Call0ps sketchbook - Grab your pencil, grab your dream!

[Call0ps]

hi! i'm starting this sketchbook a bit scared, i mean here is so many great artist, and i'm defenitly one of them.. not! :P
well here some of my stuff
reply/comments are all welcomed

pencil stuff, i really dont know how to scan ;_;
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/Sketchbook/scan1.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/Sketchbook/scan00033.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/Sketchbook/scan00044.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/Sketchbook/scan00055.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/Sketchbook/scan00011.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/Sketchbook/scan00022.jpg
i saw this dont remember where, in some site i found here at the wiki links
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/Sketchbook/scan00066.jpg
here i dont know what i was thinking, and in the end ( probably from the begnning ) came messed up:dead:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/Sketchbook/scan0007.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/Sketchbook/scan00088.jpg


and some digital stuff, i got table last year i dont even touch it, start more now, i want to used more but school is very far from home well guess i need to dedicat more
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/Sketchbook/Untitled-3.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/Sketchbook/rtysty1.jpg
after watch the dvd of silent hill, if someone didnt watch it, i guys dont know what u missing :P if i knew i did to cinema
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/Sketchbook/piramidehead111.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/Sketchbook/jkvk.jpg

[Call0ps]

hmm i missed one digital draw
there
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/Sketchbook/hgovyvkl.jpg

[voraz]

Hi, glad you decided to make your own sketchbook.
As I said you before I think you've got some promisisng stuff.
Keep working and improving and don't forget to post.

Bom trabalho
Fil

[Call0ps]

well something i did now, my every day morning
15 minutes
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/Sketchbook/eujydfyujktrjyu.jpg

[smuli]

Nice start! I like your character drawings and I think the futuristic pistol design looks especially great! Remember that bones shouldn't be drawn straight though or your figures will look stiff. And muscles of course add their own curves too which IMO doesn't show too well on the contours of your arm studies. Keep those up, and keep this updated. :)

[Call0ps]

smuli thx ^^ yeah i know what u mean, gonna start some anatomy stuff and with time who knows
did this rigth now ^^; just before bed,
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/Sketchbook/weryhuerhjyu.jpg

[gmags]

Nice stuff here CallOps!! You've got some skillz!! Lookin forward to see more sketches. Would you do me a favor and finish that Geisha piece. Keep postin bro!! :)

[Nistarn]

ohhh my... i am 3 months without seen any of your work and... you you my favo cheese... and kimono lady... : )

[voraz]

update, update...
:D

[Call0ps]

smuli thx about the advice, u r totaly right, first and last time i hope ^^

gmags haha thx matte, hmmm finish it, i kinda of lost my interess on that piece, but i see what can i do about this lazyness

Nistarn thx girl! i miss u :P i should start a SB here also, it will help in so many ways

voraz i guess i cant thx u enough for your words :) i was a bit busy on school, tests and projects ( nothink of it inclues draw ) ... i will try update more offen now, at least one time for week


i guess i didnt update for ... i dont know, to long, i was a bit messed up about organization and time, well it didint changed nothink but maybe a bit of atittude it did...
here some updates, and sorry for the quality and lack of skillz :\ , i hope u can enjoy it

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/gerhnts.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/sdrth.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/ersjydrmki.jpg

[Call0ps]

and a bit more

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/styko96.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/dfgjhk.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/strykryuk.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/syjmiu.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/tryktyuio.jpg

[Call0ps]

well anohter update...
a old one i found i tough i should post, crapy one as usual
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/asgsdh.jpg

and here is a big fuc#ed try of paiting it, i really really dont know nothing about colour and and painting, never knew how to paint, since ever, what can i say? anyway here it is
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/xfgmhk1.jpg

[Call0ps]

a doodle before bed and after see min's new work ^^
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/cutybunnydfg.jpg

[voraz]

Hi Call0ps, nice to see some more work from you. You've got some very nice pieces here.
In the tenth post the kids arms look a little too small and is feet are strange.
I like most the shoes sketches and the one with the cat. The last one is also very simple and nice.
keep it up

[Call0ps]

voraz thx for the critic, u r totaly right, critical mistakes ^^; i must be more carfull. need to pratice like hell hahaha ;_; thx for your kind words:)

well since my sense of painting is 0, i had to try... i hope i can try more offen. Anyway here it is

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/sjdfjfhkhjkcopy.jpg

[Call0ps]

well here another suc%y update from me :P anyway..

this one was made by my hand, i didint think until end.. to lazy to think back then lol ..even now, what i mean its i just messed up
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/gcyu.jpg

i dont know if fanart its welcome :S i really dont i mean i tried to copy a work from wesleyburt SB, just to pratice ofc .. i dont know if i should post.. any merite of this work is of him, i really love his work ..
plz if is incorrec to post this image plz warn me, i would be thankfull
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/weslybcopymasterfanart.jpg

[Call0ps]

well, weekend is over and i didnt got a chance to draw :S well until tonigh ^^ 20 minutes sketch before bed .. wanted to draw some sad pensative girl, isint what i was thinking of but i guess the ideia is there

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/inthedeepesttough.jpg
good night everyone :P

[Call0ps]

well, i have a test tomorow of history, i've study for while and i was tired of it, i took 20 minuts to do this sketch :P well now back to study now :P

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/higirlddownthere.jpg

[Call0ps]

well since yesterday i'm sick, feever, and today i feel a bit better so i decide to come over to computer and draw a bit ^^
god how i love girls with jeans :P haha

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/blackjeans.jpg

[mull77]

Like the knights head...very nice. Your other stuff nice as well, but it could do with less short lines...at the moment your digital stuff can look a little scratchy and nervous in places because of the length of your strokes. Same with colour...dont be afraid to go crazy!

Keep it up!

[spartiate]

You have really great drawings, continue posting!

My sketchbook (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=88534)

[e-beef]

hey call0ps, thanks for stopping by my sketchbook and leaving a comment, i really appreciate it.

you look like youre headed on the right track and putting basic yet very important principles to great use. i love your approach to the girls' hair, it gives it a nice sense of depth with, what it seems like, not too many strokes.

since im in the early stages of learning and am still building on what is currently, a very small library, a piece of advice ive been given repeatedly is to take my time and really study things. its simple but when put to good use, its amazing what those extra moments of study or just looking from a diffent angles and seeing how certain features interact will do.

[TheGnoll]

nice stuff :)
you can't improve colouring if you don't practice, so keep at it and don't give up ;)
drawings are looking good, but try and improve line qualit and precision, as Mull said some lines are scratchy...

keep sharing!


ciao

[Nistarn]

as calças parecem mesmo calças que cena, tas melhor no painter : ) desenha mais mais mais

[Call0ps]

mull77 thx for the advice matte ;) i will try it

spartiate thx man ;) and i will

e-beef thx , actually i have an anatomy book somewhere , i will find it and follow your advice, studies :) god knows how i need it :P

TheGnoll yeah lol , how can i improvise without praticing ^^; lol thx for your words , they give me strengh :P

Nistarn obrigado ^^ vela se começas 1 SB aqui, bom ou mau nao interessa, uma coisa é certa aqui melhoras! ;) e vou desenhar mais hehe

well last days i've been sick, feever to be exact, it have been a real fuc%ed up days.. i couldnt even draw, so much headich anyway today i fell a bit better and i draw, nothing came lol ... anyway


todays doodle
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/moonandstars.jpg

and this one have and year and half, is really old, but a friend of mine liked it and said to post, why not :P
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/l2.jpg

[Shinryu]

Hey man. Some nice intresting stuff, keep it up with the studies.
Would like to see that last one revisited.

Cheers for dropping by my book.

[Call0ps]

Shinryu thx man, i will try keep it up ^^

well i couldnt sleep so i did one more doodle :P

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/justanoldman.jpg

[SantaClaus]

Hi
some good works. and i see a lot of improvement. I like how in the last post you have more of a varying line. and you didn't feel the need to have an outline going all around the head. keep heading in the direction you are going with your lines.

[Call0ps]

SantaClaus thx, its means so much from u ^^, and i will keep heading at least im want to :P

well what can i say, lately have been the worst days of my 2007, im been really sick, feever it killing me X_X my nose is... u dont wanna know :P anyway painter X is out and im trying it ^^

heres a really fast doodle .. guess 4~6
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/redgirlonepinksnow.jpg

[Brendan N]

Hey wow, some really cool stuff happening here!
Like your faces, just work on the way you handle eyes.
last one is particularly good, dig the colours on the hair.
great work, giving you a bunch of stars. Keep it coming and keep up the studies!
and thanks for stopping by my book!

ciao!

- d.

[Don-key]

man i cant believe its taken me this long to get to your book!
sorry man :nohope:
sorry to hear about the illness dude.
im really attracted to your pencil style my friend, great value in there
and your anatomy is looking good! cant give you much in the way of advice for digi painting because im just learning myself :S i go for the slowly build up values approach (probably not the best).
you got some damn nice lines too! keep it up, would love to see more.
ill be baaaack ;)

oh and thanks for hanging around my book! really appreciate it :)

[Call0ps]

Brendan_N thx u man, its really nice hear that from u, and thx u for the stars. i gonna try update more offen, wont be easy this week and next one but i will see what i can do.

