Iioris Sketch book

[Iiori]

Hey everyone, Im Iiori. I'm not into finishing pieces to much so I think I'll dump all my work in here.

Im heading into college next year for Graphic arts, and I really would like to try and improve as much as I can. I hope to update it a lot. I then want to get into some illustration and maybe a bit of animation.

I haven't had much schooling in art as I would like, but I've been picking things up here and there, and anything you see that I can improve on I would be more than happy to hear it.

I'll start off with some Marker Sketches.

http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/frogs.jpg http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/mudd.jpg

http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/robot.jpg http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/sk.jpghttp://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/dragd.jpg

[Iiori]

Here are some more sketches.

http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/hateweaver.jpg http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/skk1.jpg
http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/skk3.jpg

Heres some face studies

http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/wom.jpg
http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/facess.jpg

Random things

http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/bunnie.jpg

I gotta fix that arm, Ugh to long..eep!
http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/puck.jpg

This is one I started to color today.

http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/painting.jpg

[Hunger_Artist]

hmm. I really like that one sketch next to the dreadlock guy, using springy lines is an interesting way to create volume.

while it looks like you have a good sense of lighting, I think you may want to try using that more sketchy techniqe you had in the girl holding the brush/pencil... it may help your work look more solid.

oh yeah, and the toad thing is sweet :evilbat:

[Iiori]

Thanks for replying. ^^


Yeah I should do more sketchy ones, I think if I get a chance tonight before work or tomarrow, Ill do it that way and post it.


Here is last nights sketches.

http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/facestudys.jpg
http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/clownface.jpg

A couple faces. The bottom one is someone I saw on tv. Who I'm not sure, but he had nice tattoos.

[Iiori]

I got a new anatomy book and I figured the best way to learn it all is to sketch it as I go along. So this is the start.


(I really need help with anatomy)
Bones..

http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/bones.jpg

Heres a nother one, I didnt really go into face details so shes kinda scary I just wanted to get the pose.

http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/sketchss.jpg

Just random sketches

http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/sketchss2.jpg

[Hunger_Artist]

heres an interesting activity: use that anatomy book as a reference and draw out the skeletal anatomy of a person in a photograph. Mabey also try that spiral style on an exteme perspective!

[Iiori]

Thanks, Those a great ideas! Im going to do those as well. haha your full of em. ^^

[Iiori]

This is a sketch of what I want to paint later on. I still want to get a decent pencil drawing out of it first. The word behind it is Silenced. I know I'm not being very creative, but I thought this could work out.

If you see anything wrong with it I'd love to know. Id hate to start using PS and then find something majorly wrong. (Like the second picture.. >< I didn't notice the wonky chin.)

http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/duded.jpg


The wonky one now:

http://strike9.com/file.aspx?path=%2fSerenity%2ffullsize%5cPictures%2 fbalhees.jpg

[adien]

some cool sketches in here. i'm having fun with an anatomy book right now myself. :)

i'll pop in here once in awhile to see how you're doing. :)

btw, i saw your last post in another thread, you mention the person in the back is a guy. just thought i'd mention it's hard to tell whether he's a guy or a girl. i think his features are a little too soft. men tend to have more angular features than women.

keep it up! :)

[metaphysiks]

i am glad that you are learning the anatomy from a book. i think that the most important thing to remember when doing this is that you need to apply it to your figure drawings. you can become quite good at drawing the bones and muscles and what not but u need to keep it in your head that these are the structural part of what is in a figure. draw the muscles and what not and then take a look at like a swimsuit model and draw the muscles or bones over the picture. this will help you visualize how these parts are in the body. you want to remember that what you are studying in the book is not so that you can draw the parts well it is so that a drawing that these are incorporated in are correct. i am sure that you know what i mean.
good luck
meta

[StephenC]

i praise your efforts to learn drawing, it is a difficult thing.

[Iiori]

Woah, long time no update. Well for me since I haven't drawn in ages it seems. >< Work work and more work. Interesting things happen when working with people.

Anyways heres another sketch for a website I visit. I really honestly don't like it but, whatever..I'm very not political.

Its suppose to be a drawing of three famous men. I hope that you can tell of two. The third one I drew went more into a characture. **oops** This was probably a 20 to 30 min sketch so please excuse some of the head shapes.

http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/Sketchgroup2.jpg


More sketches.


http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/Girlsketches.jpg

http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/leg4.jpg
http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/leg5.jpg


Btw I love doing the bones over people. I don't have any scanned since they are all at work, but I believe it really helps. Thanks guys.!

[Iiori]

Face Studies ^^

http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/Sketches66.jpg

[Vader]

I,m loving thsoe marker pieces at the beginning. You have talent. Your figures need work but this will develop over time.

