Pascallo / now trying digital art

[Pascallo]

please see last post.

[Pascallo]

First some fantasy-stuff, all these ones are watercolor or ink:

http://www.pascal-liening.de/malerei_weihnachten.jpg

http://www.pascal-liening.de/malerei-zauberer.jpg

http://www.pascal-liening.de/malerei-wolfsangriff.jpg

Now comes a series of illustrations to Terry Pratchetts Discworld-Novel "Guards! Guards!" First the cover-illustration, afterwards the interior illustrations:

http://www.pascal-liening.de/malerei-ptitel.jpg

http://www.pascal-liening.de/malerei-pbuch.jpg

http://www.pascal-liening.de/malerei-ptroll.jpg

http://www.pascal-liening.de/malerei-paffe.jpg

http://www.pascal-liening.de/malerei-pdach.jpg

http://www.pascal-liening.de/malerei-pbrunnen.jpg

Now here are two illustrations of the poem called "Der Tod" ("death") by Matthias Claudius":

http://www.pascal-liening.de/malerei-tod.jpg

http://www.pascal-liening.de/malerei-todhand.jpg


Below are some impressions from holidays, starting with Venice,Italy:

http://www.pascal-liening.de/malerei-spaolo.jpg

http://www.pascal-liening.de/malerei-torcello.jpg

http://www.pascal-liening.de/malerei-accademia.jpg

http://www.pascal-liening.de/malerei-gesuati.jpg

http://www.pascal-liening.de/malerei-franceschi.jpg

http://www.pascal-liening.de/malerei-martin.jpg


This now is Korfu, Greece:

http://www.pascal-liening.de/malerei-oldvillage.jpg

and the national wallace museum in Stirling, Scotland:

http://www.pascal-liening.de/malerei-stirling.jpg


and the last one is from a street in the old-village-part of my town Krefeld in Germany:

http://www.pascal-liening.de/malerei-krtuer.jpg


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well... I hope you had fun looking at it, otherwise please tell me what you´d done in another way or some tips for the future, whatever :-)
so long!
Pascallo

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my portfolio:

[oma]

oke, I enjoyd watching your stuff!

well, let me give you one tip :D. post more :D.

[Pascallo]

Thanx for your nice comment!
well... and thank you for your good tip... more work is in progress. ;-)

[oma]

hehe, i thought so it was a good tip :P. can't wait to see some of your next stuff :).

[Morbid]

I like the aquarelles a lot!
And Terry Pratchett is one of my favourie writers. :)

[Pascallo]

Thanks!
... Terry Pratchetts novels are a great source for illustrating. Need a good imaginativeness for some strange situations or plots like those. But it was fun!

[Pascallo]

My very first try with a Wacom. No sense of story or composition in this one, just a really rough test that took me nearly two hours though. Looks a bit dirty, doesnt it? Your welcome to leave some comments on my careful wacom-try ;-)

[Seedling]

You’ve got some fun stuff going on here.

Perspective seems to be tripping you up, particularly in your pieces from imagination.

[Pascallo]

Hey Seedling, thank you for stopping by!
Yeah, I think perspective can save your picture from beeing boring sometimes :-)

[Orifice]

Hey there Pasco, my main man and faithful allie! As have been said, you have some fun stuff going. Checked out your site, and I liked the aquarells alot. The Venice pics have a real nice warm mood in them!
I have some minor tips for your digitals, as I se that you are trying it out. I see that your lines are in one thickness so I guess you use a mouse. If you are serious about your digitals and have monneh to spare, (heh who does) I'd recomend a tablet warmly. And a good tip I think would be to start your works by blocking in. It looks like you have added lines bit by bit where they where needed. With blocking in its easyer to get the shadows right and values n such. So start by blocking in and then smooth out the transitions between shadows and light. Not too much though, thats a common misstake, shadows are often pretty hard edged. Im not a pro at all and I am pretty unexperienced, so I should'nt really teach too much...:) Well, good luck anyways, and more of them sweet aquarells.

[Pascallo]

Greetings Orifice. Many thanks thou came across my book, Sir! :-)
Thanks for your nice comments!
I do appreciate your accolade concerning my venice-aquarells. As to the digital thing I can say that was no mouse but a very weak first try of a wacom. Unfortunately not my own - I have just the chance to use it very few time at my working place. But sooner or later I must equipp me with a wacom, so your tips are very welcome. Though I did not quite understand your "block"-thing. Maybe the problem is because my german photoshop-version has different terms for the tools etc. If you like and got the time, maybe you could post a picture of what you meant.
Thanks again for your visit dear fellow!

[Pascallo]

Here my second wacom picture. A rather quick one - did it in 10 minutes or so.
I did it out of mind, so I´d say that´s why the perspective is a little wrong and the faucet is too thick but somehow I like it anyway:-)

[DARAF]

Nice man, A tablet is an important tool and skill to have. Keep working on it. Your showing a good understanding of light and shadow. Your figures need some attention though. Keep up the good work.

[Pascallo]

Nice man, A tablet is an important tool and skill to have. Keep working on it. Your showing a good understanding of light and shadow. Your figures need some attention though. Keep up the good work.

Hi Daraf, nice you stopped by! I am aware of my figure-problem and try to work on it;-)
Thank you very much for reassuring me!

[Raul Tabajara]

hello, you put a comment in my work, and i clik in this link to see you work...

Good works!
I like when you paint like Watercolor! (i like the picture "The boat in front a house in the river")
keep going! nice work

[Pascallo]

Hi Raul Tabajara - thanks for stopping by!
these pics do not look like watercolor - they are :confident
Thanks for your nice comment!

[kuroart]

some good works man. those watercolors from different cities are especially nice. and that second wacom is too.
all I can say is keep at it

[Pascallo]

some good works man. those watercolors from different cities are especially nice. and that second wacom is too.
all I can say is keep at it

I am happy you like them city sights, thank you for your comment!

[BludHund]

Hey pascallo, thanks for leaving a comment on my SB. I like your paintings, but how about posting some preliminaries and sketches too? Oh yes, and welcome to the wonderful world of Wacoms!

[Pascallo]

Hey pascallo, thanks for leaving a comment on my SB. I like your paintings, but how about posting some preliminaries and sketches too? Oh yes, and welcome to the wonderful world of Wacoms!

Thanks for stopping by! I unfortunately have got very few time for drawing at the moment and even less for updating here - but I will come back to your suggestion soon - thanks!

[Pascallo]

As I promised here some (older) drawings from my first sketchbook.

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[Pascallo]

Here a scribble, pre-sketch and final version of an older cover art.
(I unfortunately only did the painting and NOT typo and layout)

[Pascallo]

Some older stuff

[TheGnoll]

hey Pascallo, nice start for a sketchbook here, you've got some nice ideas for illustrations, good lighting and nice flow in your animal sketches.
But you still need too improve imho things like anatomy and lineweight (i have to learn all these too) and imho you should study more the theory of art.My suggestion is check out Bobby Chiu's videos for general motivation and "art" help, and check out some books.MAke sure you also check out CA.org's wiki, its full of useful stuff ;)

keep sharing your progress and keep working!

ciao

[Pascallo]

@ Gnoll
Thanks for your comments! You are right, there is a lot to do for me ;)
Now that you motivated me I hope there will be some more time to work on that in future.
I did not came across the wiki so far - thanks for the advice!

[oma]

nice animal study's.

i love that one -> http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=67070&stc=1&d=1166879909.

i really have to do more figure drawing!
nice work on them!

[Pascallo]

@Oma
Thank you :)! Well I have to do much more figure-drawing too!

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This one I drew from life (acrylic on linen):
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these both were drawn from a photo (acrylic on linen / oil on timber)
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[PaulAtreides]

Whoa, quite good drawing.
The last ones felt pretty good, since they were very realistic.
The ones in the beginning were also very cool, providing a realistic-caricature-feel (I mean, treating caricature with "real-life" light, textures), which gives an interesting impression, and is very original too!.

Haven't you tried to use photoshop?

