LoTekK's Digital Sketchbook

[LoTekK]

Been lurking here for a looong time. And I know I need mucho improvement, and this section has always been quite the inspiration. These are all done in Sketchbook Pro on my TabletPC.

Some gestures and value studies from photoref (over on the CGTalk anatomy forum). My gestures need a lot of work, as far as line confidence goes, that's for sure.

http://www.lotekk.com/files/ofdw/1.jpg
http://www.lotekk.com/files/ofdw/2.jpg
http://www.lotekk.com/files/ofdw/lorraine2.jpg
http://www.lotekk.com/files/ofdw/lorraine1.jpg
http://www.lotekk.com/files/ofdw/3.jpg
http://www.lotekk.com/files/ofdw/3a.jpg

And a self portrait I knocked up tonight (this one's from life, not photoref).

http://www.lotekk.com/files/sp1b.jpg

Cheers, and tear me a new one! :x

[Sybo]

awesome bro, nice figures. The runner sketch has a good sense of depth.Also the nude portrait.

off to paint now.

[gmags]

Good start there Lotekk! Especially like that digital sp. Keep em comin dude. Welcome to CA! :yayca:

[LoTekK]

If there's one thing I hate about working in Sketchbook Pro, it's that I can't have hard-edged and translucent brushes. They're either translucent and feathered, or hard-edged and opaque, due to the way the brush stamping works. :dead:

Anyways, value study from photoref. Unfortunately, my chick looks nothing like the ref.

http://www.lotekk.com/files/chick1.jpg

I feel like such a slacker compared to everyone else. Need to put in more time. :bashful:

[InkChick31]

You've definantly got the conepts down, I'de love to see what you'de do with these pieces past the basics. I think your work would be very impressive!

[Blaise]

I agree. Plus, your values are pretty much dead on (thanks for posting your ref along with the value studies).

[seansea]

Wow LoTekk! These are great. Need more please.

seansea

[Sepulverture]

Hey, man. Just thought I'd drop by and check out your book. Looks pretty nice. keep up the good work. Only crit I can really offer you is on your value study painting of the girl form photo ref, you may find htat smoothing out all the blotchy spots on her forehead for example may produce a better texture.

[LoTekK]

Inkchick, Blaise, seansea, Sepulverture, thanks! :)

Sepulverture: Yeah, I'm still trying to get used to the way Sketchbook Pro handles its brushes (the stamping is very different from Photoshop's brushes, which is what I've been used to since I first started digital work). I definitely need to work on that some.

Here's another sketch and value study I did tonight. Idiot that I am, I went off and turned on the power saving features in my display driver, which has the effect of making stuff seem more contrasty while on battery. Which is my lame excuse for why the values aren't as pushed as they could be.

http://www.lotekk.com/files/chick2.jpg

[Sepulverture]

Nice studies, and thanks for the comment in my book. Your big boobed babe looks pretty good, but could handle some sharpening up crisper edges in particular in the appropriate areas, and adding detail to her hands and face will help a lot (assuming you haven't already started to do that).

[Ned]

you're picking some fairly tough subjects to draw, Although I guess it's better to throw yourself in the deep end if you say you need alot of improvement. Good tones as well keep up the momentum, brother.

[LoTekK]

Sepulverture: Yeah, if there's one huuuge weakness I appear to have developed in the last year or so, it's my seeming reluctance to push my stuff past the blocking out, and into the sharpening up and detailing. I don't think I'll be working the big boobed chick, and am gonna jump into some others. Right now I want to work more on getting my basics down, like values, as well as figures. I figure I can jump into the rest in a bit. :)

Ned: Yeah, I popped open my "Chicks" reference folder and grabbed a pic with foreshortening and a funky pose so I could work on constructing the figure properly. I have a knack for doing that, throwing myself into the deep end, as it were. :) Thanks for the comments. :)

[LoTekK]

It seems evident to me that faces and hands (especially of the female variety) terrify me. Might be worth doing a bunch of studies of the two.

http://www.lotekk.com/files/chick3.jpg

I realized as I posted that I made her legs way short. o_O

[Erilaz]

Hey, great to see you over here Teck! I just commented on your other book! :teeth:

[Gridur]

Hey there! you got some nice studies, great gray scales and shadeing. would be nice to see some more details though! try to really get into a piece, maybe try out some colors to!

