replies, link to new sb..

[Erilaz]

Holy crap Skeiff, what the hell have you been doing since I was last here? It's gone all crazy in my face with awesome butt-kicking action!:xpld:

Really lovely stuff dude. Makes me feel slack. :zzz:

[Justin.]

Sp is great, and I love the floating potato!!!

[zao75231]

wow, great stuff here, love the self portrait :)

[Mitchell]

Sarcophagus: thanks! yeah I use the pressure setting.

Diego: well I create the color block in underneath the sketch, and I start to work out a little bit of the form with the lines still on top, when I feel that it's going good, I merge and just paint on one layer. the lines start fading away. thanks man!

Zebz: yeah I know my heads suck. I always make them too big, But i def started to work on that. Thanks zebzman.

Gerbil Fetus: thanks man! I haven't seen that seinfeld episode haha, i'll have to check it out.

chubb: haha thanks man! yeah she's a keeper.

sabe2003: thanks man! i dig the stuff in your book as well.

whiteeeeeee: thanks for dropping by man, sweet sb you have yourself!

Grandmassa Mr. Spect: thanks!

Qxzi: thanks man! yeah i love progress shots, they always look so different from the final image.

Mr.Delicious: thanks man! Potato? haha yeah I guess it does look like a potato. I don't know what it is. yeah i def have a bad habit of drawing stiff emotionless things, but that is the biggest thing I am working on now! Glad you could stop by.

Rhineville: Yeah i'm still in school, but right now we have the summer break so I won't go back to school until the end of august. I'm not worried about quitting my job and having money because I still live with my parents, so it's not like I have bills to pay. And I figure I'd rather spend more time doing art than making cash on the side. It's a small price to pay for getting better right? I now spend anwhere from 7-9 hours a day on my art. on good days 9+. Thanks for dropping by man!

Erilaz: Thanks man! Good to hear from you again.:}

Justin Oaksford: haha thanks. Yeah I guess it is a potato.

zao75231: thanks dude.

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Sorry for such a long absence. It's what I normally do I guess. But I Have been drawing fer shure. Here is some of the stuff I have been up to:

some alien from my head:
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colored:
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another doodle trying different coloring techniques:
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some stupid doodle, once again trying diff coloring techniques.
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some quick characters from imagination about 1hr each. trying to get faster.
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Fixed some things on this guy, you probably won't notice though:
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ref study from a painting by Aaron Coberly. I tried to keep it loose like his oils.
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another one from Aaron Coberly. Trying to keep loose strokes. meh..
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a few sketchbook pages:

having fun with brush pen, ref:
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some from imagination, ref, life:
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sp's life
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imagination:
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public ninja drawing:
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more fun with ink and markers:
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and everything else is from imagination:
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Thanks guys!

[_andreas_]

very nice update
the brushwork on the Aaron Coberly stuff and the black and white brush pen drawings are really really pleasing.

[Arn J.]

Very nice update man, first post in this sketchbook, had to tell you how good you are!!!! :D Keep at it want to see more(yes, lol) xD

[Sleepy_Head]

The cowboy stuff's my fav of the last updated. Your line work has made me quite envious :)

I also love the bold dude one sketch book down. He's looking mighty angry about something.

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[Pau1Winslow]

Man, you have really nice style in your portraits. The brush strokes are really attractive. I really liked the creature the coloured on this page, too, again a really nice style. Could you reveal what brushes you use in your potraits? I'd be really interested in trying them out.

I especially like this one;
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y158/xLOVELIFEx/aimeefinishedcopy.jpg

[CHARLES CARVALHO]

Very good!
Your line is very natural, I noticed that you make many observation drawings, that is very good for naturalness of the image.
Congratulations, great work!
Hug!

[Mitchell]

Thanks guys!
Pau1winslow: I only use the round brush set to pressure sensitivity. I don't have any special brushes or anything for portraits. I use the round brush for like 98% of all my digital work.:teeth:

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trying to get better at environments. Just some doodles from today, kind of crappy but I thought i'd post them. These are the actual size that I worked on them as well. About 1 hr each. I'll be doing a lot more:teeth: :

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[chrishly]

great sketches and such a young age.
when did you start drawing?

[liam.c]

18 pages !!!!!! all great stuff man !!!!!!

