portraits are looking good! church is coming along nicely too *thumbs up*

[Niva.]

Wow, this is very good stuff here, I especially like your paint-overs for your pencils, the one with the lady's face and the blue tones is especially cool.

Church is looking good, I can never get myself to draw stuff like that though, I always want to resort to 3D and turn it whatever way I want :)

Keep em coming, 4 stars from me.

[Quicksilver]

Jon: Thank youuu~ Haha, the skulll....still need to do more :P
I totally get what you mean about the whole tightening/loosening up thing. I just started my Foundation Course today and that's exactly what we did! Hopefully it helped and shows (drew the last pic in this post today).

oma: Whoa, seriously?! Thanks!! :D

Fran: Cheers~

n1va: Thank you for your comments and stars :) Very kind

Mike: Aaahh good point. Didn't quite get what you meant at first but I gotcha now. Another good point about the paper too, however, it's super absorbant so it's pretty damn good with paints...will see what else I have though. Cheers :)

Riiiiighto, I started Art Foundation today with a life drawing class. Here's what I churned up in the second half of the lesson by painting with a twig. o.O
http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/ld_twigs1and2.jpg
I start drawing figures with the torso, and always misjudge the space needed for the head, d'oh.

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/ld_twigs3.jpg
With this one were were asked to snap off a small part of the stick and use the side only. Twas quite interesting...

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/ld_twigs4.jpg
Aaaaand this is the piece of shit I finished off with. Bum. -_-

A sorry note from Eriboss for not being able to make the last UK meet. :(
http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/erisorry.jpg
Thanks for the note, dude. Glad you managed to get your work done on time. :)

SB shtoof:
http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/char04.jpg
Fineliner, brush pen
This one was derived from one of my earlier silhouettes. I started sketching in the tail of the dress but it reminded me too much of Ian McCraig's little mermaid so it's gonna be a more flowy dress of some sort....still haven't quite decided yet.

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/christian.jpg
Drawn by dirty_c in the last UK meet. :) It's awesome~

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/char05.jpg
Fineliner
Did this one about an hour ago. Melikes, though it looks a lot like Fran atm!! With my body, lol (ref used). Anyhoo, her shoulders are too narrow, I think, and the shoes suck. Her left (our right) hip is a bit too exaggerated as well. Bleh.

Think I'm starting to get my groove back with drawing now that college has started again. Wheeee~

Thanks for looking. C&C always welcome :)
And to the people who have commented thus far: sorry for not getting back to all of your SBs! I'll get there eventually...just haven't had much to say lately.

[Quicksilver]

K, this update's complete crap but I'll post it anyway.

Trying to get back into watercolours...maybe trying too hard?
http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/wc1.jpg
Fashion models are so damn skinny. I tried putting some meat on her but now she looks disproportional and terrible -_-;

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/poop.jpg
Brush pen, water brush pen
Did this in the canteen yesterday with Fran. Must study faces....

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/maiden.jpg
Graphite sticks (HB, 2B, 4B and 6B)
This is a study of my fav Da Vinci piece, "Portrait of a Maiden" for my current college project. Nose is too long, maybe the forehead too and I think her face is too narrow.

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/char05_wip1.jpg
Update on the char sketch. Soz if the PS Sharpen filter hurts your eyes :P

C&C welcome,

~~Naomi x

[oma]

nice watercollour!!. uhu. and yeah realy.. you got 5 :)

what work/study are you doing...

and whit what materials did you made that baby. it realy looks great!
Great progress from first page. hope you will update more often :D

[lefran]

as for the water colour, i think you could perhaps work a bit more loosely, maybe approach it differntly , you could try using more water for a different effect? the colours are looking really nice though. as for the face, if you look at each individual feature theyre good, i think maybe you concentrated on each feature as you drew it, and thats why they look a bit odd when put together, wonderful hair as usual :) the pencil study is really nice, as for the points you made, i can only tell that the nose is a little bit too long, the rest looks good as far as i can tell :) the char is also looking good :)

[Listing]

nice work. You might still tighten your fundamentals, however. Some lingering errors. The variety of work is great and there's a lot of real improvement.

[Dirty C]

hello Stranger :)

That last one of Fran's head on your body is really really good. I wouldn't worrry about the dimensions at all, nothing looks wrong.

I really like the twig painting with the side of the stick. There's always something liberating about working in a mode where you don't care so much cause you feel limited anyway. (see rule number two hehe)

The watercolours aren't trying too hard at all! I like the variety of colours in there a lot.

And I'd forgotten about that pic - wanna post it my sb as well pleeeease?

xox
DC

[Lee W]

good stuff :) just one thing, check alignments of the eyes especially on the frontal view :)

[Quicksilver]

oma: Thanks :) The baby was drawin in black biro pen (the thing you use to write with - nothing special)

Fran: Aye, I've started concentrating on certain parts, starting with the hands. Thanks for the comment.

Listing: Thanks, will try!

Uncie C: Thanks, man!! :D Yeah, the twig exercises were surprisingly fun. We've been doing lots of odd things like that in LD.
Posted the pic in your SB :)

OldNoobie: Cheers, will do :)

K, started yet another SB 'cause the a$ one was weighing me ol' bag down. Instead I'm using an a5 notebook with off-white paper.

1st page: brush pen
2nd: brown graphite stick
3rd: HB graphite stick

C&C welcome :)

[koshime]

A pen girl after my own heart.
I love the unforgiving medium of pen but the lovely graphic tones and harsh singluar defiante lines it brings on paper.

I quite like the more abstract art foundation etches of negative space depicted in the life drawing models

[DannySketch]

solid work as always naomi, hope ur enjoying ur foundation thang,

keep it up :)

[asoir]

WTF? You guys improve too quick. :(

[O D T]

hey!
great lines on that character, very confident!!
make sure you actually use the anatomy knowledge you gain on your sketches... on some sketches the anatomy is very good, but on others it looks like you were too lazy to plan it all out right first, and went straight to the rendering! I know I have this problem...not actually USING my knowledge once I come away from studies...maybe you do too?!
great sketchbook, though! lets see some more fineliner!

cheers, n.

[Quicksilver]

Chee: Thanks~ Cheers for stopping by - haven't spoken in a while! How goes??

Dan: Thanks! :D Your stuff has improved *loads*

Marco: Hehe, all the more reason to catch up, dude ;P

O D T: Cheers~ Hahaha yeah, you got me spot on. Laziness kicks in randomly sometimes...