Keep it up!

[LoTekK]

Okay, did a few noses from photoref. Decided to go with hatching, since it's been a while since I've done any of that. Hatching onto a mid-value background proved interesting... I've always hatched on white paper, never grey, and having a mid-value background made it a little tougher for me to decide where to hatch. Anyways, I'm kinda happy with the first two, not so much with the next two. :\

http://www.lotekk.com/files/nosesandeye.jpg

Got a few more nose refs, and a bunch of eye refs. Tomorrow. :p

edit: Couldn't sleep, added an eye, also photoref'd.

[LoTekK]

Eye studies. I learned today that Ariel Sharon (top right) has no bloody eyebrows. Kinda creepy. Well, he does, but they're barely there.

http://www.lotekk.com/files/eyes.jpg

edit: Looking at the ref again, he appears to have no eyelashes either. o_O

[MissCeleste]

ohhhh.... <3 *grin*

Your self portrait is quite handsome... The hair on the red head you sketched didn't translate well into grey tones... It just looks like a lump of grey really... maybe some very tiny light whisps of light on the end to portray those strands of hair that are really hard to see but are deff. there in the original pic. everything else looks so nice... even in its rawest form.. you have a good feel of what makes the human body appealing.. all of your drawings are easy on the eye even with slight innaccurcies... none of them are glaring.. Will be keeping an eye out for future works from you. :)

[Mitchell]

Cool stuff man, I'd like to see some actual pencil work. Keep it up though!

[Chisa]

Very nice value studies and eye studies. I really like the way that you shade (cross hatching?) I gotta learn how to do that.

[LoTekK]

MissCeleste: Aw, shucks. :bashful: About the chick (Amy Acker :meow: ), yeah, I kinda slacked off on the hair. Put the highlights on the wrong place, too. :x
Skeiff: Yeah, I should really hit the pencils (and charcoal+conte... god how I miss working with those) sometime. I've gotten kinda spoiled with my TabletPC, though. :p
Chisa: Thanks, it's been a while since I've done any hatching, but it's something that's always fun (though bloody time consuming to do nicely :x).

Anyways, this update's pretty random. Managed another eye during class last night (woulda done more, but the lesson was pretty hands on), and then did a bunch of really random stuff today sans reference.

http://www.lotekk.com/files/doodle2.jpg

Also touched up the self-portrait some.

http://www.lotekk.com/files/sp1c.jpg

And found some random stuff from earlier this year. Real random brainstorming concepting for a 2D game I had in mind.

http://www.lotekk.com/files/headgear.jpg
http://www.lotekk.com/files/specop.jpg
http://www.lotekk.com/files/samurai.jpg

[comixnut]

i like what i see so far man (sorry, i'm on the way to bed or unconciousness, so it's short this time).

[LoTekK]

Thanks comixnut. :)

Couldn't sleep, so here's another page of randomness. Not quite sure what I was doing when I did the crouching guy. I started off with a funky skull, built a head around that, then sorta went with it. Or something. The lighter was ref'd, the rest were not, including the eye study.

http://www.lotekk.com/files/doodle3.jpg

[MissCeleste]

ohhhhh Pi-rat! hehehehe.. I love it. So cute.

Digging the first eye with the cross hatching. Looks good.

Critique wise you need to stop being sloppy with hair!

I keep seeing again and again from you hair that isn't as in depth or realistic looking as the rest of your awesome work.

[LoTekK]

Guilty as charged. Been copping out on the hair somewhat. I think I got spoiled with the ability to create custom brushes in PS. Don't have that in Sketchbook Pro, which means doing it the old fashioned way. :) Will fix up the hair in the SP. Thanks for stopping by again, and for the honest crits. :)

And, since I can't bloody seem to sleep, here's another value study, 'bout 20-30 minutes or thereabouts.

http://www.lotekk.com/files/15min1.jpg

Proportions are a little botched, but I'm vaguely happy with the values, I think.

[LoTekK]

Decided to start up a Caravaggio copy. Initial sketch plus value dump, about 15 minutes:

http://www.lotekk.com/files/CaravaggioGoliath1.jpg

[LoTekK]

'nother half hour. I guess I should be calling this a value study rather than a master copy.

http://www.lotekk.com/files/CaravaggioGoliath2.jpg

I've realized since posting that I dipped David's left arm a little low. Will have to fix that in the next update.

