+The.bubble.thread+ i'm back :D

[isair]

Hi there,
This is my second bubble on CA.org here. :yayca: Why bubble? Because I'm a lifetime lurker.:P I don't even breathe here. :teeth: So to end this madness, I'm joining your guys with this bubble.
Here are some recent drawings. They are just plain ref. studies, no fancy concept yet, but I'm working on it (hopefully). You guys see anything off, please hit me. And please pardon my awkward English, I'm working on it, too. :teeth: (And I hope it's not too many pictures for one post.)
OK. I'll stop talking and get it rolling. I always talk way too much than needed. :blah: :blah: :blah:
http://static.flickr.com/45/189291027_e6ab4ce412_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/73/192455015_46c348c14b_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/60/202614525_6f9934ec4e_o.jpg
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http://static.flickr.com/63/204135446_86c2604bb6_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/59/209937481_958475d5b1_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/96/210009977_b76fc59276_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/83/210748355_904575fd03_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/80/210776354_08b5b08e66_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/59/211126193_d2ab83ac82_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/57/212351144_c56f673f71_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/70/212458490_08ccfb01e7_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/77/212619796_101b3ec143_o.jpg

Finally, made a custom avatar. :bashful:

[archipelago]

wow! I welcome you and your bubble to CA!
lovely studies man, I especially dig the jeans bottom ones, what refs are you using?

Anyway, dont get too caught up in drawing from photos, post some stuff drawn from life, like a self portrait for example, maybe some stuff from imagination aswell!

looking forward to more stuff man, keep it up! :D

[oma]

oke > good shit > keep posting > makes me happy > nothing more to say.

[isair]

hey archipelago, thanks dude. The ref. are from some secret sources not to be mentioned in public... you got it? :D Anyway that's just an exercise to draw subjects from different angels. As Degas thoughts, only moving shapes. When I get more confident with memory drawings, I'll show some here, but for now they are such disappointment to be viewed. I'll work on it. Thanks for the advise.
oma, you'll be happy, I promise. LOL.

Aiight, more chicks, never get tired of drawing chicks. Each time I told myself only do some gestures, but they all ended up wasting my time refining and lost the flow of gesture. Hell, screw it. I'll show them anyway. Hope you guys like it.
http://static.flickr.com/63/213782604_8078c75157_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/98/213826699_bb5a2f3f54_o.jpg

[demented]

lol, Glad to see you here isair!

Sorry haven't gotten back to recently mate, but let me say this: your new stuff is fantastic! Form are flowing, anatomy looks much better, and your linework is coming along! Something that might help with linework is put your pencil down and start drawing, but don't lift it up, or lift it from the page as little as you can - forces you to think more about what you are doing.

Keep up the good work mate!
ciao!

- d.

[j a k e]

Mate your rendering is really going places!
Figures getting tighter by the page.
Roll on.

[isair]

Cheers d, thanks for the tip and encouragement. I'll try it right away.
Jake, thanks man. Will do. BTW, like your avatar.

Guess I'll do another 1 or 2 pages tonight.
http://static.flickr.com/65/213909725_e0d0b65f74_o.jpg

[Ulver]

Amazing studies, man! Your women are looking cool as well. Great lines and rendering. I`m waiting for updates!

[ivy'sgrandkid]

realy gr8 sketches man i expecially love the last 2 on the left sweet!

[Sepulverture]

Good stuff man, real good. Only thing I might suggest would be to bump up your value range a tad, let some of those details pop more.

[sabe2003]

Love these. Great hatching!

[isair]

Ulver, thanks man. Here is the last update for today.
Ivy, glad you like it. Although I found there's something off with the arm of the upper one. Shading the color of the shirt made me forget the structure of the shoulder and went way off of it.
Sepulverture, thank you. Your right with the values. I only used an HB pencil. Should have gotten more arsenals handy.
Thanks sabe. Will improve the hatching more. It's still a bit messy to me.

Not quite happy with this one, coz I kinda get bored and rushed it to the end. Damn, should never rush it. But the attitude of the last one is ok I think， although I redrew the lips like 7 times. LOL. Thats it. See you guys later.
http://static.flickr.com/91/214127298_eac86daf6e_o.jpg

[monotony]

great stuff, you are showing a lot of effort.
especially like your studies. keep it up commander :D

[sabe2003]

I don't beleive there is anything uninteresting about 'messy' hatching, in fact couldn't it be seen as expressive?

Just curious, do you study at school somehwere? How long have you been drawing? Any other media>?
Thanks for the comment in my book :yayca:

[isair]

monotony, Thanks. Commander Keen at work. :D
sabe, hi, I'm really flattered that you like my hatching. Actually it comes from nowhere as first I was trying to mimic Da Vinci's hatching, but sometime I feel like following the form, but mostly I'm just smashing around LOL.
And nope, I don't study drawing anywhere (at the moment at least). I really love to have some live figure drawing sessions, but sadly there's none available locally. Maybe I'll stick with what I'm doing and do more life drawings (damn it! I must do it! tomorrow I'll do it! oh well... LOL). Tried gouache way back in school days, hadn't touched it for ages, but planning on some watercolor style with gouache or poster color or whatever can make a mass out of. :)
I do love your sketching styles. Will drop by from time to time if you don't mind. :)

[demented]

Wow dude!

the shading on that girl's butt is sweet! As is the one in costume is great, love the lighting on that one!

Keep up the killer work my friend!

- d.

[Bendragon]

These looks great. I'd like to see them coloured :) I also think more values can be added too, sometimes there doesnt seem to be enouth contrast.

[elisa]

Great stuff in here! Really like your studies, great feeling of form in those sketches, nice renderings! Post more stuff and I will be watching:)

[guitarjames]

awsome drawings , thoe pencil studies ,rock . keep it up
post some coloured work please
james

[isair]

d, thanks dude. As the costumes are not in the slightest my idea LOL. no credits for it though.
Bendragon, your right, will bump up a notch or two of the contrast in the future. Thanks for the advice. As for colors, I'm just starting to use, very bad at it though.
elisa, thanks. I'll beat me lazy ass to it and post more. LOL.
guitarjames, thanks man. Here comes my wacky color attempt. Just hope it's not to disappointing. :D
Many thanks peeps, your encouragement means a lot to me and keeps me going.
http://static.flickr.com/96/215795807_f836aea14b_o.jpg
Some random doodle without ref. and a snapshot from Hard Candy. :D Should work hard on memory drawings as my imagination sucks balls.
http://static.flickr.com/96/215870205_a762afd8bd_o.jpg
fatigued, halt.
http://static.flickr.com/72/215993017_ba42446808_o.jpg

[demented]

Sup isair - great drawings buddy - love how you handle those faces, very believable and well drawn! Also great to see some colour from you man - more of those!

And those expression rock,
post more!

- d.

[Ulver]

That girl beside the colored one is very nice! Also love all faces and the way you draw expressions - great work!

[evildisco]

Ohhh yeah ass sketches for the win.
Like your figure work, good job so far.

[oma]

like that last page on you new update a lot... you made me happy again <3

[Sirithduriel]

I really like the rendering. Great stuff!

[isair]

d: thanks dude. drawing expression is tons of fun promised.
ulver: the reference was actually a photo taken with only flashlight, so i figured omitting everything except the skins and hair to leave a hint to the figure shape. old idea but turns out well.
evildisco: thanks. glad you like them.
oma: hee hee hee. thanks. me happy to.
sirithduriel: happy to know you like it. i'll try some different methods in the future to vary the feel a little.

[Sodbrenner]

awesome dude! i always wanted to draw an whole page of asses :teeth: serious man, this rocks hard! post more stuff!

[mentler]

Always support on CA for the BoneHead Nation <> last update is a scream <> doing great just keep doing>>>>

[isair]

Sodbrenner: i'm more hopeless than you thought, see i drew 2 pages full of asses. lol. thanks for the support.
mentler: wow, bone doc's here. greatings :D and thank you for the kind words.

This is a study after Hubert, a series of original works can be found here (http://www.tsofa.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=706) in SoFA gallery.
http://static.flickr.com/92/217106011_28e25abe6b_o.jpg

[demented]

Hey dude, you are definitely going places with these sketches - and your line is looking great! Your figures are always so believable, and casual, like camerashots. Awesome work man, thanx for the inspiration!

ciao!

- d.

[isair]

d, many thanks for your kind words and warm supports as you always do.