Don-key haha thx, and my illness is now gone for GOOD ( i hope ) hmm about paiting i just start to, the bird was my first try lol! but u right, slowly build up values approach, and i think thats the best even u not :P, i need is time, i must organize myself. about the lines thx U, its means a lot came from u.

well, no more feever, headich, pain in the back etc.. lack of time stil in my life damn :P haha really fast doodle before sleep as usual.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/fuckedupmessedupgirlitmyownsuckskil.jpg
ps: skin paiting suck, i know ,º_º,

[pennington]

hey thanks for the comment :)
your pencils are sweet!! especially the ones from life/pictures.
your colors have a nice feel to them, but there isn't much value shift.
anyways, keep doin what your doin.

[Call0ps]

pennington thx man, in the painting i need to work and studie more, theres no other way:P


well... i've been about 5 days without drawing a thing.. and today finaly got time to it :D anyway here it goes

and ATTEMP to do an enviroment
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/suckenvirotrydesert.jpg

and damn, how stupid i am, now i see so cleary what brendan_N meant about the eyes :S now is pratice pratice pratice ^^
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/africanwomenidrewhereyessowrong.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/girlthatishouldpaintermaybe.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/ohyeahasuposehotbabe.jpg

[Call0ps]

another one .. before bed

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/mustpraticeinordertostopsuckgirl.jpg

[TheGnoll]

last updates lok good man, nice brush work on the hair of the last one.Keep pushing man, don't slow down.

ciao

[gmags]

Nice update bro!!! Your color pieces are gettin better. Keep those sketches comin!!! :)

[Listing]

You're an interesting person. Keep that up. Be sure to draw from life, more. Certainly improving.

[Call0ps]

TheGnoll thx for the motivation, i'm gonna try no to slowing down ;)

gmags thx man.

Listing lol.. i am? hmm.. thx u:P and i will draw from life.

well, here i am .. again :P i should be here more offen :(

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/justtwogirldshowingthatineedtoprati.jpg

well this sketch idea is from Marko Djurdjevic ( hope is well written ), i wanted to draw something with a dynamic pose, and i remind an sketch he did, i saw it very long time ago but the idea is the same, for that reason if i should remove it plz tell me
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/whenthedayistopsuckingcomesiwonder.jpg
dont bother about the texts ^^; its just to remind me every time i see my last drawing what i should do

[Brendan N]

eyes are rarely outlined. The are various shapes that constitute the eye and it is important to know them. The eyelid are 3 dimensional and should be drawn that way. Think of a tangerine or orange with a few slices removed. The eyelid also casts a shadow on the eye. Eyes automatically become a focus point so makes sure you study them well!

Work some on your colouring and lighting as well. I recommend doing some mastercopies of Rembrandt's self portraits!

Like the energy in your work.
Nice stuff overall, keep it up!

- d.

[SantaClaus]

hi

nice updates. I like the way you are moving forward. keep on drawing. I was think the best advice for me to give you on color is use draker darks and lighter lights. If your not going to have dark shadows make sure to have dark accents to give the illusion of a full value range. taking a look at how other artists get a full value range is a great way to improve. thats what I try and do. :)

[Nistarn]

: ) nice, good and new stuf, you added some action to your drawings, you r improving pretty well

[Call0ps]

Brendan N thx for the advice, i saw some works of Rembrandt just now, google power, well i'm entend to do when i got a bit more time, thx again, never to much, just learning a lot from your critics :)

SantaClaus thx for the advice, i hopely will watch it out in next work.

Nistarn :) thx you, and i'm glad how u fitting in here at CA.

since i start the SB, CA people just have give me strengh, motivation and even better helping me to improve myself. thx u all :)
a litle sketch before bed, i intend to be something "happy", a smile, but i just did to draw the hair and the mouth, it tourn out a bit dark, a evil smile may i say :P

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/justpraticeuprickpieceofshitme.jpg

[Call0ps]

here i am again.. unfournuntly i really dont have time these days, now i gonna have even less! this mounth so many school tests, and have more pratice of kendo :) consequently less time to draw..

anyway here some stuff ... i did after a test while i wait for others to finish
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/ishouldpaymoreattentiontotheclass.jpg

and this character, i should pratice more from life :S
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/isucksomuchthatilosetomyownlaziness.jpg

[Supervlieg]

nice work man, Im really digging the pencils. Keep it rocking!

[Shinryu]

Cool stuff dude, nice pencils again.
Maybe watch your construction of the head, some of them look a little of.

Keep us updated on your stuff.

Cheers

[JERI]

I suggest lowering the size of your WIPs. Over half of them are over 200kb so browsing this thread becomes a bit difficult when you don't have the good hardwares.

If you're not already doing so, I reckon some hear proportion studies will complement the real-live sketches you're doing right now. Hope that's relevant to you.

[Call0ps]

Supervlieg thx a lot!! i means a lot came from you

Shinryu thx! i will try work on it :)

JERI thx U! i never realise it... i will expend some time resing, i'm sorry :S proportion studies, sounds good, thx again

[Virg]

hey great lines dude. promising sketchbook.
wish my line drawings were consistent like that


and yes that silent hill guy was just amazing ;)

[archipelago]

nice stuff going on here, especially the people drawn from life! Id like to see more stuff like that, try to draw them from the front if you can aswell, drawing people from life is one of the hardest things I know, but its great practice

keep it up!

[Pigeonkill]

You draw pretty women before going to bed, now that's motivation! My only suggestion is start to tighten up your line work a bit.

[Call0ps]

WhiteC thx u for the kind words, i dont deserv it :) but i will make it to deserv them :P

archipelago thx man! yeah its dificult indeed, i will from the front, maybe on the train or something, that was in a class i sit at back of the room :P i perfere do it without no one knowing :P

Pigeonkill thx, hehe i love womens must say :P and thx for the suggestion must


here i am again, these days are really a hell :P no time, so many tests and so few time to study, to draw i only can do it if i dont study or if i dont sleep :s haha well only more 2 weeks of it and i have a mini-vacations 1 week or so guess until then i cant update, even i do it its like 1~2 max at week ..
and i didnt have also time to do what JERI said and its so true .. but now on wont make same mistake .. i hope :P when i got the time i need i will fix it
so here are the updates ;)

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/crapypageimeanabotherone.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/crapypagealltheway.jpg

[Brendan N]

Pencils are developing a very nice moodiness to them - love it. It all comes down to mileage - the more you draw the better you draw - so keep grinding because I love where this thread is going. Getting stronger with each update.

Thanks for stopping by my book too!

- d.

[Achadobu]

I agree w Brendan, your faces are really improving. that last update was very nice. keep it up.

[Call0ps]

Brendan N thx for the suport :) i will draw and update as possible as i can , hoping to get better with it :D

Achadobu thx a lot! it means a lot from u :)


i guess i'm using this not only as a sketchbook but as some kind of "mini-diary", real lame i guess.. anyway.. now i twisted my foot, i dont pratice kendo like 1 week :s really suck, and this week i got 3 fuc$ing tests, but glady are the final 3 :D.. well this means less draw more studie i guess.. here some small update

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/pretyboyificoulddraw.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/lovecoupleBIGshitiam.jpg

[Virg]

ahh nice, your pencil are getting cooler with each post, first girl in the last post is HAWT. Watch the angle of the eyes tho, sometime I think the eyes of your character dont fit perfectly in the angle of the head.
more please ^^

[Machineabuse]

Great pencil work! I haven't touched a pencil in ages, I think I may have to do so. Moar boobie-imean-ART! :D

[Bojee]

Call0ps- I'm liking the head studies, they've got a nice feel to them. Diary, sketchbook, who cares, just keep posting. ;)

[Sirio_Brozzi]

Hey callops, really enjoyed going through your brief, albeit nicely improving SB. Youve got a nice quality with your rendering, could be cleaned up a bit, but will come over time and practice. Really liked this one mate
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/justpraticeuprickpieceofshitme.jpg
and keep the color practice going! At some point it will be nice to be able to paint these as well. :) Keep it up.

[Dan_Grr]

You're portraits are coming out very nicely, but do not overabuse them. There are a lot of people falling on what I use to call "portrait madness" just to realize they can't draw other stuff well. Diversity is the key.

[TheGnoll]

hey dude, latest updates are looking good.
Listen to what all these wise people have to say man...get an anatomy book from loomis, bridgeman or hogart or whatever and start studying seriously, if you want to improve really fast.Sit in front of it, read, copy the pictures.While you draw them, make sure you always visualize what you work on in 3d in your head.Then try and use what you've learned on something completely different.
Remember to keep the subject varied too, don't fall in a comfortable position or you won't be motivated to push harder.Always challenge yourself ;)

keep pushing man, keep pushing, and make this SB grow...quick.

ciao

[Call0ps]

WhiteC thx a lot, next time i will be more carefull about the angle of the eye :) pratice pratice pratice

Machineabuse thx for the kind words!