[Mitchell]

chrishly: thanks! well I always use to doodle as a kid. but I only started taking my drawing seriously about two years ago. Drawing everyday, studying and stuff..

liam.c: Thanks Liam! I have nothing compared to your 38 Pages! :P

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painted from life. My desktop. 1 hour:
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a WIP:
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[paberu]

Awsome stuff Skeif, haven't been to your sb for a while now.

Enviros are looking nice, though I get a feeling of "miniatures" rather then actual places. I think that could be to do with edges being quite sharp but the details really blurry.

Anyways keep posting, keep rocking :yayca:

[Bojee]

Great lines....:)

[Sleepy_Head]

That's a good looking WIP.

I shouldn't but I will crit a bit. It looks like the top of her head isn't quite right. Almost looks a bit flat on top, if you see what I mean.

Apart from that it looks bloody good. Looking forward to seeing the finished piccie.

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[Mitchell]

rayk: that's a very good crit! Thanks. Yeah they were kind of quick and i didn't pay too much attention to proper edges and detail.

Bojee: thanks dude.:^^:

Sleepy_Head: thanks man, yeah i def fixed the head. It was reading a bit flat.

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Finished that character design. It's definately a new style for me, but I really like it so far. I'll be doing a lot more like this. probably.
yeah some shadows are kinda wonky.. fix em later.

Modern Medic? Edit: Fixed leg and some shadows. thanks guys!

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[Arne S.]

this style looks cool, use it more!
i would only put more shadow on her neck and her (front) breast. i like the drawing and the "comic"-style!

[Jas0n 0n a Bike]

I'm digging the new style. Very solid work.

[tensai]

late colours are awesome man. great stylo to that girl up there. i would perhaps only make the lines on her leg a bit thinner. like the ones on her arm.
cool book.

[InvertedChalupa]

Terrific stuff in here buddy! Always nice to check up on this thread to find fresh consistently good updates. Keep it up broski

[Mitchell]

Arne S.: thanks man! Yeah those shadows are kinda wonky. fixed them!

Jas0n 0n a Bike: thanks dood!

tensai: Thanks man! Yeah I fixed those lines, thanks for pointing it out. Love your book too!


InvertedChalupa: thanks man! Love your book as well. Thanks for the advice too!
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some quick doodles for ya guys.

about 1.5 hrs
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1hour. just testing brushes and stuff.
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and 2 hrs.
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[kuroart]

great speedies, sir. as expected.
keep up the awesome.

[Jas0n 0n a Bike]

Developing a nice style with these speedies! Only crit would be position of the grim reaper figure on the horse. It's too low. It looks like his body fuses with that of the horse at that level. I love the nike robot, though!

[_andreas_]

wow, very nice update!
i love the last picture.
i agree on the thing jas0n said, the horse rider does look like he melted into the horse.

inspiring studies and great SB

[MeTaL-Mike]

awesome stuff man. your rendering abilities are amazing man. cool!

[Alex Alexandrov]

nice stuff man you are getin better cool works :)

[Mitchell]

Thanks for the critiques guys! you were absolutely right about that horseman being to small. I guess I got a little carried away and completely missed that obvious error. Tried to fix it. And thanks for the compliments!

[Basil]

nice sketchbook. you did a really great job with the colors and lighting on that last character. he's definitely my fav on this page. the rest of your sketchbook shows a ton of progress too. i'd probably never have the patience to paint a big canvas like you did here (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=137708&d=1180121855) :)

[Mr.Delicious]

that last guy looks totally awesome, you already know about the small dude on the horse. But yea, great technique here!

[ForScience]

I really like your work. In the last piece you kept it a lot more loose generally,but then tightened it up right around where you wanted the focus to go, it works really well. This is an inspiring sketchbook.

[markey2d]

what a great sketchbook to flick through, this is really inspiring how much someone can improve through hard work and determination.
you have not only got a good artist eye but a good sense of design which i think you should continue to implement into your work.
keep up all you work your definetly a great artist in the making.
i am officially subscribing to this thread.

[JellevdVegt]

hey man, nice sb, the nike thing is really cool, made me laugh :)

keep posting!

[sabe2003]

I'm always impressed with your work!

[Mitchell]

notspecialist: thanks man! Yeah it's a tedious job painting such a huge canvas, but my teacher wanted something big.

Mr.Delicious: thanks man! glad you like.