Celebrate sketchbook scan No.666. It's a long way left behind and another endless road ahead. charge! (oh crap)
http://static.flickr.com/67/217468449_87c8cb1048_o.jpg

[sith]

love those studies- especially of that girls bum, ha

[elisa]

Ho ho, scanning no 666..that´s evil! Great updates here! and nice skulls, I think I have to do some too...keep on drawing!

[isair]

sith: which one? there are too many of them lol.
elisa: actually it's the real number. coincidence? maybe. skulls are always sexy and drawing them makes me happy. :)

more to come today.
http://static.flickr.com/95/217540199_053c477819_o.jpg

[demented]

Dude that scan is going to become infamous lol - love the scarecrow dude in that one, very strong. Love how you are handling these new ones - very little application of tone, leaving much to line - great work on those. Also really like your faces man - they rock.

Keep it up dude, muchthanx for the support!
ciao!

- d.

[isair]

heya d, thanks for dropping by. I'm still struggling with where to loose up and where to intensify. Experementing on some crasy hatchings LOL. see ya round dude.

me left hand. awkward poses lead to numb hand. Too bad the fingers don't standing up as I intended. They all look flat.
http://static.flickr.com/79/217647058_d745103344_o.jpg

[oma]

awesome skull study!!... damnz how could i missed so much of this beutyfull stuff :(...

Said it before. i like your stuff.
Try to use some shading behind the hands. i think it wil help them to look less flatter.. just a tought.

[isair]

Thanks oma for the tip. I'll try it next time.

[isair]

hairy an horny
http://static.flickr.com/65/217805646_6e74bd7d02_o.jpg

[demented]

lol dude - hairy and horny, heheheee.

animal studies look like a bunch of fun, seriously need to try them out sometime. Hands are looking good, very believable. On what oma said: go for it but be careful - that has the power to make or break. Thinks its a good idea to shade the background, but then you can't do a halfjob, otherwise it has the opposite effect. Also a good idea to use reflected light when doing so. Just my 2c on the matter though!

Stunning work as always man, really inspiring stuff!
ciao!

- d.

[isair]

heh gotcha on that one hehehh.
seriously, I know the cast shadows are always 2-sided blade, great visual effect but also easy to break forms. I remember back in childhood drawing classes, my teacher always told me not to draw casting shadows like a patten, but each time I did exactly what he told me not to. That's really crasy days. When others were drawing, we bunch of freaks went out to fly kites. LOL. stupid kids learnt nothing from the great teacher. Now I'll make up for it. Ah sorry for talking like an old man. heh. Back to the topic. reflective light is even harder for me. I know it's great, but strange thing is in reality there's not that much change you see an object lit in perfect 5 tones with reflective light. Mostly indirect light or frontal/side light. I know you can always create light source on your drawing, but I'm not that good right now. :D And prud'hon is a good example of using side light to show 3d forms. But anyway, we should master drawing from all light sources. Thanks for the good suggestion. Thinking much clearer now.
cya

[chamischam]

very interesting work ! all is dynamic, i like it !
specially studies about faces.

the bottom bêêêêê is great too.
(i hope you understand my dreadful english)

Nice to see your work again !

[Ulver]

Wow, that satanic 666 skan looks great! Nice skulls - they`re very believable, and rendered very well. Hands and animals are also well done - love your hatching!

[isair]

chanischam: thanks man. your English is good. no problems for me. :)
Ulver: yeh, that piece's fun to draw. thanks pal.

more faces? warmups.
http://static.flickr.com/77/220785535_16349967cc_o.jpg
it's just lame plain suck poos.
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hmm
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woof!
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[elisa]

Great updates again man! Those heads are great, nice shading! On the hands- try hatching in the direction of the forms, I think it´s why the fingers looks a little flat. Ah, and I really like the goats, they are very nice, and hairy! :^^: Keep it up! can´t wait to see more :)

[isair]

thanks elisa. I'll try hatch following forms more. Sometimes I feel hatching all the same direction, but I shift directions a lot which makes a bit messy. I'll try sticking with one method on one piece. no more chaotic lol. hope you like me doggies, (woovies, whatever) too.
a buntcha updates edited into the last post.

[asoir]

Live update? I want paper-webcam! ;)Verry, VERY cool sketchbook.

[isair]

heh, Asoir, just kidding. sometimes I just lurking in my thread and draw-scan-post. thanks for dropping by.

[Recursive_End]

Very cool pencil work sir =)
Nothing to crit, keep 'em coming !!

[demented]

Hey man,

not much to crit here - these look absolutely amazing mate. You definitely have a way with faces - lovely work on those, very believable stuff. NEED MORE!

ciao!

- d.

[Ulver]

Damn! Do you call it warmups? I like that faces a LOT! Especially girl`s face. That page with a mouthes is just great! Wolves I like what elisa said - they`re nice and hairy :) Keep it up man, always great to see new work from you!

[isair]

Recursive_End: Thanks man for dropping by.
d: wassup bro. I'll beat my ass to it. LOL.
Ulver: hey man. Well, it's the first one after two days of laziness. So I want larger and relaxed scribbling around. So it's a warmup literally. But it doesn't mean that I can do better with non-warmups, actually my not-so-warmups suck balls, heh. I like that one actually. Thanks for the support.

a new one which I'm not so fond of. arrh, laziness. days of idling made me a dull boy who can't even handle a pencil.
http://static.flickr.com/82/222789799_57140ebf86_o.jpg
i'll see how you guys have the preview image in front of the thread working. posting a CA hosted file?
Edit: damn not working. I'll try later.
Using different rendering technique. So bad at this method. Need more practice. HMM.
http://static.flickr.com/77/223003875_c14f1252d7_o.jpg

[demented]

sup isair!

Goodlookinng as always. Shading on that leg is a bit wierd, as a flattening effect, but I loooove that face mate! Really badass rendering skills you got.

To get the preview image go to your first post, click edit, then go advanced. The click on the attachment icon and load an image. Not sure but I think the image needs to be pretty small too.. don't know for sure - try it out mate.

ciao dude!

- d.

[isair]

Hi d, the leg was supposed to be wearing a black hose. I'm bad at drawing something with color and shading at the same time. need more practice though hmm. And the faces, I tend to draw way too much details which brokes the whole consistancy. Will try to simplify more and strenthen the structure.
Thanks for the preview tip. When I hit the reply we'll see if the bitch's on or not. :D
Added another one into last post.
edit: wow, it worked. Love ya.

[MattGamer]

oh man, i love your renderings with pencil... really nice form and art! keep it up!!!

[Icey]

wow.. dude! You got me saveing your studys into my "best studys" folder!!
amazeing evolution!!!
what's your secret???

[oma]

damnz, missed to much here.
you are realy doing some amazing pencil work here. love the faces, the animals, the hands and al the rest. just keep posting. making me happy, and doing CA.ORG a fav.

the lips are realy cool!

[Ulver]

I like that diffrent rendering technique a lot, man. That lying girl is amazing! Love your skull also - very strong drawing!

[entdroid]

Great SB, your rendering is so kick-ass!
The lying girl is really cool.
I also liked the mouth and hand studies a lot.
Keep posting!
Cheers!
entdroid

[Interceptor]

Great studies!! I love this thread!

[brooday]

....:confident
I'm on fire

[Fishspawn]

Cool studies. I am also a fan of the jeans page :P. Keep up the wide variety, i look forward to more.

[isair]

WOW, me happy you supports. Me jump on me head. Now has me stary. (is that orcish?) :D
hi Matt, thanks man. I made to your thread too. Amazing fatasy stuffs. I shall do more imaginary drawing exercises. Thanks for dropping by.
Icy, wassup bro. Long time no see. I'm so flattered about you saving my drawings. I made a little progress from last month, don't know how I made it though. Guess it's just more practice and experiment on new ways of doing the same stuff. And comparing your stuff with things you like to see what's missing and try to put what you found in your own drawings. And contrast is always your friend. Looking forward to see your new stuffs. BTW, why don't you use camera on larger pieces you can't scan directly and adjust some levels in Photoshop or whatever. See ya round bro.
oma: thanks oma. Always welcome to tip in once a while. :) See I tried that shadow you recommended last time and it's looking good. Thanks mate.
Ulver: thanks man. That girl was screen capture from a movie. It's really fun to do things differently.
entdroid: hi, thanks. I'm glad you like it. Will post more when scans are ready.
Interceptor: hi there. Thanks for dropping by.
brooday: glad you made it here on CA.org. Will see you round very often right? LOL.
Fishspawn: That page's made me an assworshipper :D kidding. Sometimes you just can't resist something cute or something hot. Thanks man.

