lemas sketches

[lema]

go to the end of the thread to see newer stuff!
adn pardon my bad english

Ok, finally I found myself in the right mood to open a sketchbook. here we go... just some simple stuff, but i promise to post some new images soon.

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k270/lema_01/illusklein.jpg

visit at the zoo...
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k270/lema_01/fish.jpg
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k270/lema_01/nilpferd.jpg

pirate, a little unfinished
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k270/lema_01/billybonesmitrum.jpg

two quick selfportraits from today
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k270/lema_01/selbst.jpg

crits welcome!

[monotony]

yeah, cool stuff!
I especially like the animals and your selfportraits
and welcome to ca. keep it up

[Kicek]

Hey lema :D
Nice to see u posting stuff. I like the animals most, those sp´s could use a bit more work (shading and such) though ;). I know u got more to show, so lets see some more! and keep this up to date! I´ll be watching you.
C

[lema]

monotony, kicek - thank you

sketchbook from today:
some hands (from life),
some girls

[Goodbye..fromthevoid]

This stuff is decent, but I would recommend trying to conquer realism through life drawing and photo copying. At least try it and see how close you can copy something.

[lema]

monotony, kicek, goodbye..fromthevoid- thanks for your replies

its been a while.. vacation got me out of workingmode...
here is some stuff from my sketchbook and some digital attemps, all photoshop and all from the last two weeks:

[lema]

some new stuff from the last, like, weeks...

[lema]

some studies each about five minutes, one which took about twenty minutes, and a pencil+photoshop-charakter, trying to get more loose

[embee]

Hey bro!
I really like those studies! great stuff, I dont know if it's because they are rom life or not, but the anatomy is MUCH better than in the sketches before...
You got the technique down, concerning pencilstuff, now comes the anatomy. not only on the body, but also the face...
where does which muscle go and what does it do... where is which bone, how long, etc... knowing these facts will extremely improve your drawing, especially when working without reference...
:dad:

[lema]

embee - thanks a lot! you are right, should do some studies of anatomie, bones, muscles and so on

just two quick sketches from today, which i kinda like. next time i`ll post more!

[TheGnoll]

very nice woman studies in post 8, and i really like those digital enviros, especially the first one.You've got a nice pencil technique, keep sharing!

ciao

[That fat kid]

Hey lema,

Things are looking good in here, you're hitting all the right things, some environments, some portraits, some head studies, characters, and some figurative stuff. My main concern is with the figurative stuff, its all fairly stiff, and kind of repetitive, which can be easily remedied, although it'll take some work. Dig up some reference, a model, preferably, but if you can't, grab yourself one of those little poseable mannikin dudes and do some gestures of him. Put him in all sorts of wonky positions, all spread out, hunched over, thrown back, on its side, laying down, from above, from below, just anything you can think of. Think of the mannikin as a person and as a traditional model, where he might move at any time and he's full of vitality and weight. Use loose lines and just imply his 'movements'. Doing weird exercises like that can really help to give some fluidity to your characters and figures. If possible, try to work in either charcoal or ink, something dark and powerful, so the marks have to be few and thoughtful, but lend themselves to movement.

Hopefully that whole rant will prove to be a useful exercise. Anyhow, throw down some more drawings!

~A

[lema]

that fat kid - thanks a lot. i know what you mean, youre totally right. should try some of that stuff
the gnoll- thank you bro!

here is some sketches from my sketchbook, and two of my first painter attempts. just mindless studies, have to get better with the technique first.

[lema]

its been a while since my last post, so i suppose i should do a bigger one...
some pencildrawings from life, and some of my newer digitals.
i find enviroments really difficult.
crits welcome

[Kicek]

ello chris.. we missed u today , where have u been anyway? as for the update, jan and me are admiring ur lifedrawings at the moment, very good work, uve improved tons!:) the first one is my fav by far, clean confident lines. as for the colored stuff, id say use less black for the dark parts. the environments are cool, u could add some more atmosphere to most of them though. good work brother, see u:) on friday maybe?!?! haha shit.. havent done anything yet, röhrl will kill my anus.

[lema]

kicek- thanks a lot buddy.

[adraude]

love your pen and ink stuff, essp. the landscapes above. try to loosen up with your personal stuff, they are much stiffer (so it seems to me) than the drawings from life. keep at it. =)

[lema]

audrade - thanks a lot man. i think i should do some gestures and quick studies to loosen up a bit

two speedies from today:

[lema]

some warmups and a cowboy who got shot backwards during a duel.. just playing around with painter and ps. i almost like the rougher version more then the other one.

[DeJakhalz]

Ey bro, great stuff! You do need some little more studies to make stuff even better but you know that right? :P I can tell by your sweet anatomy studies, just keep on doing studies and your experimental stuff will shine out even more!

(especially liking the sketches on post #13)

[lema]

dejakhalz - thanks man, i agree most important thing right now: anatomy and figurative studies, should do more of those

here is my first attempt on a digi sp. could have been more satisfying if it didnt took me so long, but fuck it.

[stone.]

good stuff...

these (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=53976&stc=1&d=1164398904) are great.

would like to see more landscapes like those... if there are any?
and those pirates are great too.

keep updating, wanna see more!

regards stone.

[lema]

thanks stone!

[~Faust~]

Damn you have talent, I agree with the above posters, your landscapes are definately your strongest side. But figurative studies are always fun so keep it up! :) And thx for stopping by my place.

[ploepp]

Hey, nice stuff.
I especially like the hand studies in your 2nd post.

..and you're from Germany, too :)

[lema]

faust - thanks a lot!

ploepp - thank you miss. you should open a sketchbook, i want to see some of your stuff too.


here are the first doodles i did, i think since juli. so... back to work finally:

[Monika Gruszka]

i love your sketchbook:)

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=202473&stc=1&d=1189813832 - this is great... small, quick, simple - but just great! nice work so far. keep posting:)

[SMILEFACE]

billy bitchbeater broke the mold this page is cracken the enviros are offf the chain ya dig lets se some mo 8)

[lema]

monna, mr.spect- thank you guys, thanks for stoppin by

today i had some fun doin this one:

[lema]

my man manolo:

[max1975]

Hey man. Thanks so much for visiting my book.

You've got some really nice stuff here. I'm very impressed with the painted environments especially, very moody and real, suck me right in. You find them difficult? Way to persevere then, you could have fooled me. Faves are http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=161704&stc=1&d=1183242819 and http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=29543&stc=1&d=1159528864.

[Kicek]

hey chrissinger, good to see you updating again. billy bitchbeater?! hehe.. anyway, sweet work from you..post more pleaase:)

[lema]

max- you`re welcome. and thanks a lot. i think i`m going to do some enviros soon, but recently im stuck on cowboys and gangsters

kicek- thanks dude! and post some of those anatomie studies, that shit kicks ass!

another gunman:

[lema]

some new characters.. im trying to learn something about colours and shading etc...
anyway, would be glad to here some honest crits!

[SMILEFACE]

the updates are really cool you can really feel the emotions in the characters and i dig your rendering style 8)

[enthombed]

hey man, nice stuff here, i have great anatomy studies here, really need do that stuff more too.

keep posting my friend i will comeback in the next update.

Cheers

[lema]

mr.spect, enthombed- thanks for visiting my sb

more digis. enviro sketches and another indian. i dont like it that much but i had some fun doing it in between... and maybe i learnt something..

[lema]

random sketches

[lema]

i know its been a while...
recent digis: