santa's_sketches_07.29.07

[SantaClaus]

HI ALL

I am going to be posting some sketches here. If I continue get feedback I will continue to keep posting. Hope u enjoy.

Older work in the front... new stuff in the back... So... GO TO THE BACK Pages!

[Elwell]

FF isn't really the place for this kind of thread (or for this work, honestly). Would you like me to move it over to Sketchbooks for you?

[SantaClaus]

I did a number of characters on one canvas...

[SantaClaus]

yes thanks

[Elwell]

Done!

[SantaClaus]

heres one I did during my lunch break.

[SantaClaus]

heres one I did the next day

[gigglepixie]

I like these! Are they for a particular project? Seems to be a theme running through. :)

[SantaClaus]

thanks gigglepixie. they aren't for a particular project. it's kinda chance that they are all kinda similar.

[SantaClaus]

heres a pirate

[SantaClaus]

heres a girl/royalty

[mull77]

You've got a nice rendering style going on here, and i love the imagination that you out into your costumes...the girl in particualr is very nice.

Let's see some more!

[Spats]

You handle colours well and you have nice brushstrokes. Good stuff, keep it coming mate!

[SantaClaus]

kind of a pre gunfighty scene. I did it in like maybe 45 min.

[SantaClaus]

Spats- thanks for the compliment. I still have a lot o room for improvement in brushstrokes and colors though... he he.

mull77- thanks. yes I'm trying to think of costume when I design my characters... I dont always get it right.

Heres another doodle...

[SantaClaus]

heres 2 characters.

[SantaClaus]

he's a cracked out bumb

[demented]

Hey man,

thanx for stopping by my book! Really cool characters you have, very comic-like feel. Your rendering is getting better each time, huge improvements here. Keep posting and you'll go places!

ciao!

- d.

[SantaClaus]

heres another

[halflife99]

he's a cracked out bumb

Out of everything in that picture, I like the way you done the left hand most.

[SantaClaus]

halflife99- Kind of a confusing crit. your either trying to nicely tell me you dont like the sketch. or you do like the hand.

[SantaClaus]

heres one

[wareagle]

cool stuff, I really like posts 11 and 16

[SantaClaus]

heres another

[Jens]

rendering is cool, poses are a bit stiff overall. I think it's also a good idea to give your characters a cast shadow on the ground. Gives them a feeling of being grounded.

but cool work, keep posting

[SantaClaus]

Jens-thanks. thats good advice, poses are always something I can improve on.

[Azrael]

Great works you have here. Your chracters are pretty solid. They have a good sense of expression. I like the gunfighty scene. It has a nice dynamic composition. You should polish it up and finish it.

[O D T]

great variety going into the costumes! nice to see you brachning out into environments on the last one, too!

[SantaClaus]

Azrael-thanks. yea, I was thinking about polishing that sketch... I cant do it to soon though. A tree randomly fell on my car and crushed it. a lot of my time is going into fixing that problem...

O D T- Thanks. I try to think of the costume. And I will try to throw in a few environments here and there.

[SantaClaus]

This was supposed to be a futuristic bank robery. looks more like a swat team maybe... oh well.

[BAKI]

great stuff, you really improved from ur old work
keep at it man

[Blue]

Awesome start you've got here. Look forward to seeing you add more images :)

[Fish-KA]

he's a cracked out bumb
:teeth: Fine left! With humour a work!

[SantaClaus]

a pretty evil looking girl...

[SantaClaus]

I did this a long time ago. Its a bit more polished sketch.

[MrBobMarley]

Liking your coloring style a lot. Photoshop 7 or cs? If you don't mind, what do you use for blending?

Earlier works are a little stiff as already mentioned, but getting much better with each post. Keep posting.

--Dayne

[SantaClaus]

heres some biker girls... I did these on kind of an off day.

[SantaClaus]

MrBobMarley's- At home I have Photoshop 7.0... At work I have CS... so I use both. To blend I just block in the colors first and make sure it visually blends. then I take a the soft airbrush and paint the in betweens. does that make sence?

heres kinda of a third biker girl... looks more like shes in the band though.

[character]

cool sketchthread. i love the costume designs you've got going on. it seems like you're shying away from feet. whatever the reason may be, i think you oughtta start working them up to the same level as the rest of the costume

[SantaClaus]

character-thanks. yea good point. the next time I sketch feet I will remember to render them more. I think the reason I dont detail them often is because they tend to be last on my hierarchy of importance... which can be kinda bad.

heres a quick one...

[Sublimus]

Nice sketchbook! Your light and color are pretty strong, but looks like you could use some work on structure and proportions.

Keep on truckn'!

[SantaClaus]

Sublimus- thanks. yea structure is something I will always need to improve at.

heres another

[SantaClaus]

and another

[SantaClaus]

A cast away sleeping during his chance to get rescued...

[SantaClaus]

a little fun with faces over lunch.

[BAKI]

hey! you sure know how to suprise me
the cast away looks great
and the 2 faces are amazing
love the textures

[SantaClaus]

Baki-thanks.

heres for your daily dose of man boobs. I learned a lot with this one.

[SantaClaus]

heres another

[BAKI]

lol, sweet man boobs
the knife guy is so far your best, keep it up
the nazi bastard is prett good, the hat is wierd..still

[SantaClaus]

heres another

[Hyver]

inspiring to say the least!
try to avoid the cliché brushes, you don't need them ;)

[SantaClaus]

Hyver-thanks. what brushes do you find cliche?

[rorke]

This was supposed to be a futuristic bank robery. looks more like a swat team maybe... oh well.


this one is deffenetly my fav

[SantaClaus]

quick one I did during lunch...

[catface]

great stuff santy the only thing i see, is that some of the poses seem a little stiff.

[yeticatcher]

I agree, colors are great and the looseness of the drawing and painting are admirable, but the poses could be a little more dynamic. Get a line of action through the bodies working for you and let the limbs relax more.

http://www.trubalcava.com/posts/mustache-guy_drawover.jpg

I really like the work over all.

-Yeti

[SantaClaus]

KanoaRogers-thanks for the advice.

yeticatcher-thanks. yea I can tell you relly took time to look at it and I appreciate that. It is now very clear to me what I should be working on...;) thanks.

[SantaClaus]

heres another!

[SantaClaus]

heres another

[madhatter106]

I think this sketchbook is remarkable - these drawings have a solid, three dimensional "meaty" quality...there is a good sense of the 3D of it all. I tend to like the painterly effect that some have - with a little less finish work, but all of them are very well done.

Do you tend to start at the head and work your way down? It seems so, as some of the feet/shoes/boots are very quickly painted in, with less of a finished quality as some of the faces. The same for some of the hands, but the feet stand out (haha, so to speak) as having the least amount of time spent.

I can understand this, as whenever I do a costume rendering, I tend to start at the head and hands, and then paint from the shoulders down. The feet and shoes always seem to be the last. I don't mind as much - when I first started out, I would paint in the clothing and hit the face last, but it always seemed like an uphill battle - the sketch would never "come to life" while the flesh tones and facial features were unattended.

All in all, I like your work - look forward to seeing more!

[SantaClaus]

heres another

[SantaClaus]

madhatter-Thanks. your too nice. Yea I almost always start with the head. I don't think thats a wrong or right thing to do... feet tend to be my last priority when making a character... its not a good thing they look less developed than the rest though... I am workin on that. : )

[SantaClaus]

heres a quick one

[SantaClaus]

heres another.. he's a hunter.

[SantaClaus]

heres another...

[BAKI]

hunter is amazing, its a remake of an old one you did right?...
his arms and legs are too short, and the perspective on our left is screwed up
I love the pose and the twist in the hips and everything else
as for the girls, costume needs to vary more
I don't like the shape of the body
and her face looks exotic but not much pretty to go along with it
but keep at it

[SantaClaus]

heres another.

[SantaClaus]

heres another...

[SantaClaus]

quick sketch... lookin at some textures...

[bhanu]

HEy Santa,
Wait thought Santa was an imaginary character. Whatever.
Getting back to the art.
I realy dig your coloring adn lighting.But I think your proportions need working.
The peices also dont show your knowledge of anatomy ad its a applications.
Love to see you anatomy and proportions studies .
Take care,
Bhanu.

[SantaClaus]

bhanu- thanks. my studies are done on paper larger than my home scanner... so I can't get any posted right now. but I will try to get some up! the crit was helpfull thanks.

Its a shirtless frankenstein... pretty cliche, but I wasn't focusing on design as much as the other stuff.

[demented]

Hey man - thanx for commenting in book so often and muchsorry for not dropping by here as often as I should! Don't sweat about the pose-crit - it's a valid crit, and noone has the right to resent an honest crit!

These last ones are looking sweet man - really digging those designs. Not sure, you might want to pour some more thought into the background - many are looking really cool but some just need that little something to make it totally killer! Other than that just keep doing what you're doing man! have 5 stars for dedication man.

- d.

[SantaClaus]

Demented- yea no problem. its always good to see your stuff.

Thanks. Yea I could develope the backgrounds more... only just a few weeks ago, I was just using plane grey backgrounds. so its kind of a new way of sketching for me. Yea the only way I know to get better is to just draw a lot. lol.

I did this during lunch break... a gladiator.

[MrBobMarley]

You seem so comfortable with the wacom, like I am with my prismacolors. I have a ways to go with ps yet. I like the range of colors in your pallette. Hope I'm not beating a dead horse, but some of the figures area bit on on the stiff side and somewhat short as far as normal proportions go. Maybe it's the size of their feet that creates the effect. Either way, not knocking your style, just offering some observations. And thanks for the tips in my sb.

[SantaClaus]

Marley- thanks... yea I know I need to work on those... your remind me just makes me more determined. :)

Here's a quick one... its got some mistakes but I thought it might be interesting

[SantaClaus]

heres another...

[SantaClaus]

heres a quick one... its like a skinny military guy.

[SantaClaus]

Hi all

heres another...

[nineself]

Hey man, thanks for stopping by my sb.
I love your paintings in this book, your colours and skills with PS are truly mighty.
I am not worthy of having the santa avatar!

[SantaClaus]

heres another... like a clowny bomber..

[SantaClaus]

heres another...

[SantaClaus]

meh heres another

[batata]

this is the batter image!!!

[MrBobMarley]

Post 81 is the strongest of the last bunch. Would like to see the paper studies when you can get them up. You might want to try experimenting with different angles and such, you know shake it up a bit. Do you ref your designs or is it from imagination? I can't think of shit for oufits when I draw figures.