Another attempt with the slashing technique, but it was sort of being draged into my old domain. damn. I want more loose feels into my drawings. later.
http://static.flickr.com/92/223469818_f61e5b5b32_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/88/223746184_38402d02df_o.jpg
alright. more morphing shit to show my true dirty minds. imaginary and unconservative. :D just kidding ...
http://static.flickr.com/68/223863066_47b3cb1cb7_o.jpg

[MattGamer]

hay man, the looseness will come with more practice. if you want it, and practice it hard enough - you'll get it.
i really like the slashing technique... you should master that. :)
thanks... for the visit on my thread :) ...i need to do more ref. hehe keep up the sweet work!

[oma]

some ref work. looks good.

it's getting looser.
just practise :).

and keep posting ;)

[j a k e]

Wow man that rendering in the last girls is really coming along. It seems that hands might be a little weak spot compared to your bodies? Great update though. Great consistancy and good progress mate.

[Goodbye..fromthevoid]

I gotta disagree with the previous poster and say that I think you are doing really well! Your drawings from reference look fantastic, how about try drawing more from imagination (and I wouldn't say it if I didn't think you had already mastered copying).

And I noticed that most of your models had bathing suits on, how refreshingly conservative of you! I especially liked the drawings of the goat and the skull (skulls are cool).

Keep up the good work, you're amazing!

[Ulver]

Great figures in the last update! That gestures are looking so real. Love it! :)

[isair]

MattGamer: Aye, guess I've got a long way to go then. And I found that shading quick and dirty, I will practice it more. Thanks mate.
oma: Thanks pal. How nice of you.
jake: Yes, hands are still the hardest part for me. Feet, I watch a lot hehehe, so it's a little bit better than hands.
Goodbye fromthevoid: Thanks. I believe my imaginary drawings are still incompetent. It sucks balls to be exact! The last edited-in with a smiley is from imagination. But nontheless I need more practice on that part, HARD! Oh well, I won't start debating on nude or not. I only draw how they are. If I found ref. nudes with taste, I would draw them as well like what I did last time of the sleeping girl from a movie. Dude, just chill with it alright? Please don't be offended though. The least thing I wanna do is to offend someone who's nice to me. So see you around. :)
Ulver: thanks man. I wish I could do it by pure imagination. :) Oneday I will (wishfully).
Added another one in the last post to keep things tidy. If you guys find it's inconvinent, pls let me know.

[oma]

Haha, why did you blocked that, i want to see your pervert idea's :D.

that tiger looks super cool.
i wanna have a cat to. a lazy one. thank i can draw her :).

when are you gonna post the portrait :P... you redrawed. iam honoured you want to redraw one of my SP's. And i can learn super much from it! :D.

[halflife99]

oh, I like's zee's.

[silvestri99]

Great shading and line work....I hope to see more soon...and just curious what are you using for reference?

[isair]

oma: heh, hiding things make others more dirty. And sorry dude I screwed up on redrawing your portrait. Was trying to change light direction from lower to upper, but instead it ended up with a messed up light direction. I was hesitating about posting it, LOL. But since you asked for it, I'll post along anyway. Appologies. :bashful:
http://static.flickr.com/96/224912866_c794c8e987_o.jpg
halflife99: thanks dude.
silvestri99: My reference are so random, pics on web, in mags, TV, movie snaps, google some animals, etc. Anything interesting I see or anything flashes onto my mind.

Some movie posters and a girl from Memory (girl by the KFC counter).
http://static.flickr.com/86/224906338_29c3bf823f_o.jpg

[ArtZealot]

hey man. cool sketchbook, i really like your figures, they are killer. keep it up.
-AZ

[isair]

ArtZealot: thanks man.
New book showing off :D planning on playing with white pencil.
http://static.flickr.com/85/225820049_592d79076f_o.jpg
not so simple well off gesture studies, one pencil the other pen. warmups or relaxation whatever and learn to draw skirt not so tight.
http://static.flickr.com/64/225869977_6ed80c2f1f_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/77/225866783_44f1f5e638_o.jpg
Bah! Can't concentrate on drawing. I've totally forgotten how to draw man now. Shit!
http://static.flickr.com/86/226069166_5efd92f050_o.jpg

[Fishspawn]

You keep the cool coming. I like the kfc girl but i think her shoulders/arms are a little too defined muscularly. My favorite is probably the cat with the smiley head ;). Keep it up.

[isair]

Thanks Fishspawn, I kinda like women all workedout. But I admit that that one was not intensional :D
Edit1:Added 2 into the last updates.
Edit2:Another 1, no bumping. covert ops. LOL.

[oma]

yeahah!!. i reconnise myself in your portrait of me. it's cool to see how you are toying around with the light!. i have to learn so much more before i can do that kind of stuf!.

cool new pages on the Edit update :P.

[Meatsworthy]

Wow, great pencil values... strong figure work too. LOL @ the sketchbook cover.

Keep it coming, my brain is currently in a figure feeding frenzy. :)

[evildisco]

Last update is very yummy.
This page is my favourite of the batch.
http://static.flickr.com/77/225866783_44f1f5e638_o.jpg

Keep going!

[isair]

oma: naya, I totally srewed up the light on that piece. I'm grateful that you don't mind. :P
Meatsworthy: thanks man for the kind words. :) Will keep you updated.
evildisco: thanks bun. I'm so agitated that I'll try more ink shit to screw up with more craps. LOL.

Why can't I wait for a batch before posting?
toying with me newly bought marker. Don't know why but I'm super impatient thesedays.
http://static.flickr.com/69/226850185_3d42ea6ec5_o.jpg
Damn, still can't concentrate. As routine then.
http://static.flickr.com/93/226978159_54a01764a7_o.jpg

[aryul82]

Pretty good anatomy work, keep it up!

[sabe2003]

Thanks for the comments on my page.
I'm addicted to pretty much everything you've done.
Esspicially those last pen sketches above. Suweet!

[d00dle]

hey, man. I really enjoy looking at your womens. :)

[anjin]

great great great sketchbook! I hope you'll continue it for a long time! I love it. One question: do you draw from live, photo reference or what? how much time for a your sketch normally? When will you present a sketch for an illustration? keep posting, guy! ;)

[isair]

aryul82: thanks man.
sabe2003: wow man, I'm honored.
d00dl3: I'm pretty much as enjoyed drawing them, too. thanks.
anjin: Yeh, man, will do for sure. There mostly photo ref. and rarely by now I do imaginary drawings and hands are from life. Most of my drawings roughly around 30 mins, super crappy took less and more detailed took longer, I think. Illustration? I'm not ready yet. :D But It will happen at least I hope so. :P

1 crap added above.

[anjin]

not yet?!? Are you joking, isn't it? If you don't feel yourself ready for color (and who feel ready for it? just start!) you could start with black and white illustrations, but I am sure that you only need to start one and post it in "Work in progress" section, there should arrive to you a lot of advices to improve fast.
I said should because at my post I often receive very few posts back... but maybe it's my fault! ahahaha

Continue posting, please! I love your works

[oma]

nice updates again. those muscled man look very good!

Try to do some yoga. ore some breath practise. it's realy relaxing!.

[Icey]

i can see you draw a lot! that's very good!
try to do some lifedrawings too form time to time, when you get the chance!

I'll be around an A3 scanner in a week... anyway, i haven't much to show... :(

cheers dude!
keep up the great work!

[demented]

Sup mate - sorry haven't been here lately man. And I'm regretting it - all these updates are beautiful man. Really like those animal studies too mate - lines are really flowing in that one.

Wonderful thread you have going here - keep them coming in mate, love yo' stuff!

ciao!

- d.

[MattGamer]

man, you still make me want to sketch with pencil all the time. hehehe
nice new sb!! and those lady gestures are good.. did you use ref or did they come out of your brain? real nice :)

have you ever tried painting in photoshop or traditionally?

[klys]

Wow great work. I always like to see good pencil work. Your rendering and lines are very clean. Keep up the good work.

[sith]

sexy updates dood! love the hands on the last page too. bust some more of those out yo!

[isair]

anjin: I'm not kidding, my color sucks bad. You'll see what I mean. LOL. Thanks for encouragement.
oma: hey. :) Because I can draw woman ok but it scares the crap out of me drawing man. So I need more practice on that part. I draw way too less man. Yoga you say? Will do :D Thanks. Wait. You mean draw it or do it? LOL.
Icy: yeh, man Life drawing. Should move me lazy ass off the chair and stretch my legs. It's time. Wow, A3 scanner, it costs a fortune to me. LOL. Expacting to see more from you, bro.
d: Sup bro. Haven't seen you post new works for a while. Preparing for some secret BANG! out there? Keep us tuned. Thanks for popping. :D
MattGamer: hehehee, thanks man. That one on New SB cover is merely 1 min fantasy girls. No ref. I use pencil under ink then erased though. Still no confident working direct with pen and make it right. I'm trying colors now, but that'd be sucking badly. You'll see.
klys: Thanks man. Only if one day could I do hatching like Kevin and Wes. LOL.
sith: dood! I ain't draw nothing of hands on last page? LOL. just kidding. Shouldn't have omitted hands as these. I mean I should draw every hand when having the chance. Thanks.

