The Second!! WIP Update

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hey dudes°!!!!!!!

i am Carsten Lemme from germany and i study at the design academy eindhoven

here is some stuff i did in the past and i hope that i will post much more digital stuff in the next days

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/blumenscatch.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/DSC01167.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/DSC01179.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/DSC01183.jpg

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/DSC01186.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/DSC01188.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/DSC01199.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/DSC01187.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/p2.jpg

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/p5.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/DSC01162.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/DSC01155.jpg

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i got a wacom volito from my dad
still figting with it but i still i will learn soon how it works
short question: do u really feel a differents between 500 or 1024 Pressure levels?
couldnt get my hands on one of the intuos jet.

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jipp some more pages
got a lot to scan
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sb1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sb2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sb3.jpg

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alright some more
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sb4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sb5.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sb6.jpg

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sb7.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sb8.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sb9.jpg

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Amsterdam and some doodles
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sb10.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sb11.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sb12.jpg

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alright lets get it on ANATOMY
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sb13.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sb14.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sb15.jpg

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sb16.jpg
some mentler stuff, still a long way
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sb17.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sb18.jpg

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sb19.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sb20.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sb21.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sb22.jpg

[Swift (BM)]

some good stuff here, thanks for critting my SB, I will look into my anatomy issues!

[sleep]

thanks for stopping by my sb

ho.. good stuff, you're working on the thing you need to.. i really like the paintings, nice colours.. i guess a tad more still life wouldn't go amiss

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thanks mates jipp i need to spend more time on painting! and jipp still waiting for my wacom
so much do hehehe

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alright i have no nwe updates jet but here are some older stuff
from the beginning of my study
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/church.jpg
my room
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/School019.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/DSC05368.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/DSC05370.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/DSC05367.jpg

[spiffiness]

The last still lifes are looking good! It's good that you're working on anatomy. Check your proportions, particularly of the face, and keep up the good work!

[Banshax]

Hey (c)
I really like your anatomy stuff. You seem to handle that quite well!
Esp. the eye your drew with surface lines on it!

I pesonally find drawing still lives is depressing, so i would focus more on anatomy. then again, its a personal thing :) Your anatomy stuff looks inspiring!

(i mean this one http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sb14.jpg )

[Spats]

Hi (c)! First off thanks for dropping by my sb!

Your loose inks look cool and your anatomy studies are starting to take shape nicely. Just keep at it mate!

[Crane]

Some nice studies going on here, would love to see more, also i wanna see some anatomy studies, from loomis, bridgeman, hogarth and mentler, personally i'd recommand hogarth and mentler. great stuff, keep em coming

check your PMs, i made a sig with all the ssg 33 members in.

[Ostrander]

Hi (c),
I like your studies. Keep working on your anatomy and figure drawing, you'll get there! I like the pen and ink study. Keep posting.

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thanks alot for comments :D

jipp jipp would like ot keep it up but damn my scanner broke narf so the next uupdate will be in a week :(

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/scan002.jpg
will start now some master copies. i just cant draw without a goal.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/scan003.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/scan004.jpg

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/scan001.jpg


and now some fasion sketches

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/scan005.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/scan006.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/scan007.jpg

I still try to improve my play or use of line weight

[Visceral 619]

Hey C,

i really recommend u get a grasp of proportions and the various landmarks that occupy the body, memorising these will really make life a lot easier when dealing with the figure.

Anyways keep working hard and hopefully u'll get to where u wanna go.

Later

Harry

[spiffiness]

The gestures have nice movement to them, but work on proportions. Keep going!

[Spats]

Cool updates.

Keep it up!

[frostsnake]

studie, your studies are great!
:)

[Tigermilk]

great stuff (c), you're on the right track.
I tip would prolly be to try and draw you characters and figures much bigger, try to draw them over the whole paper.

t

[Ostrander]

Hi (c),
Just checking in to see if you have any new sketches to share. :)

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nope in the moment school eats my time!!!!!!! aaaaaahhhhhh but in the next days i will put up some nice interior studys for peogeut for which i have to work for

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so some new stuff

school becomes really bussy in the moment but yeterday i found some time to scan.
I switched over to cryon pancils.
and i am working on an tatooo concept for a girl which would like to have a cat combined with an e-gitarre.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sb069.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sb068.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sb067.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sb066.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sb065.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sb064.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sb063.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sb062.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sb061.jpg

[DoodleCath]

keep up with the figure studies, also try to look at skeletal structure to study the way the body moves and it's limitations etc...