[SantaClaus]

Batata- not sure I get what your saying?

Marley- thanks for letting me know... I actually thought that image was kinda weak but I'm glad to see someone liked it. Yea I will get some pencil anatomy studies up hopefully by next week. I usually start from imagination then do a bunch of research as I go... like post 79 the reference I used was a fish. I liked the shapes and colors of the fish so I included it in the armour.

[SantaClaus]

heres some face sketches.

[elsewhere]

Not really sure what to say, everything looks plain awesome in here. Good job!

[SantaClaus]

Rusty ninja- well thanks a bunch.

Heres another...

[SantaClaus]

HI ALL

thought i'd finally get some pencil drawings up... Unfortunately all these drawings are OLD... My more recent work is larger and won't fit in my at home scanner but I am working to get them up as well. Sorry for the unorganized way they are posted. They are a mixture of doodles, figure drawings, master studies, and postiches.

[SantaClaus]

real quick doodle

[SantaClaus]

heres another..

[enthombed]

wow, great color here, some really good colored stuff here.

Keep Killing

Icaro

[SantaClaus]

hers another

[enthombed]

Hey bro thnks for you words but you´re is better than me dude, ehehe you work with colors and me need try this and start to paint something, i´m weird a lot yet.

Keep posting my friend:teeth: .

Icaro

[SantaClaus]

heres another...

[SantaClaus]

Hi. Heres another... Today I saved a sketch step by step so you can see how I did it. hope someone finds it interesting. If nothing else it shows my rendering process.

[SantaClaus]

another. a disco guy with a gold axe... I dunno.

[catface]

ha funny and cool stuff santy. The backgrounds definitely make your pics feel more complete.

Great pose on the disco guy he awesome!

That step by step is very nice, beautifully rendered, I'd like to see more of your stuff rendered as well as this.

[SantaClaus]

heres a quick one... I might come back to it.

[SantaClaus]

heres another...

[enthombed]

cool girl my friend... yeap need coloring more stuff like you to trainning and growing with digita painting...

Keep it up Santa.

icaro

[Pesmerga]

This one's just too cool for school: http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=42863&stc=1&d=1162272626

I really like that last chick too.


Great improvement my friend. Keep it up.

[SantaClaus]

enthombed-thanks!

Pesmerga-thanks. glad to hear I am improving.

heres another...

[SantaClaus]

heres another...

[SantaClaus]

quick one

[SantaClaus]

Meh... heres another

[Brendan N]

Dude I can't believe this thread isn't getting more attention, have 5 stars man (new user = new votes hehe).

There's some serisoulsy awesome stuff in here. Your characters are the shit, awesome designs and motifs. Last one is my fave, my only crit being it need just that little bit of colour to give it punch, very very subtle. Love the feel.

You using photoshop or painter? both?
thanx for stopping by my book man!

ciao

[SantaClaus]

Brendan N- Thanks for all the kind words! It made my day. I'm glad you enjoy my characters.

I use photoshop right now... Maybe it's just me, but I find painter to much more of a memory hog. Thats what I started out using.

Heres another... I'm starting to feel a stomach sickness coming on.

[carakhan]

Hey Santa! Thanks for your comment in my sketchbook, good to know I'm improving!
I absolutely love LOVE post 101! Her color and her cute hair, I want to make her costume it's awesome! 97 is cool too, you're improving with each post. I like mine painterly, but then I always get jealous of people who can do it so smoothly like you. Keep it up man I'll definitely be watching!

[LauraD]

love your style!

[Brendan N]

Hey dude,

Last one looks really fun, really diggin your characters.
Work some subtle complementary colours into some of these to give them some punch.
Stylistically they're really something else.

ciao dude!

- d.

[enthombed]

Wow man, this is gorgeous the skin and the light are great show, damnit... when i visit here i hate me for haven't time to paint.. damnnitt... need a bullet now. ahahaha

Keep it up
Cheers

Meh... heres another

[SantaClaus]

ThinMint- Thanks. Glad you liked them!
LauraD-Thanks. appreciate it.
Brendan-Thanks. I will try and keep that in mind for next time.
enthombed-ha ha. thanks!


heres a quick one...no texture.

[SantaClaus]

heres another quick one for today... does not look like I wanted it too. I may do another.

[SantaClaus]

heres a 20 min. sketch... it was fun. I built the colors off a greek vase. forget the style of vase though...

[enthombed]

hey bro, great update my friend, humm i think you are a great artist everytime have one new update.

keep posting dude.

Icaro

[SantaClaus]

enthombed- thanks for your visits. and the compliment.

sorry I havent been posting the last couple of days... workin hard, doing illistrations... Havent had much time for sketching.

Heres another for today. just a miner.

[SantaClaus]

trying to get used to an apple system...

[SantaClaus]

heres another.

[SantaClaus]

heres another for today... playing around with rendering.

[SantaClaus]

heres another..

[Brendan N]

Sup Santa!

Last two are great, don't too much to crit on the characters themselves. Think you should starting putting your character in some more dynamic situations rather than just standing round. This will also force you to work with more dynamic compositions and lighting. Try playing around with your concepts some, take them all the way!

Thanks for stopping into my book btw!
ciao!