ForScience: thanks man! yeah i'm trying to exploit focal points more.

markey2d: thanks dude!:teeth:

Teh Gosu: haha glad you found it funny. I didn't intend it to be. Thanks:teeth:

sabe2003: thanks dude, You're recent life drawings are awesome!

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[AztcFireFlower]

Nice last sketch! Am wondering if I can correctly dis-assemble your technique on this one.
Is it an overlay on monchrome value? Is this even in PS?
Just love the solid feel and texture of the lights on the arm and the blade.

[Mr.Delicious]

I really like the skin tones/eyes in this one. Could use a more menacing weapong though.

[Gryphon]

Really nice anatomy on the last one - I think the blade might feel more metallic with a harder/brighter highlight, though. Still, very cool.

[VanDog]

hi!i have slow internet at home,and it is not posible to see all of your art,but those art that i saw is cool!:sony:

[OleOlsen]

wow...delicous work u have here....really nice. wowie...

[The Red Skull]

I love this last post. It's very sharp and really shows how far you've come since you began. I'm going to have to keep my eyes on this thread.

:xpld:

[Ashrumm]

hey skieff i second the red skull your recent post is really nice keep up the good work.

[Dan Valkar]

awesome paintin' man lovin ur portraits u r very talented...nice sketches...and very nice n strong studies bro...keep sharin'

[Mitchell]

AztcFireFlower: thanks! Yeah it's in PS. I just do the monochrome study, and then I do a color layer and block in general colors. I then mess around with color balance, saturation, contrast. etc. I also paint over the top of it too to make it more convincing, such as darkeneing the shadows, lightening highlights etc.

Mr.Delicious: yeah my weapon knowledge sucks right now, thanks though!

Gryphon: thanks yeah I should do that. Haven't rendered much weapons.

VanDog: thanks dude!:D

OleOlsen: thanks!

The Red Skull: thanks dude, hope you keep watching!

ashrumm: thanks bud!

Dan Valkar: thanks man, will do.

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[Teeth]

Wow, these last couple are portraits are colored really well, especially for not using reference.

[Camara]

So you make the pic first in black and white and next add color in a color layer?Ummm....I tried that some time ago and the result was a big shit!!!How could yours be soooooooooooooooo amazing?A tuto,please!

[MattGamer]

Very nice rendering. I also like your sketch books. Though one thing I do see in your images (like mine) is that there are no static or soon-to-be actions in your characters. Some of your sketches are posed as statues. I don't really know how to define it, but Hurri's quick sketch (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=185902&stc=1&d=1187182185) is one thing that I am talking about.

I need to work on putting emotion into my art too. Keep up the good work, mate.

[sabe2003]

Thanks for the comment in my book, I'm really happy with the most recent pen sketch of her, just seemed to flow from one line to the next. But I had to throw away the newest batch I just finished, just wasn't working the whole night. You can't make em all right.

As for your new demon painting....wow!

[Mikko Voipio]

though these last portraits are looking really good, there is something dull (flat) about the eyes. They seem a bit dead to me. Maybe it's the lack of reflection or color or something. Otherwise really cool portraits.

[maxetormer]

Ah Man! the values of this one are so sweet, loving the face!
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=185739&d=1187153381

[invinciblewombat]

wonderful book, it just goes from good to jaw dropping the further in you get, keep kicking ass and taking names

[designboot]

very cool work on the portraits! keep it up!

[Dreamworker]

Awesome portraits!
Ciao

[kischi]

Wow soo nice!! You are very strong at faces.
More plz

[markey2d]

nice characters, for some reason they remind me of star trek.

[James Wolf]

wow you have some great work in here! I thought the oil self portrait you did a few pages back was amazing!

[jozulus]

That's fantastic how much you have improved in the last 1andhalf year. cool life drawings and great portraits. i dont want to think about what'll be, if you keep on this speed of improve...

keep on!

[Ellingsworth]

On of my favorite sketchbooks on here, man. I absolutely love your painting with the multiple arms towards the beginning/middle. :) Lots of inspiration, dude. Keep it up!

[AnthonyFoti]

fantatic sketches, fantastic paintings. I hope to see some more digital work soon

[karsouny]

i just enrolled in a fine arts program starting from scratch after my BFA in graphic design... i just wanna say man that you ve really inspired me to start working, and to actually taking the decision to make the step. so.. thanks. i m gonna try to start my daily sketchbook thread too.