[Pascallo]

Thanks Paul for your nice words!
I like the idea of "realistic-cartoon-feeling" that you mentioned. Frankly spoken I must admit when I draw them I wanted them to do look realistic not cartoon but what came out was quite ok for me. And if people like you like them I fell happy about it:) Though I am still trying to improve a more realistic than cartoon way.
And yes I tried Photoshop but I am a very beginner with this and unfortunately have no own wacom until now, so I will see what the time will bring...
Thanks for your comment - Cheers!

[Pascallo]

Some pages from my sketchbook in Venice, Italy:

[saa]

hey you are just doing fine with those life studies, keep doing them, they are never wrong.
your acrylics are also particularly nice, i see you quite got the hang of it.

keep posting!

[conceptzaholic10]

hmm you have some interesting lighting schemes in your first sketches. not bad. keep up the good work!

[Pascallo]

Thank you both for your kind words!

Here are two preparatory drawings and one doodle.
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[Pascallo]

Here's some more stuff of a little older zoo-drawings:
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[BludHund]

Wow Pascallo. You're really fleshing out this sketchbook.

I've noticed that you seem to have a very hard, heavy line. It shows good confidence, but I think you should work on developing more subtlety and complexity in your forms.

For example, particularly in organic objects, most lines in a form are defined by a dynamic interplay, that is to say, a rhythm, of different angles. Also you might want to experiment with more variation in the 'weight' of your lines.

[Pascallo]

Thanks Bludhund!
You are right with my heavy line problem. With some motives I mostly know how to vary the thickness of lines, for example always a thick one on the bottom of it where it touches the ground and so. But with animals or humans I still have problems to know which lines should be thick and which should be softer. Maybe a matter of time and training, hm?

[Ridcully]

great stuff in here! the illustrations for terry pratchett's "guards!guards!" rocks!
terry pratchett is cool, too....the best author of the world...

[Dragonis]

you have great works here... especialy those from beginning (fantasy,color);
i think the best is that with mage battle... and those for Pratchetts are realy good too... :D keep working :D

[Justin.]

You are doing very good, just keep this up!

[Pascallo]

:) Thank you three for having a look at my stuff and for your nice comments! This is getting me back to work!
Here some stills:

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[Cold]

Hey lovely scene shots, those drawings I feel are the strongest. All though it would cream up your drawings abit more if you...you prolly been told this before... if you get down with some serious anatomy studies. It shouldnt be that hard to find really good references off the internet. bless it.

Keep it coming, and happs new years!

[Pascallo]

Thanks Cold!
Feel free to even repeat Advices, thats not wrong at all. If 10 people tell me to watch out for something it must be more urgent as if just one had said it;)
I am working on that.
Happy new year you too!

[DARAF]

Great updates man. I like the older sketches you posted earlier. Nice gestures to those. Keep it up.

[Pigeonkill]

I like the high contrast in some of the paintings. Keep posting.

[Pascallo]

thank you both!:)

here are a few more older ones:

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[Pascallo]

Here are some marker-drawings. But I must say really constructing things like this is rather boring... well at least perspective and shadow-perspective training...

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[Listing]

You've got the interest, got to fine tune your structure, though.

[Pascallo]

Hi, Listing,
Thanks for commenting.
What do you mean by structure? Not doing to much techniques or topics at once?

[Cold]

nice perspective. I'd like to see you draw some body-builders, see how you get down with a bit of thorough detail...

:)

[oma]

those acrylics are damnz good.

love the architectural drawings.
keep it up. and nice animals :D!!

[Pigeonkill]

I think I notice a slight dip in the thitd marker drawings the side facing the viewer. Not sure if it was just the wet marker that raised that line to pop up a bit. Everything else looks clean!

[Pascallo]

@Pigeonkill: yeah, that is the curled paper :er:
@oma: thanks for the nice words - I am happy you like them!
@cold: here we go... not real body builders but kind of and at least some details:

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[Cold]

No no, it'll do, atleast you are made aware of different section of the body and take more interest to them. Comparing these with your previous human forms I can see, sure you can too, a big difference. Keep it up. Very good.

[Pascallo]

Thanks cold! :)
well, the thing is, the former ones were done from life, the recent ones from photos and I gave myself more time for that.
The recent ones look much better, but I am unsure if it is that good to draw from photographs...

[JoeEffect]

oohhhhh!!!man you really know about the watercolor use.I like all,the fantasy drawings and the studies of places and landscapes.I'm a fan of watercolor stuff.keep on dude.
ahh! thanks for replying in my s.b.

[AK86]

Thanks for stopping by my SB!

I agree with Cold. Your previous sketches show a fantasic improvment! Take Cold's advice on board. He is a good mentor. He has also help me with my technquie.

I really liked your first posts. The contrast between the intense lighting and shadows gave the peices a terrific style.

Keep it the good work man!

[Pascallo]

Thank you both for your nice comments! Also thanks for liking my first fantasy-stuff. Not so many around here seem to like them, so nice to having heard something good about em :)

here some recent stuff, trying to get into the mathematically human-thing.
very nice tutorials (drawing the human body out of memory). Really great stuff!

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[JoeEffect]

i like the last study...and i'm waiting for more of your watercolors.cyou around.

[Orifice]

We meet again Pascallo...:grandpa:
Good to se your posts! Very nice things too I might add. Especially like your paintings n all the traditional stuff! Da digitals are not holdin up really as high quality as the traditional, but still good. I guess that it can be hard to get into the tablet-thinkin if you dont have one yourself, but it is comin along nicely I'd say. If you are still wondering about the blockin in bussyness I could try to explain it better. What it means is that you use high oppasity(how many % your strokes are visible, or "streangth") and crudely fill in the colors and shadows of the painting. I always have digital or pencil linework benieth, but ya can do it without. So you "block in" the colors and mainly the lighting, so that you get things in a good direction from the start. Example:
http://img60.imageshack.us/img60/774/3chvisaden2hr3.jpg
Key, sorry for the preaching. So yes, good works lately for sure, especially the glass in post nr 28 blew me away. Impressive!

[Pigeonkill]

Orifice: Nice example very dramatic lighting.

Pascallo: Keep posting. The pose of the guy with the arched back is always a toughy for me, I think you pulled it off nicely.

[Pascallo]

Hey Guys!
Sorry for my long silent period. I am right now in Philadlephia for a half year internship. The prearrangements took so much time as well as to settle down so far.
I took my scanner with me but the voltage converter died after three days so I first now am able to scan my sketchbook again.
But I was trying to do at least one sketch per day, so I my sketchbook here will live again :)

JoeEffect: Thanks, unfortunately no new watercolors so far, but I took them with me and hope to find a nice place soon!

Offrice: Thanks for encouraging me! You are definitely right about my digital paintings, I cant afford a tablet so far but will surely keep that in mind after having finished my internship.
Until then I think I will keep on sketching and doing the traditional stuff.
Thanks also for your describtion and your picture, surely it is no problem at all if you post your work here, as long as it helps!

Pigeonkill: Thanks, dude! such perspectives are always a challenge and look really cool, if the turn out to be correct.

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so here is now my new sketchbook, that I started here in Philadelphia.
This is a statue in the historically important part of Philadelphia downtown. It is called "The Signer", representative for all that brave man that signed the declaration of independence. (if anyone wanted to know that)

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[Sybo]

these are good solid sketches, sir, but they need a little something, maybe some brave rendering and attention to the lighting. Good observations though, nice one.

[Pascallo]

@Sybo: Thanks for your comment! What exactly do you mean, should I try more contrast of light and shadow?

[Pigeonkill]

Hey nice study on the statue you can see a big difference in quality after you added the shading and contract which makes the statue really pop out. Keep posting!

[TheGnoll]

nice sketches man ;)

now keep 'em coming, show us more!

ciao

[Pascallo]

Pigeonkill: Thanks! Yeah youre right. I didnt want to shade with pencil, that should be done with brush but it is way better with shading.
TheGnoll: Thank you Mister :)

So now I tried something different, was a bit harder and since it is just strokes without pre-drawing it is somewhat off the proportion. It is nice cause it is kind of lighter and not so straight but the second seems a bit too chaotic. I do not now what to do with those, but wanted to share at least my will to try different techniques ;)

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[Pascallo]

I tried one more rather naturally looking one.
Trying to have the real contrast and saturation in the drawing is more important than I first thought.
I tried it like this and it kind of feels quite good to me, what do you think?