Sirio_Brozzi thx u! i will back to painting as sson as i can, unfortnatly cant use my table 1 pc for 3 persons :P must kick some ass's haha

Dan_Grr thx mate, i will diversity for sure :) obrigado

TheGnoll thx for the suport! i will try to have in consideration everything u guys told me.. thx for real!


its my post in page 2! i'm kinda of glad, my foot is good again, ive studie for tomorows test and i got some time to draw :) i now will try to have in consideration every single word for suport and crit while i draw, thx u everyone.
just a small dump while i watch Tv, lack of dedication ( note to myself: do not draw while watch tv, it distracts! :P )

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/humanhearttransplant.jpg

[adraude]

hey,

seems color is your weak spot, atm. do more color studies, also get rid of the white background when working in color, first. that's really important and helps a great deal to get better results with color! =)

[rodrigo!]

the latest is very interesting...what is it?? i think you should develop it more :P

[Don-key]

my man call0ps,

sorry im so damn slack and hardly reply to your book man :nohope:
i really like the way you're using that pencil, great confidence in some and rawness in most. can i suggest something? try drawing form your elbow, really loosen up and draw big arcs to get your forms, this adds alot of life to drawings i reckon, great for quick sketches.

sorry about the foot, bad to hear, but im glad you're still at it! im really looking forward to seeing where you take your drawing in the next few months ;)

also you draw women really well, chicks are haaaard to draw well.

keep it up friend :)

[Virg]

hello callops, whats up man, i like that last one, good details on the pipes. A bit hard to see whats going on ( maybe im a freak but i see a crow foetus in there ?! ) Maybe its your scanner but this piece could use some darker blacks, and some cast shadow coming from that pipe would help with the overall 3d feeling in my opinion... hope you dont mind if i crit your pencil which are far better than mine btw. And something maybe you dont know if you use photoshop, theres a nice thing called auto-level that i always use each time i scan something, it fixes most of the crappy work done by the scanner. ( ctrl-shift-L ) ;)
keep posting !

[Brendan N]

Yo dude, thanks for stopping by my book!

This (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/lovecoupleBIGshitiam.jpg) has incredible potential as an emotive drawing - you've captured an awesome moment, fleeting yet timeless if that makes any sense. What it need is a more emotive style. I usually use hair, leaves or snow to handle this, to get that sense of emotion going better. Would like to see this one get taken further.

Would also have to echo Donkey. Keep them coming mate, and don't forget to work on the more technical side of things - anatomy and such.

ciao dude!

- d.

[Tigermilk]

This thread is hot!
I like it a lot, I think some more life drawing wouldn't hurt though.
Keep it up, mate!!
/tiger

[sabe2003]

At this point, I dig your pencil sketches most! You have a good eye for directing the viewer to what's most important.

[Zord]

Good start, Call0ps. One thing I noticed was that you tend to avoid full body sketches, because I have the same problem. And TV is definitely the anti-draw. And do some more studies! :) Keep it up, cheers.

[Call0ps]

adraude u totaly right is the colour my weakest point :P thx for the tip, non-blank background.

rodrigo! lol its a human heart in a boxe connected to some machines by wires :P sorry i probably wont be doing it by i will make sure i will do more of this kind :D

Don-key thx for your kind words and suport :) thx a lot for the tip i'm tryng to do it, its more hard but its surtenly more floid. thx u a lot!

WhiteC thx WhiteC, about the darks i guess i should do it more with the pencils than in PS, i didnt knew about the Auto-level thx for it also

Brendan N thx its something i love to draw not for the people etc.. but for the emotive sensation, guess its to much monster and such this days, maybe some art to make u smile in many ways should be more pleasurble.

Tigermilk thx you. i will do it for sure.

sabe2003 thx u :) but i'm far far away from have a "good" eye :P but i will work for it hehe .. cheers

Zord Yeah .. these days i'm noticing that, i'm avoiding, lazyness dosent help also. thx for the critic its really helped me :D cheers


this is a non-art-posting, i want to say everyone thx for the support, but the reason i'm doing this post its because i wont be able to post for a mounth probably :S i will come everyday to the forum ofc. But next mounth i have a European Kendo championchip, and this year i will participate, part of the team. and i wanted to dedicate a bit more in kendo. after all i will represent my father and my country Portugal! we are small and weak but i as a team member i want only the best for my other fellows. I will post if possible some works, cant promisse .. i wil be around

[Shinryu]

Hey man last drawing looks nice, maybe a little bit undefined.

Good luck in the championship dude.

Cheers

[hurricane]

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/humanhearttransplant.jpg
looks great but it needs bigger masses of "dark" to create a rythm, now it's all just hectic and all over the place!

good luck with the kendo!
cheers!

[Farvus]

I like the variety in your sketches. The helmet digital painting looks cool :).
Keep it up and good luck in the championships.

[Stormcrow135]

hey their,

You have some nice pencil work going on, with alot of spirit put into them. Some soft and some harder than others. Keep posting, i look forward to seeing more from you:)

[rodrigo!]

good luck mate!

[Call0ps]

Shinryu thx :) yeah u right, need more contrast ( black )

hurricane thx u, huge fan of your art Hurricane :) hopely wont make the same mistake .. thx u again

Farvus thx matte, i will need all the luck possible :P

Stormcrow135 thx for your kind words.

rodrigo! thx, it means a lot from u sir ! must say, your work is inspiring, thx u for it :P


well, today i didnt go pratice, no running, no Suburis ( an basic kendo exercise for those who dont know the terme ), no nothing. anyway last week of school, no more fuc$ing tests.. but i stayed home reparing my shinais etc.. ( shinais means bambu sword ), and did some homework.. got time now at night to draw :D well here an 1h30m paiting before bed..
btw anyone interessted in kendo and is able, come over to portugal to assist the European kendo championships :P

i forgot to put some colour to the background :s argh.. Adraude sory, it wont happen again!
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/girlpaintedonPStobadisuck.jpg

[hurricane]

looks great!

some minor issues with the nose and her right side of the face.
The ear feels a tad too small too?

cheers!

[Brendan N]

Hey dude! Thanks so much for the constant support!

Last one does look great, think you should introduce more colours into the face. Keep it nice and desaturated, but add some blues and yellows and perhaps greens to the face aswell - very subtly! Jason Manley once said you can find all the colours in a good looking skin tone.

Looks great though, keep it up!
ciao!

- d.

[bhanu]

I agree with brendan and Manley about the the different being present in the skin tones. VEry much true. Btu ttis really hard to capture those colors because they are so subtle.
the pencil are wuite cool but the coloring need work. YOur a lot liek me, I am not that good with coloring either. Still keep working. PRactice makes perfect.

[Lee W]

very nice sketchbook :) some minor issues with facial construction but nothing that can't be corrected with a little bit of work and practice. And good luck with the European Kendo championship.

[Call0ps]

hurricane thx u, and yes theres issues and ain small ones, hoping to improve :P cheers

Brendan N thx U for the suport:) thx for the critic, and god bless Jason Manley, thats a damn good phrase. i wont forget it ( hopely )

bhanu thx for the critic, yeah im real bad with colour but like u said, pratice makes perfect, thx for the suport

OldNoobie thx matte for you kind words and suport:) and i will need all the luck for the championship :P


here i am! i'm on vacations now, i have no damn school for 2 weeks, guess now i have time to draw and pratice kendo :D i hope to able to do it... draw a lot, and pratice kendo a lot my dream of life must say. well here some sketchs i did today, thx for the critics and AlexC tip on photoshop i was able to make more contrast on my work.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/portraitsofgirlz.jpg

tea with the devil?
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/handstudieteawiththedevil.jpg

[Ryan DeMita]

nice book going here bro. in your pencil work remember to feel out the forms and try to suggest volume by wrapping your values around the forms. on the heart for instance you might be better off suggestion the folds and bulges with variations in value rather than line. keep at it!

-ryan

[TheGnoll]

nice work recently man, i like the tea with the devil hand study :D

post 77 chick is pretty hot too ;)

kendo sounds like a cool hobby.And you could use pics of you or your kendo friends to practice poses ;)

keep sharing!

ciao

[Bojee]

Your pencils are getting good, I love the tea cup one and the heart above, hope you have time to post some more. ;) Post some kendo pics too if you have them. :)

[Call0ps]

Ryan DeMita thx u for the critic, i tough about whats u said "suggest volume by wrapping your values around the forms" and after do it i saw my drawings are u are so right about it, i hope to learn from my mistakes and your and others help:) again.. thx u

TheGnoll thx u Gnoll, glad u liked the hand studie, i was a bit tired of girls and boys maybe something diferent .. about kendo pics, well i got this problem, i dont have any camera :s i will ask some friends if i can post their pics here ;)

Bojee thx for the suport and the kind words, i will post more at least for 1~2 week until the school starts again :s

today i didnt get time to draw, always something to do argh ... thats life i guess.. altough i did a fast suck doodle..

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/vagabumdofdxdesenhommmal.jpg

[Sirio_Brozzi]

Argh missed a few updates callops, but anyways..
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/humanhearttransplant.jpg <--cool dude, cool. Really different, Nice rendering. Digis are showing good progress, but you need to do some head studies possibly, noticing little anatomy quibbles here and there on that digi with the female. And how long did that speedy take ya? Its not half bad for a start. Keep it up! ciao.

[Bojee]

Good start on this last one. :)

[Achadobu]

hey Callops things are coming along nicely here. love #77 and the first pic in #82. minor crit- the girl at the bottom looking down - her face and cranium appear to be at different angles/ sizes. I think that this can happen when you do not consider the mass of the head as a single unit. anyway keep it up!

[Chromosome]

Great studies and nice use of values. Looking forward to seeing more.

[Call0ps]

Sirio_Brozzi thx u, yeah i'm starting to do some studies :D that one i dont remember, probably half-hour maybe a bit more or less.

Bojee thx matte, start and "finish" :P most likely wont touch him again lol.

Achadobu thanks, oh thx i didnt notice, and it sure did happen for not consider the mass of the head as single :S i remember do that particular one by pieces. again, thx u.