K, here's some stuff from my lil SB. Nothing great but there we go - it's all practice in the end. :) A mix between ref/non-ref stuff:

C&C much appreciated, as always~

[Mr Man]

Yo quick, Though Id pay you a visit. Loving the sketchbook, you never know what to expect. some really good varied stuff ^^

[spudstudios]

loving your rendering. those feet are really nice ( Seriously I am not a foot fetishist!)

[Kian]

Naomi.......wow
http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/wc1.jpg

Im in love with this.
And the hand/feet studies. From my view, you're doing everything right. Just keep at it.

[lefran]

nice feet studies
damn you doing the work ishould be!!! lol
edit: maybe it should be october's .....orchestrations
haha i so cannot think of anything

[Dirty C]

The hand and foot studies are great - those of us who don't bother with those could learn a lot from them. Really nice contours and an understanding that the body is built from simple curves. Lovely.

[DannySketch]

reallly, nice studies naomi also really liking the fashion gesture thingy be cool to see, ooo i dunno, 200 of those?bumskee style ;p

[james]

i would just like to repeat my hatred for you and your talent. you make me sick. also disappointed not to see your drawing of me up yet.
seriously though, loving the stuff in here. it makes me tingle to look at the stuff at the beginning of the thread and then jump straight to the end. tis very impressive.

good to see you yesterday, hope mine and badge's tour round bristol and UWE was so favourable that you feel its the right uni.

Oh and where did you eat in the end?

J

[Quicksilver]

Rich: Thanks :)

spudstudios: Hehe, thanks ;P

Jon: Yeah? I don't really like it, but thank you :3 Haven't really dabbled with watercolours much since, actually....might do some more.

Fran: Haha, cheers :P

Chris: Thankoos~ ^_^

Dan: Cheeerss. 200?! Hmmmm, we'll see o_o;

james: Lol, er...thanks?? ;P Mmm, I really liked it in Bristol. Was cool meeting up with you guys again too. ^_^
It's funny, just a second before you said something about "splashing out" at Browns to eat, Sun' said he'd take me there, lol. We didn't in the end as neither of us were hungry - just grabbed a drink instead :)

K, here's a speed painting done in acrylics. Please excuse the bad-quality piccy - used the webcam. Think it took about an hour, but I was on the phone too for half of it. Not really expecting crits as it was just an excuse to pick up some acrylics again (get it out of my system sorta thing).

[ArtZealot]

i really like your environment sketches, mainly the one of the church and the other one with the truck parked in the street. just enough lines are used to convey whats goin on and it isn't overworked. killer stuff, keep it up.
-az

[Razorb]

wow that last character u done is really cool :D great proportion ! :> keep it up !! :D

oh and the painting of course... for the td project :D

[DR_Inferno]

i really love the red life drawing done with the stick.

fantastic, really.

[WARHEAD]

Hey Baby <3

You are progressing really well. love some of your pencil stuff - would like to see some tighter sketches, but keep workin hard and u will be up there with the best..... see you tomorrow in oxford babe....

xxx

:heart:

[arttorney]

You have a lot of variety and you always try to come back to each thing in its turn. I see lots of improvement. Here's my offering in the hopes it helps. I liked the brown paper sepia thing, as did others. The talk of values and a darker brown made me think of Conte crayons in the color "Bistre" not so much because it is darker per se, but because it is a cooler brown than sepia and also conte crayons are harder than pastels. You can push down hard without breaking them and thus make really dark marks. I know you don't push down hard very much anyway, but if you had one of these crayons it may help you make a deeper cooler brown in mixed media things.

Of course, now that you are doing more digital you can make a wide range of lights and darks anyway so this may be moot. Best of luck.

[Kronos]

hey!

been a while....too long a while....

awesome updates, although we do need a new one NOW!!! (the most hypocritical statement in history) those hand and feet studies are really really nice, its amazing how much emotion can be conveyed through a simple hand gesture.

sorry if someone already said this but the babies right eye is too low. i moved it up here
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a173/stupidsoup/baby.jpg
aside from that though it looks awesome, very nicely rendered...one other thing i could say if i were being super uber critical is that the facial features (lips in particular) all kind of stand out as individual features rather then a whole face. like i say thats getting pretty specific and i wouldn't have a friggin clue how you can improve on that, but yeah..... :S

awesome, more updates!

[krakel]

hey quicksilver- havent been around for awhile.. The lifedrawings from after work when people asked you questions.. look very nice and i really like the messy lifedrawings!

You do experiment a lot already- but i have to tell you- especially because you're such a traditional person- that you should try out different types of paper and experiment with the softness of your pencils because a lot of times your drawings seem a little too dirty (to me at least...) dirty meaning that smudgy soft look where you can see the texture of the paper and it looks sort of.. out of control- i really dont mean to sound harsh thats just what i find in your drawings pretty often.

thats all for now though ;P

[lefran]

decembers designs?

[Quicksilver]

ArtZealot: Thankoos :)

Razorb: Thanks! I like that one too.

DR_Inferno: Cheers~ It was surprisingly fun. To be honest, I didn't think I'd like it at all but it turned out to be one of my favs ^_^

Sunil :heart: : Thank you, honey *mwah* Hope you like the later sketches (esp. the hammer from today).

arttorney: Interesting - never heard of Conte crayons. I'll have to keep an eye out for them. Thank you!

Kronos: Heeeeeyy, long time no see! I'll explain the lack of updates after the replies.
Man that baby nearly killed me, haha. I know what you mean about the features being somewhat separate, but there's no changing it now as it's now on my client's wall in a frame. :)
Good to see ya around, mate. Cheers for stopping by :D

krakel: Good to see another familiar face :) How goes?
Will do [about experimenting with diff. types of paper and pencils], and get into the habit of spraying sketches with fixative right away. Atm I've gotten back into using markers and fineliners and lovin' it!

Fran: Nice one, and quite fitting :)
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OKAY, here's a big-ass update from me because:
a.) I couldn't be arsed to scan in stuff before; and
b.) When I could[/b] be arsed, my stuff was conviscated by the police in part of a murder investigation (which I wasn't part of, but happen to have the same surname as one of the suspects :x)

So here goes; sorry if it kills your computer, and if it does, well....I hope it was kinda worth it, haha. :P
The SB I'm using atm has off-white paper. Makes sketching a little less daunting than having white glaring at ya...