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[krakel]

sry i just wrote a very long crit.. but it got deleted and im mad.. so heres the short form

drawings: The midtones on that lastone seem too dark. Maybe try out working on larger paper. Watch your rendering- it looks chaotic at times.
I dont think theres saturation in b/w drawings.. It has to do with the intensity of colors.

digitalpaintings: Work from large to small. Biiig bruhes first. Basic Hues, Values and Forms --> details, Saturation..

Watercolors: check out http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=79738&page=1
hes got some awesome work and advice.. watercolors are a tough medium..


Soooooo gengu kritik :) hoffe es hilft

bis densen

[Sybo]

I prefer the last drawing to all the other studies simply becauce it identifies highlights and shadows rather well, although maybe as krakel says the midtones are a little too dull. Every tone usually has variations in it, try and identify the rolling form of the statues form...your persistence is great though, you must be a patient guys...keep up the hard work

[BludHund]

Sorry I havn't visited in so long, Pascallo.

DUDE. You are like 120 miles from me right now.

http://www.google.com/maps?q=New+Freedom,+PA,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title

Enjoy the City of Brotherly Love.

But uhh...don't drink the water or wander alone at night *wink*

[Pigeonkill]

Great update. Just wondering do you draw that statue at the same time of day? I see you captures some of his folds in his clothing now.

[Pascallo]

@Krakel:
Thanks for your comment! What a bummer, would have liked to read your very long comment. Maybe next time.
The Statue is dark bronce so it is really kind of dark. Although I know what you mean, it really seems a bit too dark. Also that it looks chaotic. I was in a little hurry, I think that´s why.
Obviously I picked the wrong word, of course their is no saturation in black and white, but I bet you know what I meant when speaking of that in a grayscale-drawing;)
Would like to do more digits but got no drawing table yet, though I'll keep your tips in mind! Thanks!
Also thanks for the link to a awesome watercolor-world, checked it out with fun!
Schönen Dank und schau gern mal wieder vorbei!

@Sybo:
Thanks, man! I like the last one the most, too! Thank you, I am surprised by myself that I am so patient, but I think I gonna run out of it too soon;) Maybe some more. Thanks for reassuren me!

@Bludhund:
Good to see you again, dude! How small the world is, right?
Too late, I already drank the water, but am still alive ;) And I am not too crazy about beeing out alone here at night - Thanks for your good advices!
You are welcome to visit our lokal sketch group that we will hopefully soon have established!

@Pigeonkill:
Thanks! Yes, I draw it always at almoust the same time. Just from slightly different perspectives (different benches).
Yeah, of course details make it more lively. But it can also be negative if you spend too much time with details or if they are more important to your drawing than the whole... I think.

And there goes a new perspective:
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[Pascallo]

Once again, I like this perspective:
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[Pascallo]

Lastly another front perspective, as my first one was. Thus the circle closes...

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[Bard]

Wow cool!

You gave me an idea to do...
I always wanted to do cast things but don't have access:(

Probably I'll go to the cemetery, too...

Great job but what about lighting? Since it's outdoors?
Always changing...I mean the clouds alone...right?

Anyway...Just keep doing and take what you learn from it!

[Pascallo]

@Bard:
Thank you. Yes, the lighting even changed while I was drawing because of heavy shadows with sun or soft contrasts with clouds...
Going to cemetery is a good idea, I always wanted to do that, but I was scared. I thought it was unpolite when I was rather having fund there with drawing while other people are there for a very sad reason...
Maybe you will find other nice things to draw in public. Or check out the surrounding cities. Must be something out there ;)

So I finally had enough of that statue, so I walked one minute and checked out the next:) Unfortunately the hands suck, but its my first try of this one. (wtf is "Barry"?)
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[Pigeonkill]

I think you are improving a lot on those statues. I think #75 is missing a pants line. His shirt melts into his pants. I like the contrast in your newer drawings. Drawing at cemetery is not a bad idea, it might be windy since there is no trees or many buildings to block the wind. I seen people walk there dogs in the cemetery.

[Pascallo]

@Pigeonkill: Thanks for your continuous visits, mate! And thanks for your compliments, that feels good and gives motivation.
You're definitely right, there is missing a pants line! looks weird like this, but I don't think I want to return to that statue again, so I'll just let it like this. Makes it very unique ;)
I saw amazing angel-statues on one cemetery, they would be definitely worth it even to sit in the wind. Although there surely will be some trees around. Maybe just look on several cemeteries...

Here is a new Berry, looks already better I think (all but the left leg. is a bit rearer and in this perspective it looks totally wrong)

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[BludHund]

Local sketch group eh? I'd be 'down' with that.

Are you in the States to stay or just visiting?

[Brendan N]

Nice work dude, sketches are coming along well. Use some more angular lines - Right now everything seems too curvilinear and as a result the statue looks kinda wobbly or comic-like. Straighter lines will enforce a feeling of solidity and certainty that characterize a statue. Also, when using straight lines it's easier to gauge direction and angle, so you piece is likely to turn out more accurate.

keep up the good stuff, and thanks for dropping by my thread!

- d.

[Pascallo]

@BludHund:
No Sketch group established so far, but I´ll let you know - would be great!
I am just "visiting" for half a year for an internship. I will not stay longer, even had to proof at the US consulate that I want to return - they were afraid I would like to stay forever in the US ;)

@Brendan N:
Thanks for your visit and your nice comment.
I do not know yet where to bring in the angular lines, but it sounds plausible to me and I will try that. Thank you for your very good advice! I really appreciate it.

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Here is another Barry, a strange perspective and it looks somehow odd, but anyway it belongs to my sketchbook.

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[Pascallo]

Happy Easter everybody!
Here is a little easter game for that I did the artwork.
Check the screen shots or if you like play this game, it wount take long.
Have fun and a nice Easter feast!

http://ostern.kamedia.de/

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[Pigeonkill]

Happy Easter! Neat background you could use that style to make child's book too. I wouldn't mind seeing some magenta in those shadows instead of a darker green. Played the game must have taken you a long time to paint everything. The egg by the boat was clever.

[BludHund]

Hell yeah, some concept work. Good going Pascallo.

[Pascallo]

@ Pigeonkill:
Thanks, buddy! I like the style and I could imagine making a Childs Book but I think I would not like to do children book drawings my whole life. Its not that fun, but I definitely liked doing this game. Yes, as you say it was a long way to have this two-minute game!

@Bluthund: Thanks for visiting again, I hope you found all ten eggs, dude :)

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Here a new discovered Philly Monument. The Irish Monument, really nice thing. Will definitely go there more often:

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[Pascallo]

What a shitty weather. No Sketches outside:-/ I just gonna update an older marker-drawing...
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[DARAF]

Looks like you are working hard. I like the statue studies. Keep that up.

[oma]

some nice monument drawings :D.

hmm, that brought me on an idea myself ;). thank you!! :).

[Pascallo]

@daraf: Thanks for stopping by my book and yeah, I try to do one sketch a day, not much compared to some around here, but for me its a lot and I feel proud of that and try hard to keep it up. Thanks!
@oma: thanks, and your welcome :)

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New irish-monument sketches. The second is a very rough one but at least a kind of a overview whats happening, somehow I also like faster sketches after having done all these detailed things. Trying to have a mixture would be a good thing I think.

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[Pascallo]

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[BludHund]

Heh, I like the 'earth-hell' logo.

[Pascallo]

@Bludhund:
Thanks man! Was supposed to be a tattoo, but unfortunately never used.

[Pigeonkill]

Nice update. You are brave to tackle such a huge monument and drawing it, but I guess that's mean more fun for you. :D What's the story behind the monument? I notice some people saying farewell then a graveyard. A bit gothic?

[Pascallo]

@Pigeonkill:
Thanks man! I really like this great monuement. But you got it wrong, its the other way around, it is the arrival of the irish in the US. A great pest destroyed the crop. There was a great starving and dying and many decided to travel to America. And all that process is here in that one monument. You have to see it out of all different perspectives and that makes it so interesting. I really love it.

Here is another drawing of that monument:

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[Pascallo]

One more the irish memorial... btw it is a sculpture by Glenna Goodacre if somebody knows her.