- d.

[Serpian]

Wow, great colour, great design and friggin awesome studies! I think some of the anatomy you do so well in your studies is lacking on your designs, but with some hard work there will be no problem with that!

[SantaClaus]

Brendan- thanks. yea thanks for the advice. I often dont intend to do to much with the background depending on how much time I got. I will try to find time for that.

Serpian-thanks! saw your comment. and because you liked my studies I thought Id post some more... :)

some figure drawings...

[enthombed]

Hey Santa, very cooo. studies ehehehe, i really like this pencils, hummm keep posting.

[SantaClaus]

enthombed-thanks. I really appreciate your visits.

heres a part of a work in progress. I'll update if I feel like working on it more.

[enthombed]

Hey bro, great this color in this last one, humm i think the hand with the sword can be worked a little more.

Keep posting

[Kir Nuyts]

Sweet Stuff! I like your girls the most...especially the one were u made a step by step for...

Keep posting!! + Early Xmass greetings

Kir

[SantaClaus]

enthombed- thanks. yea I have to work at that.

Kir Nuyts-hey thanks very much

heres a quick one. a sinister looking preist.

[BlackBeret]

You got some real cool stuff here.

[SantaClaus]

BlackBeret- hey thanks a lot.

heres another quick one...

[SantaClaus]

heres another i did after the last one. it was about 20 min

[softocean]

fun concept, but too bright and graphic for me. How about rendering some shadows? Original design seems to get more difficult the more artwork I see.

My sketchbook is here (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=71080)

[SantaClaus]

softocean-thanks for the crit!

heres another...

[SantaClaus]

heres another. looks like a coctail waitress...

[enthombed]

hey man, you have a new good ones here, the last girl is great, and that knight ??? you will finish him yet????

keep posting

[SantaClaus]

hey enthombed- thanks! The knight pic kinda died... I really wasn't happy with its progress. I want to do it over...

Heres a quick one over lunch break.

[SantaClaus]

heres another

[SantaClaus]

Heres another...

[SantaClaus]

heres another.

[SantaClaus]

heres another...

[SantaClaus]

heres a quick one.

[enthombed]

wow, great updates man, humm, i think the curves in some drawings need some adjusts... hummm this last one remember me my country, i living Brazil in the Manaus City in Amazon, eheheh, this remember some idians who i see in magazines here.

Keep posting more man

[SantaClaus]

Hey enthombed

thanks. Do you think I should have more curves? or do you think the curves I have are too straight? please elaborate... thanks for your help.

[SantaClaus]

heres another quick one. half an hour

[Rolo]

wow
u surprise me so much
wow
u make me feel like a tiny ant compared to you as a gigantic human about to step on my friends !! lol
keep it up

[Cold]

thx for popping by my sb, your sb has some lovely pieces init, especially post 139 is to my taste, i really like the whole set and the soldier's stance, cool stuff mate. keep posting.

[SantaClaus]

Rolo-Thank you very much for your kind words. I will not step on your friends. lol.

Cold-thanks. means a lot

heres a 20 min doodle.

[Alexandr Pascenko]

hey santa 133 i smy fav here ( 20 minutes???!!! woot?!) , very solid good work. i like your nude studies , keep em coming

[SantaClaus]

Goblin Shark- thanks. means a lot.
Yea that one came together kinda qiuck... I did it in black and white. I put a color layer over it, and then erased out the color where the highlights should be.
Also I will try to get some more figure drawings up. I have a bunch I haven't had a chance to scan yet.

trying to get out of kind of an artist slump...

[SantaClaus]

heres a quick doodle... 30 min.

[SantaClaus]

another doodle...

[SantaClaus]

little over an hour total...

[Kaoru]

I like your works, they're very loose and seem to have a lot of motion in them. You're right about your figures looking a bit stiff at times, but I think figure studies/life drawing should solve that problem.

I think in pictures where your character is in a scene, it doesn't feel like it's part of the scene. This is because the character is almost always more detailed than everything else and has a different sort of lighting on him/her.

[spyder.x.venom]

Wanted to get some opinions on the coloring of this piece

[spyder.x.venom]

Wanted to get some opinions on the coloring of this piece

[SantaClaus]

Kaoru- thanks your crits will help! I realized how the background doesnt always fit. I have to work on this also. The ones I have done arent really to tell a story. but more to tell something about the character.

spyder.x.venom-you double posted that painting you got there... also I think it might be a good idea to get a sketchbook of your own to post in. I'd be happy to visit. The image coloring looks ok to me. I think your biggest problems might be with the character and the perspective. something odd about his shoulders...

[Alexandr Pascenko]

yeah , a very interesting tequniqe u got here. , i like how fast u do these doodles, but wouldn´t they look better with a little more patience? or is this the style you´r aiming for. on your last post i like the armour dude without a face. btw, do you use the smudge tool sometimes or is that a bad idea?
yes , keep it coming


@spyder venom wtf?? ...LLOOLL!!!

[Paolo13]

wow I like what I see
Thanks for stopping by my grey zone, your timing is almost perfect Santa Claus... happy xmas

[SantaClaus]

Goblinshark- hey thanks. Yea I do them a bit quickly. maybe it is hard to enjoy them. but really these drawings are mostly to better myself. I just want to practice getting the first few steps right for now. Thats most important for me I think. I could be wrong... oh, and i never really use the smudge tool. I used it once to smooth out metal to make it look more clean and brushed metal.