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/sb01.jpg
[i]Pencil

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/sb02.jpg
First page: Quick brush pen sketch of the building opposite the bus stop outside college, followed by a quickie portrait of james which went a bit wrong, so I started again (bottom left), but then thought it looked too girlie so I gave her a pout and wispy hair, hahaha. Soz, James :P
Second page: Something my bf drew for me :)

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/sb03.jpg
Really quick thumbnails followed by halfish finished perspective studies where I got bored/confused and stopped. o_o Will have to get my head around that stuff eventually.

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/sb04.jpg
3-5 minute hand sketches. Actually tried keeping my hand in those positions whilst drawing, which might explain why it gets looser and looser from left to right. :) Used a charcoal pencil (they're great).

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/sb05.jpg
More hand studies in between classes.

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/sb06.jpg
These were done after the last speedpaint I posted (dude with big glasses in b&w acrylics). I squeezes out too much black paint so I used the rest up on these two pages. Went a bit wild and didn't really give a rat's arse about proportions and accuracy, tbh. Felt good to get that out of my system.

www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/sb07.jpg
Left-right: doodles of two guys who were standing in front of me at the bus stop, a mini doodle of what I was gonna make in Fashion, some sort of monster, and a lil chibi SP of me for the all girls pin-up calendar (mine is #19). :)

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/sb08.jpg
Had something graphicy in mind and drew it out straight away. I think this would look nice as a vector with a strong, purple background and pink/yellow/green swirls/flowers/whatev, and the girl would have fair, peachy skin and blonde hair.
No ref - just wanted to get an idea down hastely.

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/sb09.jpg
Can't remember how this started, but ended up with her having her head chopped off. Might draw her head flying from the left side of the page.
Kinda Eriboss-inspired :P

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/sb10.jpg
Started drawing dome thumbnailish characters and decided I really like the one on the right and carried it through with dip pens and india ink. Hadn't used them in ages so it took some getting used to.

[Quicksilver]

Stuff from the CA UK Oxford meet, 5th November'06

Location: Natural History Museum(?)
http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/sb12.jpg
Pantone tria marker (warm grey), browns fineliner
RAAAAWWG, T-REXUSSNESS! Was really enjoying drawing this, then a crowd of people decided to mingle about in front of it for ages so I got fed up and wondered about for a bit. Buu.
Should've explored more, really - I totally missed the extra rooms with the skulls and gorillas?? And apparently there's a room with tools/weapons or something. Damnnit!

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/sb13.jpg
Something which started out being a jaw of a whale (or something similar), but again, people started walking past or standing in front of it for a while so I turned it into some sort of flying fish ship thingy.
.....yeeeeess ¬__¬ ;P

Location: Pub (duh)
http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/sb11.jpg
Fineliners, posterman pens
lefran's hand lookin' all twistey and deformed iiiiiin a pub in Oxford which has very yummy, filling food but cannot remember the name of.

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/sb14.jpg
Mini TD: "Merge two or more animals together"
The stuffed cheetah and snake skelington from the museum stood out a lot to me so I put'em together like this ^

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/sb15.jpg
Think this started from drawing a random shape on teh page. Turned it into a freaky long-faced clown with a crane coming out of its socket holding its eye.
.....See what too much time with Eri does to ya? (Heehee, just jokin', dude; you're awesome)

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http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/sb16.jpg
Charcoal pencil
Drew mah boot on the train to London.

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/sb17.jpg
Somehow a discussion on a Pirate Santa arose in class, so I did some thumbnail sketches.
More hand studies from the train to London... (week after)

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/sb18.jpg
HAAANDZZ....continued.

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/sb19.jpg
An initial sketch for my current project.

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/sb20.jpg
Thumbnails and a mini sketch of an opera singing octapus lady with dodgey-looking arms/shoulders/neck, lol.

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Slightly tighter stuff from my current project (one of them, anyway, haha):

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/pestle_mortar.jpg
Jazzy perspective goin' on here! Puts me off a fair bit but nonetheless I like the idea.

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/hammer.jpg
I won't go into these with much detail just yet incase I get my ass whooped as they haven't been marked yet.

PHEW!!

Man that took forever. Hope you liked those, if not, then tell me why so I can improve! :D

Happy drawing,

~~Naomi

[4rt-r41d]

0_0 amazing amount of work! thats what i call progress! incredible :0
keep at it, love that skull studie and those hand studies.
Keep at it! this is amazing

[Niva.]

Hehehe, that watermark is gay as all get out :) Not that gay is bad, I mean gay in a happy kind of way.

Anyways, that last post was too huge to crit precisely, you're having issues drawing some of the hands, but you're obviously working at it so keep going.

Not sure I said this before, the baby portrait is awesome.

[Kian]

Hey Naomi, I'm astounded. Such great improvement missy! Well done. And keep at the perspective studies. :D

[Summer Pudding]

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/char05.jpg


I couldn't have drawn this if my life depended on it. Must draw more figures!

Pete

[DannySketch]

incredibly impressive stuff, you put my SB to shame, keep at it,

[BlackGuy]

wow awesome update, the hands are looking great.

[Gleeson]

hey nice pencil studies, your pencil stuff has great linework, and the tonal range of that baby face is ace

[Mr Man]

Yay youve updated!

You know for some reason I love the horn on this girl, really lovley and loose. http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/sb10.jpg
I also like your subtle use of markers, they really compliment the T-rex study. Gonna have to get myself some bloody brown paper one day, Keep updating! :teeth:

[asoir]

update more often, you!
take care, nice stuff

[Cold]

Hey naomi, you looking gurd! Personally I prefer your lineart, it touches me on my level of love, and your still-life drawings with pencil, are very accurate. Me on the other hand, I try to stay away from such media, it's just to much work:)

I'd love to see more of your lineart.

[Kronos]

sweet update!

i suppose getting your stuff confiscated by the police over a murder investigation is an okayish excuse.... but only ok.... :wink:

but wow just think of all the drawing you'd get done if you went to prison!!!!

really nice boot! i think the charcoal and the coloured paper go really nicely together, and the boot is really nice and loose, although it would have been nice if you didn't use quite so many sketchy lines around the outline.

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/sb10.jpg
this stuff is cool, awesome costume and confident use of lines

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/sb11.jpg
i actually really like this... not so the blueness but just the lines are really scribbly and yet they describe the hand really well


coolness, keep it up!