[AztcFireFlower]

Excellent work. The portraits are nicely done.....
Gotta explore this method, as it seems effecient and looking at your handling of PS, gives a Very cool appearance.

[armetage]

Really nice artwork! As someone said: i love http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=189481&d=1187735397

Simply amazing! Could need a makeover with a new wepon though.. would kickass!
Anyways good /awsome/inspiering work! Keep it coming

[enthombed]

Wow this skecth from Au Puch is great dude, i have a band who play death metal with influences from the culture maya as astec, i really like this one.

Keep posting more this stuff please.

Cheers


Dile_: Thanks a lot Dennis!

ItachiD: Thanks dude.

the_allejo05: Thanks for the crits man. I'm definately workin on em.:teeth:

Micaiah Nelson: Thanks man, i'll get to your sketchbook soon, been a little busy and under the weather.:S

That fat kid: Damnit Andrew! I hate when you are right. I'll show you my new faces when I get a chance to scan some pages.

bbassir: Haha thanks man. Don't watch too close, you may seem something you don't want to. :^^;:

RaistlinTheDark: Thanks!

last1picked: hey thanks a lot. glad you dig.

RunawayGerbil: thanks me too. haha

Zebz: Hahah living legend, i'm a dying nobody. I'm glad you are digging them though. Come on down here and we'll start a sketchgroup to share each others painting secrets. now wouldnt that be nice! Glad you could stop by!

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I haven't been updating in awhile, mainly just too lazy, but I do have a ton of sketchbook pages that I will update.. sometime... I have like a whole damn sketchbook that I haven't shown yet. anyway..

I finished that charcter dude. I loosley based this from the description of the mayan god Au Puch (google it if you want to know) and this is what I got!

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here is a step by step Self portrait done from life, about 1hr:
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finish:
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and some doodle in PS:
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[Mitchell]

Teeth: Thanks man

Camara: Well I also use otehr layers like overlay and multiply, and I also draw directly on it as well. I use the layer effects just for the basic color.

MattGamer: Thanks man, Yeah I'm definately trying to work on that, thanks for pointing it out!

sabe2003: thanks for dropping by man!

Placeboast: thanks, yeah I need to do more eye stuides. I thought the exact thing.

maxetormer: THanks man! Glad you could drop by.

invinciblewombat: Haha thanks, i'll do my best to kick ass.

designboot: Thanks!

Dreamworker: Thanks

kischi: thank you. Will do.

markey2d: Thats funny that you said that, becuase I was going to add a star trek pendent to their outfits.

James Wolf: Thanks man, Glad you like.

jozulus: Thanks man, yeah it's been one crazy year.

Ellingsworth: Thanks thats a big compliment!

AnthonyFoti: serving some hot off the grill right now, thanks.

karsouny: Thanks man, wow thats awesome that you were inspired to do so. Let me know how everything goes.

AztcFireFlower: thank you miss fireflower. I'll have to drop by your gorgeous book again soon.

armetage: yeah that weapon is pretty cheesy on him heh. Gotta give him a big ass sword or something..

enthombed: thats cool man, send me a link of your band. I'm always down for some death metal.

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[Teeth]

Those 1hr enviros don't seem crappy to me.

[JesArt]

Hello, Man you are an amazing artist your sketches are amazing,do you take pictures of your sketchpages or scan them, I am just asking because I am looking for a scanner to fit a 11x14 sketchbook (dame I dont think I will ever find one for a good price, anyways ). Looking at all yourself portraits I ask myself would it be hard to draw you in a caricature, and the answer is yes, I hate drawing pretty people in caricatures, well I just wanted to have a little smalltalk, and again you are a amazing artist who inspired the 18 yr. old.

[Zord]

Damn dood, tons of progress. I saw the other enviro. on sijun and was thinking, holy... this guy's progressed like it ain't no thang'! And now you've got to show us up with a youtube video. ;) Is that Pinback playing in the back ground? Thought it was funny how there might've been some sort of IM or something towards the end of the video. And way to make us feel lazy with the COW too... thanks for the inspiration. I mean that in all honesty, much respect man. Cheers.

[Inkfish]

Hey man, looking sharp!

Only thing that popped into my mind was that maybe you could introduce some irregularities to the symmetry in the portraits, right now they look great technically but, are a bit strange because of the perfect symmetry. my 2c.