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hallo here are some more updates. not much i know buit in th4e moment we have only weeks left for the quarter exhibition!!!!!!!!!!

all no refs

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sb1001.gif
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sb1002.gif

[spiffiness]

Nice figure studies from before. Your latest ones seem distorted, though. Keep studying the proportions of the face. The eyes are actually around the middle of the head, and the top of the head seems a bit sunken in on your drawing on the 13th.

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thanks spiffiness
will do more anatomy ones with refs

here one wip painting
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/conceptseat.jpg
i first drew it and scaned it into PS
we will see where i will get

[Nyx702]

Yes, some of your figures are really distorted. The one below has some real potential, I see bones and form in your lines. Good job! What ever you were doing when you drew this keep doing it.

[Juhani Jokinen]

Nice work here mate! :) I really like your eye studies. What I would like to see in your images is some bolder strokes. Try not to be too shy with the pencil and press a bit harder. It creates nice boldness in your images :)

Good work though

-JJ

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thanks Nyx

Anthriel: jipp thanks i will work on that

here one of my paintings
futur interior of a car:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/fini.jpg

[Moai]

Just scrolling down the page, I'm already seeing great improvements in your anatomy. Definitely keep those up.:rendered:
I really like the flowing forms of that future car interior. Can't wait to see it more fleshed out! Also, that strange face on the top of post #31 is very nice.
Continue your studies, and never stop drawing!

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@Moai thanks man. but how can i flesh it more out??? for some reason i dont get it :(

i am really bussy with school in the moment. so i only have little upddates

some studies
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/07111.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/07112.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/07113.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/07114.jpg

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hallo

have to day my quarter end presentation arg.... wish me good luck

but here one more update
need to do some more master studies I think

on the left some buildings und anatomy

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/16111.jpg

[spiffiness]

Hope your presentation went well. The top left seated figure looks pretty good, but the rest seem very elongated/exaggerated. Master studies are good, maybe try to go to some life drawing sessions? Keep going at it! Design can be poopie sometimes when you just want to draw and paint...

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thanks spiffiness

jipp just try to play with prooportions and stuff to find something.

jipp design can be little tooo limeted. But jear they loft my stuff heheheh but i am a bit in fear that i loose freedom of mind in this school or the ability to dream.

hmm...

[jtheanswer]

Hey man, thanks for visiting my SB! You have really some cool stuff going on, shows your potential, thats what I think. Keep working on anatomy, understand body structure, proportions will come later.

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jippioi some new. i have to take some more from the scatches I do in school but here are some I will paint over I hope

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/07one.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/07two.jpg

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/knifefinal.jpg

I am actually a bit proud of this one :D

please crit!!

[Nyx702]

Wo-ho good job! This is the only near finished compostion I have ever seen form you! Good job again!

A few crits: the rim lighting looks awesome in most places be some make it confusing to see were the light is coming form. For example the leg, it has that lightng on both sides? compared to the head the legs are light all wrong. Watch you brush strokes near the legs also. the rim lighting is pretty spot on uptop be the lines get a little wonky down down. Myself, i would get rid of the rim lighting on the lower part of the abs (top i think looks fine) and the groin.

The textured back ground looks top notch except the part were the "light" is coming of the stab. I tlooks like it was worked and then reworked to many times. Just adding back in some more texture would help. My favorite part in the background is the upper left corner, it is very well done.

I am impressed with your sketches lately man! The last two show really nice form and are a welcomed break from your usually hyper deformation. Make sure you draw your hands and feet though (shakes finger) the only way you will get better at them is if you draw them!

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jipp u are right light is a big issue in my paintings for some reasons i can not gert it right. have to study mroe their. i alwazs get confused when Tiemens or Church paint their stuff so much light but all seems to me right. but i can not get that so nice. not jet :)

jipp legs and hands are the next step!!!! jipp jipp and i will paint a short stiry in a comic style in the new year


thanks for comments !!