[stine]

hi! thanks for stopping by at my sketchbook and the nice words... :)
so i thought i return the favour, althought as a newbie i can't crit much. i really like the motion-studies, very dynamic.
and you've done all of that with your wacom? i went back to "traditional" material, because my tablet is rather small and sometimes it's just fun moving your whole arm not only the hand... :)

your last project is great, too. i think copying the masters is always a good thing to do. it doesn't have to be a photorealistic copy in the end -- understanding the values and composition is a major thing...

again, thanks for visiting, i'm really looking forward to see some updates here!

p.s.: that pirate is hilarious!

[LoTekK]

Nursing one hell of a headache tonight, so not much progress. I don't think switching between math and the copy during tutorial helped that any. :D

http://www.lotekk.com/files/CaravaggioGoliath3.jpg

The drapery is really pissing me off. :D

[JLC]

Wow! I really like the eye studies you've been doing. I agree about the hatching - if you have the patience it can look just beautiful. The value studies are looking great too. Both types of sketches are showing a good amount of depth. Nice work.

[LoTekK]

Gah. Need to quit slacking. Had a bunch of stuff to do for school this weekend, so I only managed to work on the Caravaggio here and there. Still need to do the hands, and still need to tighten up a couple areas. Some of the bits are wrong (position of David's right arm/shoulder, David's gaze, for example), but whether I have the heart to redo those bits is in question. Drapery was a killer. Bring a guy to tears, they can.

http://www.lotekk.com/files/CaravaggioGoliath5.jpg

Stine: Thanks, and yeah, all this has been digital. Ever since I got my TabletPC, the pencils have been collecting dust. I should pick those up sometime though. I'd like to hit up some charcoal and conte again soon, too.

JLC: Thanks for the comments. :)

[Doronila]

Your digital drawings are cool man, miles better than what i can create digitally. But dude, cant let your pencils collect dust :O thats just outrageous!!! they need you! theyre like pets, you gotta keep on using them so they dont die :)

[Richard_M]

I really like what I see here. I'm experimenting with Digital drawing myself. Any pointers you may have? What brushes are you using and with what software?

Keep up the awesome work man!! Very nice.

Thanks,

Richard_M

YES...I do have a sketchbook! (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=61599)

[stine]

hi! thanks for having a look at my sketchbook. i really like the update of the caravaggio. drapery is hard to do, but i think it's looking alright. anyway, i have to second doronilas post: you should use your pencils from time to time. :)
keep up the good work, it's great watching you along the way! cheers,
stine

[Chisa]

Hot damn you're good! I'm really liking your value studies, and the Caravaggio is really coming along nicely. Apart from the things that you and other people have mentioned, I think the shadow of the sword on the side of David's (it is David right?) neck looks strange, maybe a little too dark? I wasn't sure what it was at first, and had to look at your reference picture to check.

Amazing work though, can't wait to see more!

[Alcian]

Wow, loads of studies, thats really inspirational; wish I had the dedication lol. Don't be afraid to do some more faces, doing some long studies of faces can really help in the long term.

[frog and *BAM*]

Your photo references are spot on! Sweet sketchbook you ahve started here. Taht bikini chick is niiice.

[Sepulverture]

Hey there, Lotekk. I'm loving your latest iece (the swordsman with the unlucky fellows head in hand). You have a very cool style in your pieces. Although you're working from reference on that picture, giving the swordsmans face a bit more of an elated expression may give your picture a but more umph.

[T-Raktor]

It would be neat if you would finnis your works, like u did with the SP. I have problems too with the drawings that i must finish,...and i don't :P

[LoTekK]

Gah, been a busy couple weeks, so I haven't done much sketching.

Thanks for all the support! :)

Doronila, stine: You're right about the pencils. I spent last night reorganizing my room, and I now have a makeshift drafting table, and another desk free for other paper stuff, so hopefully that'll remind me to work with graphite more. And charcoal, once I restock. :)

Richard M: For everything I've posted thus far, I've been using Alias (uh, now Autodesk, come to think of it) Sketch Book Pro. It's pretty nifty for sketching; lovely pencil feel. I do some painting in Photoshop, but I haven't been using that much ever since I upgraded to CS2, since my Tablet only has half a gig of RAM, and CS2 is a bit of a pig, resource-wise. I'm digging around for my old copy of v7, after which I'll probably do more painting in PS.