Paolo- THanks. you too!


Hi all
been kinda busy with the holidays... heres an illistration I did for the I work for, HVS, a game dev. It was done for this years christmas card. It was printed at I think 5 by 7 so it really didnt need that much detail. When I get a chance I'll post the inside too. Happy Holidays.

[catface]

woa dude, your character concepts are mad cool. And this last one u did for work is kick ass.

cant wait to see more.

[SantaClaus]

KanoaRogers-thanks! your visits are much appreciated.

heres another.

[conceptzaholic10]

really like you characters, very nice paintings.

[SantaClaus]

conceptzaholic-hey thanks!

heres another. maybe 20 min.

[JERI]

Happy holidays Santa :). Thanks for pointing out the knee thing for me, It's funny how something so obvious can just elude you like that.

Not a lot I can crit you here. I think the type of studies you're doing are all going down the right track and your colors are good. I'd suggest you to go for more variety in your facial expressions and to try out some more dramatic poses. I feel you can definitely afford more liveliness in your characters.

Just my two cents, hope that's relevant to ya.

[DanielC]

Alo monsieur !
Very nice colors. i'd love to handles them the way you do.
Keep posting lots!!
...




Oh and thanks for the two sketchbooks, the black and red indian ink and the new pencils....

haha j/k =)

[SantaClaus]

Jeri- yea I made that same mistake and got introuble for it... so its one of those things I try to make sure I don't mess up... Thanks for the advice. I will try to do that. I kinda realized I that about my characters... but sometimes it taked someone else to tell me before It really kicks in.

DanielC-Thanks. and thanks for visiting. Ha ha no problem. just post everything you put in them!

heres another.

[SantaClaus]

heres another.. little over a half an hour maybe

[Derlaine]

I like the loose strokes and brushy feel. You seem to have a mood to the palette you pick...

A crit I can offer for your pic with the girl in the hat; her dress looks really pretty, good work there! But what do you think about making her neck slightly smaller? If you want her to look more delicate, you can move her lips to our left a little,this will make her jaw seem less prominent. Lovely details on the dress and staff light, and you took care to keep the blue light radiosity :)

[Discoskull]

Dude! I love your characters. Each of them is unique and cool. Painting style is wonderous, as well. I'll be checking up on this one...

[Brendan N]

Hey Santa, awesome looking characters as always. Like that you seem to be loosening up. Something I need to work on lol. Good work overall, the newfound looseness is adding an energy to your work that wasn't there before, keep it that way!

thanks for stopping by my sb mate, always appreciate it!
ciao!

- d.

[Chiko]

All I can say is awesome! Your figures sketches are really strong. Especially love the one of the man and woman together.
Great work!

[TheGnoll]

hey very nice characters here, nice colors, nice concepts...only thing is they look a bit stiff imho.You should use what you learn with figure drawing (post 124 kicks ass) on your charcters.You could also try and pic some nice reference pics with cool poses and nice angles and then just work on your character usign the "skeleton" of the figure in the ref pic...christmas card looks very good ;)

keep 'em coming :)

ciao

[Sublimus]

Very nice! You just pump these babies out, dont you? All of your characters have so much to them, they are very full and distinct. You could almost just make up a story in your head for everyone you see, which is a very very good thing, my friend.

Pleasure stopping by, and keep up the hard work.

[edit] I bring stars!

[enthombed]

Hey dude, happy new year late my friend, eheheh, hey nice the updates since my last visit, cool how you improve yourself man, really cool... the colors are great in the postcard man.

keep posting

Cheers

[SantaClaus]

Derlaine-hey thanks. yea those are good crits. I was trying to make her look more delicate.

DiscoSkull- yea thanks for your support

Brendan N- nice to see ya checkin in! I'll try

Chiko- thanks a lot!

the gnoll- thanks, I agree. theres so many things to work on its overwelming sometimes.

Sublimus- thanks a lot. lol yea thanks for the stars!

enthombed- thanks a lot your visits encourage me!

heres a quick doodle for today...

[DanielC]

Looking good.
Looks like you're using the standard round brush. i think some nice textured ones would give a nice feel to those characters.
And thanks alot for the advices in my sb.
Keep working hard !

[Justin.]

Ooh, I like this (http://http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=71755&stc=1&d=1167812483) one!

[yeticatcher]

Really nice figure drawings, man. And I'm seeing improvements in poses and porportions, especially this guy and gal:

Really nice figure drawings, man. And I'm seeing improvements in poses and porportions, especially this guy and gal:
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=66807&stc=1&d=1166831400

Good stuff!

-Yeti

[SantaClaus]

DanielC- Hey thanks. yea I tried using a textured brush on this one. doesn't really look like it though. I will keep at it.

Justin Oaksford- thanks.. but your link doen't work

yeticatcher-thanks. glad to know I am improving

expiriment

[yeticatcher]

How did I manage to double my comment in my last reply? Strange.


yeticatcher-thanks. glad to know I am improving


Hey no problem. Your colors are looking cool as always. I guess the 'improvement' is more related to my comment awhile back about allowing the poses to relax. The female figure in post #153 especially her pose looks more relaxed than say the lady in post #137. The porportions I mentioned were referring to the life drawings. I'm liking those a lot.