[frostsnake]

hei! last one has some nice colors in it, keep doing tthose studys, getting better and better!

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jippiiiiiiiiiiiii got a new leptop and a nice intuos 3 :jumps: and i started attacing painter. damn that program is big but i will manage.. and I started painting the comic. I hope i can put up the sketches soon

[Ostrander]

Congrats on the new hardware and stuff. That digital pic is nice. Keep on practicing. Can't wait to see some of your painter pieces.
:)

[frostsnake]

hey!

Im official envious! now you got the equipment to kick ass!

[spiffiness]

Nice textures on that last painting. The two middle sketches on your last two pages seem to be the most in proportion. Keep going in that direction!

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/fisch.jpg

hehe litttle doodle. my little goldy :)

will update in a view weeks more!!! just toooooooo bussy with school... working for my peugeot presentation... they want shitty foam modles arg....

but work also in the moment on hands and feets :)

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bit more contrast

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/fisch-1.jpg

[Nyx702]

Nice Fish! Do gold fish have pectoral or pelvic fins? I think so...let me check...yeah, they have both. Look (http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dfwmr/fish/fishspecs/goldfish.gif)

I don't see them on your's. I think it's technically done well but I think some real reference could really bring it to life.

Can't wait to see more of it!

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/onett.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/twott.jpg

and next week I will post all my sketches I did in class :)

@Nyx jo will get some more refs from the net. I also plan to do some speeds with refs in the coming days

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hi

I was the last 3 month bussy to ddesign a concept interior for peugeot (school project) and its really highly coneptionel. the most people dont understand what i sketched. But the basic idea is that the whole interior from one point derives. I have also some painted peaces which I will show u soon :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sketch18p.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sketch17p.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sketch16p.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sketch15p.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sketch14p.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sketch13p.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sketch12p.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sketch11p.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sketch10p.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sketch9p.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sketch8p.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sketch7p.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sketch6p.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sketch5p.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sketch4p.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sketch3p.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sketch2p.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/sketch1p.jpg

[Nyx702]

I am afraid I also do not really understand where most of these are coming from. Maybe it's because of the presentation? If you combine some of them and shirk them down it may present better. Also, some of them appear to be unfinished. Slap some boarders or some flow to it and maybe it will make more sense. I think one of the jobs of a designer it to make it understandable to every one. I mean no offense and I just want to help but if nobody understand what you are drawing this maybe a problem.

[asoir]

wow great lines in the last post, lovely!

[Moai]

I agree with both of the previous posters. Those are some nice flowing lines, but it is essential that you make your designs clear and understandable, especially if it's something that people need to be able to understand and use, like the interior of a car. The only exception to this that I can think of is when you design an alien culture or a superadvanced race, where being overwhelming and unrecognizable would give you a suitable effect. To be quite frank, the only part I recognized in most of these pieces was the steering wheel.
Remember, I'm only harsh because I love ya!:rendered:

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@Nyx and Moai

jipp u are absolutly right! I am working hard on my skills to improve the readability of my sketches. But also what I had in mind was extremly difficult for me to translate. but I will try to improve because as u said a designer who cant comunicate isnt a designer hehehe ;)

@asoir thanks man :)

here are some paintings I did for them aswell to add some mood to the whole story. In the end I simply gave them a new feeling.

the seat
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/conceptseat-1.jpg

the interior front ( u look at the front window from the outside)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/frontfront.jpg

from the inside (the right)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/rightconcept.jpg

close up
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/rightsite.jpg

little comic to illustrade my story
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/printready.jpg

[Blaz]

Hey,the rendering of those painting is really going well,Im not sure what are they but they are very pleasant to look at....you sure added some mood in them!
Good job!

[Ostrander]

Very interesting shapes you're playing with there (c). I like the glow you've added to these. Keep up the good work! :)

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thanks for comments :) I will work more now on the redabillity of my drawings. will soon buy a 0.5 mechanical pencil. I actually hate them narf not enough differents in lines but the drawing becomes simple better readable.

Got now the DVD from marko damn that dude is insane!!!!!!! it told me how far I am actually away from what I wanne be :(

but here the first drawing with his inspiration :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/charafashion.jpg

I alwas fuck up the head. it is alwazs tooooooooo small. will work on it. and will do more studys on hands and feed.