[Quicksilver]

wakazou: Thank you~ Will try to ^_^
n1va: Glad ya think so, mate ;) Thanks again and cheers for stopping by.
Jooooooooon man!:Thankye-doodles :D Will try and push myself to learn about perspective. It's just so damn boring and this wee lil attention span of mine just can't hold out!
Peteywheaty: Haha, go ooon, we wanna see~ Did ya get back okay the other night btw?
Dan: Cheers, don't be silly and will do :)
Dan#2: Thanks! We'll have to catch up sometime - haven't spoken in a while.
Gleeson: Thank yooouuu. I'm glad people like the baby - I spent some crazy time and effort on it. @_@
Rich: Cheers! Yeah, I like those two sketches too. They're on my site now :) Yay for brown paper~
Marco: Haha, yeah yeah.....scanning is terribly boring and tedious, okay? >_<;
Christian#2: Aww, thank you :bashful: You've made me happy :3 I've some more fineliner stuff to show but I wanna finish off the one sketch before scanning them in yet. Soon, dear, soon...
Kronos: Heeeey~! What? "only ok"?? :P
but wow just think of all the drawing you'd get done if you went to prison!!!! Lol! Yeah, I suppose, but then I'd have no scanner/internet access to show here ;P
True about the boot - I completely cocked up the structure of it then tried to hide it by giving it a wider outline. Didn't work, huh? ^_^; Ah well.
Thank yoouu and hope to see you around! Do you have MSN? PM me if ya do

Righto, a much smaller update this time, hehe, to get things out of the way. Sure I've done more but can't remember what (sounds stupid, eh?)

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:star: :star: :star: :star:
THANK YOU to everyone who rated this SB! :bashful: :heart: :yayca: (I use way too many emoticons)

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The Road at Night
http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/nightroad.jpg (http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/nightroad.html)
Took this on my way home from college

These two are from life drawing where the teacher called up a word and we had to paint/draw what we felt (and the model would pose accordingly). Visual Word Association, basically :)
Brownie points to people who can actually figure out what the feck each one is meant to represent.
(they're attached because it's doubtful that I'll keep them in my ftp in the long run)

Your thoughts are welcome, as always.

~~Naomi x

[Dile_]

Hey, some great stuff since I visited last!
heh, im not gonna crit you like i did with fooxoo, but , just a general
thing, Your one of these artist what would go from "good" to "great" just
by spending 20 minutes more on each piece! Im serious, you have a great potential, but your wasteing some of it by leaving sketches in a "wip" stage!
ohwell, as I said, Great stuff in here.. or.. good til' you spend your time ;) :bashful:

~Dile

[lefran]

hey naomi- good updates, those last ones are a nice exercise, also i would too like to see you finish those sketches from the oxford meet, theyd be lush finished i think :)

[Quicksilver]

Hey, some great stuff since I visited last!
heh, im not gonna crit you like i did with fooxoo, but , just a general
thing, Your one of these artist what would go from "good" to "great" just
by spending 20 minutes more on each piece! Im serious, you have a great potential, but your wasteing some of it by leaving sketches in a "wip" stage!
ohwell, as I said, Great stuff in here.. or.. good til' you spend your time ;) :bashful:

~Dile
:$ Thank you...Mmm, I see your point about me not finishing stuff. Tis an awful habit -_-; You're not gonna like this update, haha.
(I'll try and do more finished pieces once this horrid deadline gloom goes away)

Frannigan: Thanks :)

lefran and Badger let me join their showbiz magic act! I be their jester manager (backstage work for me!) :D
Yes, legs and hands need fixing/finishing...

[Badger]

Yeah!! Wooo. He he. Nice update missy, i like all the experimenting and such like, it will really allow you to think of image creation a lot better. I would love to see all the lines finished on your jester self.
Have a go at loosening up those lines, do you own any graphite sticks? i bought some the other day, really made me go more gestural, though don't look at what hurri can do with them, makes you cry.
Anyway, back to MSN.
-B-

[Kronos]

cool, i like :)

her right leg is definitely a little weird,, it looks like its backwards or something and she looks like she would fall over...her tie is just a little too crazy :/

but yeah, work on it a little more, its definitely a very jestery pose, so well done there

awesome!

[lefran]

cool- josh was shouted at for his lack of communication , i dont mind a manager would be necessary eventually you see, but its just fun to shout at him/her haha- we will set you to work soon ^__^

[bhanu]

Nice sketches eh?
the jester looks good, sketchy but the head gear looks a bit off, liek its not properly placed over the head.thighs looka bit big to me.However the upper body looks great.
Keep up the great work.

[Midnight]

Thanks for dropping by my SB the other day - making a return visit.

That jester's looking alright atm, not sure what kind of mood\finish you're going for. I'd just watch the weight of her hips, and her centre of balance (which is tipped far enough out that she'll have to drop the raised leg to balance, or fall).

Nice hands, btw!

Mid.

[arttorney]

Nice work on the traffic circle. It's hard to get a good image of moving things at night. That took some doing.

[[void]]

Your character work is really strong, maybe concentrate on forms a bit more and I'd have to agree just spend as long as you need on each piece you are tending to leave a lot of stuff unfinished. Quality not quantity n all that, you'll learn more from one 2 hour study than 4 30minute ones.

Scarily good as ever, dont graduate too soon ^_^

[mentler]

Thought I would drop by and lay some stars on you to thank you for dropping by my thread and leaving feedback <> see good things going on here <> keep the focus... it's your fire keep the flame burning.

[Mr Man]

Come on you, uppy :P

[DannySketch]

ahhh and how is my fellow art foundation student doing? ain’t chatted to u in ages, some nice stuff, be really cool if you could do a big update soon, I know u gotta be hammering out tons of work. are u equally manic busy? foundations crazy huh?

erm Falmouth seems like the most probable uni for me now, its nice and quiet which suits my old man mentality, my family’s got loads of personal connections with the place as well plus it has to host one of the best illustration courses in Britain (along side Bristol as well of course:)) how about u?

[Fishspawn]

Great improvement, keep up the life drawing!

[lefran]

whatever happened to January's......ok cant think of a J, but there better be a February's figures/forms/fashions...cant think of anything good damnit

update please =]

[Quicksilver]

Josh: Cheers~ Aye, I possess some graphite sticks. Haven't used them in ages though - been going back to blue pencils and inky media lately (mmmmm, ink...) They are good for gesture drawings though, and I like how versatile they are.

Kronos: Cheers, mate. Aww, I like her zany tie ;P

bhanu: I agree, and have fixed said problems. Thanks! :)

Midnight: Aaah yeah, didn't notice that. I've tilted her a bit - probably not enough. Still need to finish off the hands too.

arttorney: Cheers! Glad you like it :D I'm surprised my hands were still enough to take it without the flash xD

Adam: Heya, thanks. True, I need to do some more actual studies than quickies...
Hehe, we'll see mate, we'll see ;P Cheers for the compliment.

mentler Wow, thanks for dropping by! :O It means a lot. Will do ^__^

Rich: Okay.....[drags feet]

Dan: Heyo. Aye, I've got stuff to post but my computer's being a bitch atm so I only managed to upload 4 pics before it all crashed.
So far, Bristol's looking good. I visited Bournemouth, but the people there were pretty rude and useless so I didn't bother in the end. And yeah, Foundation's truley manic!