Keep it up.

-Yeti

[SantaClaus]

yeticatcher- hey thanks. yea and thanks for the advice. I'm workin on it. I have a ton more figure drawings. If I get a chance I'll scan em.

hers another...

[SantaClaus]

heres a qucik one...

[Cold]

It looks like a really well executed speed painting, bringing across your idea in a blink, I like it. Your digi work seems more relaxed than mine. I guess i need to spend more time on mine. Nice update mate.

[Born]

wow you ende really strong nice stuff

[SantaClaus]

cold - hey thanks. what makes it relaxed? your digi stuff is great. I dont really know what I'm doing. lol.

Born- hey thanks. means a lot

Practice... should have used a reference

[Niva.]

Hi, you have an awesome SB here. I like the volume to the important parts in the last piece, looks very realistic so I think you achieved what you were going for. The girl in #183 looks great but the head and shoulders are too small/narrow for the rest of her frame.

Keep them coming, I'd like to see the last piece fully shaded if you have time.

[SantaClaus]

N1Va-Thanks. the girl in post #182 was supposed to have kind of lengthy skinnier form... but its not supposed to look unatural so it needs fixing. thanks for pointing that out. Also I will try to finish the girl... I just didn't feel like working on it any more today... I learned what I wanted too.

heres another for today... trying to look at colors combination... didnt really work out like I wanted.

[SantaClaus]

practice. ok last one for today

[MUNIZ]

Santa, Thanks for stopping by my SB. I really appreciate the help. I really like the expressions on the faces. Your life studies are stellar. Also the piece of the topless girl is very nice. As said above it has great volume to it.

[Kronos]

hey man thanks for the comments in my SB! thanks a lot in fact!

i REALLY admire the fact that you are using optical blending.... i think that takes a certain amount confidence and it looks fucking cool. that being said its nice to see stuff like this (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=74242&stc=1&d=1168295210) too.

i think the two things that would benefit your work would be more attention to backgrounds (they don't have to be environments, just something a little more, you have a few backgrounds that work great) but the main thing i think is you should try push your poses further, i like all your poses, i just think they would be a lot stronger if they were more extreme in some cases...

here are some of my fav's

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=29305&stc=1&d=1159483893, can't beat the ,man :P (a good example of a cool pose that could be a lot cooler if it was more extreme i think.


http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=31784&stc=1&d=1160006790, another that has a cool pose but could be cooler, hes very rigid here.


http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=35581&stc=1&d=1160779827, i love this concept, just chillin in an old school scuba suit, really like the texture of the fabric, and the colour pallet looks wet? if you know what i mean :D


http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=37120&stc=1&d=1161130108, i'm a sucker for clowns with creepy grins :P


http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=52721&stc=1&d=1164155297, VERY cool colours, and great strokes, although i think you lost it a little on the face, i understand you wanted to draw focus to the face, but i think it would have been cool to keep it graphic, there is more than enough to look at already on the body.


http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=57965&stc=1&d=1165181949, i just like this. really nice, good example of how some of you poses work great when they are subtle.

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=73015&stc=1&d=1168111054 another that i just like, and another example that shows a little more attention to the background can enhance the piece a lot.

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=73692&stc=1&d=1168213225, sexy long legs :wink: , the facial expression is a little blank though:(


also great to see your posting quite a lot, KEEP IT UP!!!!!

[EDITE] opps! sorry forgot to mention i really like your figure drawings, they are all very nice!!!!!

[SantaClaus]

Kronos- thanks for the tips the compliments and for really taking a look! I dont have much time to type right now but I will address your post later!

heres another... like a mountain man and some quick gesture drawings with no ref...

[goran]

heres another.
I really like this one ,great sketchbook.

[Sublimus]

Wow! All of the updates on this page are so great! I think the figure studies are really helping too!

[Scott James]

Santa- you keep givin' the gift that keeps givin'...your art!! Kudos!

[SantaClaus]

sublimus- hey thanks. your visits always nice. yea I'll keep up on the figure studies!

Scott James- lol. thanks you.

15 min. maybe

[Niva.]

Hey Santa, thanks for dropping by my SB and the comments, you're a machine! I wish I could crank out work this fast! Great practice experiments, I browsed through the entire SB today, very impressive.

[SantaClaus]

N1va-Thanks! means a lot.

here a quick speed paint... little over a half an hour maybe. I might go back

[SantaClaus]

heres another.

[TheGnoll]

dynamics and flow lines are improving constantly, as well as all your other weak points...you're working hard it seems, and it shows...i still fail to see why this SB doesn't recieve the deserved attention...post more, and more often!

ciao

[SantaClaus]

TheGnoll-Thanks. thats really nice to here. cause thats what this sketchbook is about for me. to do whatever I can to improve my weeknesses...

here another...

[Sonaj]

Hey Santa!