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[Cold]

nice shading pascal, keep the shading gradient tighter. Discepline in your lines is what gives it the illusion.

Good progress keep it up.

[Pascallo]

@Cold: Thanks for your visit, always nice to see you in my book!
You are definitely right about the shading, thanks for your suggestion!

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Had a "closer" look at the BenFranklin Bridge:

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Today was the birth of Philly Lokal Sketch Group. No great drawings but anyway it was real fun guys!

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[ChaoticKnight]

Hey its me! :P
Nice sketchbook dude. I shall be looking in every now and then. :)

[BludHund]

So...sorry to stand you guys up last night. Traffic turned my 2.5-hour trip into a 4-hour journey. Then when I arrived in Philly I ended up driving around in circles for the next 2 hours or so...lost as hell. By the time 9 PM rolled around I was thoroughly defeated by the Streets of Brotherly Love and started trying to find my way home.

Call me an idiot, I shoulda had a guide or a better map or something. Hope you guys had a great time and have great success with the group.

[jim b]

Hey Pascal, it was good to meet you two the other night. I hope we can meet regulary because it was a good time.
i really like these drawings from all over philly, especially the ben franklin bridge. and i didnt know you were so good with watercolor? good work.
i decided to start a sketchbook thread after last night, so check it out.

[Pascallo]

@ChaoticKnight:
Thanks Dude, definitely, you should do that! :)

@Bludhund:
Damn! I already feared something like that. So sorry dude, thought you would know to find your way through Philly. Hope in a couple of weeks you maybe give it another try. You could park your car outside and go with me with public transportation or so. Just pm me and let me know, then we surely can figure something out!

@Jim B:
Thanks, man. I can say the same, was a good time, and I will be definetly there this Thursday!
Thanks for your comment as to my work here, I fell happy you like me watercolors!

Now here comes a drawing of the first US Post office. Yeah *g* Check it out:
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[Pascallo]

And the next one... little off the perspective but I like it somehow.

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[Pascallo]

Next one:
Christ Chirch at the Delaware River, built in 1729-1754.

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[Pascallo]

A new one: Washington memorial.

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[Jorge Gecov]

Beautiful church artwork and very fun cartoon designs.


Sketchbook:
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=80575

[jim b]

very nice pascall. i was walking through that park over the weekend actually.

[Pigeonkill]

Thanks for the info the monument it makes much more optimistic. Haha not doom and gloom theme I thought. Those building drawings are nice. The perspective is a bit off here and there but then agian it's all free hand which is not that easy.

That reminds me I was wondering if anybody out there knew of any tips that draw stuff from a far. When I render a face from +15 feet away I have trouble drawing the details. Should I just reduce what I see, squit?

[Pascallo]

@Jorge Gecov:
Thank you!

@jim b:
Thanks mate! Damn, youre one of the few that can tell then that my drawings are out of proportion or even totally wrong ;)

@Pigeonkill:
Yeah, the perspective is a little off sometime, I always forget to step back for a second and look at the work from a certain distance. The time that I notice that problem, I always started to render :( Should get used to train that more often.
As to your question I always feel that it turns out better if you draw less details from farer away. Faces just shadows not really eyes and so on. It is as in real life, you dont see so many details from perspective or see rather the whole at first. But honestly, I would like other opinions to that, too!

[Pascallo]

2nd Bank of the US. 1824 Greek Revival Architecture by William Strickland. ...Some history doesnt hurt;)

[Pascallo]

First one is Library Hall, the other one for a little fun inbetween... Meat Loaf's still alive ;)

[Pascallo]

A sparkling fountain is not a good thing to draw...

[Pascallo]

Today I hang around at Penns Landing where they were just about to build or remove a stage. Thought it was a nice picture with the flags and so but it turned out to be quick and dirty and a little off perspective due to the lack of time. whatever. a part of my sketchbook, so here it is

[jim b]

i'm impressed with the last one. you did a great job organizing all those stage elements, i wish i had that kind of patience!

[alesoun]

Water's fiendishly difficult to draw; easier when you're using colour rather than line, or painting an expanse of water like a lake or a sea. But a moving stream of water against air? Ouch!

[Pascallo]

@jim b
Thanks for your encouraging comment mate! ...but honestly I do not believe that your not patient when i look at some pages of your comic ;)
@alesoun
Yeah I know, was a bad idea but I wanted just to draw the fountain itself and not the water stream, but it did not seem to be interesting enough so I went ahead and screwed it. But good lesson, dont draw fountains...
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The Library hall again. Another side of it and unfortunately a bit out of perspective. AGAIN :(

[Pascallo]

Another perspective of the side of the 2nd Bank of the US. its less rendered and looks a little flat but somehow I like the comic style. Something different now and then keeps the motivation up.

[BludHund]

Heh, been away for too long...steady as ever Pascallo. Really like the cast shadows in your studies from the 8th through the 10th.

Reflecting on your comment on my SB: I'm on a bit of a Hogarth kick, but his precise, almost geometrical, style of anatomy might suit you very well. As for a more general survey of technical anatomy and its terminology... I really don't know. I've been relying heavily on my college textbook: Nathan Goldstein's "Figure Drawing", it has two chapters on anatomy, one on bones and one on muscles, and it uses both photographic references of models as well as a variety of artists and pages from Borghese/Salvage, Albinus, Fau, and a variety of anatomical reference works. Its more of a 'fine art' or 'classical' approash than Bridgman, Loomis, and Hogarth, but its helped me a lot.

Also, for rendering, you might try looking to Loomis for some points or just an example to emulate. Also, IdiotApathy had a bit on his blog about the current issue of American Artist (magazine) which apparently has some good articles this month on *technique*

[Pigeonkill]

Hey you been really jamming place to place. Thanks for the tips. I like the Penns Landing and think you still got the depth of perspective there. You also might want to try ink and wash for landscapes it's fun and it can get tones you can't achieve with pencils it can be a bit messy though.

[Pascallo]

@BludHund
Thanks a lot! Yeah I also like the drop shadows a lot, so I directly did another one like that today.
Thanks very much for your book suggestions, some sound really interesting, and as I can tell from your recent posts in your SB, that books will be really worth buying them! I gonna remake a list of important books and after my internship I will definitely need to buy some.
Have you got the link to IdotApathys blog?

@Pigeonkill
" I like the Penns Landing and think you still got the depth of perspective there."
Thanks dude, cool that you like it too, so maybe I should try more of that sort.
I would definitely like to try ink or watercolor. So far I just drew during my lunch break and theres not enough time for that. Hopefully I find time soon for some different techniques.

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Again the 2nd Bank in background view on the back of Library Hall:

[Pascallo]

Another one

[BludHund]

http://crayonboxofdoom.blogspot.com/

[Pascallo]

Thanks a lot Bludhund!

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[Pascallo]

Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company Building:

[Pascallo]

Okay now something different than buildings...
I still dont know if its good or bad to draw from pictures, like this newspaper ad,
but at least the drawing turned out to be not bad in my opinion.

[BludHund]

Heh heh. Good AND bad.

If you're really good at it, I'd say stay away from it. You need to stretch outside your comfort zone.

Also: one small critique on the buildings ... the steps are a little rough. Not only does that make the perspective confusing, but its a jarring contrast to the crisp lines of the columns.

Oh yes, and magazines are a great source for studying things like costume and drapery, as well as picking up some tricks on indicating features (like eyes, mouth, nose, etc.) However ... beware the cropping and overly standardized poses/body types/face types.

[Sepulverture]

Hey man. Stuff is looking good, only thing I can really think off offhand is that some of your linework is pretty static, changing up line thicknesses here and there willl help out with that. The studies you did of that statue holding the paper are awesome. More of those!

[Pascallo]

@BludHund
Thanks for your opinion. I am not really good at that, so I think its okay to keep up with that, at least concerning to proportions, hands, faces etc.
You are right about the buildings, I was sitting there in my lunchbreak and right then after starting drawing there where these freaking school busses coming and going but always waiting at least 5 minutes right in my way. So I think I was a little unpatient and did that one too rough.
Thanks for your input, Dude! What about your next try on visiting Philly sketchgroup? ;)

@Sepulverture
Thanks man! You are so right about that linework. I heard that more than once, and also tell that to people that draw like me, but I always seem to forget about that while drawing :\ ... Gotta remember.