Chromosome thx u Chromosome, its a plesure to have in my sb, i realy love your work :) inspiring ...

thx u all for the criti and helpfull tips! today i decide to do some studie, well i went to the Andrew Loormis book hoping to learn, and i actualy did! think always in 3d, must remember this one in every drawing.. anyway here an eye study i did from his book

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/andrewLormiseyestudy.jpg

and a portrait, trying to use what i learned ( need more pratice and lessons :P )
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/whyistillsuckprobablyiwillforever1.jpg

[Alexandr Pascenko]

hi callops,
your rendering is coming out very nice , always a bit better every update . it seems you want to study faces first. then i hope you don´t mind if i give u a hardcore practice suggestion :D
reverse a portrait , make the human stand on it´s head style, depends on how much of this you can do , you will make major improvements;)

keep it up!

[voraz]

Hi, great updates, your pencil rendering is very nice. I agree you need to work a little more on colour, give it a little more intensity.
Good luck with the championship.
abraço

[~Faust~]

Yes, you definately have the mojo. Your faces are concentrating too much on the main features, tho. Try to cover the structure and the interaction of skin and folds more, I'd say. You rock, tho :)

[Lee W]

nice eye studies :) and great work on the tea with the devil sketch.

[pennington]

wow wow wow so much improvement :D

this is great (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/humanhearttransplant.jpg)!!! and the eye studies are amazing. they really help your portraits.

[Newbs]

wow, in the first 2 pgs of your SB I can see a lot of improvements. Keep attacking your weakness and focusing on the strengths. Your faces and figures have improved a lot. keep posting!!

[Brendan N]

Hey dude! Thanks for stopping by my sketchbook, and thank you for the stars - I really appreciate such a kind gesture!

This (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/portraitsofgirlz.jpg) is going somewhere really cool. The variety in scale makes it more very intersting, and the repition of shapes gives it a consistency and binds it. I think you should keep playing around with these concepts and ideas, develop them!

Have a buncha stars for your hard work man!
ciao!

- d.

[koshime]

Your head shots have defiantely improved.
ONe artist Ifind useful is Villipu. e demosntrates on can draw anythign from circles and squares

[Call0ps]

GOBLINSHARK thx u for the suggestion... i realy think thats a good damn exercise! :D thx u matte

voraz thx man, yeah i need pratice a LOT on coloring/painting. thx i will need all the luck i can get :P abraço pra ti tb e + 1 x obrigado

~Faust~ thx for the helpfull critic, nah i dont rock u do :P cheers

OldNoobie thx u matte, u r to kind :P

pennington thx u! its always good to hear, how much i improved. hoping to improve more :D

Newbs thx u, "Keep attacking your weakness and focusing on the strengths" strong words matte. *cheers*

Brendan N nah, dont thank me u desirv the stars, most of the people see only what in fron of their eyes, i saw how much u improved, unfornatly theres no 6 stars for your hard work and huge improvement :D

koshime thx U! its a honour have u here ;_; thx for the tip :)


wow, this was unepected, my book got 5 stars!!! i mean, i dont deserv it and i know it, theres so much more talented and har worker artist having 5* i'm not on the same level, not in even in the same world :P they are to far hahaha... but i hope to get there some day ;)
i came to post some kendo pics, i dont draw since the last post :s anyway here some...

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/Ito057.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/kendo03.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/Ito048.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/270408688_333af876f3.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/270405510_5c885b7f8b.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/kendo21.jpg

[koshime]

men...men ...men....men (chant we used to use for kendo)

[dtran]

You have a very nice Sb going on here.
I love this! http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/handstudieteawiththedevil.jpg

-d

[Alex Alexandrov]

hey Call0ps you got some really nice pencil sketches i really like them keep drawing :)

[DanielC]

Nice stuff man !!
was about time i'd leave a comment in here =)
The kendo pics are cool. These could be some nice refs.
hehe thanks, keep drawing !

[Lee W]

some kewl pics :) ... saving them for future refs

[Bojee]

The eye studies are working for you, more work along this line might be helpful. I dig the kendo pics too, they move wicked fast don't they?? Keep the post coming. ;)

[Kronos]

hey thanks for the post in my SB... ahh hehe it was a while ago now, sorry for taking so long to return the favor.

i gotta copy Brendan this (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/portraitsofgirlz.jpg) ones very nice, great composition.

kendo pic look badass :P anyway, just a token comment for now, i'll give you a critique soon! if you want it that is :)

[TheGnoll]

hey man cool pics, those are some niceposes you could study ;)

post 86 old man looks good, and so do the latest studies.Do more man, keep pushing ;)

ciao

[catface]

Hey man thanks for stopping by my book. You've got some cool stuff in here, nice studies and good pencils. Those Kendo pics look pretty cool, i did that a little while at my tae kwon do school, but then i quit :/ I still to TKD tho. Anyway you should draw some of those pics.

Keep working.

[minjarr]

do you mean texture on the 3D model of the gun or the metal on the people and such? that are strictly paintings?

[Call0ps]

koshime :D kendo rocks, changed everything on me for better! guess i took to many mens :P

dtran thx dan, i means a lot came from u! cheers

whiteeeeeee thx u! i will keep it sir!

DanielC thx glad u liked the pics. i love your pencilz!!! fan of yours :P

OldNoobie :D thx, i hope see some skethcs of it soon, using this as ref :P

Bojee yeah the study did helped me, i should do more of those. yeah they sure are fast, to damn fast to be honest, dont make my life easy haha. cheers

Kronos nop, its my plasure visit your sb! thx i did that one witouh thinking as usual lol .. but came out nice, guess is a luck composition :P thx for the suport

TheGnoll thx u matte! i will post more as soon as i work more ( lol .. i guess i should start to draw more :P damn it ) cheers

KanoaRogers thx for the kind words, to bad u quit praticing kendo :S i did TKD when i was litle for half year, lost my tooth with a kick lol, i had like luck me was young, another tooth came along haha good times :P cheers

minjarr hi! sorry matte i didnt understend the question :\


wow, thx u everyone for the suport, i'm just really surpreside so many talented persons commented on my book, it means a lot for me, i feel like i take one more step, on this world :) i knew my 5starts wouldnt last, but im really glad it didnt! now i am more motivated to be better :D
anyway a speedie i did after saw an video of m@. god his is damn good :P

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/fatswat.jpg

[Brendan N]

Nice dude nice! Brush work is definitely coming along and this one shows it.
I think you need to be more adventurous with your colour work, start using different colours for light and shadow - complementaries and such.
Have a look at the way zhuzhu and Idiot Apathy use colours and learn from it!

keep up the good stuff mate, thanks for the support!
ciao!

- d.

[minjarr]

whoops, sorry bout the mix up, your stuff is very nice, especially the studies.

:rendered:

[Quicksilver]

Heys, cheers for commenting in my SB! Glad you liked it :)

Your face and character pieces are very nice, and have idefo improved from the first post. Nice to see some studies (i.e. the eye) happening too.

I really like these in particular:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/justpraticeuprickpieceofshitme.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/fatswat.jpg
Some hot shit there, mate!

Keep it up and cheers once again :)

~~Quicksilver

[deadred]

you have a most cool sketchbook! i like the expression in this one in particular:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/justpraticeuprickpieceofshitme.jpg
i hope you do more colored ones too :wink:
the latest (SWAT guy) needs more defined lightsource/shading, but you're improving much, keep it up :)
*subscribes*

[Ashrumm]

You are definitely improving, Your last digi is looking really good!! I really like what i'm seeing. Those Kendo pics are pretty interesting as well. Keep working!!

[Dile_]

haha nice sketchbook Call0ps! I wan't to put you in my signature ^^ cause this book is awesome, and shows a nice improvement! ^^

As for your last one, really cool, and I could tell you had just seen m@'s vid .. several things , but anyways a small critique is the brush strokes wich in some angels doesn't look so comfident as the rest of it.. it looks kinda sketchy like if you didn't knew what you where doing until you had already put down a few strokes. haha its hard to explain what i mean, but its pretty visible on the and around the eyes on your last one!

oh well, as i said, this is a great sketchbook, and if you don't have anything against it, I will put you in my sig next time i come by ^^

*bookmarked anyways*

~Dile

[B-Man]

Nice stuff! I like the eye studies but in most of your faces there are some errors. I like the soldier in gasmask piece, its good but the eyes could use some work. Its turning out great! :)
Cheers!

[Lee W]

nice soldier piece :) like how you gave it an illusion of glass over the eye openings of the gas mask.

[archipelago]

awesome! good use of brushes

those kendo photos are nice by the way

[Call0ps]

Brendan N thx brendan, and yeah must learn from the masters :D zhuzhu damn love his work, Idiot Apathy another colour master.. i will do it thx u

minjarr haha no worrys matte, thx for your kind words

Quicksilver thx, improvement ? nah!! dont think so i'm total disaster belive me, but im glad u like those :) thx again for the suport

deadred Thx U!! i'm fan of your work, was love at first sight! yeah, colours and lines are my top priority now :) yeah more light source, thx for the critic.

ashrumm thx matte, i will keep as long as i can :D

Dile_ thx, i didnt undersentd much about what u said :x theres the reason of my english sucks and all sorry. and thx u very much buti dont deserv be bookmarked .. yet:P

B-Man thx B-Man, yes theres erros and aint of "most of them" is in All of them, i didnt fully understend how it works.. must study anatomy for sure.