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here a little update on the chara
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/charaup.jpg

and some more doodles
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/charadoodle.jpg

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/newscetch.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/newscetch2.jpg

hmm.. should start drawing on bigger paper ......

[Moai]

Two words: anatomy studies. Get an anatomy book and start working from it religiously.
I like that character design. It definitely shows a Marko influence.

[Nyx702]

I definatly agree with Moai. In some of you previous sketches there seemed to be a improvement but i feel as though it's slipping back down because i have not noticed as much anatomy drawings. I think it's one think to have a particular style that isn't quite right anatomically but it looks cool but some of your stuff just looks wrong. No offence intened!

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no worrys I will never get offended :) I love critics and dudes u are all right. "runs back to anatomy" but could u also point out parts wich need the most improvment and which not??? I know my arms and hands look off but I think the joints look right or are they off in foreshortening????

or i simple have to learn to observe more hehe

thanks

[Moai]

could u also point out parts wich need the most improvment and which not???

Fair enough. Right now I think it's definitely your hands that need the most work. Hogarth has a book, Drawing Dynamic Hands, that you might want to look at. Personally, I haven't gone through that book, but his other books are quite helpful, so I feel fairly confident in recommending it. Doing studies out of a book can be somewhat dull at times, but the end result of greater knowledge and ability is more than worth it. For example, after just a few studies from Hogarth's Drawing the Human Head, my ability to draw a satisfactory head has vastly increased.
Good luck, and have fun.:wink:

[Machineabuse]

Hey fellow 33rd! :D

Your use of color in your paints is amazing.

I like small sketchbooks too! <:3

[Donovan V]

Cool stuff man. I really like the distorted anatomy in some of the erlier posts. (is just something im partial to.) Oh and in those paintings, man you sure do know how to make stuff look shiney and glowy. Cool!

[Spats]

Loving the car designs. The paintings are nicely done, I got a weird Ryan Church vibe from those but maybe that's just me ;] You had some really nice anatomy studies, you could focus on doing those - keep it up!

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Moinsen

@Moai. thanks I think I will order the book as soon as I have enough money left. But in the moment school eats me.

@MachineABuse thanks man

@DOnovsn V thanks man :) jipp and no its time to render good matte services :)

@Spats thanks man and jipp Ryan gave me a good push in that direction and also some other artists hehe



her some sketches with marker and pencil.
in the moment I have simply tooo much to do with school so no new anatomy studys for the following week. but i will post some sketches for my designs :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/gasdude.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/womanindress.jpg

[Moai]

Wow! Whatever you're doing, keep going in that direction. These drawings are greatly improved over the last ones. There's still some anatomical issues, but the forms seem less flat and the lines seem more expressive. Good job!:rendered:

[Nyx702]

Awesome, I definatly aggree with Moai too. I noticed that many of your drawlings have a lean to them, which hand do you draw with?

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thanks dudes :)
will go on for sure :D

and I am drawing with my right hand.

[Machineabuse]

Watch out for strange forshortening on your characters, your gas mask dude seems to have several differant angles in which he's forshortened. Sometimes it's worth it just to drop a vanishing point somewhere just to rough your gestures into perspective, nothing too anally detailed, just a little reference to help eyeball stuff where it needs to be.

Pointy boobie!

[Juhani Jokinen]

Nice work mate :) There seems to be something a bit off with the balance of your characters but otherwise you've been doing nice work.

Keep it up!

I'll be back later to give some more advice

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thanks for feedback :) will work harder


here a WIP of a painting... for some reason my paintings always get soooo dark

and I cant flesh out the damn body :(

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/wip-1.jpg

[Machineabuse]

Same issue I have; overvaluing too early and not knowing how to paint my way out.

I think the trick is to work with a narrower value range at the start and put in the brighter values in at a later stage.

That way if you decide to shift the values using levels or somesuch the changes happen more evenly and you avoid the more contrasty areas washing out details.

It's all about der workflow!

Your char's shoulders seem to be too low and too far back or his neck too long. I think you would get a better pose if you put his hand on the cliff edge in front of his knees.