Chisa: Thanks for pointing out the sword shadow, I hadn't really noticed that before. I've gone ahead and tweaked it a little. :)

Alcian: I dunno, man, from the looks of your sketchbook, you certainly seem plenty dedicated. :)

Sepulverture: Thanks for the suggestion. I ended up giving him a very slight smirk, rather than full-on elation, but I think it helped. :)

T-Raktor: Yeah, finishing's always the tough part. The more you work on a piece, the less you want to touch it for fear of ruining something. :p

Okay, now the actual updates. :p Don't think I'll be doing much more with the Caravaggio, unless someone points out a glaring screwup (aside from the likeness of David's face :p).

http://www.lotekk.com/files/CaravaggioGoliath6.jpg

Random doodles, mostly non-ref'd:

http://www.lotekk.com/files/sb1.jpg
http://www.lotekk.com/files/sb2.jpg

And a chocobo reject. Or something. This one started off with laying down some random black strokes and figuring out what I could see in the mess. Not sure if I'll be taking this one any further. What do you think?

http://www.lotekk.com/files/chocoboreject.jpg

[Recursive_End]

All those are looking good, but go further in your anatomy, looking at the animal, it would look alot more attractive if you poped out all the muscles. Kindof the same for the first pic in the last update. Make things interesting, give a bit more highlights, make the light clearer and stronger.
Anyway, your practicing alot, so dont stop :)

[Blaise]

I'd really like to see you take one of these figure/value studies further. Your self portrait is very strong. Don't be afraid of those female faces! Don't worry about getting the likeness exactly right at first - focus on proportion and the relationships of the facial features. You're doing a great job with the figure work.

[quesadeist]

You're doing great, my man! As mentioned earlier I also would like to see you push the value studies farther into a finished piece. I think you could put out some amazing work if you just stuck with one subject long enough. ;)

Aside from the standard "work on anatomy" crit, I think you're doing pretty good.

I have to ask, where did you find those photo refs? Some great dynamic poses there...

[LoTekK]

Recursive_End: Thanks for the suggestion; it hadn't even occurred to me to define some muscles on the chocobo reject thing. I'll hunt down some musculature refs from similar animals and mess with that.

Blaise, Steinspinne: Thanks, I'll definitely try and make an effort to take some sketches past the "roughed out" stage. :)

[GHill]

I like where you're heading with your work. You've been working on your fundamentals and it shows. Since you've got a good feeling of the body already, after you are done with your value studies, throw another layer on top and do an anatomy study just for fun (and learning of course). Reference anatomy books and piece together the muscles over the figure. You'll learn a lot, quick. Keep doing what you're doing!

[Rebeccak]

Hey Teck, I didn't realize you had a Sketchbook here as well! Nice to see that you do! Will be tracking you along with the Stealthy Tea Monkey...:)

[unknown_epiphany]

I like the idea that you keep working on a part of the body til you know it like the back of your hand. I may need to steal that idea LoTekK ( haha finally got it right whooooooo)

[Smitherines]

Study the planes of the body, especially in the face. Andrew Loomis Head Drawing Book is really helpful....you can find it here. www.fineart.sk I do like the way you are doing your studies here. You picked out really good reference and I must ask...where did you get these photos?

[devil-inside]

Man, your studies are great!
The eyes studies you drew using crosshatching are really beautiful and I like the way you use it. And I agree with Smitherines. I think you should study anatomy a little bit more, because it'll give more security to your drawings.

[Eva]

you really have some nice studys, your on the right path when your copying from the masters (Caravaggio) , but its also good to study from real life, ever heard of the power of the little black sketch book? you can take it everywhere with you, also ..lets see some real media ..try not to stick to just digital.

[Sybo]

you're progressing well, Lotek. Some great value studies are going on here, and your understanding of forms is definitily improving.
You gonna try use some colour sometime?Minght be nice to overlay some of these value studies with coulor.