Fishspawn: Thanks!

Fran: Hehe, thankye. I used the fashion one in the end :) Don't even know why I started the abbreviation thing....Anyhoo, see ya around~

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K, this is all I could save and transfer to the laptop before my computer crashed down :S

1: Jester me - fixed a few things but still need to work on the hands
2&3: Costume design (for the above)
4: Some referenced cat studies for one of my feline characters

[lefran]

hey, nice costume design, and i love the cats- so cute =3
but the ne on the bottom left- his eyes are a bit too high up in more of a human position, unless thats what you wanted? coz its supposed to be like part of you right?, but i think theyre too high for normal catness

fran =3

[koshime]

I like the jester costume design. When can we expecta paint up of it?

[Badger]

There are rocking. I reckon you should paint your jester self.
Cats have a lot of motion too, more thats what i say, MORE!!!eleven1!!
-B-

[mrdigs]

hey naomi, thanks for stopping by my sb...i somehow managed to miss the sketches you did in oxford, great work.

especially like these two from the last page as well;

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/town.jpg
http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/char05_wip1.jpg

and of course the jester...i'll be back to check the updates on that !

[Quicksilver]

Fran: Thanks, and spot on. ^_^
Chee: When I get a new computer, maybe? Mine's so slow...
Josh: Cheers! Updates comin' through...
Diggs (sorry, I've forgotten your first name! :nohope: Is it Mark?): Thanks, mate.

K, here be some sketches and other stuff.

1: Char. design: Cat (named 'Myo')
2: " "
3: Bird studies for...
4: ...this character
5: Face shot
6: Sample of my comic (which includes the previous characters. Will explain it all when it's finished and I have permission to)
7: Life Drawing - painting the model using a feather attached to the end of a long stick. It was actually really fun! I put down some colour using a sponge first. This was my first attempt.
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UPDATE in SELF PORTRAIT THREAD (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=996485)

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Thanks for looking! C&C will always be welcome here. Sorry nothing's "finished" (bar the sample) yet...

[asoir]

the last one is super tight, i need to try something like that...

[Kronos]

hey your back!

cool updates, i like this (http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=101237&stc=1&d=1172776260) and this (http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=101240&stc=1&d=1172776497). NICE!

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMORE!!!!!!!!!!!!

[WARHEAD]

Hey huny pie ;P <3

love your latest stuff - really cool....... would like to see a digi paint of the alien mermaid thingie, you're improving alot and your stuff is looking great.... would like to see some more finished and tighter sketches with more in depth linework......

[lefran]

halloooo
some great stuff here, im being picky but i think the eyes on the cats are aligned slightly more humanlike again, but still very good, and cute =]
the detailed bird is byootiful , and i too agree with sunil and would like to see the mermaid painted!

Fran
:D

[bunny]

Niiiiiice work :)
I really really like that bird study. Mmm line subtlety...
The cat's eyes could use a little more work (maybe use a cat photo reference?) and its feet look a little bit 'lumpy', but other than that, great work.

Keen on drawing yo :)
-N

[Quicksilver]

Marco: Aye, it was more fun than I'd expected.

Kronos: Yup yup. just about! Cheers for dropping by, mate :)

Suniiiiiiiiil~! <3 : Thanks, hun :) Yush, need to do more detailed stuff....just haven't had the drive to do that sorta thing for a while now. I tend to go through random bursts of tight/looseness.

Magical Fran: Fankoo :D The cat, Myo, is meant to be somewhat human-like (in mannarisms, at least. She's basically a fraction of my personality in a physical form).
Haven't really worked on the dramaid since - keep getting brush lag and it's really annoying. :S

bunny: Thank you! Yeah, I agree on the feet - really need ref for those. As for the eyes, I quite like them as they are - slightly stylised. The sketch itself honestly looks better in real life (blue pencil doesn't scan too well).

K, here's some stuff. Most of them were scribbled on the train on Friday...

1: Jester paint, WIP. *HELP!* I really don't know where to take this!
2: Dunno if I've posted this already or not. Just dossing about with posterman pens.
3: Brush pen sketch of the taurusish girl from before.
4: Haaannnndddzzz, yo ;)

Cheers for looking! C+C welcome

[koshime]

hey stranger.
Good to see you still contributing actively.

i like the looseness of this image the best

http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=106809&stc=1&d=1173724305

[Badger]

Nice to see updates are back and regular, like koshime, i LOVE this (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=106809&stc=1&d=1173724305) , might have to try that style if i can find a suitable brush pen.
Hands are rocking, especially the bottom one.
Remind me tomoz and i'll try do a Paint over of your jester as to how i'd go about defining form while rendering... Though it wont be the best because i'm still making mistakes and learning lots with characters myself.
-B-

[Zoroko]

loving the hand and color studies~

Great work!!

[Kronos]

the taurusish girl and the hands are particularly nice really cool composition on the hands and the linear approach is really really cool.
heh, sorry another token comment but your making some nice stuff, just keep at it :)

[aph]

That ink pen / brush pen sketch is so full of life. Love it =D

More soon? Update more! I know what foundation is like though so.. heh =D

[Quicksilver]

Chee: Cheers :)
Badgereydoo: Thankye, kindly. Erm, I forgot to remind you the next day :rolleyes: Brush pens are wonderful to work with though. You can get nice (disposable) ones for £1.99 in Muji. Could stop by there in the next meet or something. ^_^
Zoroko: Hello! Thanks for dropping by and for the kind words :)
Kronossss: Thankoo~ ^.^
Jase: Yes yes, more here!

Managed to fix the problem with my pen tablet. Figures I just had to change the USB port it was in...Soooo as a result I'm trying to weave my way into painting digitally again. Any words of advice would be great. :)

Thanks for looking, guys'n gals- hope you like the next few pics :)

1.) Thumbnail of a piece I intend to do for my portfolio
2.) ...a WIP of it being painted (CRIT NEEDED)
3.) WIP of the taurus girl (CRIT NEEDED)
4.) Sketches for my next project
5.) Doodley~ First one's from when I went to the park with LeFran and the second was from waiting for a massage from my sis (she's training to be a masseuse) at her place.