OldNoobie thx u, glad u liked :D

archipelago thx u, more nice than the photos is kendo it self :P u should try hhahaha ..


another day in my life, ive bemm drawing but not posting, most of them are copys of my favorite artists in order to understend how they do it and how get there.. guess i wont learn by drawing 1~2 works of them .. :P anyway i did a speed painting ( again .. ) this time i worried more about the colours... if u see this from far away( i mean really far lol ), i might look a less crapy :P

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/messingupwithcolourwitohoutlines.jpg

[Lee W]

Actually, its not too bad :) just need to fix the back .. right now it just looks like she got a hump back.

[Bojee]

I agree, just shave off a bit and start it right where the shoulder ends. :)

[purb36]

hey c, thx for stopping by my book. your stuff is really nice, and your color work is getting stronger. just a question, do you like anime? i ask cause when you draw faces, they tend to be flat and out of proportion. i used to struggle with this a lot, but i studied the planes of the face and ive gotten better. if you have the means, i would recommend picking up a bridgman book (either the big comprehensive book or constructive anatomy or the human machine) or somebody who goes over planes and forms of the face. studying that will make your faces look more accurate and more 3d-like. keep up the good work man, g'luck. :cheerleader:

[Anurizm]

great sb, i like what you have going on here :)

[Dile_]

last one is nice! hehe, i think you should try to look up face - references,
where does the hair starts ? also try to get some more form on her face ^^
pretty flat i think -
also do what the others said :) fix that back!

keep it up!

~Dile

[Nistarn]

fogo excelente, ganda avanço : D és a minha inspiração : ))))))

[Envisor]

Great SB. only crit is you dont seem to take but a few minutes to sketch something out, I would like to see some longer studies. Your doing great, keep up the good work.

[Call0ps]

OldNoobie thx, haha yeah u right the back is real bad :P thx matte

Bojee thx man, now i really can see those problems, when i'm drawing i get to focus into some points that i cant see so many issues :x

purb36 Arigatou, ia aru jikiwa kekkou anime miteitakedo, sukidewa naina~ thx for the suggestion, i got psd's of bridgman books, i only saw few pages and its real nice, doumo arigatou, okagessamade hontouni tassukarimashita :D

Anurizm thx, glad u liked

Nistarn desaparecida ;_; avança ainda é nenhum lol, haha inspiraçao nunca me tinham dito isso=) obrigado **

Envisor thx u, yeah u r so right, i guess i just lose the interest on the same drawing, after staring ir for 30~60 minutes i want to do another, defenitly need to do longer studies :) cheers

well another non-art post, i bought this new computer, only a tiny bit better then the previous one with the windows vista, and god i cant do nothing, table wont work correctly painter the same thing, open canvas the same, + my scanner is broken now, probably i wont post for some time while i wait some updates to the windows f7ckin% vista argh, anyway European Kendo Championships is already this month, 27-29, 3 days here in Portugal so if u able to come, pass by. thx everyone for the constant suport

[naomiful]

Hey it's about time I take a peek at your sb... :3 Hey, while the direction is generally good so far, with your shading I suggest using flat difinitive shapes on the planes of faces for example (or anything) to keep them from looking flat. Like this http://www.heroesonline.com/Photos/hc03/images/pratt-darker.jpg by George Pratt, her face is readable even small with flat shapes on her face ~

Keep it up !

[Badaboom]

Ah, so you practise kendo? I had some lessons long ago during the Aikido training, it´s soooooo interesting. Nice SB, your evolution is quite general, which is really good, but I agree with Naomiful. Why don´t you try to make 3-tones exercise using paper with a middle tone on it? limit yourself to 3 tones, using highlights and shades to create volume, and it will help you to think in a tridimensional way.

[Bojee]

Missing your posts bro, hope the computer issues resolve themselves soon. :)

[Sirio_Brozzi]

hey callops, missed a few updates, but some neat stuff..I really like how the speedy of the gasmask dude turned out(umbrella logo was a lol touch!) The last one has some nice colors, take it to the next stage(after addressing the issues already mentioned). And yeah, sucks to hear about the vista thing, there should be a way to replace it with XP. :O hope to see you back and posting soon. Ciao.

[John T]

Looking through here, there is definitely improvement. I think you would be well served to really focus hard on facial structure, and really study and figure out for yourself what makes things look dimensional. Think about the simplest way to make something, such as a face, look volumetric. I think that may help you understand more fully.

[Bard]

Great animal studies!
I remember going to the zoo, and just was frustrated they don't sit still...

For the portrait studies...I can give you some advice, but I think it's better if you learned it from where I read it:
http://www.artacademy.com/

Sorry, I've been giving away this link because there's a free newsletter that's kinda nice. Try it! Learned a lot from it...

[Sanest]

Hey cool SB, lovin your digital stuff and pencil work's lookin great!

[SantaClaus]

hi

real great stuff since my last visit. brushwork and colors have shown a considerable improvement. I like post #111 the most I think. keep on growing with your confidence.

[Brendan N]

Looking good dude, second what naomi said. Study the planes of the face and especially when painting female faces, you want to involve as little texture as possible - keep it simple.

Thanks for the constant support man, really appreciate it!
cheers!

[Call0ps]

naomiful oh thx u for the help :) must try it out for sure. thx for the support

Badaboom thx man, yeah i practice kendo, damn i love it :P thx for the critic, u will do that exercise of paint using only 3 tones, and im sure it will help me think in 3d way

Bojee thx matte, yeah they are solved now, not 100% anyway .. dont instal vista for now :P cheers

Sirio_Brozzi haha thx, glad u liked the logo, anyway great game :P yes i must take to the next level, so many help and support and only i dont change :( thx for the support matte

John T thx John, i already bought some anatomy for the artist books and such, i only seen some pages for now, but it really gave me the ideia of to make look more volumetric. :) thx for the support

Bard lol yeah they never still at the zoo, try to draw the ones who sleeping :P it worked for me. thx for the link, i will read it as soon as i can.

Sanest thx for the kind words.

SantaClaus thx u the for support. cheers

Brendan N thx u brendan, u really inspired me, specially about how much u've improved. cheers


the European kendo championships is already this week, now i have practice every day, and it didn't gave me time to draw, a bit here and there small and light speed sketches :P so for a litle more i wont update :( but i will be here be inspired and all, thx u all for the help and support. sorry for the lack of updates :'(
a sketch i did while i waited the bus :)

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/sketchwhileiwaitedonbusstationandit.jpg

[TheGnoll]

hey man good luck for the kendo championship!

..and when you're done with that...get back to drawing! :D :P

keep sharing
ciao!

[mentler]

Good book going <> need to see more <> draw everyday, it is the only way....

[Brendan N]

Good luck on the championships mate.

Drawings are lookin better already, now get to those face studies! Some things still look off, like the eyes slanting inwards and the width of the nose (averagely the nose is as wide as the eye). Also the mouth on this last one is too big I think.

Keep drawing dude - like the bone doc says every day is the only way.
cheers!

[Virg]

great update man, love the edgy spiky strokes lines, really dynamic even on a portrait. Definetly a part of your style
but i really need to see more from you, come on come on draw draw :)

[koppa]

hiya dude, pretty cool youve made a lot of progess since you started :)
i could suggest trying to do some more study trying to get your forms look solid try heavier pencils 6bs etc to accent and contrast your drawings it will help your painting skills too :)

[Lee W]

good luck for the kendo championship :)

and draw whenever you got idle time!!! :)

[Saera]

\w/ Hi!

Lovely sketchbook here - oh I love that old guy in the hood. Give more colour and keep drawing. :^^:

[Sonaj]

Nice work Call0ps
like the pencils, rendering and good improvement
sometimes you are lacking dimension as others have mentioned and i think you would benefit from a longer and more planned study. Think of the form of your subject and how it influences light and shadow. Use your lines to support your idea of the form
And you have to post more art :!:
Keep it up dude and thanks for your comments and support, i appreciate it

[archipelago]

I like these last two sketches, great jewelery/ornamentry on the last one!
cheers!

[Nistarn]

fuuuu great improvement : ) i see you checking on me ehhehe nice, i m trying my table now more than ever, got to pratice still havent done nothing in painter yet

I want to see more, i learn from you :bashful:

[Call0ps]

TheGnoll thx a lot for the support, i'm back from the it but damn i still got school, kendo practice and not much time to draw. :(

mentler thx u!!! u are a huuge inspiration sir, yes i would like to share more and u absolutely right, no short cuts just need to draw every day :) again thx u

Brendan N thx for the critic, yes i need to listen mr. Mentler and so many others who commented in my book. cheers

WhiteC thx u!! i realy want to share more stuff if i had :x anyway thx for the support.

koppa Mr. Koppa, thx u for the advice :)

OldNoobie thxs, will do.