Post some more marker stuff:cool:

[Iiori]

More marker? I could probably handal that, though it is my figures I want to improve on the most. ^^


I found some old stuff, I think Ill post it. I haven't colored a picture in such a long time.:O I should get back into it.

http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/katie/Dragonichcg.jpg
If I were to redo this I would work more on the feet. That needs to be fixed. Though I gave this one away.

As I find them Ill post more.

[Iiori]

Heres one I spent some time on. I erased it about a billion times. I noticed that I really don't like to erase something after I put it down. I gotta break myself of that habit.

Just a little PS for highlights and shadows.

http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/dragongy.jpg

[Iiori]

This is a sketch I just finished, that I used a Manga Book Love Hina as a reference. I made the people more realistic, than the manga, but I kept the clothes. I really enjoy this series. ^^


http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/motoko.jpg

[Iiori]

Another sketch, Im rather disappointed with this one so I stopped working on it. :( Awoo.

http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/Linkinpark.jpg

[golgari]

you were disappointed and stopped working on it? why the hell, it looks great! okay, maybe the hand is a little bit flat...but the face is just great! i love the area around the eyes, and the way his head fades into his hair...
the right girl from the love hina sketch looks a litte strange. especially her eyes and nose. are her eyes really supposed to be as wide spread as that? the left girl looks good, though.

[Iiori]

Thanks for the comment Golgari! ^^

The lips I couldn't right on that one. They remind me of a basses mouth. haha I'm glad you like him though.

haha now that you mention it I notice that too. Oops. Thanks for pointing that out. Ill remember that for next time.:D

Here is a couple more, well one more sketch in two different forms.

I still have some of the facial features to fix on this one, specially the lips and such, I figured I should post it now.


http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/KariJo.jpg


Here is the same sketch but I threw on some colors.

http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/Karijo2.jpg

[Jeff Gran]

Cool, I like your sketches, and admire you for taking on the study of anatomy (I'm doing the same thing right now). That last face looks very good. Her eyes are very well done...they really stand out in the sketch, I almost didn't notice the mistakes in the lips until I read where you mentioned it. the color looks good so far, but very airbrushy, lets see some more detail on there! is it from a photo?

[Iiori]

Thanks Jeff. ^^ Anatomy is really kicking my butt at the moment, but its really fun learning new things about it.

Im glad you like the last sketch. Though I honestly not sure how to make it more realistic, I will add hair and try to finish things off, but Im not sure how to make it less airbrushy. Any tips?

I was working from a small, B& W photo sorta, just really got the eyes and shape of the face, but I ended up just going on my own with it. ^^


Here are a couple new sketches, I haven't much to show since I've been working a lot. The first one is me working with perspective. I saw another do it in here and thought I should try it out. ^^

http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/sk5.jpg
Any tips would me much appreicated. I didn't have a ruler so please don't mind the wonky vertical lines.:O I seriously couldn't draw a straight line to save my life. *Shame*


http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/sk4.jpg


This is just a quick sketch, more for the idea than the looks and learning. They are from Grave of the fireflies. Great movie.


http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/Sk1.jpg

[Iiori]

This one I got from a reference Drawing, I gotta practice with them more. I got frustrated again and put this aside for now. Ill post it while I still have it.

http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/sk6.jpg

[Fipse]

Hi Iori,

you said you´ve been using reference drawing. I´m not sure if this is a good way to learn except for rendering practise. I think it´s better - beside lifedrawing of course - to take photos as a reference. With reference from paintings/drawings there´s a danger that you´re repeating failures and problems the artist has put in the drawing. Maybe this failures are voluntary to underline something or for developing a style (I remember a portrait Dürer made) or it may be involuntary out of different reasons.

There should be a link somewhere around with a site with lots of poses (in doubt ask Davi, he´s the Lord of the Links ;)) where there should be a pose like this.

Have a look with her upper left arm - I think the anatomy is kind of wrong, especially the triceps. The rendering of the body is good here you´re on the right way. Don´t forget the feet - like many others I myself tend to lose them quite often ;).

Fipse

[Iiori]

Thanks for the reply Fipse! I really appreicate it.

About what I said, I think I ment reference photo. I have the link :
http://www.netaxs.com/~asya/photo/f38.jpg

But I really appreicate your advice alot. Its very good advice.
You would think someone who speaks mainly english would get it right more often.*Shame* :P Im really sorry bout that.

I agree the upper arm seems off, I was having difficulties with that whole area to be honest. I couldn't get it right. Its very stiff too...

Hehe Ill make sure to add the feet in as well. I hate doing them, but I guess practice makes perfect.

[golgari]

Hey Iiori,

those perspective sketches look good. good idea to put many boxes in different angles in one place, that's good for practicing to "feel" the vp's. did you try to move the horizon line above or below your objects, though? or tried to add a third vanishing point (very nice for getting that "bird perspective" effect). just some thoughts if you want to try some more perspective stuff.

the drawing from reference looks sexy :)
where's it from?
can't see any wrong with it, except for the thing with her arm
fipse already mentioned and maybe with the fact that there's a strong contrast between hard outlines and very soft shading. other than that, though, it's really sweet...