Update for today, a batch in a roll. :D Only if I drew more tonight, that'd be all for today.
More fun with markers, but the contours totally not working. Post it anyway.
http://static.flickr.com/88/227848800_6b72490285_o.jpg
Damn, more women and no man. I'm hopeless.
http://static.flickr.com/90/227944609_714afedc74_o.jpg
T-bag and Sara from Prison Break. Not even close. Brand new season, great excuse not to draw. LOL. ps the marker from the other side looks prettier than the actual drawing. And there's everything wrong with the mouth.
http://static.flickr.com/90/228036169_4c120bf15a_o.jpg
Now another attempt with water color with ref. (I'm using poster color from my childhood. The damn thing's still working after about 10 years. Unbelievable!!)
http://static.flickr.com/98/228123834_137671984e_o.jpg

[Banshax]

You`re pencil value skills and lines are an example, you make it look easy and a lot of fun to do. I guess the fun part is true.

[sith]

i'm not gonna lie, you're really good at drawing girl's bums.

dig the color you threw on the last gal too. good updates!

[kinnas]

this thread is off on an excellent start : ) hope you keep this up

[oma]

haha, sith gets horny :P. and he's not the only one . :P.

you can sell your girls :P. lol thats what pimps doing. :). oke just draw girls :D. :D. oke, no fucking around. your girls look very good.
and you have to draw more men indeed :). but girls are prettyer :). so the choise is simple --> girls girls girls :D.

[spacemunky1117]

Cool stuff man, i like the goat and skull studies especially... Tbag looks pretty accurate, if a little heavier - but theres somethin that looks wrong about Sara. im not quite sure what, ill have to watch this week.

[isair]

Banshax, yeh man, drawing's always tons of fun promised. And the easy part. Well I could only say that it's way easier than last year for me.
Sith, hey. you like me girl bumbums? good. I was wondering how others like them. :D The color piece is like the 2nd attemp with color. Was gonna use mono, but think I'd add another color to the mix. brown, red, white. That's all. I'm glad you like it. Thanks mate.
kinnas, thanks dude. Will keep updating till hell freezes over.
oma, hahhaha, I got it. Girls more girls.
spacemunky, yeh, agreed. I'll try to draw another sara or maybe do all of the characters later. Thanks for tipping.

Did couple SPs today, one before haircut with bedroom messy hair, the other with almost no hair left. So acustomed to photo ref. life drawing with moving subject becomes so torn apart. My parts seem all on different planes. LOL. Practice. Practice. Practice.
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And some shoulder studies, girls' aiight? LOL. It's merely attempting with different way of holding pencil and different method of rendering. It's harder to control the pencil but more loose feels to the result.
http://static.flickr.com/87/228921895_3fe593e88b_o.jpg

[Banshax]

Hey isair, looking good. Aint reality daunting?
Both portraits look alive, sure some things might be off, but the result
is pretty pleasing.

The arm on the lower right figure study, looks good. Angular stuff just has
a coolness factor to it.

[Recursive_End]

Good drawing isair !
But i'm wondering, how old are you?

[isair]

Banshax: thanks for your kind words. :) Yeh, it's daunting, but I want reality in drawings.
Recursive_End: thanks man. I'm now 28 already. :(

[MattiasA]

great sketches, good sense of volume

[Tigermilk]

Really cool.

[Listing]

You have a great sense of form and value placement. Beware of drawing too much from photos. It's tending to flatten your drawings. Your self-portraits are nice but they suffer from that developed understanding. Regardless, as I said, you know where to make your mark. You just need 3-D subjects.

[Sirithduriel]

I still love all those renderings. Very inspiring :). Keep posting.

[isair]

Tigermilk: Thanks man.
Listing: You are quite right. I need more drawing from life. Thanks for the advice.
Sirithduriel: Glad you like it. Thanks

Tiny update for today. Patience is always my enemy.
http://static.flickr.com/73/230171594_4d641e59ee_o.jpg

[Banshax]

I like the expression on lincoln and warden. the brad dude dont look half bad. I`d say this Lj figure turned out less if u ask me. Alsmost looks like the first was best, and the last you got impatient :)

Im not sure, but drawing from a mirror, does that count as life drawing? Might help you a lot to do a few of those i guess.

[dfacto]

I love the shading on the last ones there. Their accurate and rough, but with a hint of softness in there. Faces look good too, although the mouth placement looks a bit werd in the left ones.

Nice work, keep it up. :)

[isair]

Yeh, you got me. :D So impatient these days.
Actually I did a couple of times drawing SP from a mirror. It's a good exercise to me because you can't hold still while draw at the same time. You always keep moving but you must prevent the drawing from falling apart. The features must be consistant with each other on the head, so you can't shape copying all the way. So you memorize a lot before putting things on paper. I believe if I could master drawing with a mirror, I can do life drawings pretty much close. Thanks Banshax.
dacto: Yeh, I got mouth misplaced all the time. Should pay more attention to that part in the future. Thanks man.

[elisa]

ah, prison break, my favourite tv-show! Great updates here, the faces are great and the the figure studies too (as always). I like the watercolor girl by the way, I really like your use of colors in this one, especially with the red, that really add something to the painting. Do some more please!

[demented]

Damn I'm missing out on so much - got tons of work to do but screw - these works kick ass mate. Faces are very believable, stunning work on them and keep killing them off. Figure drawings are awesome too man, great updates no crits.

keep spilling them mate, more!

- d.

[Ulver]

I missed a lot here too! Great updates, man! I like that watercolour piece very much! Your women as always hot :) and shading on faces is just great - very good feeling of form! Lincoln`s face - my favorite. Keep `em coming!

[isair]

elisa: hi, I love the show, too. The characters are so different from each other and they looks so fit with the script. I thinks it's a good exercise to me :) And about the red. I'm kinda obsessed with red. I guess there'd be lots of red and warm colors if I paint a lot. We'll see.
d: hehe, thanks bro. Not much you've missed. I'm still wondering about the same forest. 4 8 15 16 23 42
Ulver: thanks. It's just luck that I got that Lincoln right. Today's horrible at portraits. I'll change subject and do more portraits later. Still no patience to finish 4 heads in a roll. Damn!
http://static.flickr.com/94/230715871_ca85e8e7cd_o.jpg
mouse drawing using bleeding edge Paint.Net ver2.72 ...30secs...
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[demented]

Hey man great updates as always. You're faces are really awesome and something I should work for. My only crit at this point would be other subject matter and more colour! But these are really beautiful man.

ciao!

- d.

[isair]

Thanks d, yeh I'm bored with those stuffs too. Will try to do some imaginary stuff.

Added one. :D I love that piece, I really do. It makes my tea all over the screen. Sorry. Can't resist. LOL. Just don't punch me like that monkey for it.

[Banshax]

But you ARE getting either more patient or faster
The 4th drawing looks better then the 4th and 3rd drawing
from last time.

[oma]

nice bubbling !.

portraits ! great work !! realy i love them !

[Ulver]

That portraits are great, as usual! And that "fighting" scene in Paint - I like it very much as well :)

[That fat kid]

Hey Isair, excellent studies, I'd like to see more colored work since your understanding of tone is so well founded.

~A

[isair]

Banshax: heh, I beat myself to it.
oma: thanks bro.
Ulver: Glad you like them and the monkey.
That fat kid: thanks man. I'll do more painting later for sure.

It's been a while since my last post. Sadly I haven't been drawing for the last week. Now while things are back to normal I'll be drawing and updating and bashing around here as usual. Here we go.
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[oma]

looks good. like it a lot.

did you do them from ref ore from live?

anyway looks good keep posting and studying!