Thank you for stopping by in my unworthy sketchbook;

I really like what you got here; your colours and rendering are very nice and you had a great improvement with the poses since your early pictures.
I would love to see your characters in a real action scene like a battle, not just posing, i think that would come out very nice. Anyways, amazing sketchbook here and post some more of your pencil stuff, it's nice.
"writing updates on my wishlist for santa" :wink:
Keep it up
cheers

[JERI]

Cool updates, Santa

I'm sorry I couldn't resist :)

[Scott James]

Santa- great stuff!!! love the updates! do more chichs!!!! please :)

[SantaClaus]

Sonaj- hey thanks a lot. I'm trying to get my camera working to take pictures of some of my drawings right now. But I am moving forward on it. And I will try to get an action scene going! but right now my main concentration is value. I'm trying to get good backgrounds in my sketches.

Jeri-Thanks. lol.

Scott James- Thanks a lot. I have been meaning to do some so there on there way....

Just trying to get values right on this one.

[SantaClaus]

more practice. nothing special...

[SantaClaus]

HI ALL

haven't posted in awhile... this is because the sketches I have been doing I felt were to rough to post. dont have much confidence lately... here are some sketches that Baki encouraged me to post anyway. I am aware they have some issues but hopefully you might be able to enjoy them anyway.

[catface]

holy shit dude.. youve gotten pretty great.. I love the new use of background scenery, it really makes the pic.

I really like future-scene3.

hope to see more soon.:)

[MrBobMarley]

Hey man, long time eh? The bg's really help your characters pop and they're getting more relaxed. Really like the soldier in the top of the last post. Keep pushin!

[SantaClaus]

KanoaRogers-thanks alot. yea i'm trying some new things... so for right now i feel my stuff isn't that solid but I'll be posting a lot more when I feel comfortable.

MrBobMarley-hey thanks. your visits mean a lot.

[4rt-r41d]

Damn, thanks for popping by my sb,
your art is amazing!
0.0

i want more :P

[Cold]

Love the shine on the breasts earlier, class exectuion, like this soldier too, its the hemlet that does it.

Where do you apply saturated things and where not saturated? Is there a rule?

[Brendan N]

Hey Santa, too long since I've been here lol.

You're becoming more confident with colour each time, good to see. Try putting some more time into your enviros, and maybe do some creatures with really twisted anatomy. Right now my only crit would be you need more variation, because everything is looking pretty good. And perhaps some face studies, just to give your faces more punch.

Keep em coming bro, and thanks for stopping by my book!

- d.

[DanielC]

Looks good!
It's nice to see some more texture from time to time.
Nothing to crit... i'll just go paint more :+
THanks, and keep it up !

[TheGnoll]

lookin good as usual...for some reason i get the feeling the shape of your brush adds stiffness to the figures...but maybe its just me :) as usual characters look good, textures and color are great, but i suggest you add more dynamics, and work with more curved lines...dynamism is the only thing missing in your pics...so keep 'em coming, and keep sharing!

ciao

[Cold]

nah, was very helpful, your explanatory gave me a urge to mess about with it, thx for it.

[SantaClaus]

Hi all

Thanks for all your comments. I dont have the time to reply back right now but I will do it later in the day.

hese a quick one... I didnt have time to add textures or anything.

[designboot]

Very nice works ;) VERY!

[DeMoon]

great stuff!!!good color...I very like your art!

[am7]

Very very nice stuff man! your posts show a great improvement in both color and shapes. Keep posting, ill be following this!

[SantaClaus]

I dont know if I'll get much time to draw today, I dont get out of school until very late but I had a break and thought I'd reply to you guys. thanks for visiting!

wakazou- hey thanks very much. and its my pleasure.

cold- hey thanks. im trying to make them look as dimensional as I can. lol

brendan- yea I probably need to spend more time in general. I'm getting quite busy and its rare I have more than 45 min free time lately... good subjestions! I tend to work on only one thing at a time... like for awhile there I was only focused on design. now I am mostly focused on values. so I can see how things could get boring.

DanielC- yea hey thanks for the compliments. surely means a lot to inspire you.

TheGnoll- thanks. yea I know that is a weakness of mine. I try and sketch out some things focusing on dynamics more.

designboot-thanks a bunch!

DeMoon-very nice to here from you.

am7- thanks a lot. I will make sure to vist your sb as well

[Call0ps]

really nice sb! love how u use the textures and the colours;) keep going

[JERI]

I believe I speak on behalf of the viewing public when I demand you to draw more female characters :).

[SantaClaus]

Call0ps-hey thanks.

Jeri- yea its been awhile. heres one.

[MUNIZ]

More Females please. A wonderous subject. Nice updates as usual. Thanks for stopping by my SB.

[SantaClaus]

Muniz-thanks for checkin in. yea it seems everyone wants to see more females. :)

heres another

[designboot]

Last one is great!
I like it!

[SantaClaus]

designboot-thanks a lot. means a lot cause I wasnt sure what to think of this one.

heres another

[Chermilla]

WOW, I just looked at this thread from the beginning, and you're work has improved so much over time. Your costume ideas are awsome, and I really like how you draw your girlies!

I will be dropping by again to see this!

5 stars from me !!! :teeth:

[spartiate]

you really have a cool graphic style to your computer works. Really cool work, more please!

Drizzt Do'Urden
(http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=88534)

[wareagle]

first off id just like to say :star: :star: :star: :star: :star: from me!, awesome stuff, youve added alot of really nice work here since the last time i dropped by, your paintings have a very nice texture to it. I really liked post #106 her skin looks silky smooth, and your pencils from posts 89 and 124 are simply badace........very nice work gj!