Saera hello, its was nice on the sketcher, i hope we can meet there more times ;) about the colors i will, thx u for the support

Sonaj thx for the advice & support. i love your work always learning from it, still a lot more to learn :D cheers

archipelago thxs, since my drawings are so simple, i had to try give them some items... :)

Nistarn u learn from me ? lol that is the worse thing u can do to yourself :x haha.. ****

well the tournament it over for about 3 weeks, i lose so fast, i blinked and i lost lol really fast, my first international tournament and it was GREAT!! see all those kendokas from everywhere, the bests of their country and an opportunity to practice with them was a honor for me and a great lesson. now i must practice more and harder to lose a bit less faster :P
unfortunately i almost didnt grab a pencil these days, lot of school works to do, good news is the school is almost over 3~4 more weeks. for now i will stop praticing kendo and draw. Studie a bit, cuz i'm really dumb, its the final tests so... dedicate a bit to it. another thing is the computer have given me problems, its because of vista but anyway, now its seems to work fine ( it took some weeks to ) no drives for vista back then.
i just want to thx everyone for all the suport/critic/advice. THX U!!! i'm really sorry for not to listen as much i liked to your advices, thats also due to the lack of practice i suppose. i know, or at least i should know theres no shortcuts to become a better artist, just need to pratice and pratice and pratice every single day. as soon as the school over i intend to do so, or as soon the last test over :D
heres some crappy sketches, sorry everyone for the lack of work in this sh$ty book :-s

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/keepitsimpleidosuck.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/attempofadrawcouldbeadrawifiknewhow.jpg

after saw the trailer of starcraft2
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/godihatethissketchagain.jpg

[dannE-B]

hey, some good sketches there....i like the first one of the lady...keep hacking away..!

[Call0ps]

well this is an attempt of doing step-by-step, a really newbie one, but i didnt finish got bored... not to mention all the issues and problems there is, at end i guess was a good exercise to shading and volume.

i like to call her, the broken neck girl :P
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/damnimsofuckinglazy.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/damnimsofuckinglazy2.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/damnimsofuckinglazy3.jpg

[Call0ps]

one more sketch ..

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/nomatterwhatiuseidosuck.jpg

[Call0ps]

today sketch.. maybe i post in later night but i doubt.. anyway, this sketch was the first attempt with not pressed charcoal ( in his most natural condition ). remember not to scan more works done with this stuff, it dirts the scan :P

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/wtfimdoinginartanyway.jpg

[Brendan N]

Cool stuff man, your pencils are advancing. Do some more detailed studies on the planes of the face - they often don't quite read believably or three-dimensionally. But overall good stuff, just keep drawing every day. Mileage is what it is all about!
Keep going, and thanks for visiting my thread!
cheers!

[Lee W]

hey nice tiger sketch :) vine charcoal is fun to fool around with huh? great for throwing ideas onto a piece of paper since it can be wiped off if it isn't right.

[Call0ps]

Brendan N thx, visiting your book its always a pleasure :D btw congratz for the 5stars i'm think this time u will maintain, u really improved hehe

OldNoobie hehe vine charcoal its fun alright, but my hands and my scanner got all dirty:P

well tomorow i have this exam to see i enter or not in to the art college! i really feel the pressure only 44 persons can enter. and i tried to draw all day nothing came along, i draw many thing all came out the same sh%t ><; and when i tough about sh"t lol i tough about my selfphone and how crapy it is and draw it, i just want to post just to remind me this day.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/crappysp.jpg

[TheGnoll]

hey man looks like i've missed some posts in here!

nice work recently, very good exercises i think ;)

keep sharing, i'll be back :)

ciao

[taxman]

Cool sketchbook, I really hope you've made it into art college. If not, keep in mind that this will not prevent you from getting better, you're already doing a fine job on your own... Keep posting, I look forward to see more... :)

[Call0ps]

TheGnoll thx matte :d

taxman wow thx for your kind words =)

well the exam went so so so soooo.... bad! lol .. nothing to laugh about, but damn it went really bad, only gonna know the result 3 weeks after, until then i gonna just pray to every single god of every religion ><
few days after i did the exam i went to the dentist and i took a teeth, it was growing new ones, i dont know how it say in english this kind of teeths, seems it start to grow when we teenagers anyway, i took it, and god it hurts like hell, i'm taking painkillers and other medicaments that i only heard at "House M.D" better now then after i think ..

today i thought.. i gonna participate on this week Chow, and started skething, meanwhile i went to the forum i saw today was the deadline lol... here the sketch ;)

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/chow77godihatemyself4this.jpg

[Lee W]

if you are referring to the teeth that is way back behind all the other teeth, they are called wisdom teeth here in the United States. And yes, they hurt like hell when they need to extracted, especially if the gum has to be cut open to get to it. Anyhow, rinse your mouth with lukewarm salt water every couple of hours to help it heal and reduce swelling

nice sketch, surprised you can concentrate with the pain.

oh, good luck on getting accepted into the school :)

[archipelago]

aww, too bad that you missed the deadline, that sketch looks great! you should definitely finish it anyway!

[Nistarn]

This sketch is great i hope you finish : ) i ve heard about the teeth, ehehe
I dindt enter the university yet, i fail the exam last month, i still have an extra oportunity in september, but i guess theres no more
well, your drawing is getting great, unocupied post.,.. something like that. We were suppose to be colleagues T_T this year... i m still applying but is like 30 dogs to just one bone, like we say

hey, did you heard about a university in Guimarães with BD and Ilustration degree only? know anything about it?

I really apreciated your comment on allana, i lost patience with the environment, but is a next step.

how do you come up with poses that dont look like poses ( stiff)

the head is a litle big for the body

[Call0ps]

OldNoobie thx for the advice, the pain sucks but its only about for 3 days, the worst is that i will extract all the 4, the sooner the better. thx, i will need it.

archipelago yeah i guess lol, the stupid think was i sketched that on the day of the deadline, next time must see whens the deadline before i start to sketch. My painting/rendering skills sucks, i will pratice on the sketch to see if i can work out more :) thx matte

Nistarn thx nistarn, cant wait to be colleagues :D and dont worry about the dogs, just keep focus and no one will stop you. i wish u the best of luck for the exam.
unfortunately i didn't head nothing about that university. its always a pleasure to comment your work, specially when u are improving so fast and i'm learning a lot from you! thx for the critic, i really miss you in the kendo ;_;


im officially in VACATIONS! to my surprise i ended the school with really nice grades and the exam result was like awesome 19 in 20 ( 95% ). all i want to do now its enjoy the vacations, with no stress and pressure. i feel soo free right now, i must thx again to all CA members for sharing their work and inspire and teach me soooo much!

some random sketchs ...

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/justtomanypeoplewaringglassestrain.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/ineverlearndoi.jpg

senseless stuff
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/mydrawingsuckingasever.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/frommyfuckedupimagination.jpg

and sp using the reflection of the train while i was wainting
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/fullbodyspfromtrainswindow.jpg

some ballpen
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/messingaroundwithballpen.jpg

[razz]

Hey, man! Nice stuff in here. You are planning to finish that druid girl, right? Great. You really should. Maybe even expand the canvas down to show her full body. Will be a good practise, for sure. I should try and participate in those challenges myself, but maybe only when I'll have more free time, that is next month, blah...Wouldn't want to find time only on the day of deadline, haha.
You've worked nicely on the lines of that druid girl, which I don't see in your traditional sketches. The digital one seems more free.

[Nistarn]

yeah i guess you miss beat the shit out of me ahahahah : )

[Saera]

A lot of the time you seem to be compressing the faces when you draw, making the faces very thin compared to the size of their heads. Maybe take some more care with support lines before you start drawing more?

I hope to see an update on your ice druid soon - it's a great start!

Love the texture you got on the last ballpoint tree.

[Call0ps]

razz thx, i thing i going to redo all the character, full body ofc :) unfornutly i cant draw every time i want in the computer, 1 computer for 3 persons :S anyway thx for the suport ^^

Nistarn haha lol nop i didnt :P

Saera THX for the critic =) really appreciat it, yeah i really should, i should is do some studies about it also ^^; thx, i was afraid to use the ballpoint cuz i cant erase and redo, but it came nice i guess ... again thx for your critic and support!

well i started my driving lessons :D gotta say really really boring... lucky me i brought my sketchbook with me ^^
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/drawalwayspeoplewhodontstaratu.jpg
her left arm looks wierd :S

[Lee W]

sketching with a ballpoint pen is a challenge since once a mark is put down, it stays down :D But at least with light pressure, a light line can be put down as a guide. But to me, using a ball point pen is an excuse for not being neat :D

[Call0ps]

OldNoobie thx matte, gotta say ballpoint rullez ^^ at least for me i tend to with it do more clean lines.

well i took another wisdom teeth !!! stil 2 left :s anyway better take it out now than after i guess... anyway i started o do some anatomy stuff lets see how long i can keep it

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/Anatomystud2.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/Anatomystud1.jpg

[Call0ps]

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/wipskull.jpg

some gesture
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/anatomyfigures.jpg

and another sketch from the boring driving classes
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/drivingclassesbored.jpg

[Call0ps]

another gesture, im loving doing those ...
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/gesture2.jpg

[Lee W]

nice work on the gestures and the back of the people's heads :) you should try doing gestures from http://www.posemaniacs.com/pose/thirtysecond.html, you can set it for 10, 15, 30, 45, 60 or 90 seconds.

[bumskee]

posemaniac is great!.. I think you are drawing the head slightly too big.. and don't forget to carry the weight on the hips.. the hips are never together usually.. and also the shoulders too. As for line quality, try drawing without lifting your pen so much.. hopeully it will free you up a bit! keep it going dude. :)

[Call0ps]

OldNoobie thx yeah i know the site, its so great! but i still didint try use it, and 90 sec seems nice to do. thx for the support

bumskee wow its a honor have u here, thx sooo much for the critic, i just done 1 small page of gesture, still didnt got how hips and shoulders really work. thx u so much for the support.

another gesture..
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/gesture3.jpg
stil have some issues but i will pratice to overcome them ^^; ( i hope .. )

[SantaClaus]

hi Call0ps

good stuff since my last visit. looks like your faces are improving. and I think drawing the skull is going to help you. The biggest thing is to have the face broken down into basic shapes. and then having the features in the correct places... These last gesture drawings are great. I think they would seem less stiff if you gave more of an arch in the back and exagerated the twists a bit. Keep on going these are great!