[LoTekK]

Wow, been neglecting the sketchbook for a while. :x Been doing the job hunting schtick, and lots of junk taking up my time. I haven't been completely slack, though. :p

Smitherines: Some of the photos are from the CGTalk 15 Minute Sketch thread (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=298699), and others are just random pics I save when I come across them. You never know when you'll need some random reference you stumbled across three months ago or something. :)

Sybo: Colored pics coming up. :p

First, a sculpture I started working on (torso's too long). After years of telling myself to do so, I finally went out and got a block of Super Sculpey. I'll probably be scrapping this one and trying again, but it was a good learning experience.

http://www.lotekk.com/files/cleric4.jpg

And a bunch of self portraits for the SP overdrive (couple of us on CGTalk trying to do a self-portrait a day til Montreal, which I won't be able to attend. :( ).

http://www.lotekk.com/files/sp2.jpg
http://www.lotekk.com/files/sp3.jpg
http://www.lotekk.com/files/sp4.jpg
http://www.lotekk.com/files/sp5.jpg
http://www.lotekk.com/files/sp6.jpg
http://www.lotekk.com/files/sp7.jpg
http://www.lotekk.com/files/sp8.jpg
http://www.lotekk.com/files/sp9.jpg

Colors are super wonky, but I'll get there. :) And yes, I'm aware that the second color piece looks like I'm in drag or something. :p

[Dile_]

Ahh, Nice sketchbook LoTekK, alot of nice stuff in here, like
that sculpure! ITs nice to see someone makeing ref studies, like everyday,
and its also very inspiring to get my self doing it
btw: were do you get all refs ?

[devil-inside]

It's good to see you posting stuff here, man!

I really liked the sculpture you did! ^^
I wish I could learn that someday.

[LoTekK]

Thanks Dile, devil-inside.

Dile, check my previous post for a link to some of the refs (thread full of interesting ref photos), and the rest come from random stuff I right-click->save when I come across stuff (most of these ones tend to be chicks :p).

devil-inside: Sculpting's fun, and can definitely be learned. It just requires dropping $12 for a block of super sculpey, getting some wire and stuff, and going to town with it. :) Check out SmellyBug's tut over in the sculpting forum right here on CA.org. :)

Anyways, here's last night's SP. Spent about an hour on it this time. Slowly getting a hang of the colors, but still needs a fair bit of practise.

Pre-liquify (http://www.lotekk.com/files/sp10.jpg)

edit: Liquify filter! helped out a fair bit:
http://www.lotekk.com/files/sp10a.jpg

[Mr. Indigo]

Wow! Good job on the rat pirate! Your values seem to be your strong point. As I always end up saying some how: draw from life! If you do it, do it some more! I know it is probably hard to get a model to draw from, but anybody is just as good! That includes yourself! Get a mirror, flex your muscles, start drawing! Also, you mentioned that you were working on line-confidence? Well, my suggestion is for you to stop going over your lines so much. Spend more time looking at your reference(hopefully from life) than your paper and make lines THAT COUNT! Hope this helps! Next post!

[stine]

hi there! thanks for visiting my little book. great sp's you have there. my favourite is the one with the blue background, probably because the eyes are most convincing in that one, but that's just my personal taste. really like that you keep that painterly look in your digitals and keep the opacity high. hope you understand what i mean... anyway, great book here! :)

[LoTekK]

Mr Indigo, thanks for the comments. I'll definitely be getting more life practise. All the self portraits have been from life (well, except for the 4th color one, which was done without ref, mainly as a color exercise), and I've been trying to get back in the habit of sketching people while on the bus/train.

Stine, thanks, I was somewhat happy with the blue background SP as well, but wasn't so happy with the way the colors turned out. Still trying to get a hang of that. :) Oh yeah, forgot to mention that all the color SPs so far have been done in ArtRage2 (love that app).

One more SP from last night. Not very happy with how it turned out. Messed up the foundations initially, which meant plenty of noodling late in the game. :(

http://www.lotekk.com/files/sp11.jpg

A couple sketches of my hand I managed to squeeze in during class the other day:

http://www.lotekk.com/files/doodle4.jpg

And a sketch of some guy sitting in front of me on the bus on the way to the gym yesterday (first timeI've busted out the pencils proper in a while):

http://www.lotekk.com/files/bussketch1.jpg

edit: Tonight's SP. Artrage, 45 minutes, paint roller and oil brush. Arrr!

http://www.lotekk.com/files/sp12.jpg

[Valorblade]

Nice works here. Good use of reference pictures to get dynamics and practice the flow of body postures (at least that's what it looks like you're doing. lol). Keep updating!