[TheGnoll]

lookin goooooood!

nice ffeling for color and mood as usual!

try and do more pencil/digital gesture studies, they coul elp you and they are really quick to do.Or use ref!

keep sharing, all is looking good as usual ;)

ciao

[Cold]

tons of new pics. and 5 stars, i better start showing some respect;) the last one is my favourite, with the murmaid. Inspirers me to try a mixer of skin tone and fish scales... hmm

[OBX]

damn! these paints are awsome. Nice color sense. Keep on painting and u'll go far.

[DanielC]

Freaking awesome !!!
Nice work man. The compositions are solid.

[DIMAGYAN]

hey, nice designs, i like the way you do clothing...your colors and painting skills are very good...
i think you should try a more relaxed figures, sometimes looks a little hard...
i hope you take in a good way...

thanks for your comments in my sb...

http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=87259

[kennygeeze]

Wow, nice figures, dude. The anatomy and loose-ness of alot of them are great. Although I bet I'm just telling you stuff you already know, hahah.

I'm lovin the one of the mermaid in particular. Great color pallette and sense of depth.

[Sonaj]

Wow, i love your latest girls.
Really great stuff man, good compositions an poses there. And i love how you do those thick strokes; backgrounds coming along nicely, not much to crit here.
Sorry for asspatting, but i don't find much.

[Bojee]

Good stuff here. :)

[Brendan N]

Hey Santa! Thanks for stopping by my book!

You've really improved tons man, these last three are great.
My only crits would be to study lighting a bit more - it feels just a tad off in terms of colour sometimes. make sure you don't just paste white down.
And in the princess curtains one, the pose is feeling awkwardly stiff.
This is rare in your work so it's not a big issue, just a nitpicky observation.
Good to see you spending time on bg's! They look awesome!

Keep churning out the love bro!
ciao!

- d.

[SantaClaus]

Chermilla- hey thanks a lot for lookin. Its always good to know when someone sees improvement. :)

spartiate-Hey thanks. didn't know I had a style. lol

wareagle-Hey thank you. your incouragement makes a difference!

TheGnoll-thanks for the advice. I know I have to work on poses. I tend to focus on one thing at a time. and right now I am lookin at backgrounds and comp. but I will def keep it in mind.

Cold-thanks. yea that helps because I wasn't sure I liked that sketch... respect is mutual. your stuff is great!

OBX- thanks for your ecouragement

DanielC-THanks a lot. I'm working on it ;)

DIMAGYAN-hey thanks. and thanks for the advice. I know thats one thing I have to work on. just to damn busy to tackle all of my weaknesses. lol

kennygeeze-ha ha. thanks a lot. it is definitely nice to here.

Sonaj-thanks. all the asspatting helps. lol. I usually only here what I am doing wrong from work and art friends. can get depressing

Bojee-thanks!

Brendan N- thanks for keepin on visiting. your crits are good. I will try and keep that in mind. I kinda realized that damn pose issue.


Hey thanks everyone for the support! Sorry haven't posted lately, I have been busy. and what I have been drawing has been rushed crap. but this I had some time to do. I think I got what I wanted out of this work.

[@work]

Thanks for dropping by my sketchbook. You made a great deal of progress in your drawing. What strikes me most is that your sence for atmosphere has increased so much. Keep this SB alive for it is very inspiring !!!

[TheGnoll]

everthing looks much "softer" in these last updates, and thats great.Cool use of brushes and colors.Work harder on poses and this going to be an even better SB, so keep at it!

ciao

[SantaClaus]

@work: thanks. glad to know it is inspiring. thats great to hear.

gnoll:thanks for your visits and advice! :)

heres a quick one done during lunch.

[DIMAGYAN]

hey, i like your two last updates...both tranmit a feeling and atmosphere...
keep the work, and have fun...

[Bojee]

Rub a dub dub, three(actually four) men in a tub, a butcher, a baker, and a candlestick maker.....

[SantaClaus]

DIMAGYAN-hey thanks! atmosphere is a good compliment for me. because I am trying to work on that especially.

Bojee-LOL :)

heres another...kinda quick... I may work more on it and fix my mistakes...

[DanielC]

Hey Santa !
Very nice updates bro. The stories are nice. It'd be great to see that last one finished =)... it reminds me a bit of Dan Milligan's stuff.
Though the faces seems a bit too simple from time to time, but i guess it's because they ask alot of time to be done.
Keep it up, and thanks alot for the support in my sb !

[Sonaj]

Santa!
Thanks for your helpful comments in my sb.
Last updates are nice, lighting in the sea picture is good.
For that last one, background and colors are well done, really gives the impression of an epic battle there. The two characters holding swords could be better though concerning posture and perspective. The left one especially looks really stiff and is holding his sword strange.
If you lean your head a little bit you will also see that the helmets are strange. They don't seem to go round the head, like the side behind is bigger than front one. You should work on the pic, it has lot of potential. Good to see some action here :) , if you improve on your figures you will get even better.

[SantaClaus]

DanielC- THanks. thats cool, I think Dan Milligan is very awesome. thanks for the advice. and you deserve the support. thanks for your support. :)

Sonaj-no problem, hopefully it will help. thanks for the advice and compliments. you can see I tried to fix what was wrong with that work a bit.

I tried to make some adjustments over lunch to the last piece. and I did another quick one.