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...and did I mention that drawing hands sucks? ... I need to do that more regulary...

[Pascallo]

...Damn its cut on the top, I hate that when I definitely know to first do the whole shape. I should learn that cuz otherwise it looks kinda nice I think...

[ChaoticKnight]

Hey dude! the sketches look good.
Your sketches of buildings and statues look great, I definitely have to do more enviros.
Also when you get a chance, add the sig I sent you for the ssg k?
Good luck!

[jim b]

hey dude. gwen came out very good, but i saw that already!
lets see some more hand studies?

[Zimzibar]

Great work so far, good to see you doing some technical figure studies! I'm learning lots from those. Those acrylic still life paintings were great! Keep it up :)

[Brendan N]

Good stuff you have going here! You pencils could go a little looser here and there, but I don't think it's a big issue. Like the Gwen Stefani piece, though I think you could more work into the likeness factor. You're on the right road, keep going!

Cheers!

[Pascallo]

@ChaoticKnight
Thanks Dude! ...Sig attached Sir!

@jim b
Hands... hmm I always struggle with that... But its gonna be worth it - I promise you some more!

@Zimzibar
Thanks a lot!

@Brendan N
Thanks for visiting!
Likeness factor, yes thats a big issue though. But thanks a lot for encouraging, I gonna try to keep it running...

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Here just a few rough person scribbles I did totday. If they just would not move all the time! ;)

[jim b]

whaaa? pascallo drawing people? haha, they look good dude, especially the people on the bench! check this out - "tchuss bis donnerstag!"

[Pascallo]

@jim B
Damn Dude! thats awesome:) "Bis morgen!"
... and here more hands for you:

[ChaoticKnight]

Hey man! Before I go to bed (full time job AAAAAH)
The hands look good, especially the bottom right one. Work on more of the ones like the one in the middle bottom on the left page. ttyl!

[Sepulverture]

Hey man. hand studies woohoo! the hands look a bit skewed, but don't fret too much. Hard subject to tackle, glad to see you working on them a bit.

[BludHund]

The hands look good, don't know what you're complaining about :D. Great thing about hands is, you always have model right in front of you ... heh. Oh yeas, as for Philly trip ... sure, I got lots of time, just let me know. If you give me some warning, I might be able to bring a friend, he lives in King of Prussia :D.

[DeJakhalz]

Very intresting work here Pascallo! just keep drawing please, it would be a shame if you didnt continou with this.

Keep it going, and Ill keep watching. :bounce:

[invinciblewombat]

hey man, those architecture drawings and the hands are really great. not too much else to say, see you at the sketch group

[Pigeonkill]

This one looks great:
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=152617&stc=1&d=1181705930

Though I'm missing the top view. The work is crisper than few other drawings too. You are really starting to get a hang of architecture drawings :D

[Pascallo]

@ChaoticKnight:
Thanks Dude! yeah, those strange perspectives trouble me pretty much, gonna definitely work on that.

@Sepulverture:
Yeah dud, I wound give up!

@BludHund:
The hands are not that correct so far, but Im happy you like them already, gives me motivation to move forward. Thanks :)
Yeah, if you come to philly, bring as many friends as you wish, your trip shall be worth it!

@invinciblewombat:
Thanks dude! See ya tomorrow

@Pigeonkill:
Thanks a lot man! yeah, its just a shame that the top is missing. Yeah, architecture does not trouble me any more, its getting boring though, so I start different things to mix em up.

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yo dudes, here come some new drawings, some hands and people and one first humble sketch for a spaceship:

[ChaoticKnight]

Hey good stuff! The hands are looking excellent. Ill have to see about that BBQ soon! :)

[invinciblewombat]

i really like the bottom hand on the second page, the watch in particular, you hit a great balance between adding enough detail to keep the viewer interested and having too much that makes it look busy and distracting. keep at it man.

[jim b]

awsome hands! the ship is cool to, though i think if you rendered it with harder values, sharper darks against sharper lights, it would look more metallic and less dull.
see you soon mate!

[Pascallo]

Hey ChaoticKnight, invicniblewombat and JimB, thanks a lot! Have to do some weirder perspectives of hands soon. did not dare so far, but your encouraging me, thanks a lot!

JimB: Your probably right about the spaceship, looks like a plastic kit so far. Hope to see you on thursday man!

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Finally I managed to to a watercolor. Its my favorite place I tried to paint, but I am not sure if I can call it "done". So please let me know what you guys think, or you can go to the crit-thread http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=101360 and discuss with the hopefully plenty people that´ll give me good advices ;)

[ChaoticKnight]

Wow! The only thing I can see is some of the columns seem a bit rubbery. The color and everything seem great though!

[Pascallo]

@Chaoticknight
Thanks man, yeah, some are not that straight, that might be the reason. I probably gonna try to fix that a bit.

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Here are more hands and one fun-sketch that has a bad composition and weird and senseless elements, but it was just a sketch that wanted to be developed part by part, and this now is what turned out.

[TheGnoll]

hey man, impressive improvement since my last visit!

keep up with those studies, they are paying off.
I really like that watercolor piece in post 147 ;)


keep sharing!
ciao

[ChaoticKnight]

Hey man! I really like the last few sketches, especially the sci-fi one, I havent seen many imagination sketches (except for the ones on your site) from you! I like where youre reaching with this one, and even hope that you might consider bringing this in digitally.
The bottom right hand is awesome!

[Pascallo]

Gracie Gnoll!
Thanks for your visit - that nice words from you encourage me a lot!
Come back again :)

Thanks ChaoticKnight!
Im not sure if I should take my sci-fi sketch to the next level, it seems to have too many perspective and composition mistakes. But cool that you like it! Makes me want to do some more of that stuff again.
Thanks also for liking my hand, slowly I am getting more into it.

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Here´s some new

[invinciblewombat]

those people from across the street are looking really good, i gave you my thoughts on the scifi scene yesterday but i really think you should take it further, maybe revamp the scene a little by tracing over on another piece of paper and fixing the perspective problems.

[drd]

From the first pages to now there is definitely improvement. I applaud you for the scifi enviro because I can't do anything without reference, except the figure =/ I expect it will come with time though

Keep on chugging
=P

[Pascallo]

drd
Thanks for your visit and for checking all my book! really apreciate it!

invinciblewombat
Thanks four the encouragement, man! If I find the time I should consider having a closer look at my sci-fi-sketch.

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Here comes some new imagination stuff, (thanks for asking ChaotKnight!)

[ChaoticKnight]

Dude the first one is awesome!!! good looking sketches!

[Pascallo]

ChaoticKnight
Thanks a lot man!

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Here is an updated version of that watercolor, just little tweaks, I call it done And one little stupid spaceship-sketch.

[Pascallo]

Finally managed the start to approach some human-body-stuff from loomis.
The man rather looks like He-man but whatever, its a start and I take it rather to learn and remember proportions. So here is the first step:

[Jorge Gecov]

Nice update, i like the watercolor stuff.

[BludHund]

All right man! Looking good. One comment on the man standing on the edge of a roof: Looks like you ran out of room at the bottom, with the guy's legs. I find that I make almost half of my proportional mistakes from crowding, so it helps to *always* lightly lay out the composition first, to check proportions and foreshortening.

On the 'loomis dude': believe it or not, the actual proportional width of most men's shoulder's (in heads) varies very little. loomis's male differs from the normal human mostly in having longer legs, but he also has rather perky boobs (heh).

Lessees some more!

[Sirio_Brozzi]

Hey Pascal, dropping by to say hello! I liked the recent watercolor piece and building drawings and am glad that you're keeping up the studies, or immersing yourself more into them(they'll make a huge difference down the line!). I couldn't help but laugh at the heman comment, I felt the same way when doing the same loomis studies a few years back. :) Keep it up, and check out Bridgeman too while you're at it, their theory is pretty good for improving your understanding of the human figure. Cheers!

[Dreamworker]

Hey man this watercolor (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=170732&stc=1&d=1184729199) is great, I buy a base set of watercolors and I hope to do something like this
Ciao ;)

[Lee W]

beautiful job on this watercolor piece :)
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=170732&stc=1&d=1184729199

I think watercolor is one of the hardest mediums to do effectively, but you seem to be doing well with it.