[Iiori]

Thanks Golgari for your opinion. I love to hear from you guys. ^^

I tried some more Perspective ones like you said. I can't quiet get the 3rd point in there right. -O-

http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/sk9.jpg

I hope thats what you meant. I haven't been taught this to much, so Im not sure all the things I can do with perspective.


Body studies

http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/sk8.jpg

http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/Sk7.jpg


And just abit of fun, for another my Ava For another board. Not sure if I should use it here.

http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/sk6t.jpg

[Jeff Gran]

cool, I like the body studies you did. The female ones look better than the males, to me...more cartoony looking maybe but looks like you had more fun with them.

hehe, that other avatar is funny, I like it. But you should keep the one with your face...you look pretty.

[metaphysiks]

hey iiori sorry i havent replied in a long time. i really enjoy seeing the variety of things that you are experimenting with. ah perspective and anatomy go hand and hand. try putting anatomy in perspective. anyway, keep up the learning and draw everyday.
meta
p.s. since i believe you are female because of your ava, i was wondering if it creeps you out that the board says you have " been around the block."
sorry stupid humor.

[Iiori]

Hey thanks for the replies Jeff and metaphysiks . ^^


Jeff: I'm glad you like the females, I agree they are a bit cartoony, but I want to try other things with poses and more dynamic poses. Great Reference sites buried in this place. ^^

Though I did notice a lot of the nude ones the guys kept grasping very manly objects... Oo

Thanks for the compliment too. ^^ If you like it Ill keep it up until too many people complain about their eyes falling out :P So save my ass for later.:P


metaphysiks: Put them together? Hmmm I can do that, Ill try to add that in my next post and see what comes out. This will be interesting.:D *Sweats*

Who says I haven't been?;) erm..No not really.
Haha yeah I just noticed that,Oo Maybe it will erm...give me some more attention? :D Wait no that could be bad...haha

Kinda looks like a porn ad or a mug shot.:p

[metaphysiks]

yeah porn add definately, i got all hot and bothered
meta

[metalwinds]

bahahaha (responding to metas humor)

nice stuff. watch your smudging though. ..you are sticking mainly to light/middle grays in your pencil drawings because of the smudging. dont be affraid to go in with a pencil afterwards and through in some hatching and such. some of the perspective drawings are off, but youll get it eventually. good to see that youre studying anatomy. ..try drawing some of the muscle structures also. .i know that helped me with my anatomy. keep it up

[golgari]

yeah, that was what i meant. some lines look a little strange, but i think that's only because of the freehand-stroking....
i recently focused on perspective a bit, too, since i got the feeling that it's pretty important if you really want to get down drawings with a volume-feeling to them, and not only flat stuff. i found out that there are a lot of things that the normal "perspective tutorials" don't mention at all...
as a general help, keep this in mind:
all lines which go away from you tend to vanish towards a vanishing point, normally. the only reason you have parallels at all in some cases is that the vanishing point for them is extremely far away and therefore their vanishing is almost unnoticable - so you draw them as parallels. uhm. don't know if one could understand that. if not, just ask ;)

the body studies look quite good. you seem to have problems with putting the body into 3 dimensions, though.
(the 3/4 view looks strange). i'm struggling with this at the moment, too. i think the best way to get this down correctly is to simplify the shapes of the body and draw them via perspective construction first - which is pretty hard work - or to just study more 3dimensional anatomy drawings / photographs/ models, in order to get a feel for that.

oh, and keep that avatar. it's nice :)

[Iiori]

Meta: haha, well erm..I guess I did my job today. *worried*:p



Metalwings: Thanks, for the comment. ^^ I'll try that and add it in my next update. For sure the cross hatching. I'll be sure to get to muscle structures too once I get this perspective drawing people thing.(Its kicking my ass at the moment :O) After you guys give me the thumbs up on that, Ill be sure to do bunches of pages of them. ^^


Golgari: Thanks for the comment too. ^^ I just started today doing a bunch of bodies in the way I think you said to do it. My host is acting up so I can't update with new stuff, but you'll see a lot of them if I keep going with this. I think its working, haha. Thanks again.

I don't have anything new, but erm....I'll update some older stuff. I found this on my host while I was cleaning it out.

http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/cher.jpg

I see a lot of the problems, isn't it true that the foot is suppose to be as big as the head or close to? Also the hands should be bigger on this one. It was a statue that my mother has in her garden, never got around to fixing it up..

http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/girl4555.jpg

This one, is just a quick thing I did from a DA stock photo I liked.