[Mr. Indigo]

Alright! Keep up those bus sketches! Did you have more on that page? Do lots of them with fewer lines. Try not to go over your lines again. Just draw lines that count. Good job with the hand studies. Maybe pair up Some of those hand studies with some anatomy books to learn what's happenning. . . . I like the last portrait. It's not just a "plain" face. Next post!!! :clown:

[LoTekK]

Valorblade: Yeah, the main purpose of the reference works were to get the figure work going. Thanks! :)

Mr Indigo: That was the only one on that page. It was a relatively short bus ride, so that was all I managed. Haven't really busted it out again yet, unfortunately. Thanks! :)

Three more SPs:

I was drunk when I did this 15-minute one. :p
http://www.lotekk.com/files/sp13.jpg

http://www.lotekk.com/files/sp14a.jpg

I found the lighting to be a lot tougher to pull of than I expected. I shut off all the lights so the only light source was my laptop screen.
http://www.lotekk.com/files/sp15.jpg

[Kian]

Cool style man. All id suggest is working more on your head construction. Esp the eyes! You crack them, and your a good deal there!

[Mr. Indigo]

I agree with kian3001. It would be a good idea to couple your head studies with some knowledge. With an anatomy book or something similar as reference, REALLY observe the forms. For instance, your nostrils are typically done as just circles disconnected from your upper lip. However, that is not really the case, i think that you just make them like that because you know that the nostrils are basically just openings in your nose. You need to learn some more about the way things are, and draw/paint etc. what you SEE. . . . I am assuming that you will probably do some more SP's . . . soooo, I wanna' see some more anatomical "correctness"!! AND NOT JUST FOR THE EYES AND NOSTRILS!!! It is better when you discover things on your own!!! Go SSGXIX!!! We will be the best!!! Oh yah, I guess according to unknown_epiphany, we are having a vote for a new signature. . . . Or, at least we are brainstorming new ideas. So if you have any suggestions, blurt em' out!! :clown:

[Yina]

great to see another singaporean! (i assume)

cool stuff with the SPs. : D

[libor]

those selfportraits are nice, try different medium tho (the digital oils arent the easiest one. namely because of so "rude" application to the canvas) I mea they are opaque. Just try a more gentle approach using pressure and opacity - you will grasp shading forms more rapidly...

Just my 2 cents.

[LordSpewbarfer]

i would have to disagree with the top comment, i think these sps are a wonderful path for you to get more loose and stylized for future works to come.. digital oils are a lot like traditional oils, the thicker you apply the paint the more you have to work with. your portraits are so moody and expressive.. one thing i would suggest (take it in if you want or throw it away) is experiment with other brushes the same way as you do with digital oils.. my work looked a lot like yours at one point, then i just started using 4-6 diff brushes in one piece for diff textures n whatnot and i always felt more confortable with my results that it wasnt so 'same' (?)
thanks for keeping an eye on me, i know i will keep an eye out for your work.

[LoTekK]

Hey, thanks for the comments and advice!

Kian, Mr Indigo: You're right about needing to pay attention to construction. For most of these SPs, I've mainly been massing, without putting any construction lines down beforehand, hence the messed up feature placement in a large number of them. For my last couple SPs, I've made more of a point of laying down some basic construction lines before starting to mass.

As for the nostrils, chalk that up to laziness and a certain lack of comfort and familiarity with the toolset I've been using in Artrage. :P

Yina: Yup, sunny Singapore it is. Thanks! :)

Libor: Thanks! I'm actually more than comfortable painting in Photoshop, and using translucent brushes to build my forms; this Artrage binge is really more about having fun with the tools it offers (I actually really love the digital oils), and the sheer simplicity of the UI. :)

Eli: Yeah, I'm really really loving the digital oils, even if (or maybe it's because?) they're a complete departure from the way I'm used to working with Photoshops brushes. You're probably right about using different brushes to paint, though. I'll try to mess around more with the toolset. Alternatively I can bring the pieces into Photoshop and use my custom brushes to add texture where needed. Thanks for the suggestions and comments. :)

And now a couple more SPs. I'm actually a little behind on these, but my math assignments have been kicking my ass this week.