[Ulver]

Yes, long awaited update! Very nice figures and faces. Girl with a bag on the last one is my fav. Glad that you`re posting again, keep it up! :)

[armando]

Your hatching is generally good, sometimes it gets to be a bit random. You've mentioned several times wanting a looser approach. It's something we all struggle with, finding a balance between letting our material behave as itself(basically non-objective art) and representational imagery/art.
One way to get more movement in a picture is to have lines leading into each other. We're psychologically made to interpret lines as moving. The artistic term is "opposing lines", basically -) would be opposing lines, you can get more info in "Figure Drawing for all it's Worth", Prometheus mentions it in a tutorial on his website.
The trick to getting "life" into a picture is to leave a level of vagueness, people like to complete the picture in their own mind, they will attribute this "life" to the artist when it's really their own doing. What you want to do is leave a level of subjectivity in your pictures, for example you've usually got the entire figure outlined in most images. It's okay to only put line on one side and leave out the other, or put two values close together to get a subjective line. There's a lot of good info in E.H.Gombrich's "Art and Illusion".
The last tip I've got is to push the darks more, go all the way to black, or as close as your pencil will take you. Do a drawing where you just press the hell out of the pencil for your darks, and don't worry about denting the page.

[draw]

isair - Looked through all yer stuff, which is rare for me, reaally nice work. No crits keep hooking in. A couple of ideas maybe - one note higher for your lights and one note darker for your shadows maybe (broaden your tonal range slightly - just an idea prolly not necessary), aaaand my beef with my own stuff and constantly on my mind, HANDS AND FEET - mucho mucho mucho importanto.

Love your work

[Banshax]

Hey isair, sorry for being an ass and mentioning work from your first page. I`m not into drawing guys that much but these are very cool.http://static.flickr.com/73/192455015_46c348c14b_o.jpg

I guess its not a bad thing to dont draw for a week as long as it helps you.
Although.. a week might be a bit too much? hehe. anyway, you pick things up rather well. Keep working your mad hatchin dude!

[isair]

oma: they are ref. study. rather quick though, I did all those in one afternoon.
Ulver: thanks man. A bit low these days, I'll get over it soon.
armando: thanks for the tips. It helps a lot. I'll check those books out if I get the chance. Once we get used to one way of drawing, it's always hard to break through. I find myself repeating the same shit over and over again. Can't say totally meaningless, but it's not very helpful either. Damn, who says building things are harder than breaking things? I found it's exactly other way round. :|
draw: hey man, you are totally right about me. I'm too plain on the value ranges. Should bump it up a notch or two for the dark. I remind myself on each drawing but always ended up forgetting it.
Banshax: that one's a study from Dr. Richer's anatomy illustration. I kinda like his hatchings, learned a lot from his book on anatomy as well as drawing techniques. And it's not I don't want to draw for a week. It's for some reasons that I can't draw. Well thanks for the concerns. Really thanks man. :)

I'm recovering from the racks. Try to update a bit here. It shocks me as no matter how sad I am, I still can enjoy girls. Well, I mean enjoy drawing girls.
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[Ulver]

Damn! These are good! :) Portraits are very nice - great work with the expressions and shading, love it! And that standing figures are very beautiful - got no crits on it, amazing!

[oma]

nice rendering. nice portrets. :D

and girls are alway's fun :P. :D

[isair]

Ulver: thanks man. I thought it'd be better to draw nice than more for a while. :)
oma: true, bro, true.

one piece for today.
http://static.flickr.com/94/243779721_31c4a5e539_o.jpg
Old digital back in 09/05/2002, the anatomy is off but I still like it though. Now I'm totally lost in digital painting. Time to pick it up?
http://static.flickr.com/90/243816804_51b611c018_o.jpg

[Ulver]

Nice faces, man! Great rendering of a hair. That painting is also very beautiful, the dress is looking cool and hand as well. Something wrong with the eyelash - it`s a little "down" though. But looking cool anyway. Keep on going!

[Banshax]

Hey isair, tnx for the very wise words in my sb. You`re very right.
I love watching your faces. Painting wise im not even touching those. However it might help to use all your value knowledge and put it to use before going to color?

I just mean pick a finished pencil piece and add color to it but gently. The painting you posted looks great however value wise its totally different then your pencil work. A dark background for example. the clothing looks quite good already. keep at it, im sure you can make lots of progress doing color tbh

edit: color wise you might want to consider continuing with this aproach?
http://static.flickr.com/98/228123834_137671984e_o.jpg just a thought, it looks promising

[elisa]

Hi isair! great updates here! very nice portraits and figures. I really like the digital portrait very much! Awesome! You should definitely pick it up!

[isair]

Ulver: that eyelash is well without makeup LOL. Anyway, that's done many years ago and I don't quite remember what the photo looks like. Thanks for dropping by bro.
Banshax: Your right man, working on colors and digitals all stuff awaiting for me. Ah, will do one by one. Thanks for the encouragement.
elisa: I'm working on digital these days. Thanks.

This one started this afternoon and I ran out of patience now (it's now 12:00 pm) Using a photo ref. Well almost no alteration except the background. I'm quite slow on Photoshop painting now. But things will get better if I stick to it I believe. :) The process is fun though. The result is not quite done. Whatevar!
http://static.flickr.com/93/246576620_ec3b9b39fc_o.jpg

[oma]

euh, that one looks superb!. really like it a lot!.

maybe some work on the left hand from the man. and some better rendering and it realy looks superber :D than that previous superb!

[Recursive_End]

Very nice work mate !!
The pencils are looking good as always =)

[Ulver]

That`s cool! Looks like a guy from the movie "See no evil". Very grim one. Nice painting, bro! Love the colors and waiting for more stuff from ya!

[sith]

great updates man. that last digital is looking solid. love the face of the gal in the top left of this one

http://static.flickr.com/87/243074264_899f3d0a8a_o.jpg

[j a k e]

Your studies and rendering practice is really paying off. The digi is looking solid like Sith said. Your rendering is getting waaay better.

[Mag-Neo]

-WOW...... All of those females are incredible... Those females are looks like alive... I like your sketches & your pencils skill... Also man with chain is looks like amazing... Keep more posting... GOOD LU*CK MANG.... :yayca:

[Spats]

Very good linework here, strong figures. Keep it up mate - looking good.

[Kliment]

very very nice ';)

[isair]

oma: thanks bro. yup, that hand, I forgot to retouch it ops. :D
Recursive_End: Many thanks.
Ulver: yea, it's the exact poster from that movie. Love the color a lot. So can't resist to mimic.
sith: thanks man.
j a k e: yup, the studies before hand really helped a lot with the digital one.
Mag-Neo: Many thanks. I'm happy that you like them.
Spats: thanks.
Kliment: heh, thanks man.

Back to drawings. A bit unconfortable after a long period of laziness. Will try not to be such a lazy ass.
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[Alexandr Pascenko]

i´ve seen through your 3 pages and was really inspired , since i´m into sketching now myself. hehe (perv) i also found a milla one (more of her please).
your lines are looking more and more confident each site. i think you´re done with the butt studies ,they´ were some of the greatest i´ve seen . also very interesting 4 are the frog and chicken girls a fat lol:D. ah and the 666 page is what i like to see , some more monsters please;)

i think i´ll be coming more often keep it up

[Bowlin]

cool stuff... looks like half the time you use thin lines for hair and then other times, the side of the pencil, ... Looks like the side pencil hair drawings look better? ... keep it up man, your proportions in the face seem to get better and better!

[oma]

nice to see you draw some stuff again.

i want to see one shitload of new work if iam getting back from Rome. next week!. because i like your stuff verry much!.

[Ulver]

Love that faces and figures, you`re doing great as always. Hatching looks awesome! Keep going! :)

[isair]

goblinshark: thanks man. Your sketches are great too. I'll work more on imaginary drawings. Ah, still nuts about it and no progress at all.
Bowlin: I'm still trying things out different techniques. Not good at the side one, more practice on that.
oma: guess you'll be disappointed bro. Super lazy lately. heh.
Ulver: heh, thanks bro.

Some experimental shits. The drawings too bad. Try burn it in PS. A LOT!
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[Snarfevs]

Fantastic studies, don't really know what more to say. Really wouldn't mind seeing more digital painting. The last one was really promising. Try using multiply and screen or darken and lighten at low opacity for finer tone control in PS though.
Keep up the good work!

[That fat kid]

hey isair, that painting of the chain dude is solid! Your pencil drawings could use a dose of cleanliness, the smudging outside the figures could either be more controlled or erased, although I do enjoy your use of tone and expressive mark making.

~A

[demented]

isair dude! Man, feeling like an arse - totally forgot to come by until I saw your thread - sorry dude!

Damn, you have a way with women. Really well drawn bodies you have here - your improvement is really inspiring. Think you need to get out of you comfort zone a little more - go whacko and try out watercolours, oils, pastels, charcoal - have some with just experimenting around with stuff. It should also help with the laziness lol. The colour piece is looking great too - you're off to a spectacular start - really need to see more of those man!