This one, the acutal sketch hasn't changed since my sister took it for some odd reason, weirdo..Oo.. I just got bored last night and wanted to use it for the other site thingy.So I threw on some color.
Once I find the sketch Ill fix what you guys said to fix:D

http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/sk62.jpg

Oh the poem well, I had to make it fit for the love theme. Im not writer, but a sweetheart worked with me and delt with my erm...horrible writing skills and he got something good out of it. Well I might be bias. ^~:p

[antihero]

Some nice stuff in here!

Your shading seems to be pretty good, and the anatomy keeps getting better.

I think beneath working on structures and bones, etc. practising what you've learned would also be a good thing. As an example; If you learned about the two main bones of the leg (yeah, don't beat me for reducing the leg to two main bones ;) ) practice those two bones in many sketches. Draw them in every way you can, try to draw em in a sitting pose, kneeling, etc. Everything that crosses your mind. Maybe this is sort of a shitty advice (I'm actually "lesser" pro than you are), but it works for me, to repeat (and repeat and repeat and repeat) what i've learned... Might as well be, that you do a lot of these repeating sketches without posting em, if so... forget me and my name and everything i've said. :)

Anyways. Keep going, you're doin well!

antihero

[Iiori]

Hey thanks for the advice antihero. I think Ill try that as well. haha I love how you guys keep me busy and modivated. Its hard to stay modivated when you see so many better artists while you just sit here staying at the same level. You guys don't know how much you help.

More dumps..


People and perspecitve?
http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/sk10.jpg

http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/sk11.jpg



http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/sk12.jpg

[killing.people]

good studies.

[antihero]

You guys don't know how much you help.

Hmm... You don't think so? Some (most?) of "us" got our own threads, only waiting for some innocent victims who commit the sin and answer to an accursed "progress-thread"... :) However, go on!
Your last sketches/studies look pretty good! My favourite is the second one, i like the pose and her torso. Keep at it!

antihero

[metalwinds]

i would suggest doing some blind contour drawings and some really expressive charcoal drawings (from life). these techniques can really boost your drawing ability. ..even if it doesnt seem like they would. blind contours help you to "see" more accurately, and charcoal helps a lot with values and tightening your pencil drawings. these may seem like odd suggestions, but they work. keep it up and i look forward to your next update

peace

[Blackwell]

Iiori,

looking back at your first posts, I can see that your work is progressing nicely. Metalwinds' suggestion of doing blind contour drawings is a great one; I've been a little out of practice lately, so I've started doing some blind contours, and it really helps you to see the object you're drawing.
Also, (excuse me if someone has already made this comment), but a lot of your drawings are "flat"; not in volume, but because they're straight-from-the-front or from-the-side angles; these types of drawing are probably easier to do, but you'll notice more improvement in your own work by doing more 3/4 angle drawings, which are more challenging.
Keep up the great work!

[endregan]

great, your anatomy is coming along nicely :)

[metaphysiks]

iiori that is it. the pages with the anatomy in perspective is exactly what i was talking about. learn to draw every part of the body in perspective and it will help you come up with really cool poses and they will be correct. also on that page u constructed the body with rectangle in 3-d. that was great for many reasons. you were allowing yourself to see teh basic sstructure and then build on top of it. also you can see how the big parts of the body twist and turn on an axis. when using these shapes your drawings are very full of volume and you proportions are more correct. do many many more of those pages. also try using that technique on some very fast drawings from life. 10 maybe 20 seconds.
meta

you may not have "been around the block" anymore but you are still my "assistant" artist. he he

[golgari]

wow. and you're telling ME my shoulders come along nicely?
those bodies in perspective look stunningly good!
hmm. you did draw the boxes first, didn't you?
your last sketch is pretty heavy on the contour lines. your contours look awesome but i think it is probably a good idea not to focus so much on them when trying to get the volume down....
did you do these out of mind? or with reference?

[ac_osorio]

Skills are developing, keep that hand busy and make the pencils scream.
I'll check for more, I like whats going on here...

[Iiori]

Hi guys.

Thanks for the comments killing.people. antihero


metalwinds: I did a lot of blind Contour drawings like you said. Wow they are hard, but fun. I sorta liked this one so I thought I would post it. I think this one resembles the things I was drawing the most.

http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/sk14.jpg

I also did a few charcoal drawings as well, but haha Id rather not show them. :o


Blackwell: Thanks for the comment.^^ I agree with you. I am trying to do more 3d drawings and just strange poses. If I get down well the barrel wedge thing I have going on I think it will help me do less flat people.

endregan: Thank you. I'm glad you think so. :D


golgari: I used references for all of those drawings I believe. There are som great sites burried in this forum in the reference part.