His 'wings' are quite bright, perhaps consider using them as a lightsource?

[Nyx702]

I think Machineabuse has some really good crtis. I really think that the "wings" should be a light source. This would give you some more value on the building which is really flat (even though it's a full-front view it should have some depth).

Also, as far a composition, the bright wings lead my eyes right off the page instead of leading me towards the character.

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jipp thanks... will work on the light. and try to illuminate the chara so that he become the focus of the whole picture.. damn jippp anatomy is hard hmm.... will work more on it

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/covercopy.jpg

here an upate. hmm... try to give the character the same light like the wings. also will improve the bg more and gve a more redish color.
but I think his pose is now a bit better and the building will get a bounce light to flesh it more.
please could someone give me a paint over vor the chara. I am not sure how the legs should look like.

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/DSCF0023.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/DSCF0024.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/DSCF0028.jpg

the final book

[Spats]

That's cool, I like that! Cheers :]

[Machineabuse]

That is really rather cool I think :D

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hey people thanks for comemnts

wasnt here for a while. have a bit of an chaos in my life in the moment.

but here some updates

some doodles:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/07_scetch_03.jpg
more doodles:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/07_scetch_02.jpg
life drawings from status in a park. made only rough outlinges and a day later the shading and details. still hands are horrible.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/07_scetch_01.jpg

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some more doodles. no ref. should startagain to draw from anatomy or so
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/scetch_150607_01.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/scetch_150607.jpg

[Nyx702]

I can't find too much to say. Not that it's a real bad thing! Just need to keep on improving. I would definitely start hitting the anatomy again. The profiles are just not convincing enough. There are not enough "little truths" about the human form in there to be "real." I like the start of varying line weight but I really think it could be pushed further. :)

[Spats]

I agree with Nyx702 ~ your architecture and perspective drawings are amazing though.

Keep it up!

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thanks Nyx and Spats. will hit it at soon as possible also bought some new paints so that I can play with analog skillz.