Hope to see more soon dude - both you and I need to post more here. ciao dude, keep well!

- d.

[Banshax]

Whahey that color piece is off the carts compared to what you posted previously holy F(@*. And once again the pencils are cool as well. One cant go wrong with nudes? anyway keep it up. looks like you smacked your color demon in the face

[oma]

no, iam not dissapointed!.

every one can be lazy some weeks :P. i didn't draw one whole week. thats just compleetly insane. :/.

but it's nice to see you did some drawing!.

hope to seen more of you stuff very soon!

[isair]

Snarfevs: thanks man. appreciate the tips. will try things out in my next digital painting.
That fat kid: ha, you're right. i smudged the page all over while rotating the paper around although the scanner also exaggerated that a little bit. i shall pay more attention to that. thanks.
demented: hey, whats up d? may thanks for the encouragement. let's post more than ever :D sure. will try more different stuff and different methods.
Banshax: thanks man. i appreciate that.
oma: yo bro. glad you made your way back home. how's the trip? what? you also didn't draw for a week? sweet! we're even now.

more portraits from movie snaps and photos, w/ some asian chicks. and a doodle w/o ref. hone my skills with side pencil. when getting more confortable i'll merge it with cross-hatching.
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[oma]

Glad to see something off you so soon. Looks Good like allway's :).

Edit: owjay, my journey to Rome was SuperB!!!. met some new friends, saw a lot of masterpeaces, statue's and buildings.
In the evening we went to the hotel terras and got us some drinks, realy relaxst. the food was good.

so, just SUPERB!!

[demented]

Yeah, you really have a way with women. These are superb, very well rendered. Also the movie stills are very believable. Damn man, you're improving with each new post. Keep doing so man, and thanx for the inspiration!

ciao!

- d.

[Alexandr Pascenko]

wooot!! sexy;)
the japanese girls wich the´re.:D btw. who are they?....
ok you have told u have aproblem with drawing from imagination? maybe i could give you some advices. what i do sometimes is to draw the subject you have drawn again near the original , even its small but tryin to not look as much as possible but do it mostly with ONE line if possible. wich helped me alot were those small thumnails. ok try something doing is the best practice:)

cheers

[silvestri99]

Really, really nice portrait work! You've got a good knack for shading...

[isair]

oma: glad to hear that. I bet you enjoy it very much. :)
demented: 'sup bro. glad to have you here.
GOBLINSHARK: hey man, thanks. actually they are random chinese girl from some photography forums. and thanks for the tip to improve imaginary drawings. will try this method. cool. I'll report back if the results are bearable hopefully soon enough. :D
silvestri99: thanks man. The shading still needs more refinement I think.

Not much of stuffs to show lately. Not drawing actually. This is what I've just done while sleep walking. They are larger than the actual size. scary! I feel so beaten lately, sorry for being around too quiet.
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[Lee W]

really nice pencil work :)

[oma]

iam going back to Roma.. :D. @t 4 januari :P. :D.

so before iam going, iam gonna enjoy your pencil work!!

[Ulver]

Sweet faces, man! Really good work with them. My favorite is face on top of the 1st page in 155th post. Last update is also great. Very inspiring pieces. Thanx for sharing!

[isair]

OldNoobie: thanks.
oma: ha, still this one tiny little update this time. guess you are back already.
Ulver: hehe, thanks bro. you're so kind.

not much to show really. fuels running low...
the forms are now my priority coz all earlier stuffs are just little tricks of contrast no solid forms or ambiguous ones at most.
more heads to go. and more males. goddamit. it's a bout time. later.
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[Ulver]

You`re working with forms very well! Nice shading and planes figured out damn good :) Shading by side of a pencil looks very energetic, keep it on!

[isair]

yea, I'm totally sold of rendering with side of a pencil now. trying to master it. :D Thanks bro for dropping by.

[Bendragon]

Hey, your recent flow of work is looking good. Looks like improvements about. Looks like your pretty comfortable with this style of rendering, so how about a different approach just to keep yourself on your toes? You have any mechanical pencils?

[oma]

nice faces!!. iam glad you still working on them.

nice rendering!

Great work once again.

[Alexandr Pascenko]

it is very pleasing to see all those characters u can catch in your drawings! but dude don´t forget to draw from mind, dont expect too much from it for first time just do it i know u can;)

[Darktwin]

wow, nice sb, I can see that you really understand your anatomy!!, I agree with goblinshark, also try to mix it up alittle more from your imagination. see what you can apply from your head to the paper. keep up the solid work

[Fishspawn]

Hey isair. Portraits are coming along nicely. I love the guy with the chain, more color and more males is good! Also try some females in more casual poses/clothing. Keep it up.

[Listing]

Great improvement. You've got a well developed understanding of form and value. To really polish your lines and general quality, work less from photo references.

[isair]

Bendragon: yea, your right my friend. should always walk outside the safe zone and leave comfortable areas and go adventure new stuff. but right now I'm occupied with illustrator studies and these are just routine drawings. (lame excuse i know lol). thanks for the advice.
oma: thanks bro. :)
GOBLINSHARK: thanks man. yes, i've been practicing drawing from imagination (secretly) huh. let's keep it shy for a bit shall we. :D right now i'm too obsessive with portrait drawings. guess it would occupy me for a bit longer.
Darktwin: right right. i really should work more from imagination. making a stick note on my monitor now, in case i dive into portraits again and again and totally forget about it. many thanks.
Fishspawn: hi my friend. glad you like it. and thanks for the suggestion. it's been a while since my last figure drawing. heh, guess i'll keep up the pace and do more different subjects. i kinda like sticking to one thing for a long long time.
Listing: many thanks for the suggestion my friend. life drawing ftw! well, guess i'll keep the mirror company since i don't have a life atm. :)

[isair]

some more portraits. i know, i know... just a little more pieces. :D
http://static.flickr.com/121/271023748_da0fa5b1af_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/92/271145567_b1f742a217_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/112/271210828_58d48e4d9a_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/95/271249379_1b607b342e_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/85/273132272_7c156da535_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/86/273174238_14eea89f2c_o.jpg
and some adobe illustrator studies if you guys are curious.
http://static.flickr.com/98/272077788_10ff151348_o.pnghttp://static.flickr.com/121/272077791_3aad5ea5a3_o.png
http://static.flickr.com/103/272453967_7b74e17e36_o.pnghttp://static.flickr.com/117/272457423_1f3f072b3d_o.png
and "the making of" concept just for your amusement. LOL.
http://static.flickr.com/91/272478763_5133e119e1_o.jpg

[isair]

http://static.flickr.com/101/273693695_9d399953fa_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/88/273753606_f163edfca3_o.jpg

[oma]

i realy like that old guy. :) fantastic portraits.
how large is your paper ? a4 ?. what pencils are you using?

[isair]

thanks oma.
i draw 2 portraits on one page of a4 paper. pencils just plain ol yellow hb with a rubber head. (since i found picking up rubbers really annoying heh)

[Newbs]

great looking stuff, especially the face studies.

[isair]

thanks Newbs, glad you like it.

robin :wink:
http://static.flickr.com/103/276343851_ff03ae41b4_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/103/277179526_f9c01da9f9_o.jpg

[Banshax]

So much good shtuff. I like that delicate ladie and the old guy quite a bit.
ALthough I adore blackberryish purple the last update reads quite hard. You try to mix low key with your highkey methods or something. heck cant help you since values arent in my vocabulary yet.

Anyway, increase the volume damnit, its been going way to slow, updates morrre, please! :)

[TheGnoll]

nice sketchbook, very nice portaits, the digital painting is improving but try not to always use ref...anyway, wonderul use of the pencil;)
keep it up!

ciao

[isair]

Banshax: yea, buddy. I put too much red into the mixing. It supposed to be warmer blue. hack, need more practice on color mixing. It's really an aweful color. Thanks for the critique.
TheGnoll: Thanks mate. Really should work more on ref. free stuffs as they suck a lot.

some imaginary chicks.
http://static.flickr.com/116/280475156_cf3636a4b3_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/113/280501162_1ff3c534c9_o.jpg

and more portrait drills. I don't know why I always spend so little time on measurement that it's always ended up like good detail in the wrong place.
http://static.flickr.com/85/281125266_cdc1440b86_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/100/281167299_68bf7469d4_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/51/281255571_5cf7f6e915_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/102/281410355_9278832e18_o.jpg

[oma]

congratz on the 5 stars!.

iam glad to see those new faces :). i totally like them!

give me more ! :D.