[Zimzibar]

I recognise those Loomis studies :D my guy looked like He-Man to start with too :S strange, but keep going :D

[Fishspawn]

Just looked through your whole book - you've got some good stuff going on here. I absolutely love your watercolors. With drawing people, its a good idea to do about 1/3 from life, 1/3 from reference (how to draw books or magazines/online photos) and 1/3 from your head to work on remembering how things look. Measuring is important but so is really trying to break people down into simple shapes. Keep up the good work!

[Sepulverture]

Hey pascallo. Your stuff is looking good. Not much to critique, you seem to have a pretty good selection of subject matters, maybe try some different mediums if they're available?

Good work.

[gunnarsson]

You seem to be hard at work with the pencils, great to see! I really like pencils, and they're a great medium for learning and trying things out. You've got good improvement I gotta say, keep at it! I like the hand studies in the last pages, more stuff like that please!:) You can see clear improvement in the anatomy through-out the pages. I'd say you should try to get muscles right, do a few studies of each part of the body. and throw a few quick drawings of poses in the mix to get weigt and such floating.
anywho, good job, and keep up the steady climb of the curve!:) cheers

[jim b]

hey man how did that chow come out? post it!

[Pascallo]

Wow! this is getting busy, thanks guys for checking my stuff and encouraging me!!

Jorge Gecov
Thank you!

BludHund
Yeah the dude standing on the edge, it was out of mind and a little rough, just realized it afterwards, maybe it was really because of running out of space there ;)

Sirio_Brozzi
Ciao! Thanks for dropping by. Come back as often as you like :)
Haha, Heman studies! I already so that this stuff helps a lot, I will definitely keep up with that, thanks for your tip also!

Dreamworker
Grazie! Did I made you want to do watercolors? That'd be awesome! 8)

OldNoobie
Thanks a lot for checking my book and for encouraging me!

Zimzibar
Yeah Loomis is a must now for me, I'll definetly keep it up!

Fishspawn
I really appreciate that you had a look at all my book, thanks a lot!
Thanks also for your suggestions, dividing the work into life, reference and photos seems pretty reasonable to me.

Sepulverture
Thanks man. unfortunately no wacom available yet, but soon hopefully. Then I gonna approach that new field. Other media like chalk and stuff - I dont like it that much, better try to improve on pencil and watercolor.

gunnarsson
Thanks for visiting again and thanks for your nice words! :)
Yeah, muscles and stuff are coming soon!

jim b
Yo man, here it is:

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And thats the reason why I updated nearly nothing the last days, this took just all the time:

[Pigeonkill]

I love the lighting on the watercolors you did on the building. As for the man standing over ledge, don't be afraid to use a ruler on those buildings to make those straight lines and vanishing points.

[AK86]

I agree with pigeon kill. I too adore the colour and lighting in the water colour paint!

Your cow peice has a very vivid emotional impact to it. Very cool. Hope you do well with it. Whats with the topic invloving women and WWII planes? Probally best i check it out myslef lol.

Keep sharing man.

[StarbonesCoffin]

That made me felt something, poor glen.The tribute you made really showed something like "dissapointed and sad" ;(

[Lee W]

did a great job conveying the mood in the chow :) hope you do well with it.

[Pascallo]

Pigeonkill:
Thanks, man! I dont know I fear while using a ruler you may loose the ability for drawing straight strokes, but yeah at least checking more for the vanishing point is necessary. Did this in a shaky train, thats why its rather a quick and dirty one.

AK86:
Thanks a lot for liking my chow, the guys in the Chow thread seem to be not too crazy about it, so I embrace every single feedback. I am glad you like it somehow! (Hope you already found out what that topic was about)

OldNoobie:
Thanks for checking in again. I am happy you like my chow. I dont know why most people ignored my work in the chow-section. Maybe cause its not digital. Whatever, thanks for your comment!


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this awful week keeps me just too busy, so only a rough loomis one:

[Juhani Jokinen]

Nice work here mate! I really enjoy your hand studies. Reminds me that I should do more of them myself! Keep up the nice work!

JJ

[Basil]

that is a very nice looking CHOW! :) i also enjoy your abundant water color and pencil sketches and you are on the right track with your studies of anatomy and value. also, i can tell you are quite new to working digitally so you might want to try some painting in artrage (http://www.ambientdesign.com/artrage.html). it has a free version, but only costs like 20 bucks anyway and is much more like natural media.

[jim b]

the chow painting came out great man. only thing is the size relationship between the plane and the girl. and maybe in the sky, a softer wash would have been better to push the background back, the blue strokes are very strong and bright. great work tho!

[Pascallo]

Anthriel:
Thanks for your kind words man!

notspecialist:
I am glad you like my ChOW! :) Thanks for your comment and also for your good tip as to "artrage". Unfortunately I got no own wacom yet. But when I finally have one, I will check that program!
Thanks dude!

jim b:
Thanks for checking my chow again, mate! You are right about the girl and the sky, need to remind that for next time.

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Just a little doodle update

[ChaoticKnight]

Hey dude! The CHOW turned out awesome. Nice doodle, but we need more sketches. ;P
Ill be seeing you guys soon in Philly. This insane and ridiculous summer is almost over.

[jim b]

cool man, lets see more of that kind of stuff!

[Pascallo]

ChaoticKnight:
Thanks a lot dude! More sketches? What kind of sketches? Now I first got Loomis on my checklist ;) When will you be back to our Philly sketch group? I am only in Philly until end of October.

Jim b:
I would like to do more of that stuff, but the anatomy will turn out not so well, Id like to focus on Loomis more. Any now and then something more "intersting" is not bad though ;)

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now here some mannequins:

[DARAF]

Rock on bro..

[Pigeonkill]

Go Loomis Studies. For the mannequins studies I notice some of the head and neck area is a bit squished? Try to think of the curve of the spine and then the placement of body parts. Hope that helps.

[Pascallo]

DARAF
Thanks Mate!

Pigeonkill
Thanks dude, I am not sure what exactly you mean with head and neck but I gonna pay more attention to that area. Thanks!

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Go Loomis go!
Some random sketches.
A handsome water-creature with ball pen and little off shadows but I kinda like it.

[ChaoticKnight]

Cool creature! Wheres the light coming from?
Always good to see studies!!
Back to Philly soon! Woo!

[Pascallo]

ChaticKnight:
Yeah you are absolutely right. Lets just say there are more than one bright light sources and only one makes a dropshadow on the ground :bashful:

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Not much time these days, but some loomis mannequins are still doable.

[ChaoticKnight]

Nice man! Btw, if its possible, can we change the sketch group day? They moved my Thursday back till 10 PM. >.<
Maybe earlier in the week next week or Friday?

[Pascallo]

Nice man! Btw, if its possible, can we change the sketch group day? They moved my Thursday back till 10 PM. >.<
Maybe earlier in the week next week or Friday?

Yo Dude, cool that you will be back again, but bad timing with your thursdays - Friday is not so good for me. Other days are pretty open, lets ask the other guys to join a discussion in the philly sketchgroup thread.
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=75235

[Lee W]

always good to see loomis studies :) but would like to see some quick 1 to 5 minute sketches from life to practice eye hand coordination, accuracy, creating depth, and speed.

[jim b]

hey man, keep at those studies. really like the ballpoint creature! see you soon

[Pascallo]

OldNoobie: Thanks for your hint, that sounds like a good thing to do.
I should be aware of varying my practices a bit more.

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But first some more cape wearing mannequins.

[DARAF]

Nice studies. Try drawing a few with female proportions and then animals. To challenge yourself further, you can try taking that same knowledge and making a creature skeleton from your imagination.

[Pascallo]

@DARAF
Thanks dude! I do not feel that good with the loomis stuff so far, so I better keep with following his stuff step by step, but thanks for the good ideas! Sounds like I should try something like you said soon.

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Now there´s a second philly watercolor!

[daestwen]

Hey man, just went through the whole thing. I like the watercolours a lot, as well as the skeleton/mannequin style things, haha.

[ChaoticKnight]

Nice watercolor!!
See you tuesday!