About the boxes, I draw the top barrel, Well there they aren't shown as that but in the ones I'm posting now it will be. SO I draw the torso first then the bottom box. Then the arms and legs then head.:) weird no?


ac_osorio: Thanks. I really appreiate that comming from you. ^^

metaphysiks: I did more of the perspective bodies. I used the poses from reference book. Well some of them. Some I tried on my own using the barrel wedge thingy. Ill just post a few, I did quiet a lot today. ..OO..

http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/sk15.jpg
http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/sk17.jpg
http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/sk18.jpg

Im having a bit of difficulty with breast placement and shape it seems. You would think having them would help..Oo

Haha so I'm yours now?:o

Heres just me doodling.

http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/sk19.jpg

[golgari]

hey iiori, these all look really great. i especially like the shading on the kneeling girl in the last picture.
concerning the breasts...probably you know this, but there is a GREAT thread (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1432) by kchen in which he posts his class demos, with this picture (http://www.imagewiz.net/images/kchen/imagewiz75210.jpg) , where he has noted down for himself how the breast consists of two parts instead of one. maybe this might help?

[metaphysiks]

ah the bodies in perspective are looking nice. golgari beat me to it but check out kchen shiznit and youll be amazed. keep studying th anatomy to see where it lies in each differnet perspective and watch proportions. keeo it up and ill be watching.
meta
you are mine, sorta like leia belonged to jabba the hutt. yeah sorta like that, would u wear a steel bikini for me?

[killing.people]

i am seeing improvement, if you wish to reinforce it, keep sketching.

[metalwinds]

lookin good. keep up with the blind contours and charcoal drawings

peace

[TheBlasianOne]

i can already see a huge difference from the first page to the second. you are speedily improving, keep it up:thumbsup:

[OrangeCatNinja]

yes, i just looked through them all too.

it's so awesome to see people improve through their daily sketchbooks!

keep at the anatomy, if you don't have bridgmans complete guide to life-drawing, GET IT. 18 bux, well worth it. =)

[Iiori]

Thanks for the links guys. :D Ive been studing them. :D

Im really glad you guys think I'm improving. :D That really good to hear.

Ive been really busy with work and I bought a new computer so I have been setting things up with that. I though Id show a sketch that Im coloring.

Im going to add a mask to her face since honestly I dont think I can pull off the face. I haven't been able to with pencil so ... Well see. Ill be adding hands and feet too.


http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/sk20443.jpg

Any ideas for things to add or to be done differently would really help.

[metaphysiks]

do not add a mask. if you think that you cannot pull the face off, then draw a lot of faces. because you told us the reasoning for putting the mask we are now aware of your insecurities but honestly even without telling us we would figure it out. the biggest mistake i think you could be making at your stage of development would be to shy away from improving. just go for the face, if you nail it great, but if not who cares. everyone does bad drawings. some of the best advice i have recieved (thanks stephenc) is to not worry about the outcome of the drawing but to just learn from every drawing. even the worst outcomes teach you something. i know you are plenty capable of drawing the face. so do it!!
good luck
meta

[Hunger_Artist]

my advice when sketching: go crazy.


forget you're drawing on paper...forget you're drawing at all. Just start laying things down quickly... if its not completely accurate the first pass then you can get it again later..stay loose!

[Gray]

Just discovered this thread today and it's really interesting to see the improvement and progress since the first post.

Keep it up.

[golgari]

hey iiori, you're advancing well.
the chest and the arms look really good. i like that pose of the arms, that must have been pretty hard to draw.
however, her trousers look strange. think of gravity!
her right trouser should fall down on her leg instead of the leg being at the lower end of the trouser...shouldn't it?
other than that, i'm with metaphysiks. don't draw a mask, try to draw a face. after all, learning is why we're all posting here, isn't it?

[rubygenesis]

i see progress Iiori, dynamic figure drawing by hogarth is a good book. keep in mind how the skin reacts where the body bends ^^
dont stop.

[Atmospheria]

You show some progress Iiori....Try to pay more attention to the anatomy...by the way, the most important parts of the body are head,hands and feet...don't forget this..If you do these parts well your drawing will look much much better. Try to study hands and feet, at the and you can study head, after that comes the expressions. But it's early for you...As i said, the three parts "head,hands,feet" Make them your god!
Draw everyday...push it hard...! :)

[Iiori]

Atmospheria : ^^ thanks. I really need to work on everything, especially those three parts. I am working on them, though not enough. Ill make sure in my next update to have a lo of hand and feet sketches. :D



rubygenesis: Yup thats the book. ^^ Very handy I think. I find it hard to come up with poses out of my head, so I use it a lot for reference. Skin , Hmm Ill try though Im not sure exactally what you mean. I do but I don't. :O


golgari: Haha you make a point. Damn that thing called Gravity. Thanks for pointing that out though. ^^ Ill remember to take that into consideration.

Gray: thanks Man ^^

Hunger_Artist: Glad to see you back! Crazy, Ill try that too. I notice I am kinda to erm..not tight but not loose with the pencil. Ill get some looser sketches in my next update too.

metaphysiks: ^^' You do have great points there, I have been working with the face. I'll just keep trying to get it right until I do. Thanks for the comment. ^^


Not much of an update right now, Im trying to get my new computer set up.