[isair]

woot. thanks peeps!!
and thank you oma... well, I'm totally speechless now...
another girl for today. (in previous post)

[Death]

Really nice sketchbook. Quite teh inspiration! Keep it up! :D.

[isair]

Thanks man. Will try to keep drawing everyday.

Here's some W.I.P., I'm wondering how's others working procedure...
blocking in
http://static.flickr.com/121/285726447_2e8d8b6e1d_o.jpg
darks only, some accents (probably too early, hack, can't resist)
http://static.flickr.com/114/285768558_7acbb10957_o.jpg
and the half tones, touch-ups, etc... lost patience on the hairs. would have solften the details a notch or two on that, but sigh, let it be that way... too lazy to fix it...
http://static.flickr.com/103/285841424_b44391176c_o.jpg
well, at last, I beat myself to cleanup the mess anyway
http://static.flickr.com/107/285898406_39e07ee66e_o.jpg

[oma]

nice WIP.

nice girl, nice rendering. nice drawing :D. i like it.

i work a little bit diffrent, i render just bit by bit most of the time.

[elisa]

wow, great progressing with the faces Isair! the last two girl portraits are amazing. The hatching is great. Can´t wait to see some more! post more please!

[Ryan DeMita]

wow! great studies and sketches! lots of devotion to the fundamentals, meaning great use of value/line/ect. i love the posts on the 29th of september, interesting fuzziness to the image. very good work. keep at it. wold love to see more color.

take care
-ryan

[Ulver]

Nice portraits in the last updates, man! You`re really progressing, keep it on! Love the progress of the last one!

[ArtZealot]

Yeah, them's some seriously awesome pencil sketches dude. i'm jealous.

[isair]

oma: Thanks bro. Bit by bit rendering you say, I used to do like that. To me it's a bit harder to control what's the darkest and what's lighter as a whole. But everybody's got her own way of treat, I guess. :)
elisa: Ha, really flattered you like them. Thanks.
Ryan DeMita: Thanks man. Oh, that one's a bad drawing and I did more damage with Photoshop. LOL.
Ulver: Thanks bro. Ha, glad to hear that I'm progressing. Really cheers me up coz when I look at them, I always hate them. Damn. That's really not necessary as when I do a bad drawing I can always do another one better (hopefully).
ArtZealot: Heh, thanks man. I feel the same when reading others' thread. Always tend to hate my own style in favor of others. But actually others always try to convince me that they are not that bad as I think.

Just one. Others are too shameful to be shown.
http://static.flickr.com/117/290630518_5fb71394ef_o.jpg

[isair]

How you guys scan your drawings? I've been scanning with 256 grey for a whole year now. Today I give true color a shot and then desaturate it into grey only to find that it's way better than scanning into grey directly. Stupid me.
http://static.flickr.com/101/291583207_09368ff759_o.jpg

[oma]

o my god, that last one is fantastic!!!

[elisa]

I agree with oma, the last one is really awesome! Maybe is her ear a little bit too small, but I don´t think it matter much. Sweet update isair! By the way, I always scan in colors. Scanning with greyscale the drawings tends to look bad(with my scanner at least). Take care!

[isair]

oma: Hehe, thanks bro. got lucky on that one.
elisa: Yes, I just realized that have a minute saved with scanning in greyscale just don't worth it as tons of minutes have spent already with rendering. And yes, I should double check the proportions and stuff before dive in and render like crazy. Thanks sis.

Another one with the same method for today. About 2 hours I think? Damn probably overdone with many trivial details and too much heavy marks and contrast because the light seems way too distracting to me.
http://static.flickr.com/107/291690520_f3dc0389c8_o.jpg

[mitrandil20]

don't worry it's really beautiful!!

[Bendragon]

Heck! I need to keep track of this thread. 2 hours on that least piece? You render way faster then me....

[Ulver]

Last two portraits are very beautiful! The hair in the second one is just damn good!

[Banshax]

Bloody hell isair, you are doing so damn well. Its a total joy to watch your work.
Even funnier is the fact that everytime I get some progress, i just have to come here and realise how far back I still stand. I love it!

[isair]

mitrandil20: oreally? thanks :) think the lips overly done though
Bendragon: heh, come back anytime. guess I'm just lucky on that piece, coz can't do another one with the same feel sigh.
Ulver: thanks bro. Think I'll put more form into hairs. They still a bit vague to me.
Banshax: don't worry bro. progress comes along with practice. but that's not important. having fun and enjoy what your doing, that's the spirit. :D

[isair]

I'm back to my mech pencil and hatching. Learned a lot from smudging pencil technique and try to put it into hatching. And now I'm more aware of marks and effects.
still pervert stuff (HA!)... sigh... I'll try different stuffs... hmm... later...
http://static.flickr.com/99/293715544_5f336508e1_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/111/293715545_1a9e209b7c_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/99/294165855_54e9bbaffe_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/108/294566240_fd5043d165_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/115/295119647_eef3b17cfc_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/120/295228962_87ed383026_o.jpg

[oma]

like this kind of rendering more. and woo is that model in your last drawing. wanna have some pics of here ^^ ghehe, iam a pervert to :P.

damzn your woman are hot !!

[Fishspawn]

Hey Isair. These pencil sketches are getting top notch. Your anatomy/ expression is much better now, especially in the portraits. Now lets see some other media! Pencil sketches are fun, but how about some charcoal or paints? More digital paintings, thsoe are some of my favorite in your book. Also, there is a severe lack of animals and enviros in here. Practicing other life forms will help your people come to life more as well. And working in other media will only help your graphite skills. Looking forward to more! Keep it up.

[Brendan N]

http://static.flickr.com/107/291690520_f3dc0389c8_o.jpg

Some time since I've been here and WHAM! Goddamn this stuff is hot, especially this one. Very well done, really like the value structures and composition. All else = flucking awesome. Would like to see some imagination stuff again, this is rockin hard man.


ciao!

- d.

[ndp]

Beautiful work. I love the studys.

[Lee W]

some awesome stuff here :) great rendering work especially on the hair

[Listing]

Some really nice rendering, here. The gesture is not always convincing. Work on capturing movement, even in exaggeration, if need be. Great.

[Banshax]

Perhaps combine listings advice with the following. Draw more gestures and let your super well developped values relax for a while. I mean you got room to improve on gestures, movement etc like listing said. Perhaps focus on it for a while and just draw like you did here.
http://static.flickr.com/99/294165855_54e9bbaffe_o.jpg

[Mikko Voipio]

I really like your stuff so I'll have to give you five stars. But don't you go bragging to people about it.

[isair]

oma: thanks bro. I'm experimenting on how much further I can push myself on rendering with these. not quite fond of the style actually, but just sort of testing :D (see im for the url of original ref.)
Fishspawn: yea man, that's the area I'm lacking. I always try to nail problems one by one and once for all. But that's not possible right? guess I'll try different things at the same time. thanks for the advice.
d: hey man. without the avatar your almost unrecognized. LOL. thanks man. glad you like it. and yea, I'm working on imaginary stuff and sort. Kind of suck bad on that part. I'm doing more gestures studies these days to set up a base on which i can develop and put rendering on later.
Jarri: thanks man.
OldNoobie: thanks. as mentioned above, just experiment. but really glad that you guys like it.
Listing: Really thanks man. I'm literally practicing more as you suggested. BTW, love your drawings styles very much. Talk about that later on your sb later...
Banshax: hey, good advice thanks man. I do realize the weakness now and work on it right away. Really appreciate that.
Placeboast: Thank you. glad you like it. Sure I won't take the stars too seriously (and I don't think I deserve 5 as many great thread here on CA). But it could mean more people dropping by and leave great suggestions which I cherish most. :)

[isair]

Some gesture studies, first one was after Sargent drawing.
I'm trying to memorize more and meanwhile think about more of forms in space and weight and balance stuff. Some identical drawings are done from memory after the ref. study by referring to my own drawing as little as possible. But sometimes I got carried away by referring to the darn thing too much, so I draw them mirrored so that I can concentrate on my own memory and thinking of forms rather than copying it the second time. (too lazy to change to a different sheet and so back and forth. that's really annoying.) Probably I should put some simple values to the mix I think.

http://static.flickr.com/107/296410991_5ccbd3ffdf_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/109/299210720_3ac5842537_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/104/299210722_8e54c0b764_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/99/299210723_bfc6027219_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/120/299210725_091ae14b14_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/119/299210726_fcab96c9c2_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/100/299210728_d47451d13f_o.jpg

[motives]

man, lovely stuff! Youre really go at drawing womens!