C&C always appreciated by this 'ere lil mitten girl. http://www.cheeb.co.uk/forum/emoticons/mittenbop1.gif

[Kronos]

hey cool updates, i like the last one especially, cool variety in line thickness.

umm, i'll give you the generic digital painting advise that you have probably heard hundreds of times before. When you are painting, never use pure white or black as a base background as it will mess with the way you perceive colours, either start with a colour that is close to how it will look like in the end or just choose a mid grey. When you are painting try and use the biggest brush you can handle, it may feel uncomfortable and uncoordinated at first, but it will speed you up heaps and stop you from getting into details too quick. a general rule is to try use hard edge brushes most of the time as soft edge brushes tent to look very amateur most of the time, but they most definitely have their uses, they are really good for blending on low opacity. this one isn't so much advise but a description of the brush i use. get the default hard edge round brush set opacity to pressure sensitivity (flow too if you want), i like to make the minimum diameter about 50% but you can change that depending on how you want to use the brush. i almost always have opacity to 100% and let the pressure sensitivity control that, when i'm drawing i have flow at 100% but when i paint, i usually set flow to about 60%. also [ and ] make the brush size smaller and bigger, and shift+[ and ] make the brush softer hand harder. ONE more thing, if you want to add warmth or cool certain areas down its really easy if you create a new layer and set it to overlay of soft light and just add in warm colours or cool colours. its simple but i found that technique very useful.

[Quicksilver]

Kronos: Thanks! Much appreciated :)

Here are the first two pages of the comic I've been working on. Totally underestimated the time is takes to complete one of these things, but hopefully it'll be done in time...

....'cause I've got an interview next week! Eep...

Sooo any tips, suggestions, advice or general comments (you know the deal) on comics or interviews would be much help.

Thanks for lookin', dearys! ^_^

~~Naomi

Note: One of my tutors said my drawing style is quite flowey and 'organic', so he suggested using a different layout for the comic which emulates this.
As a result, I went for a no-panel, 2-page spread layout where the pages would be landscape to achieve a panorama-type effect. Hope it works! Let me know if it doesn't, haha.
Rhyming isn't great on the far left of the second page in particular. Might change that if I'm really pickey...

[Call0ps]

great comic man! thx for the boos of motivation ;) keep it up

[aph]

Looks good Naomi!

My main crit would be on the last 'panel', the back of the seat and figure see to be skewed and out of perspective, also the one before, the desk is very empty, and it contradicts the scenes before where we see a desk with stuff on it!

More updates! Your pen work and brush stuff is lovely!

[Badger]

Good comic mi lovely. I've gotta agree with aph on perspective here. If you bend perspective around then do that (aka Lorenzo) but if you are going for very refined stuff you need to work out some basic planes. Bring the figure up a bit, and we should see a leg or two on one side.
WOrking hard tho!
-B-

[Quicksilver]

Call0ps: Thanks!
aph: Cheers, Jase ^_^ Aaaahhhh perspective....I've yet to even attempt that :S I admit I got lazy with the details, which is bad 'cause then the whole thing loses consistancy. Thanks for pointing them out, and cheers for the compliment!
Badgerydooey: Thankye, dearest :3

News:
- Got into the Arts Institute of Bournemouth to do BA(Hons) Illustration. :) Wasn't too sure about the uni at first but after taking a look at it properly I quite like it...only shame is that I won't be able to hang out with the ol' Brizzle crew!
- I passed my theory test for driving.
- Debating whether to keep the skewed thumbnails on [/url=http://www.cheeb.co.uk]my site[/url] or change them so they're all straight. If anyone doesn't mind taking a look and passing on your opionion that'd be greatly appreciated. I wanna update it sometime soon.....maybe after my FMP (Final Major Project).
- Photos from the last CA UK meet! (http://www.cheeb.co.uk/photos/ca/london_12-04-07.html) :D
- Got my drive back and am actually working on my project.....'bout f*cking time, eh?! :P

Kk, some updates...

1.) Page 3 of me comic
2.) Page 4
3.) Started a drawling of Monsieur Badgeress...
4.) Went to the National Gallery with the CA UK crew and of all things, I chose to draw a section of the lighting and walls. Hmm...
5.) Doodle (I only drew the one on the top right - the rest are by Molly
6.) Doodle
7.) Doo....nah, quickie of what I kinda think Tripitaka (from Monkey)might look like
8.) Doodle ;P
9.) Can't remember whether I posted these earlier or not, but here it is anyway: some leaves drawn in using oil pastels.
10.) Finally, some monkey business! Studies of bonobo chimps for my current project (based on the Chinese folktale, Monkey, a.k.a Sun Wukong).
Sepia pastels on toned sugar paper.

Hope you like! If not, tell me why to help me improve! :D

~~Naomoomin x

[blog]

cool stuff dude!, and thanks for posting those pictures of the meet! :)


(or should I say dudette?)

[hurricane]

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=101241&stc=1&d=1172776535
this one is VERY good!

cheers

[Badger]

Greeeaaaatt stuff Naomington, awesome control of line as always, i think you should finish this (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=130275&stc=1&d=1177694874) :P

Congrats on bournemouth. Brizzle comic con is soon i'll drop some info in the UK thread and set about organising.
-B-

[Tomato]

Heeeeeey, i think i'm gonna start coming here more often to see your work Naomi! I'm impressed :D Some lovely work here, especially that Jester and the cute kitties! Keep up the good work! I agree with Hurricane also, very very nice!

Can i have a Banh Bao? :3

John

PS. Monkey :teeth:

[DragonSnail]

Nice range of subjects, really like your pencil work! I'm especially fond of your jester girls, they are all so sweet... and I love their costumes! :teeth:

[Quicksilver]

blog: Cheers, and np :)

Hurri: Hey man, cheers for stopping by! And for the compliment, thank you ^_^

Badgerydoodah: Thankoos~ Yeah, I dug up my SB a day or two ago and remembered about that piece....did start painting it a bit but lost interest :S Think it's one of those things I'll have to dabble through. Buuuuuuut! I have started to design my piratey self, at long last, haha. Look down...

Tomato: Heya, cheers for poppin' by, mate. Haven't looked at your SB in quite a while actually; I hope you're workin' hard!! :P

DragonSnail: Thank you~ Yeah, I like the jesters too :) Am thinking about making a maquette of one of them, but that's if time and money provides, hahaha. Thanks for takin' your time to comment in my SB, I'll be sure to return the favour :)

I've a thread in the FF section:
Monkey King (sculpture) (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=99056) <---click

Just a speedpaint for now. It's been ages since I've done anything like this, and I defo need to work on my brush strokes (need a lot more confidence)...anyhoo, it's a back view of a new character in development.