[Call0ps]

SantaClaus thx for the support matte, hmm gotta try it next time to exaggerate a bit.

now some hands ^^
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/handstudy.jpg

[Call0ps]

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/uglygirl.jpg

[Lee W]

nice pose on the sketch :) only thing I noticed that is slightly off is her left eye (our right) which could be a bit bigger and closer to the other eye.

nice hand studies too ...

[Hai]

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/chow77godihatemyself4this.jpg
Mmmm, kickass. Forehead a little big though.

Great job on the hands, too.

[Call0ps]

OldNoobie thx for your constant support ;_; yeah hards are quite fun to do, im limited to my own hand which is an great recourse!

Hai!^^ thx u matte.

well i suck at painting so i practiced a bit before bed
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/isucksomuchatpaiting.jpg

[Call0ps]

well thxs to min, i started to appreciate clouds, everyone who ever saw his work i think understands why :P and i tough... i like clouds and i need to pratice painting ...
well...voila

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/gootalovethesky.jpg

[Anurizm]

your figure and hand gestures look great callops, I am really enjoying the clouds also.

[Dile_]

thanks man!

Love the clouds in your last painting. A lot of progression in here! You getting good real quick ; ) keep , whatever your doing, up, cause it seems to work haha!

[m0uS3r]

interesting how ya made the clouds verry nice and original

keep on posting ,,,

[Lee W]

nice clouds :) .. the top cluster of clouds has the shape of a balllerina

[Nistarn]

Really Nice poses, awsome hands, great shadow color ( on her forhead) on this last lady and those clouds rock : ) ahhh returned from holidays, i miss my wacom ahahah

: )

[DanielC]

very nice clouds !

[Call0ps]

Anurizm thx a lot, glad u enjoy it :)

Dile_ haha well i have to say i dont do much, but i see a LOT, i spent every day at least 2 hours looking at book like yours :P altough should practice more ^^ cheers

m0uS3r thank you! well i will try it =3

OldNoobie thx for the suport, lol really ? an ballerina? i see nothing >< guess is my lack of imagination =x

Nistarn obrigado!!! ;_; hope u enjoyed your holidays, btw congratz for your stars :D

DanielC THX U DanielC, gotta say u are one of my inspirations :D means a lot for me ^^ thxs


http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/gesture4.jpg

my first character, gotta work the lack of design and a lot more of anatomy/portraits ^^;
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/char1.jpg

[armando]

On August 1st you posted a page of hand studies, on August 5th you posted a character with their hands behind their back... Extend one of her arms , and try on all of those hands and observe the effect it has on her character. Hand Row 2 in the middle would make her look like a Trekky, so I as the viewer would assume various things about her personality, the piece hand in the first row would make her look japanese possibly... would be interesting to see the different combos. Hell, I'm going to try myself in a little while, you got me curious.

EDIT: the new character doesn't have hands either! Just another opportunity.

[Mr.Delicious]

ouuu very nice work! The top two are great, I'd love to see some more paintings from you!

[bumskee]

the chick from the 6th is really nice! :D

[armando]

So true to my word I gave it a shot, here are about half of them. This kind of stuff is new to me too, was surprised by the amount of difference in expression just by changing the hand,it was a worthwhile little exercise, I do suggest you try it yourself.
The moral of the story is always incorporate your studies into new drawings, find new ways of expression with each one.
192762

[Lee W]

nice gestures on the last update :)

and yep, the top cluster of clouds reminds me of a ballerina :D I'll show you

[Nistarn]

:) i love you line flow on this figure sketches your evolution is great keep updating...

[Call0ps]

armando thx SOOO MUCH!!! and i turned out great, thx so much for the advice. ;_;

OldNoobie thxs a lot matte :) haha a ballerina undeed, i never saw it until u show me, i never had a clue when i was drawing it ^^; cheers matte

Nistarn thx a lot friend :D my evolution is also due to yours. u2 keep updating, im enjoying a lot your progress.

well some creatures.. i saw some drawing of monster and got inspired, those articulated, human-creatures likes ^^

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/creaturesbla2.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/creaturesblablabla.jpg

[razz]

Hi there Call0ps!

Imaginational stuff, awesome seeing that. I'm doing more of that myself and it is starting to become a great fun. I must say the hand drawings look very good, a few lines and everything's there. Are the gestures refed? Those posted before the hands studies. Define the ribcage better, the back looks too straight. Oh hell, just read that someone has pointed this out for you. But that just proves I'm right, haha.
Beware of those ballerinas in the clouds! Though it looks good I must say, as if you painted her there on purpose. But watch out for that stuff when you don't wish it to be there.

[James Wolf]

Hey Call0ps, nice sketches! I liked the hands you did, they were really well done

[Virg]

nice updates man, i like the silhouette, and yes those clouds are nice ;)
keep at it

[Diphallia]

"I have a dream"
"No, it's a pencil. moron"
Sorry about that.

Observing is also good training! :)
Great sketchbook!

[Don-key]

hey callops dude sorry ii take so long to reply! you are going great man, i can see you learning and growing rapidly, your pencil technique is really well developed. id like to see you take some sketches further or maybe develop some in painter?
i think you know what to do to progress so all i can do is offer my support.
keep pushing dude you're gonna go far :D

[Call0ps]

razz hi matte, thx a lot for the support, yeah they are refered, i start like doing refered stuff then i go from head. and yes i was precisely thinking about that, i guess was luck on the ballerina, next time i need to watch out myself ^^;

James_Wolf thx so MUCH! i love your art, specially the rendering, just soo beautiful and inspiring ^^ your words gave me strength to draw just right now :P

WhiteC how u doing matte? thx for your kind words ^^

Diphallia lol! i think i could use that as well :D thx for the support

Don-key thx matte! hmmm.. guess is my next step, to develop more my drawings, give them color etc..., unfornnutly i dont know hot to progress ^^; i just keep drawing, thx a lot for your kind words, now im on fire to draw!!!!

well im not drawing as much i would liked to these few days, excuses are lamme i know, theres always time, oh well that ainda completly true unless i dont sleep of course ... hmmm.. gotta think about that! anyway i start to feel bad about it and i just drew simple and fast stuff just to keep this threat alive .. oh btw good news in my pity life :P i entered on college, yeaahhh! now i can draw in classes since its art college, one step for my dream as artist , anyway..

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/witchdoctor.jpg

need to work more in values and such ...
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/wipsdfgbsdfg.jpg

[razz]

Hi Callops!

The contrast really is low in the speedpaint. When working with values only it helped me to have a gradient from white to black, so that I could pick the value I need and use the whole scale, not just the middle greys. I guess that's a problem most of us have to deal with. It does make the painting look flat, so look out for that.
In the drawing proportions are a bit messy and his back looks too straight. The head looks nice by itself though.

[Call0ps]

hey razz, thx a lot with the advice, yeah the proportions are stil a problem to me, as well as everything else xD, always good to hear your critics, straight and honest, love it :D

another value exercise thinking about what razz said, altogh the proportions still arent as good ... gotta draw more :)

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/hotchickihopecopy.jpg

[TheGnoll]

damn man, you're improving at an impressive rate!

excellent work, keep rockin!

ciao

[bumskee]

Yo Call0ps, looking good dude! and about values.. while razz has an interesting point about using the whole range, you can also easily make realistic forms with limited range. The trick is to make sure all forms go through same value change.. well i am just repeating what's in loomis books actually.. hehe.. but yeah, the whole range does it a nice contrast but doesn't mean limited range can't do similar either. suppose I also use the whole range too..heh

and few things I notice is lack of shadows... that really adds so much more..

keep going dude!

[Lee W]

doing good :) just keep pushing the lights and darks

[Alexandr Pascenko]

there´s a great talent in this sketchpages i can see from the start. lovely SB!
and Armandos suggestion is maybe one of the best advices ever given in this forum. 4 real. keep it postin!

[taeyoungchoi]

awesome! sketches! I will coming back often to check your stuff out

[Call0ps]

TheGnoll thx man!! :D and belive me, the progress is really slow, maybe its seems faster cuz i dont post everything i do xP again thx for the suport

bumskee thx a lot matte, well i should pratice and try both ways, nothing to lose only to learn

Lee W Yes sir! at least i gonna try :P

GOBLINSHARK thx u soo much ;_; ( btw whos armando ? its razz? :x )

taeyoungchoi oohh thx u thx u thx u...!!! im a huuuge fan of your work btw, an great inspiration =)


sorry all and most for myself for the lack of updates, but gladly i got this digital camera to use instead of my crapy $#%&ing scanner :P i gotta thx all for the suport and hope im deply emotioned cuz so many talented artist had commented at my book, and some of them r with no doubt an icon and inspiration.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/IMG_0439.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/dsfyjstyjy.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/IMG_0442.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/IMG_0448.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/IMG_0446.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/IMG_0444.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/IMG_0447.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/IMG_0449.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/IMG_0435.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/IMG_0436.jpg

[krossj]

Cool stuff Call0ps, some of the creatures look ace, nice progress!

The skecth pages are looking good but some of the facial features seem out of place in relation to the rest of the head, would be great to see even more in depth head studies from refrence/ life or skull/ muscle studies.

Keep posting!