[Ulver]

Love that figures! The last pic in the post #202 - is just great. Keep it on bro!

[Bartovan]

Great thread you got here. Wonderful rendering technique and some amazing portraits. Good to see you working on those poses - your work will get even better!

[oma]

love the gestures, love the woman, love this thread!

[isair]

motives: that's my motive of drawing exactly LOL. na, just kidding. Thanks.
Ulver: thanks bro.
Bartovan: glad you like it. thanks for your kind words.
oma: hahaha, I appreciate that. bro. oh, and this is what I mentioned hatching with lines in the same direction.
http://static.flickr.com/114/300048083_7ddf3e4352_o.jpg

[Brendan N]

Hey dude,
sweet stuff, particularly like those gestures from post #212.
You draw the female figure so freakin well,
very desirable stuff :perv:

ciao dude, keep killing them!

- d.

[KarylGilbertson]

Wicked stuff man. You are an inspiration to us all! Also, I think I may have to incorporate some of your techniques for memorization and such into my own practice.

Keep it comin'!

[oma]

ow isair that looks awesome, have to try that kind of hatching some day.
bought me a new mech pencil today, o.5 mm, now i have 2 mech pencils, 0.7 and 0.5 :).

and you are the pro in drawing females :P.

[Ulver]

Very nice portrait mate! Great feeling of facial forms!

[isair]

d: what's up bro. I have a really hard time to draw from memory. Still no better way to practice, so I take the hard and stupid way. Hope the intuition of understanding kick in earlier than never. heh.
Ookchk: hey man. Glad that you find it useful.
oma: I was think of buying a .7mm, too. Since I hate shopping, guess I'll stock quite a stash of leads next time. LOL. Thanks for dropping by bro.
Ulver: thanks man. I'm forcing myself to think more of forms in any drawings. But it's so easy to be carried away by details and forget it. It really helps a lot when you always have form in mind from start to the end. Everything depends on it I believe.

MOstly are gesture scribbling these days, no bothering scanning each and every piece of that shit. So not much to post I guess.
Oh and finally got myself a new scanner. It's a cheap shit, but still much better than my last one. My other one was like 5 years old, a product of '99, which scans white sheet as gradient now, oh hell. Good riddance.
http://static.flickr.com/103/304990902_016483592c_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/105/306609623_beba2a988c_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/119/307599888_1554c5fbd3_o.jpg

[kais]

wooow thats some great stuff, I love your linework! So much confidence and quality! Keep it up, I'm subscribing to this thread :)

[Alexandr Pascenko]

yay! awesome dude . now you hit your brain with information even more.:D

post 202 the girl in th ebikini , has an wicked good shading in it , this proofs you can do it! the way u fill your paper with sketches shows also u have more confidence and your goal is to undesrstand . so maybe i could give some mo help... the practice u ´ve done in your last update is really good, now you could violate, i mean rotate the shapes of the drawing from her arm torso or leg too . to handle the proportions even better.
i´m excited looking for your new improvements .
keep working

[oma]

nice update, and hehe, i hate shopping to, but i have a girlfriend now, so iam forced to go shopping with her :).

but it's worth it.

mechpencils are pretty cool pencils!

nice drawings you made again.
love that second and last page.

[isair]

kais: thanks dude. ha. you from Shanghai, too.
GOBLINSHARK: hey. Thanks for the tips. Your right. The torso always rotates towards the side which supports the body. But for some weird reason I always fail to indicate that. I'll pay more attention to that. :)
oma: ha. good for you bro. You can sometimes ask her to pose for you. I'm too geeky to have one. :.(

aiight. do what I usually do here. 3 from center left with ref. others from memory/imaginary wahtevar. and dido and random dude from web.
http://static.flickr.com/99/308450464_b4ba7c7169_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/103/308709213_7be8eef36f_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/100/311175890_5135d84047_o.jpg
edit:
http://static.flickr.com/99/311245624_14ec8bcedc_o.jpg

[oma]

i love that girl in at the first page > that face on the top left > center ?
second and last page are looking good. i like the more sketchy fast feeling of the last 2 page's. the imagine gals are looking great, make more of them :).

and no you are not to geeky to have one ;). and mine will not pose for me :(.

[isair]

thanks oma. they look fast but they are not drawn fast at all. :D it's just i have no patience on garment. lol. i really need to draw something without flesh for some patience honing, like drapery etc. and yea, i'll soon back to gesture stuff. i'm just taking a break from it. mindless copying something is like meditation ha. i love the feel of a blank mind. it's not good for learning stuff i know. just for fun.
these are blind copy for a peaceful mind.
http://static.flickr.com/105/311807349_61f11bd4fa_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/99/311948234_64aecce361_o.jpg

[mentler]

5 Hard works pays off

[oma]

yeah, mindless drawing > hmm > never tried that before :P.

eum, to not copie just some stuff try to draw them in a reverse. thats kinda funny. ore try to draw with you weak hand. you learn a lot from that.

love that first face!

[Dreamworker]

Very good studies I see. I like this portrait http://static.flickr.com/51/281255571_5cf7f6e915_o.jpg very expressive, good job.
Ciao

[kais]

very nice updates, pencils are really looking sweet. I see you really know how to draw the female figure, maybe you should try to individualize them with clothing from imagination or somesuch. Portraits are great, keep doing those (should tell myself that). By the way are you from shanghai?

[Ulver]

Hey isair! Nice portraits in you december update. But it`s like 1,5 month since last update :( Hope to see new stuff sonn not only on opaquette. Btw - those unreffed men figures are damn fine! :)

[Banshax]

its gone quiet, did ya burn out on the figures man? Cant have that. take your time but see you back soon I hope.

[isair]

sorry dudes, it's been a year, and im back :D
some recent doodles. can't really see the difference since all these days... sadly
from mind
http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/4204/135dd5.jpg
quickies with some ref.
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/2773/140xw9.jpg
original concepts
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/7806/139jc2.jpg
http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/6484/144th7.jpg
quickies
http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/458/143on1.jpg
http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/4415/141kg1.jpg
http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/2341/145hr9.jpg
concept referenced with underworld.
http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/1332/147jx6.jpg
more quick concept helps? what you think?

[isair]

some quick studies, mostly just fillers
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/2639/151oo2.jpg
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/669/149mu0.jpg
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/3884/150tr5.jpg
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/834/152qi7.jpg
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/783/153ob3.jpg
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/3479/154sn6.jpg
another concept, well too much pirated stuff ...
i suck on designing stuff :(
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/1263/156oo8.jpg

[Salavin]

Hey man, totally awesome stuff here, Just love how solid and fine your lines are, brilliant shading also! ♥

[isair]

thanks salavin :)

i like j.s.campbell's stuff.
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/9242/162kb1.jpg
some more gals, no ref. damn i should draw more clothes coz i don't know how to
http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/1313/163dr2.jpg
http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/2417/164tv0.jpg
man, this is a disaster! how come i can't draw men... should do more studies
http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/8264/166kg6.jpg
brain storming quickies, well my brain seams tinie winie
http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/9614/scan3mo3.jpg
gal done tonight, no ref. man i should study more clothes, only thing i can think of is belt or flap(?). costume sucks big time...
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/6265/167fu5.jpg
thats all for today. thanks for your patience. :) cya

[Ulver]

Well come back!!! I`m glad to see your stuff again, man! There IS a progress man, really. Your figures from mind loook very good now. Reffed stuff and concepts just rock! I see you`re adding more contrast on your full rendered pieces and it looks great, especially on the last one. Keep posting, isair, you have a great SB!

[isair]

hey Ulver, how are you doing, long time no see. thanks for the kind words. i'll try to keep it up :D
another character, neither quick nor finished, lost interest and move on...
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/6587/168tk4.jpg
http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/2505/169rz9.jpg

[isair]

last couple junks for the project and ill be moving on to something different :D
http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/2873/170ka8.jpg
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/7734/171hw1.jpg
http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/1742/172pj3.jpg

[isair]

a photoshop pentool exercise using old drawing :D
http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/2062/168iu5.jpg

[Ulver]

wow, she`s very nice! Great line quality! =) The concepts in the previous post are look great too, but there`s not enough contrast in them I think, that`s why 1st and 2nd look a bit flat. And thanx for comment in my thread, man, I`ll post more stuff in january =) Happy new year, isair! Looking for your new updates!

[Ignominious]

you're figures and faces are amazing! you have a GREAT ability to suggest midtones and show core shadows!! awesome, awesome, awesome