C&C always welcome. Cheers for you time and have a nice day! :D

PS: I don't have acess to the internet! Think my bro downloaded too much so our connection's on hold - dunno how long for though. I'm in college atm, but I'll try and update with more stuff when I can.

[emeys]

Beautifull all .....indeed.

[WARHEAD]

Hey U ! <3

That last one is great.... looks like a really nice speedy ! if u blended the background a bit more and get a nice render to the hair it would look awesome.... great work, keep it up ! x

[Quicksilver]

emeys: Thank you :bashful:

WARHEAD: Hey, honey :3 Thankoo~ xxx

I'VE FINISHED COLLEGE!!! AND GOT A DISTINCTION! WHOOOOOOOOOOOOP!!! So I've been gaming for the past few days solid and hardly got any drawing done, heh, but managed to scribble these before heading back to play FFXII.....:heart:

1.) Initial sketch of my piratey self (later painted, as you can see above). This derived from something of an in-joke-type-story between Badger, Lefran (ish) and I.

2.) Was on 'duty' to guard my classroom with a friend to make sure nobody came in and wrecked our work (our Final Major Projects were on display). I drew a miniture garden chair which was included in one of my classmate's displays whilst llistening to lectures from www.ted.com.

3, 4, 5 & 6.) Some character scribbles with my favourite brush pen~ <3 5's my fav, though it progressively became shitty further down the image so I stopped. Think I lost the vibe a few hours later when I drew number 6. I blame that sodding Esper in Zertinan Caverns which I didn't expect to bump into and DIED. :nohope: Aaanyway.....

7.) Speedpaintish sketches. I really need to stop drawing girls with the same/similar hairstyles as me....or rather, not use myself as reference so much, maybe. o_O Though I wish I had legs like that, hahaha.

Cheers for looking! Hope it wasn't too much of a waste ^_^; C&C welcome~

[Shinryu]

Nice stuff! Cool exploration of media. The rendering on the chair from the last post make it look a bit flat in areas maybe follow the form a bit more. The oil pastel leaves look great.

(The ted lectures are great)

Cheers

[iceman478]

When you said that I had too much photo manipulation I thought ok maybe he is right…I saw your comment and it said level 9!!! Or something on it I was oh dang I am going to see his sketch book and be BLOWN away….I was actually excited …………………
You fell short .. :(…compared to some other ppl on here…I mean some ppl on hear are WOW they really make one feel short on skills but ok…I will try to improve ….I guess …
p.s the only thing I thought was cool was this sketch of some hair you had at the begining of the your sketchbook link

CHEER!S
SketchbOOK!
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=98822

[lefran]

Sorry naomi i know you can stand up for yourself but Iceman478- firstly Quicksilver is a she, level number is not indicative of skill level btw, also its not general practice come to someones sketchbook in an attempt to belittle their work. Its not about comparing peoples work. theres such a thing as constructive criticism, bet then theres the pointless criticism just for the sake of criticising, just because maybe you dont like naomis work so much also doesnt mean that her comments and critiques in your sketchbook arent right and is good advice, for example, you came to my sketchbook and said that you thought there was too much chatting going on? not being mean or anything, but if your too blunt all the time, it might not be received very well by other members of the forum

Aaaanyways, sorry to hijack there,
Good stuff in your updates Naomi, nice to see you loosen up in sketches like this http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=161329&stc=1&d=1183151875- really good =]
I also like your last character, except i think her waist is a bit skinny in proportion to the rest of her? unless your going stylised
Also really like the colours in your leaves, all though i already told you that in person hehe

Fran

[PinkMonkeee]

Hi:}
I like your ink (i guess it's ink?) sketches.....<3 and i loved those hand studies http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/sb/sb05.jpg ah and i have to say you know how to draw figures.

cheers:D

[BohemianChaos]

I'm shocked I haven't been to your sb yet! I'm a friend on Myspace and saw your website through that, but I'm just now checking this thread. You've improved sooooooooooo much since you started the thread. :) You have some great costume designs (love the inks from the post on the 29th). I'd love to see you draw more hands and feet... most of the one's I've seen here (aside from the studies) are either just hints of appendages or hidden by something else (hair, sleeves, etc)

keep going!! :D

~boho

[Cold]

Good stuff naomi. Pay super close attention to the edges of shapes and be discepline in copying them or creating them. Because that is what makes the objects look what it is, valume and texture is the stuff in the middle, i think x x x

[Quicksilver]

Shinryu: Thanks! I understand what you mean, but not how to fix that. Still got a lot to learn (me) and need to get out of the nasty habit of focusing on detail too early :S
And yush, the ted lectures rule~ I'm a nerd for that sorta thing :) Yay, knowledge!

iceman478: 1.) I'm a girl; 2.) I think you've completely missed the point, mate. Instead of lashing out at people who offer honest crit and advice, try taking it in, practice, and improve yourself artistically and as a person.
I know for a fact that you won't bother coming back in here to read my response, but at least now we've both had our say.

Fran: Cheers, Fran :) Very well said, too!
Yeah, I love that sketch~ About the waist - it was a really, really quick sketch (no more than 2 or 3 minutes) so anatomy wasn't on my mind at the time. Just wanted to get the idea and energy down on paper before it fizzled out.

PinkMonkee: Thank you ^_^ Ink is great! I feel more free working with it, 'cause it's less restrictive, imo. Once you've made a mark, it's there permanently and you can either fix it or leave it be. I like that, having to think on your toes kinda thing - keeps you sharp. :) Otherwise I'd be fiddling around with pointless detail forever!!

BohemianChaos: Than kyou!! Very good point, too - I tend to draw hands and feet separately as studies but never actually apply them to bodies. o.O And honestly didn't think of it until you mentioned that. Thanks! Will work on that...

Christian: Cheers! Yeah, silhouettes are really important in design so that they can be recognised as a whole. Thanks for dropping by~

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K, haven't posted in ages, haven't drawn in what feels like ages, and can't really remember what I've done since, so here are some tidbits which happen to be lying about:

1.) Sketch from the time I discovered a cute lil cafe in town and had some time to kill. While I was drawing this, one of the waitresses scared the crap outta me when she suddenly said "Oo that's clever!" from over my shoulder >_<;;

Note: Just found out that my scanner isn't working for some reason, so I've taken photos of the rest. Apologies for the low quality (of art and the picture itself, haha)

2.) A quick study of my bf drawing in the Manchester Art Gallery cafe. Used a brush pen for this one. Also, this looks absolutely nothing like him...:nohope:

3&4.) Started drawing loosely with a pencil and came up with these.