First, a somewhat different approach, using translucent layers to do something like glazing layers. I got lazy, though, as you can see. :x

http://www.lotekk.com/files/sp16.jpg

And this one I photoref'd, since there was no way I was going to keep that stupid facial expression on. ^_^ (Zoolander reference, in case you don't get the joke :P)

http://www.lotekk.com/files/sp17a.jpg

[Dile_]

wow, great portraits!!! especially if they are done in artrage, wich I feel uncomfortable with... it was great from beginning, but the more I got into it
the more I "hated" it.. So.. in the end... uninstall...
but you seem to be very comfortable with it ;) keep it up :D

[Qxzi]

hey,

good self portraits! I dont really know if you have got a true likeness because i havnt seen your actual face. How about a picture just for people like me who havnt seen you before :p Your sp's are getting better tho! Keep it up dude!

Qxzi

[devil-inside]

The evolution in your self-portraits are get visible. I think it's a good thing to practice doing portraits, because of all details and particularities of the face. Just try to vary angles and expression more. Don't be shy about it and pick friends to draw too. All the advice people are giving to you are really good.

Also, artrage? WHY? XD~
I hate that program... I can't use it! LOL.

And certainly I'll take a look in the tutorial you said and see what I can do here! ^^

[Mr. Indigo]

Just to clarify: I was no talking about construction lines under the painting! I was talking about ANATOMICAL construction. You know, bones, muscle, fat, skin, etc. I think that you need to learn more about what everything is, instead of just how it looks. Do some anatomy studies with your portraits!!! Improve the "massing" by attempting to correct it with actual knowledge of what it really is!!! Whew. . . . I like that sentence! Post soon! :clown:

[Valorblade]

Very stylized work you have here, but I'd like to see more than just self portraits soon! :0 Keep it up.

[thegreypencil]

sweet le tigre :) I assume the reason why you havent been posting is cuz you're still dealign with all the fan mail :D

artrage? now that takes real skill now :) I almost died using that one.

post dammit!

[Egoartist]

Hey Tekk I didnt know you had a sketchbook here. There is a great improvement in your SP's. I'll be keeping my eye on this thread.

[quesadeist]

It's amazing watching you progress through the self portraits... Keep up the hard work. Isn't it about time for an update? ;)

[White Rose]

ooooh ho ho ho :3 i seee you ^_^
lute = whiterose :3
nice thread you got here ... hmm and your sp's are looking sweet..plan to do another ps.. but with a little more rendering ?:3

[Dile_]

hey Lotekk: whats up ? busy or something ,try to update for gods sake ;)

[Tyranx]

Peekaboo.

[Rebeccak]

Yo Teck! Time for you to update, B-otch! :) You should at least put your lovely OFDW piece here, silly. And whenya going to start partipating in the 50 Portraits Workshop (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=375031&page=1&pp=15)??? ;_;

Cheers and hug*e*s, ;)

~Rebeccak

[Fishspawn]

Awesome! I love your value studies. Those self portraits are getting interesting too. Show us more.

[LoTekK]

Oops. Hee hee, been neglecting this for a while, huh? Got busy doing some 3D and other stuff. [/lame excuse] :p Thanks for the comments, guys and gals. :)

Tyranx! Quit tormenting me! I already know you're gonna wipe the floor with me! :D

At becca's request, my last OFDW:
http://www.lotekk.com/files/ofdw17-final2.jpg

And an anigif of my process (http://s72.photobucket.com/albums/i196/LoTekK/?action=view&current=ofdw17-steps.gif&refPage=60&imgAnch=imgAnch70)

A really crappy SP I did in PS a couple days ago:
http://www.lotekk.com/files/sp20a.jpg

A quick sunset I did a little while back, ref'd from the gorgeous view from my apartment.
http://www.lotekk.com/files/sunsetptg2.jpg

And two studies I did to ease the suckness of not being able to make Montreal (y'all will recognise the photos I used as ref, no doubt)
http://www.lotekk.com/files/camb1a.jpg
http://www.lotekk.com/files/camb2b.jpg

Now back to my tdome. Argh!

:yayca:

[Tyranx]

hehe don't worry I'll get pwned in later rounds.

Nice job on that tiger dude btw.