Heres a quick sketch I wanted to shade, but I haven't had time. Its for that site, Game over was the topic. I wanted to make a goblin or something eating the heros hand.


http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/sg6.jpg

This is some quick Volleyball sketches.
http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/sk30.jpg

Kinda small. :O

[golgari]

ahahhah, that goblin's really cool. very nice idea for a game-over-screen =)
i somehow like the shading you did. it looks not that realistic since it's too smooth for organic things, i think (it reminds me of metal-like, shiny structures), but for that goblin it's quite alright. very nice shading on the eyes. my only critic would be the hero's hand, since it's very simplified and block-like. but it doesn't detract from the piece that much here.

the volleyball sketches look good, too. i don't like that smudged shading there, but that may be just me. the poses are very good. also, the face, although not that deeply-detailled looks good on that level :)

[MindCandyMan]

Keep it up Iiori you're doing great. Like killing.people said don't stop...keep going. Pretty soon you will abandon that Graphic Design goal for concept art.... ;)

[metalwinds]

coolness. youre definitely getting better.. ..the shading on the top left volleyball guy is really working. keep it up

[xia]

Like the one with the middle finger.
Nice on figure study. It is the best and the fastest way to grow. Keep it up!

[chudzta]

Hey Ilori. Im liking your progress on the anatomy. Keep it up. - Chudds

[chudzta]

double. oops

[endregan]

nice to see you back and posting... long time since eh!

good to have u back keep at it!

[Iiori]

Sorry its been a while, I sorta had some things going on with not going to college this year so I've been very unmotivated lately.

I think Im getting out of graphic design and into illustration or advertsing or something. ThoughI just have to get modivated again.

[Iiori]

I was talked into posting these. I want to make sure you all know that the first ones I posted were from references from other artists. That was the assignment. I can't stress that enough. I wasn't sure who each artist is, but if you know, Id love to know. If I can find the originals that would be great too. I've looked but I can't find them anymore.

This was an suppose to be anime/cartoon turned into more realistic. Mostly used my fingers, and they are all oil paints.
I made up the cloud backround, face and hair. The clothes were from the anime person.
http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/comming.jpg


This one Id really like to find out who rendered it since I loved the original. If you guys know please let me know so I can thank them for doing such a pretty piece. I just tried to get the same effect of glow in this one.
http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/space.jpg

Again these are used from reference to other artists

These next two are my own ideas. You can tell the difference, but Id like to make the ideas as good as the ones I used references on. I probably wont use other artists work again since It feels so wrong.

http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/cherry.jpg

http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/clouds.jpg


This ones is unfinished when I hosted it. I wish I had a larger copy, but I havent scanned in the rest of it yet. If you want I could.

Sorry bout the size. Im not sure where the bigger one went.:O

http://membres.lycos.fr/vbcserenity/banner/ballsm.jpg

Any comments on how to make my oils better would be great. :D I love to do them.

[gasmask]

im glad you posted these, u definetly got some skills with painting, more than i can say for myself hehe but these are good and you seem to capture nice sense of light in your paintings, keep doing more maybe.

[metalwinds]

other than the clouds, your pics generally lack contrast. there arent any dark darks or light lights. dont be scared to throw down values and get expressive with the painting, thats how you learn. watch the spacial relationship between foreground and backround. keep painting cuz its the only way theyll get better. also, on a side note, painting with your fingers generally isnt recommended because the chemicals in the oil paints sink into your pores and cause problems later in life. .. .and you cant get the kind of details with your fingers like you do with a brush.

peace

[Iiori]

Thanks Metalwinds, I was thinking about adding more value when I did this last piece. I agree with you, Ill be sure to do that next time.

Epp, I didn't know that about the paint. Thanks for the heads up.


Thanks Gasmask ^^


I started up with the dsg, this is my first one.

http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/thor2.jpg
Face is kinda rushed...Also I should add hair later, amoung other things.

[endregan]

wow great painting...reminds me i have to work me arse off to learn painting. anywho keep it up :) i love your dsg toO! i recently just posted my dsg in yesterdays i ahvent done one in a while!!

[xia]

Very cool, like the mood of it. Keep it up!

[Iiori]

Thanks guys. ^^

Todays DSG -Seems like thats the only sketching I can get in lately, but my classes start soon so then Ill have more.


http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/tich.jpg

[jester]

The lighting in your bug-creature dsg looks great! Wouldn't want to meet that fella in my flat! ;)

Jester

[xia]

Awesome Iiori! :D

I really like your take on your latest style. It's dark, mysterious, and moody. Very cool.
:chug:

[golgari]

yeah, the lighting is great in this last one. i also like the monochrome-approach you did when choosing the colours.
it's a bit blurry, though. getting it a little bit more detailledly textured would be great. i guess that's pretty hard, though...