[jim b]

very nice water color man! the reflected green on the building is a nice touch. the people give it a nice sense of scale

[Pascallo]

daestwen
Thanks for dropping by and for checking all my stuff, come back soon :)

ChaoticKnight
Was good to see you again mate, your new sketchbook and especially its content make me jealous.

jim b
Thanks man for also pointing out good things. I am glad that this one seems to work.

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Yeah the watercolor was a real relief from that loomis stuff. These now are out of mind and it kinda works. Seems easier than it is, as I had to learn. Small steps but I already think its worth it.

[Pascallo]

even more mannequines. and a hammerhead war hug...

[Pigeonkill]

Those Loomis Studies are whole lot cleaner, I see no head issue now. Keep at it.

[Jorge Gecov]

Hi!
Great to see you are doing many anatomy and line of action studies.
Post more artwork man!
Cheers!

[Pascallo]

Pigeonkill:
thanks for following up on this, I am glad I do improve even on this.
Jorge Gecov:
Thanks man, I will!

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[Pascallo]

Long time no update, I was too busy at work. Shame on me! come back my dear old friends ;)

Update with some random stuff:

[ChaoticKnight]

Hey dude!
Nice update! Who was getting the tattoo?
Sorry I havent been able to make it to sketchgroup. School is killing me. :(

[BludHund]

Heya. Far be it from me to shame you. Heh.

I'm with ChaoticKNight...who's getting the tattoo? :D

Loomis figures look good ... let's see some 'in action'.

I'll be around a lot more in the next couple of months I swear...

[Pascallo]

Thanks Guys, the tat was for my girl:) I thought it was a great chance to draw that pretty cool scene but the tattoo artist moved too fast and the outcome is not too great. Still a memory though.

ChaoticKnight:
Hope you are still the busy bee! I am slowly settled down by now back in Germany, and try to get some work now... not too much time for updates so far, but I do my very best.

BludHund:

What a pity that we did not make it to meet in my time in PA! I am back in Germany now after 8 just too fast months...
Yeah would be great if you would be more around soon!

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The only update today is my 3rd and for a while my last philly watercolor. What a bummer I could not do more watercolors in Philly...
Same spot, different angle.

[ChaoticKnight]

Hey man! Cool watercolor!!
Yeah things are too busy here. I don't have time for my own work at this point. Every waking moment Ive got to animate. >.<
Good luck with finding work!

[jim b]

what up dude? great watercolor. you better start posting me more artwork, i dont want to see you slack just cause your back in germany!
haha, anyway, did you get back in one piece?

[Sirio_Brozzi]

Pascallo, great work with the loomis and life studies, they're pretty spot on so far! I really like what you did with the lighting in your last watercolor piece too, it turned out quite nice..was it overcast that day? If not I think you could've pushed the blues a little farther, the rest works great. Ciao! >:D

[Pascallo]

ChaoticKnight:
Thanks man! I am pretty busy already. Nothing too creative right now but a start at least! Hope you´re surviving animation!

jim b:
Hey mate! thanks for asking, I am back in one piece. The flight was annoying and I couldnt sleep though. So I missed one night and had to stay up a whole day, not to mention that my luggage did not come with me. WTF? But now everything is fine again. Everything but the fact that I am suffocating underneath a huge pile of letters and paperwork that have been waiting for me. So not too much time for drawing and updates as everyone sees. :/ Hope I gonna have more time soon! What about you, how many sketchbooks did you fill in the cafe while I am gone?;)

Sirio:
Thanks for encouraging my loomis efforts and thanks as well for your very helpful comment! Actually it was not cloudy but pretty bright outside. I was too scared to use more blue, since the sky seemed so bright. What exactly do you mean, like a more intense blue? I tried to do the new watercolor with a higher valued blue, but somehow I think its too dark, what do you say?

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one little piece. its in "Longwood Gardens" close to Philly. A nice place early in the morning when all those families are not there by then...
This is the last life-painting I did in the US. only four watercolors, what a weak result. Anyway, here it is:

[DARAF]

I actually like this last watercolor. The anatomy stuff is coming along also , rock on bro.

[Pigeonkill]

That's great lighting you have in the watercolors, especially on the stone. Looks you like painted a nice crisp day.

[BludHund]

Awwwwww shit. I'm sorry too. I've been so busy that a serious road trip was basically unrealistic, especially during the week (bad excuse, I know :(.

I hope you're enjoying the comforts of home though. I really have to respect anyone who makes the effort to cross over from one culture to another and step outside their native perspective. Certainly I, with no Deutsch whatsoever, will not be making a trip to Europe any time soon (although my mother does have a cousin in Baden-Baden...lol). I'll just hope maybe you have an excuse to visit the states again (come see Baltimore, it smells almost as bad as Philly, even if it is a lot smaller :D).

Looks like you're hitting Loomis pretty relentlessly. How are you on you perspective drawing? Remember that most of Loomis' figure stuff is as a guideline for layouts ... he actually seems to insist that you use model for all the details ... heh what a joker. I guess back then everyone had unselfconscious naked friends :D

[Sirio_Brozzi]

Hey Pascallo, the last watercolor turned out nice too, I don't think its too dark. Honestly though, the sky is a pretty intense shade of blue on a good day! Ciao. :)

[D@niel]

Great studys! Am diggin the water colors, in my mind the hardest medium to master, never had the patience for it my self:)

[Dreamworker]

I dig the last watercolor pice, great job!
Ciao

[TheGnoll]

very very very good studies man, keep pushing on those and improvement will (and already is) coming at an impressive speed.Very nice watercolors too ;)

ciao!

[Pascallo]

Daraf:
Thanks a lot man!

Pigeonkill:
It was a really nice day, I am happy you see that and that you like em! Thanks!

BludHund:
Yeah man, but I know about being busy and having no time for anything, so I think you are excused! Thanks also for your nice words, I really think it was a great experience, this culture-exchange. Honestly I think it should be the rule in school or university that every single person has to do such an exchange. It opens your mind for so many things and let you think about postitive and negative aspects even of your home country.
Funny that you have got relatives in Germany! Ive never been to Baden-Baden but you should give it a try, or even all Europe (but dont do your funny Europe-in-7-days-thing *lol*
I surely will come back some time - one weekend I originally wanted to go to Baltimore but decided for something else, that need to be on my list for next time I guess!

Oh yeah, Loomis. You know what? I took your work on that as kind of a motivation cause you did cool stuff with that and improved quickly. The only problem is to keep this interesting. Perspective stuff should be on my list soon. "... heh what a joker. I guess back then everyone had unselfconscious naked friends" yeah everyone should have some around *lol* That would make some things pretty comfortable (not because of them beeing naked..)

See you around mate!

Sirio_Brozzi:
Thanks a lot for coming back to this. I am glad it seems to be right, obviously I cannot tell when it comes to skies... THANKS!

D@niel:
Thanks for stopping by and for liking my watercolors!:) Try it, its fun after a while, its tough sometimes but its nice when you complete a painting!

Dreamworker:
Thanks dude!

TheGnoll:
Now THAT was motivating:) Thanks Sir!

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Now there are one funny out of mind sketch and three drawings from reference:

[~Maximiliaan]

Nice sketchbook.
The paintings are very impressive!

[jim b]

nice man, the tones and rendering look very good, looks like you had some trouble organizing all the information in the face though. these look like small sketches, maybe if you simplified the facial features they would come across as more realistic.nice action in the guy from your mind, he looks off balance though. keep in mind that the center of gravity is a vertical line coming down from the pit of the neck, and all action needs to look like it will swing back to that center like a pendulum? on a clock. keep that pencil moving!

[ChaoticKnight]

Nice update man! Those last few sketches are really good. Start drawing people and places that are around you like that, show us some locales from where you are!

[Sepulverture]

Hey man, your full figures are looking more and more solid with each post. The thing that stands out most to me right now is that it seems like you're not confident in drawing hands. Maybe doing a page of hand studies will remedy this.

Good work.