5.) Marilyn Monroe-ish prep sketch for a TD entry

6.) An ape/monkey with an afro by Pete Amachree, a.k.a. SummerPudding ;)

7.) Did a quick experimental study of a girl from a book called "Human" <----AMAZING for reference on different cultures and types of people.

8.) Sepia doodle of a boy referenced from the book mentioned above.

9&10.) My tribute to Glen Angus, a.k.a. gangus, plus a WIP. RIP...

Would find the link to the post I made in that thread but it doesn't load well when logged in, grr.

11.) Most recent painting: a study of a very tempting apple. Shame the painting doesn't convey that ;P Still need lots of practice.


C&C's always welcome so fire away! I know I've kinda gone downhill lately, but hopefully uni will help give things a kick-start!

~~Naomi

[koshime]

NIce set of updates...(now for some enviros..heh heh)

[m0uS3r]

...hei nice SB i love the one whit tribute to Gangus
its so cool ... i must say you sure like females ;)) ... o and the apple is alsow cool ... keep it up ... hope you will have time to stop at my SB sometime

i sure can use some crits from ya

cheers

[Quicksilver]

Heya guys, haven't updated in aaaaages I know >_<; Just doing a quick demo for a friend, so will update properly when I havemore time.

Cheers for looking! I'll do more detailed replies when I'm not in uni.

~~Naomi xxx

EDIT: Just realised that I put that apple study on the previous page, duuuuuuuh. Will post up some new stuff when I have something to re-size it on. Does Mac have something like Paint??? Or *something* to manipulate pics 'cause I don't have Photoshop yet :( Am having serious withdrawal symptoms, lol

[Windmaker]

Hello:)
That apple is pretty nice:) I especially like the cast shadow from its stem... or stalk... or whatever it's called. But I don't really like the shadow the apple casts on the ground. The light is coming from the upper right, so the shadow should be cast on the lower left. It should continue in the direction of the light.
Also, your ink drawings are so great! The lines are so fluid and expressive!
Have fun now:) And post stuff:)

[lefran]

Thankyou for commenting in my SB :)
update GNOMEYYYYY! MUST SEE UNI WORK!!
:D

[Bones Weep Tedium]

Hey Quicksilver, I really like your work, esp the bonobos on page8. Really clear and clean images, despite the delicacy and sensitivity of the media you did it with. V good.

I was just curious, you said you got into Bournemouth to do a BE(Hons). . . is that a typo? I have only heard of BA(Hons) before? Whatizzit?

[Quicksilver]

Chee: Hahaha, still learning how to, mate! Been doing the ol' cube drawings lately, as you can see (below), in attempt to get a grasp of perspective. One step at a time, eh?

m0uS3r: Thank you! :) Hahaha, yeah....not in that way! But I just tend to draw them more (probably cause I flick through Fashion mags and such), but yeah, really need to draw more guys....and kids, I hardly ever draw those either. Yeesh!
Cheers for stopping by, mate - will repay the favour after this post.

Windmaker: Chaaars. There was more than one light source on that apple so the shadows were a bit funky and honestly looked like that. o_O

FRAAAAANLEYSMITH: Np and gimme a chance!! Haha. I'm just chucking up some random doodles atm - got my assessment tomorrow so I'll ask for permission to put my stuff up here, so if they throw me a yes then I'll update again tomorrow or something, okay? :P Though I don't like some of the stuff I churned out :S

Bones Weep Tedium: Thank you~! ^_^ Ah yes, I'm doing a BA, not BE! Didn't notice that :$ Will edit that post later....cheers for pointing that out, hehe.

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Kk, I handed in all my work for the first unit in uni yesterday, so I have some time between now to....Monday? So besides writing an essay or two, I actually have time to draw my own stuff for a bit, yay~

Oo oo, also, I HAVE A NEW WACOM TABLET! WHEEEEEEEEE <3 Gotsa A5 Intuos, and it's yummy. :3 Am also now equipped with CS3, so I'm a very, very happy bunny indeed~ So now I have no excuses and must take advantage of these things to work on my art. :D

I'm currently being mentored on value/form by Windmaker and (more recently) Kian, so hopefully this'll push me to draw more than outlines ^_^;

Here's a value study I did for Windmaker:
http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=237949&stc=1&d=1194891047
You can check out our thread here (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=108822)

And the thread run by Kian can be found here (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=110528). This is originally for Danny, but Jon invited me to join in, so I might just practice in the shadows so not to raid his thread.

Righto, 'fraid I only have yet more doodles and unfinished bits'n bobs to show for now, but bear with me if ya can:

1, 2&3.) Cubes! As sketchling and Kian keep mentioning; cubes are the way to go to start learning about perspective, so here are my attempts. As you can see, the first page is a bit scatty, but I think by the third page I kinda got the hang of it. Please let me know where I've gone wrong so I can take note of it later :)

4.) Random brush pen doodle

**Testing out the tabby**
5.) Last night I cooked a bit too much AGAIN. Usually I end up cooking two portions by accident, but last night I purposely wanted that much so I wouldn't have to cook for tonight, but ended up cooking for about three....and could only fit so much into those handy lil food containers so I just ate whatever was leftover afterwards....then realised I didn't use as much cream as I thought I would so I ended up making a fruit salad to pour cream on top of and ate THAT. Uuuugggghhhhhh......completely self-inflicted, but whatev, better than leaving food to waste, right??

6.) *WIP* Referencing from an amazing book called "Human"

7.) Random doodle from earlier. God it's like sketching with a pencil with this thing! I like how the girl on the right came out the most. Yes yes, I know, need to draw more guys...

Cheers for dropping by my SB! Feel free to critique or comment on anything - they're always welcome here :)

~~Naomington xxx

[Kian]

Naomi!!!!! :D
hey girl. i LOVE the cube studies. Keep on with em! do loads more.
And now also, I want ya to do em in under 5 seconds. no persp lines [even tho im glad as hell youre getting a grip on that] i wanna see some fast cubes.
XxX

[Badger]

Cubes FTW!! great work my lovely! update more! and your uni work and own work should be the same thing! :P
-B-

[lefran]

awesome smiley cube! cute chibi SP :)
look forward to seeing your uni work! i also agree with josh! i make projects out of personal work ho ho