[Iiori]

http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/slum.jpg

just screwing around with dsg

[gasmask]

wow nice paintings, especially the bug, whats ur process?

[Iiori]

Thanks Gasmask- With the bug, I just did a quick sketch, and then colored it using differnet layers, and dodge and burn and hardlight mostly.



Heres some new quick things. Im trying to draw everyday, just been busy.

dsg- this is my first erm rendering without a base sketch. Bout 30 mins
http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/desert-copy.jpg

This one I hope more than half of it shows. ^~ just some knights I saw from a really cool site.

http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/knights.jpg

[xia]

Hey! Iiori. Awesome! Your lighting is getting better in that style you are pursuing. Keep it up!

[endregan]

cool scenerys. Id like to see them taken even further. dont forget to keep studying anatomy!

[Iiori]

Thanks Endregan:D Im thinking about going further with the last one, but my PS keeps crashing, but do I tempt it.;)


Thanks Xia!

Just some quit 10 mins sketches

http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/Picture-009.jpg

http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/Picture-008.jpg

With references.

[DenaceTheMennis]

whoa i like the last sketch u did, the one on the right in particular, good job. The thong on the other hand is just disturbing http://community.the-underdogs.org/smiley/misc/errr.gif

[golgari]

hrhr.
yeah, i like that last sketch with the women a lot, too.
their hair doesn't really fit in since it's so stroky and the rest is more smudgy, but you captured the overall-look of the women very nice. i would have liked to see an unsmudged, fully-stroked picture of that...

[Iiori]

Haha Ill be sure to make it less smudgy next time. :D THanks guys.


Heres one I took about 2 hours on. I kinda like this one.



http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/Picture-010.jpg

[DenaceTheMennis]

as they say in the hood "OH Snap yo! dat sh!t is tight" lol i like that last one a lot! what did you use to make it?

[golgari]

agreed, this rocks. the texture work has improved a lot, it looks really good, especially on the chain. the only thing which bothers me a little bit is the eye, you exaggerated the ball-like shape of the eye a bit too much in my opinion.
anyway, i think it's better to overdo this a bit at the beginning than to flatten it down first....

[Cashmere]

Iori, I'm seeing your stuff and I really think you have a lot of creativity. If you keep on it I am sure you'll make a great characters.
Your last pic is impressive!

[xia]

Holy Molly Kiddo! :D Wow....
Your painting is getting way better and better. I really love your palette or color choice whatever that is. Good lighting and good contrast! Great job!!! Two thumbs for you.

Good ten minutes sketches, Keep it up! You have come quite a long way. :D

[Iiori]

Thanks Xia, Cashmere and Denace. ^^


Golgari, haha the chain we totally a fluke. I wasn't sure if I was going to keep it or not. Im glad you liked it.

I think I did a bit better with the eye this time. Maybe. :P Used a reference for it, but it might be too ball like still.

http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/Picture-0102.jpg
Im going to rework the wood soon. Ive been testing somethings out.


Here are a couple animal sketches.

40 mins on the first page

http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/animals1.jpg

15 on this one

http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/animals2.jpg

haha and this is a quick thing I did in oc for the dsg.
Its me having a hangover while running(sorta), naked in the flowers. ^^


http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/bhehoc.jpg

[Iiori]

More sketches tonight. ^^


http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/Picture-014.jpg

30 min sketch



http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/Picture-013.jpg

I can't really get this kind of picture the way I want it. ><

[bat]

Very nice animals! I like all of your animal sketches. The people are good as well, but some could use a bit more rounding out. Almost as if you are trying too hard. Draw your people loose, like your animals, let the anatomy flow.


bat

[Iiori]

http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/zoo.jpg

Something Im doodling around with. ^^ DSG


Thanks Bat! Ill try to be more loose with my people, though Im glad you like the animals. ^^

[endregan]

haha awesome that dsg is silly good :)

i like your ideas! :)

[metalwinds]

damn iiori, you are progressing really quickly. i dont have much to crit other than keep up what youre doing and draw all the time. also, get loose when you draw from life.. ..let the forms flow from your eye to your hand. ..dont focus so much on your picture but what you are looking at. when you can learn to 'see,' you will be able to put down on the page what you see with ease.

peace

[Iiori]

Thanks Metalwinds and Endregan!

Time for me to go morbid. Well this is about the worst I can get.:P Looking up reference pictures for that scar was pretty scaring in itself.

Here is a weird nurse thingy wip. I think Im going to redo the face and put the stitch horizontally and add a smile. ^^ Gotta smile. The stitch was sammy's idea, thanks ^^

http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/nurse3.jpg

BTw the hat will be redone eventually.