[Pascallo]

~Maximiliaan:
Thanks a lot!

jim b:
Thanks for the great advices man!
I am not that confident with faces obviously - you say reducing the lines or details would help? I gonna give it a try! You are definitely right about the guy with the spear, only that I did not see it before.
Apparently I do not quite understand that gravity rules yet, I did some mannequins before http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=187002&stc=1&d=1187314755
but its not the case that center of gravity is a vertical line down from the pit of the neck. So how do these rules work?

Sepulverture
Thanks for your comment! Yeah hands are still bothering me a bit, maybe because I do not always see how muscles and bones should behave in a certain position. I should still do some hands in between.

ChaoticKnight
Thanks dude! And I really managed to do a sketch from my area here, so check this:

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Some Loomis stuff still on my plate - Although I am telling everyone not to do so, I am using too many strokes to describe the loomis figure and tried to solve it on another try. Doesnt work out completely as I thought, so that tells me I am not confident with that figure by now and must maintain this until it works.

The building is the University of Hannover. It looks beautiful and threatening at the same time, just awesome. Since its so cold over here it looks a little dirty but all in all I am happy with it.

Its funny: these days I am totally interested in history and feel ashamed that I did not listen that much in my high school days. It is so great that we are living in so much History and sometimes do not appreciate that. So now I try to combine it with my drawings, try to learn something about what is around me whenever its possible. For those who share these interest I can give you some keywords to this:

- It is the "Welfenschloss" (Welfen-castle)
- Welfen is the oldest sovereign family in europe.
- Build: 1857-1866 for the King Ernst August V. of Hannover
- Architect:Christian Heinrich Tramm,
- Buried in the castle chapel are:
Georg I, King of Great Britain and Hannover (1660-1727)
Ernst August I., King of Hannover (1771-1851)
Friederieke von Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of Hannover (1778-1841)
Georg V., King of Hannover (1819-1878 )
- Today it hosts the Leibniz University of Hannover with a student population of 21,500

Hmm, not that I would remember those year numbers or so but its nice to hae a vague idea of what I drew there...
Did I fill the next page in my sketchbook with this entry? ;) Ok I stop talking now, here it comes:

[HunterKiller_]

Good improvements goin' on dude.

Watercolours are looking hot.
Figures are definitely getting better. Do you know Pose Maniacs? It's a great resource for the gestural figures.

Keep up the Loomis studies. There are many masters of anatomy, and their styles vary significantly, so I'd suggest studying from more than one.
Burne Hogarth, George Bridgeman and Glen Vilppu are all excellent, just to name a few. I'm sure you already know these names anyway. Buy the books, totally worth it.

[Dreamworker]

Hey man very nice updates! I like so much the palace of the last page (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=248775&stc=1&d=1196253195), I think it is a good basis for a light watercolor painting

[Bard]

hey, long time....you've been pretty busy.
I didn't saw the cool watercolor pieces you've done before.(slow connection);P

But I'm seeing 'em today.I think those are your stronger points.
I think I saw you done a loomis turnaround lineup 3x already. It's good to be redundant for good retention. But maybe toss those manequin hands and feet around and have fun with the gestures, man.

maybe use that manequin and try these.
http://www.posemaniacs.com/

have fun nd great art here,dude but keep practicing!

[Juhani Jokinen]

Nice updates man! I really like that building! Your figures look nice also!

Keep on going!

-Juhani

[Cold]

Humans look abit wonky :O the building doesn't, thats real nice work, good job man:)

[Pigeonkill]

I think it's great you are getting more interested in history so that you can also give more purpose to your drawings if you are doing concept within the same field. I think your figures are improving too, keep up the loomis.

[Pascallo]

@HunterKiller_:
Thanks man! I know Pose Maniacs, its somehow not working on my computer, random poses are loading forever... I did not know all the names you listed, thanks a lot for giving me those hints, I should check them out soon.

@Bard:
Thanks for coming back:) You are right, I have done loomis turneround already 10 times, but I do not feel confident on them, since I can not recreate them from mind. But I know I should go on soon with details.
Thanks for the link, unfortunately the random poses load forever, maybe I should reinstall some software on my mashine...

@Cold:
Thanks for checking back on my stuff mate. And thanks for pointing out weaknesses. Did the humans during lunch and kinda rough, but I know that I am not too confident with them anyway.

@Anthriel:
THANKS!


@Dreamworker:
Hell yeah,you are right about watercoloring that palace. I would wish it wasnt that cold out so I would sit there for some hours. Need to to that soon though...

@Pigeonkill:
Thanks for your nice words, I think it can really do the difference when you know the historical background. It sthe same with traveling. See a caslte and you think, wow thats nice, buti f you know the background then you think, wow thats nice - and its HERE that this and that happend? - You are always more interested, and I love that. Whish I had more time to just walk around or even travel around more...

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some hands and now I tried to reduce details in faces, need to do more of these. And I need to do more poses... and I need more time;)

[DARAF]

Looking great bro, improving by leaps and bounds. I Like the architecture. Rock on.

[Pascallo]

DARAF:
Thanks man!

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Just a small update today, its getting time for Christmas cards;)

[Pascallo]

Another historical building, a nice tiny and somewhat creepy ruin of an old chapel.

- Name: "Nikolaikapelle", original name "Capella Leprosorum"
- Build between 1250 and 1284
- Destroyed in 1943
- oldest Building in Hannover

[Pascallo]

Not gonna be here next days so I'd like to wish everyone happy holidays and a good and hopefully relaxing time!

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[Dreamworker]

eheheh great and amusing!
BUON NATALE ANCHE A TE!

[BludHund]

Merry Christmas, Pascallo. See you in January :D

[invinciblewombat]

looking good in here man, the women from post 217 turned out really nice, and the Christmas cards are great. Hope life is treating you well and have a happy new year.

[Pascallo]

Hey guys! Happy new one to all of you!
phew... quite busy these days. Only got a little self portrait here. Hope to be back with more stuff soon...

[DARAF]

Nice portrait bro. Here is to growing in art for 2008. Roc on.

[invinciblewombat]

nice portraits man, i think the middle one works the best, the high saturation colors provide a nice contrast to the blue/black background. hope life is treating you well.

[Pascallo]

DARAF:
Thanks dude!

invinciblewombat:
Thanks a lot man, life´s treating me quite good so far, but keeps me a little too busy.

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Here is something new.
I did this book (concept, graphic design and illustrations) as my degree dissertation for university, two years ago.
Its an anniversary book for the German folk rock band Subway to Sally. That guy of the band I showed it to was digging it right away but in the end it got not published - unfortunately. For those of you wanting to learn more about this, feel free to check it out on my website. For all others I got a little extract here for you:

[ChaoticKnight]

Nice man!
The book looks awesome. I love the first watercolor painting in blues.
And tat self portrait was dead on. :)
Whats up? How ya doin these days? Will we see ya anytime soon?

[Dreamworker]

Wow Fantastic book, I love the design and the colors, great job mate!
It deserve some stars from me :rocker:
Keep it up, ciao

[snubbed]

The book of watercolors looks awesome! Love the colors and the style. Very nice.

[Pascallo]

snubbed:
Thanks a lot!

Dreamworker:
My very first stars:) Really much appreciated, mate! I am glad you like it!

ChaoticKnight:
Thanks buddy, cool you like that stuff. Great that you even like my self portrait, well you can at least somewhat tell if it looks like me;)
I am doing very well, would truely love to come over for some days if it wouldnt cost so much. Why dont you come over to a sketch meeting in Germany!

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Alright, found some time to work on my faces... Still needs more work, its getting better in very little steps.

[Tec]

keep up the good work...i think your linequality has improved a lot

btw: nice aniversary book :oneye:

[Pascallo]

Thanks for your motivating words, Tec!

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just a small update. last one´s a month ago. Feels really bad but I am stuck in too many projects right now :\
Hope everyone is doing great, hope to be around more regulary soon!

[Pascallo]

Some older stuff. Gesture studies from a book called "anatomie of fantasy figures". Some other face proportion studies and cool divers with some anatomy issues;)

[Dreamworker]

Very good studies, expecially the last one!
Keep it up, ciao

[HunterKiller_]

That books looks really nice, man. What a shame it didn't get published.

Faces are getting better. I think that experimenting with drawing the head in different techniques is a great way to understand it

Let's see more updates!

[Arteater]

great line work, and your anatomy is vary nice. Keep up the great work