here are the first scenes of my short movie. I will also illustrate parts of it

Scène one Walk
It is a nice cool, shadowy Saturday evening. I turn right and follow a small
alleyway into a backyard. I go this route every week, maybe even every day.
Counting would not matter. It only takes me 5 minutes and I know it helps.
Helps to think.
I work in a five-storied building behind a desk in front of my computer.
Staring at it all day, everyday.
I create visuals, brochures, letter types, anything 2D. I’ve gotten quite
far in my job actually. Can’t ever say that I haven’t got enough work, but
sometimes there simply aren’t enough ideas. Actually I never thought that I
could end up in a creative-block. Damn but sometimes it happens. To think I
thought that Barcelona would bring enough visual inspirations with it, when
I moved here 2 years ago.
I slide further through the backyards and end up in front of a big pink
door. No, you are thinking in the wrong direction. I am not standing in
front of a gay bar!
No, it’s the bar of the crazy German! He never found a proper name for it,
so he called it ‘The CG-bar’. Which fits it quite well I suppose, because CG
stands also for Computer Graphics.
But more about that later….
I pull the door open and enter.
…..
….
Scene two dialogue
With a happy : "Moin", I enter a narrow room. On my left and right lie some
weirdly shaped sofa things with tables in between. The third from the top,
close to the bar, that’s my spot. You can sense the coffee best (sweet
fragrances from places far away mingle in the air around your head) and
ordering doesn’t take forever! Although, when I really think about it, it
never takes that long. In this little cafe there’s barely ever enough space
for 10 people, so the waiting line is nice and compact shall we say.
It is cosy and intense in experience. On the wall in front of me are
different artefacts from early days. Pieces that were created in the Design
Academy of Eindhoven. Some are dusty, some well polished; mostly things with
a lot of character and history. History, hmm… again a big word which hardly
get spoken in here. The crazy German is not the biggest fan of it. So mostly
the dialogues that float with the coffee fragrances here on a free basis are
art related, though everyone comes into the café with the strong intension
NOT to speak about it.
But anyway, that defines the target group of this little thing. Mostly
artist, designers or gallery owners end up here. Sometimes business people
too, who try to find a quiet place with inspiration in which to sit.
How to order???...Yes well... it took me a while to understand, because
there is no guard behind the bar. Everyone is sitting around somewhere, non
of them really looking much like a coffee specialist, or a cook, or even
just a bit smarter and more ‘employed’. The trick is to just lift your
finger, and with a little bit of magic someone in this little crowd will
smile in your direction. Often friends or sometimes even a regular takes
your order and brings it to the bar.
And now you will find one of the many highlights of this café. Because when
you look carefully over the bar you will find Big D. Big D is the coffee
wonder, and no I don’t mean the machine (that’s Betty), Big D is a midget.
He looks a bit Turkish, but only the hardcore of this café knows he is an
Italian and fresh from Naples.
I lift my finger and smile around. A dude in a pink bathrobe turns his head
and smiles. It is Carsten himself, the owner. I know the pink bathrobe
doesn’t seem to be the best fashion for a café owner, but in this case it is
pure style! And of course he just fell out of bed. Is he lazy? I don’t know
and I don’t care! Most people don’t wear simple clothes here anyway.
Artists’ fashions are always on the move to express themselves in the most
arrogant and visual way.
It’s fun to watch them fighting for the most curious outfit! And yep, I also
belong to them. Artist or designer, they’re all the same so long as they
don’t hear you say it.
The door flaps open and a little guy enters the room. He’s wearing a
backpack and a funny looking purple scarf covered in intricate floral
designs. He wanders through the room straight to the bar. From the back you
can hear a loud:" Hallooooooow my meijsje!!!!" That would be Carsten. It’s a
cheesy greeting for 10 years already, but still effective.
Joppe is his name. One of the oldest friends and regulars, he’s always funny
and happy for a coffee and sambuca. He is a quiet artist from Holland who
drops by every now and then to tell about his newest architectural
developments. I do not know if they are true. I was never really interested
in architecture. But what is always nice is that when Joppe is in the house
it also means GOOD FOOD! So tonight we can expect a great five-course meal.
These meals are already a legend here in Barcelona. It is never announced,
but yet all of a sudden the same people always turn up at the bar. A nice
happening that owes thanks to the mobile communication revolution!
I hastily get my mobile out of my pocket and send a couple of sms’ to
friends who simply love good food. Improvisation is one of the greatest
gifts a good cook can have. I do not think they will go for groceries today,
just the stuff in the fridge will be enough, and mostly people who get to
know about this happening early enough bring some stuff anyway. It’s just a
big family as I already said.
Joppe throws his bag on the seat and falls down next to it. His head flops
back onto the back of the chair, a huge groan following from his mouth.
Obviously wrecked by jetlag.
Carsten wanders over in his direction, a tablet balancing two coffee’s and
two Jamesons on his arm. His bare feed make a funny "flupp flupp" noise on
the stone floor. He arrives and, clattering the tablet on the table, gives
Joppe a strong slap on his shoulder, before dropping himself in a chair.


and a short paint over of one of my scetches:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/07_scetch_01_paint.jpg

[stylus]

I've only got a few moments to post, so I'll just comment on your latest piece. I'll go over stuff in more detail when I get the chance! Overall, I really like the vibrancy of the piece, punctuated by the redness of her outfit. The rendering's done really nicely and I think there's a lot of good use of value (something I have trouble handling). However, I can't seem to read the character's form underneath the clothing very well.

Keep it up!

[frostsnake]

liking the colouring!
keep working on proportions, and anatomy, find something that helps you and(books-movies-anything) study it.sometimes learning-sources help differently. so search around for something you tha you feel helps you the most.
keep at it!

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hallo


sorry long time no post but school is damn buissy :( but fun here are some pics

class about shape... we had to compose 5 objects into a monolit and create a world (canvas) for it... need to put more paint on it
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/upload20083.jpg

Assignment... create a coin 1.50m high
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/upload20081.jpg

need to find my shape.com.. collages for pocket watches....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/watch-two.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/watch-one.jpg

building puppets (sooo 2007 :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/day2_5.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/day1_1copy.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/day3_1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/day2_1-copy.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/8c9/day1_2.jpg

[Mickyy]

I'm glad you're achieving your aims. And I'm fascinated with your works..=)
You have got a tallent..=)
Marta from Latvia