Cheers mate

[Call0ps]

krossj thx for the suggestion matte :) will make more studies for sure! i will.

some bollpen dumb i had...

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/IMG_0450.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/IMG_0451.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/IMG_0452.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/IMG_0453.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/IMG_0455.jpg

[Call0ps]

another couples of crappyness :P
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/IMG_0463.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/IMG_0460.jpg

[voraz]

Hi, I see you have a big update, it was a while since the last time you had posted some stuff! :D
Nice new sketches, show more.
that exercise from post 204 looks great, pitty you didn't finish it...
cheers

[Mitchell]

Cool stuff callops. I really like the life drawings and the weird little creatures. Just a little crit I saw on one of your drawings:

Just remember that faces must adhere to perspective rules as well. I moved the eye on the right side down quite a bit. I placed it almost below the left eye (eye closer to us) because the features all have to go towards a vanishing point. And if you notice, the lips will be angled a little upwards, also going towards the vanishing point. All angles of the face will adhere to this rule. Just remember those vanishing points. hopefully that will help you to draw better proportioned faces
247643

keep it up dude!:yayca:
-mitch

[razz]

Nice biro sketches. Those will really help you with your linework. You need to be careful when you can't erase. I like the sketch with those three creatures, very nice. Planning to push it any further maybe?
I might just pick up a biro after seeing these.
You are getting better!

[Call0ps]

voraz obrigado! sim tenho que realmente postar com mais regularidade e acabar alguns trabalhos que mereçam a pena :) vou trabalhar por isso, + uma vez muito obrigado!

Skeiff thx u a lot matte!! how a simple a tiny change can make look it soo much better, no doubt it will help in order to draw better proportioned faces :D

razz thanks :D i think thats the challenge when u cant erase its to make u think more. haha i was planning to push any further but who knows maybe i color it ( or try to do so xD ) again thxs for the support matte :)

another couple of sketchs, the second one was inspired ( obviously ) by the master nobody_knows , was from imagination ofc but his work its to good to not be influenced :P
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/IMG_0696.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/IMG_0695.jpg

[TheGnoll]

sheet man, you've improved boatloads since my last visit here!
line quality has improved a lot, as well as anatomy and whatnot

love the nobody knowns inspired one...and second one in post 213 looks very interesting...cool stuff!

keep sharing :)

ciao

[4ntimatter]

lovely sketchbook you have. It was a joy to look at. ;)

[lennon]

hey very good imagination that's probably your strongest point, your creatures are awesome. Also your faces seem to get better by the minute, the hard work is paying off.

[zephyri]

Wow Callops, I can't believe the improvement shown throughout the thread! Those last few posts really show how much you've learnt, the profile life drawing is gorgeous, especially the nose. *Has a nose fetish* I really liked the clouds painting on the previous page too, the colours on that were spot on, as were the clouds.

No specific crits since you seem to be on the right lines anyhow, just encouragement to keep posting!

[Call0ps]

TheGnoll thx u :) i love soo much his work, so macabre, how he turns cute babes into half mechanical monsters :P

4ntimatter thank you, i will try make it even more joyful :P

lennon thxs matte, i love to do imagination stuff, i think thats all the fun in art, to create your own world, in my sketchbook im GOD muhahahha :P

zephyri thx u! ;_; belive me your presence here was encouragement enough, love your work :D again... thxs the support ^^

another couple of sketches, the second one i tried to give some oily look... oh well i will keep trying ^^
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/IMG_0697.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/sdfghdfnudty.jpg

[Call0ps]

sorry the low qualitly of the photo
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/IMG_0840.jpg

[dadushin]

hey man, i'm glad i came across your book!
pretty sweet stuff in here man
you definitely know how to render pretty damn well, except thats the easy part. one thing i would work is the drawing aspect of it. Trying to get the same depth and sweetness with just line once you can draw well, you can render and do all that other stuff as well. It will also help your anatomy and all that stuff. basically i'm saying become an expert at drawing and you'll be way ahead on everything else. this is just my suggestion and opinion though!
keep this up man!

[Villa]

the sketches you did of the people hughing and reading are great man, spontaneous and cool. this last sketch is great too, the only thing that i find odd is that her left bumcheek is a bit squared, it doesnt get along with the rest of the body since you did it round and full of curves, but its just a nitpick. great sketches man, ill be watching. thx for your comments on my book.

[Call0ps]

dadushin thx u for the advice man :D

Villa thxs, yeah i still got anatomy problems to fix ^^ with studies and pratice i hope to overcome them, again thx for the suport

well just want to post something today and wish everyone a merry Christmas, and a special thanks for all MB crew for making this wonderful forum ^^( cuz cant give any present to them :( )

lol i know this have absolutely nothing with xmas, garlics xD
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/someshitygarlics.jpg

[Diphallia]

So you mean that it's not xmas garlics? :O:(
Nice anyhow. :D

[Call0ps]

Diphallia nop there are not :P hehe thx

2008 new year, im getting older and more stupid and worst more lazy! anyway im really motivated to improve, i mean my book only got 8 pages lol, this only shows how much lazy i am! shame on me ;_; i hope every time i see this post i can remember my feelings right now.
oh also, i just realized some one voted 1star :x i mean who ever was, at least tell me why ( some critic to be able to progress )..

anyway... an environment after see the last bumksee's update ( damn his the real deal :P ), also from imagination ofc
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/bumkseeinspired.jpg

and imagination stuff, PS
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/psdoodles345hdty.jpg

[Lege1]

Callops: Awesome work indeed. I went through all 8 pages and have to say I like your sketches and digital renders alot. Keep doing it to it.
-=Lege

[Renegade89]

Very interesting SB, very good studies and improvement from page to page, definitely worths keeping an eye on here, keep on working man :).

[razz]

Damn, you're getting much better, Call0ps! I kind of like the environment, only you could add more atmosphere. HERE (http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/9850/bumkseeinspiredopoq6.jpg) I did a little few minutes overpaint to show what I mean. Think foreground, middleground, background when doing environments, and seperate them. And as you know I'm in early learning stages myself, so takes this as a suggestion.
Keep working!

[Call0ps]

Lege1 thx u matte, will do

Renegade89 =D thx for the interess hehe^^

razz thks matte, we gotta learn from each other :P again thx for the constant support and helpful critics:teeth:

anyway first cow attempt, b/w and color, still have lots to learn in both but specially on color

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/Untitled-1.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/cow106.jpg

[algenpfleger]

Wow, so much different things! And a lot of improvement.
I like that ice bear eating monster :D

[Call0ps]

algenpfleger thx u

back to studies...
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/anatomy1.jpg

[wookiedabo]

awesome work, you've certainly brushing up those skills since i last looked in here. seriously, lavely stuff.

[Call0ps]

wookiedabo thxs =D

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/anatomy2.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/gesture.jpg

[B-Man]

I must say I dont like what that thing is doung to those Icebears! :\ Its one of the crulest scenes Ive seen In a long, long time! Takes me back to when I was hanging around Fhellas dark SB! Other than that I like your stuff wery much, improvement allaround! :)
Mahalo!

[Call0ps]

B-Man i pick polar bears for the reason to make my creature more deadly look, no bad intention ^^; thx im trying for it :P

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/anatomy3.jpg

[Virg]

wow callops, your improving fast, those last studies are greaty, well detailled and nice shading on them. Do you write japanese too ? =O

[Call0ps]

WhiteC thx a lot :D yeah the thing is im half japanese, and since im not living there right now i need to pratice or else i will forget :s

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/anatomy4.jpg

[Call0ps]

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/applesonps1.jpg

[zhuzhu]

thanks for stop by my SB, the apple looks cute~!

[InvertedChalupa]

how do you like THEM apples! : )) <---level 99 cheezy ...well, I know I like em.

[Call0ps]

zhuzhu thxs! and is always a pleasure to watch your book man ^^

InvertedChalupa :D thx's man

just a small and rough sketch before sleep :O ( sketch on PS aint the same as pencil is it ? lol -.- argh oh well, i think i let carry away to the digital to much, will back to pencil more, maybe color studies on computer, nothing fancy ^^ )
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/95ybvdfkgjvs.jpg

[Lee W]

a lot of good looking studies :) did good on the digi garlic and applies.

[Call0ps]

Lee W thx u :) u should try those as well ^^

some quick studies before bed
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/ngg001.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/ngg002.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/ngg003.jpg

[voraz]

Hi Callops, the apples look good especially he one in the left.
Also these last studies look great, the seagull(?) is my favourite.
continua!

[Ive]

These studies are great, I'd like to see more :)

[Call0ps]

voraz obrigado :) tambem n sei bem o k é mas enfim lol

Ive thxs man, definetly will more of those quite fun and always a great study ^^

well this small sketch i gotta dedicate to TheGnoll, he did such a great work of spawn i just love it, and make me want to draw one of my own :P to bad i cant use my own computer everytime i want -.- oh well ... i will go travel for 1 week, france Paris to be precise :) until next week then

anyway fast sketch before the departure ^^
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/spawninspiredbythegnoll.jpg

[Call0ps]

ok i'm back, the museums at paris are insane, museum of Orsay and Louvre and many others, such as Rodin's, picasso's etc.. are mind blowing. i hope to be able to visit it again, i spend more time walking and watching than sketching ^^


http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/sdf4g.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/fghsb6.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/sdfhsdfb.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/dfnhdfbhe.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/sdthur56h.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/sdfhdfghn.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/dfgnjyigyo.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/Call0ps/ilovenike.jpg