[CHARLES CARVALHO]

I liked the video. Congratulations! Resulted a beautiful work!
Hug!

[jdeegz]

yo man, i absolutly loved looking through your book, i learned ALOT from your videos, wether you like em or not haha, so heres to more good years of art and gaining more experience! later
-Jim

[zao75231]

Hey there, love your hard work AND artwork, keep them coming ;)

[TheDonut]

Phenomenal work, especially your colour portraits. Love the oils, jaw dropping stuff!

I know how the 'self taught' thing feels. My teachers are hopeless.. I try to dedicate all the time I can to my art so I can improve but it's slow going. Well, if you can do it.. ;)

keep it up!

[Sirio_Brozzi]

That 1 hour speedpaint was cool skeiff..turned out better than the second one..But heck, nice video nonetheless.

[InvertedChalupa]

cool gun dude! Just make sure you keep an eye on things like the trigger size. right now you could probably only fit a long twig like finger in there. try to think of how the gun would sit in a real pair of hands. The front handle bar thing also looks a little small relatively speaking. I'm really only repeating what most of my teachers probably have said about my stuff : )

Great enviros too dude

[Konstruktion]

Ok. I have watched you for a while now, great sb. Digging your traditional stuff as well as your digital ones. A while ago you posted an oil painting of an interior setting, that one is pure gold if you ask me! Also your latest digital stuff are extremely nice, really like the video you posted.

[N1ck]

i must admit you really got me started with learning to draw (im a newbie). you made some chars which i have to say i dont just like, no, i love them.

its a bit said to not get that much stuff from you like about a year before as you posted a lot more but i really understand that its a lot work to scan you work and to replying this thread.

anyways, i want to see something from you :)

greets Nick

[Papparazzi]

Hey buddy..WOW..your work is breathtaking....very incredible and inspiring work you got. To answer your question on my thread...I always add my new stuff to the end of the first thread....just to make it one big chunk of images..so new stuff is always at the very bottom.
Thanks for stopping by and I'm really glad I discovered your work on here.
-cheers
-Tin

[Beelow]

Hey Skieff, haven't visited your sketchbook in a minute. Nice environments! Colors are nice. Nothing else too add to that, just keep at it. XD

[AmontilladoAg]

I've just been Skeiffed for the very first time, baby. 8)

You do excellent work, sir -- inspiring. :teeth:

Carry on! :D

[Anurizm]

skeiff your stuff just keeps getting better every time.

[dannE-B]

Hey really nice stuff...you seem to have a good knowledge of most areas. Keep pushing yourself.

[Mitchell]

Teeth: Thanks i'm glad you at least think so haha.

JesArt: Hahaha thanks, Ive never really tried to draw myself in caricature, maybe I should. I usually scan my pages, sometimes ill photrapgh them.

Zord: thanks zord buddy. Yeah it's pinback, i love their stuff. You are progressing quite well too!

Inkfish: Thanks, yeah that's true, I need to mix it up a bit. thanks!

CHARLES CARVALHO: thanks!:wink:

jdeegz: thanks man im glad you learned stuff!

zao75231: thanks!

TheDonut: thanks man, you just gotta be consistent and persistent day ater day with drawing, youll get there i promise.

Sirio_Brozzi: thanks mate glad you liked.

InvertedChalupa: thanks for the crit man, Im kind of confused as to what you mean though. maybe I need to hold a real gun to understand. hehe.

Sarcophagus: thanks man I'm glad you've been watching, I hope you continue to watch!

N1ck: thats awesome man, i'm glad I could do that, it makes me feel really good! just keep it up. I have a new sb I started, link at the bottom.

Papparazzi: thanks man!! Glad you could stop by, loved your stuff! Yeah and thanks for letting me know about your updates, haha im stupid.

Beelow: thanks man!

AmontilladoAg: skeiffed HAHA! I like that. thanks!

Anurizm: thanks a lot man, your new stuff is looking good too, I'm glad you are going back to the basics to really nail those concepts we were talking about.

Prophet: thanks, will do!

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ok guys I have a new SB: http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=110527

I'd really appreciate it if you guys could direct all your comments over there! Thanks.

[A tua mãe]

Hey. I know you don't see the comments of this sketchbook anymore, but I realy have to say that I KNOW A GIRL WHO IS JUST LIKE THE ONE YOU DRAWN ABOVE!!!