Somewhat Random Sketches

[dunkel]

I've been looking through other people's sketchbooks for awhile, and they're... slightly intimidating, to say the least, hehe. However, I've noticed a lack of improvement in my own drawings, and I was hoping to get some suggestions here. Thanks in advance. :)

A couple of my sketches that were made in the past couple of months:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/dunkel/cA/blackBird.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/dunkel/cA/fable.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/dunkel/cA/perspecs.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/dunkel/cA/ponytail.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/dunkel/cA/ponyTailAwkward.jpg
I apologize for the lines. I've got other sketches without lines that I've yet to scan.

[dunkel]

Heh, I finally found time to scan in some more sketches.
Jason C-M suggested I practice with tracing overlays. I'm not sure if I did it correctly, but this is what I ended up with:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/dunkel/cA/mixed.jpg
By the time I realized I should check over her face with a mirror, the magazine I used as a reference was overdue for a day. I returned it.

A painting I'm still working on:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/dunkel/cA/WIPlandscape.jpg

[robin-eleven]

i like the swirling mass of hair pen sketch you did.

Keep working more from life,the technique you used proved to be pretty effective, now do more!
quick!post!!

[dunkel]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/dunkel/cA/oldManTotal.jpg
I didn't have the chance to develop this one more. :( It was in the same overdue magazine as the previous tracing overlay exercise's reference picture.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/dunkel/cA/crawlingMonster.jpg
Random monster I did after seeing a smear from a chalkboard brush on the blackboard.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/dunkel/cA/WIPlandscape2.jpg
Another update on my painting. It still looks a bit drab to me. =\

robin-eleven: Thank you very much : D

[dunkel]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/dunkel/cA/sepMan.jpg
I had the time to finish this one. : )

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/dunkel/cA/agendaMan.jpg

[dunkel]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/dunkel/cA/forgottenPrelim.jpg
Imcomplete sketch. The colours (especially the background) aren't my final choices.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/dunkel/cA/toBeAnAssasin8i.jpg
The beginning ideas of an intro page for a flashback in a story.

Comments/Crits would be greatly appreciated. :)

[dunkel]

An update to my previous sketch:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/dunkel/cA/toBeAnAssasin8i2.jpg

[dunkel]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/dunkel/cA/toBeAnAssasin8i3.jpg
Completed, for now.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/dunkel/cA/personHead.jpg
That branched off of a checkmark, hehe.

[dannE-B]

Yea that rendered hair is really nice, try putting this type of Concentration into your other pieces. Just keep practising, thats what ya sketchbook is for...good luck.

[dunkel]

Prophet: Thank you very much for your comment. :) If you don't mind me asking, which hair sketch were you talking about?

My art teacher finished marking my painting today. It was my first attempt at watercolour and landscapes.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/dunkel/cA/landscape.jpg
Comments and critisism would be greatly appreciated. : )

[dunkel]

Changed this one a bit:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/dunkel/cA/toBeAnAssasin8i4.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/dunkel/cA/toBeAnAssasin81.jpg

[dunkel]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/dunkel/cA/bodGestures.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/dunkel/cA/tipTip.jpg
Heh, this is my turtle, TipTip. I couldn't draw TupTup because it was sleeping under a rock.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/dunkel/cA/ranGirls.jpg
The lines are kind of light. :\ I was playing around with a 4H pencil.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/dunkel/cA/eyesNoseArmBodWings.jpg
Trying to get my arm proportions right.. The wings came after, because I thought I realized something about the relation between arms and wings. ..Guess not.

[dunkel]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/dunkel/cA/toBeAnAssasin84.jpg
Another background. There's going to be a stand with candles in the middle.

[dunkel]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/dunkel/cA/odeToFish1.jpg
Not yet sure how to end his body..

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/dunkel/cA/toBeAnAssasin842.jpg
Update on the previous background.

[dunkel]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/dunkel/cA/odeToFish2.jpg
Update on the previous sketch. Something about the lighting on top isn't too right.. I wanted to make him look like he's really deep in an ocean.

[dunkel]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/dunkel/cA/ofDuckAndDog.jpg
Still life practice I did over a course of about four days.

[the_rage]

do some anatomy...that is (the advice) fo everyone...I practice anatomy a lot and it is hardest thing in art...