This is a line art that I took a tad to far with sammy. Suppose to be a modern day person looking for easy work, finding its not so easy to be a Wet Nurse.

http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/nurse2.jpg

[jester]

Ilori, I love that snug pig smile! The others are right, get looser on your figure studies. And: your weird nurse thingy wip is... well... weird. ;) :rolleyes: ;) I mean, it looks perfectly rendered but the idea is so disturbing!

Jester

[Iiori]

Thanks Jester. ^^ I agree its weird.:o


Heres my second linegame sketch

http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/linegame22.jpg

[endregan]

haha sweet that nurse is awesome. abnormally skinny but that still looks cool

[xia]

Hey Kiddo, very good job over all. I particularly like your animal sketches, especially the Hippo. Those are really nice. And you are getting really good on textureing your piece. The hair streak on the last pic is really looking good.
Keep it up!:chug:

[golgari]

yeah, those animals are pretty nice. and i like that last "linegame-sketch". your lines. very clear and sure lines you have there! what's the role of that blue line?

[Sammy]

FINALLY! I was afrait you were gone forever

nice improvement with those last ones

[Iiori]

I might be slow, but I wont be gone for a while.


This is a quick doodle that I took to far yesterday. Im curious though, does anyone know how to get better jpeg quality with Open canvas?

http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/kjh.jpg

[endregan]

your sketches are coming along fine! :)

in OC go to file - preference and set jpeg quality to 100%. that should help!

[xia]

Nice :D Something different from you huh.:chug:

[Iiori]

Thanks guys ^^


http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/Picture-026.jpg

I need to do more buildings. All drawings from reference.

http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/Picture-024.jpg

[xia]

:D
Nice, your figure is coming along.

[Iiori]

Thanks Xai!

Heres a doodle I sorta took too far. I don't usually finish pieces so I thought Id sorta get closer to finishing it. Haha I seen a lot of mistakes I need to fix when I uploaded, but I think Im gonna call this one for now.

I was trying to do less contrast in this one.

http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/elves4.jpg


I was also watching the lion King and I just adore disneys facial expressions, so I jotted a few down on a few pages. So I had references of course. ^^ I thought this page turned out okay so thats why Im showing it. Okay I just like the mouse. :O The top to are from Brother Bear.


http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/Lionking.jpg

[Robolus]

I also adore Disney! Great sketches!:thumbsup:

[bat]

Your animals are getting better and your humans are improving quite quickly. The Disney-esque animals are excellent! Great work and awesome improvement!

bat

[Iiori]

Thanks Bat and Robolus. :D

Heres a quick experiment. I use Dodge and Burn to much, so I wanted to try to shade with color, well sorta that was my inital idea... Cant tell if its cool or someone threw up on the page.:P Haha Oh its something I'd be afraid of.

I couldn't even finish signs. Damn aliens.

http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/alien.jpg

40 mins

[Sammy]

Wow, give us more of that cartoony stuff!
I see Scar *cue the Zulu music*

[xia]

Your sketches are really improving. And you sense of lighting is very strong. The more you do the better and better they gets. Keep it up!

[cartoonfox]

wow, i just read through all the pages now, and i can see a great improvment. keep it up.
i'm also going to college next year to do a foundation diploma in art and design, then off to uni to do either animation or (just recentley thought) concept design (if thats even a course! :D)

anyway, well done with all your sketches, and keep practicing, i look forward to seeing some of your work in the next few weeks.

[Iiori]

Cartoonfox: Thanks! Good luck in your course. Im sorta divided on what I want to do actually,haha I change my mind to much.

Thansk Xia! Your comments really keep me going.

Sammy, Thanks, I enjoy doing more cartoony things, so you might see more. Im trying to study up on disney movies, well okay just watching them over and over until I get the jist of what they do, but I want to learn their facal expressions.:D

Heres me just being bored. Im trying some new things out, so haha I have no style of my own yet.

This one was from reference, though I seem to always stray from my referenece when it isn't looking how I want it to.

http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/clouds.jpg


This is a small idea Im working on, just trying to find at good composition for a girl and her volcano.

http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/v2.jpg

First time using my GD brushes for art. ^^

[xia]

Good color and the lighting of the first one. My fav has to be the second one. I don't know why, but there's something about it that attract my eyes.:chug:

[gasmask]

DAM the 2nd one of the canoes is amazing. seriously

[Iiori]

Thanks guys. ^^ I like that second one too, I gonna experiment more with those brushes.


I was bored yesterday, I couldn't draw anything for the life of me on paper, so I just started to doodle while I watched the matrix 2. I enjoy screwing around more than going into a lot of detail, which I don't think is a good thing. =/


http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/%3blk.jpg

Eep dreaded anime, haha oh well I enjoy drawing it sometimes. ^^

http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/gg.jpg

http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/skoc.jpg \

About this last one, Erm....I don't know what I was smoking

http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/lionthing.jpg

[xia]

Good face on the girl, she is cute. :chug:

[endregan]

cool anime :)

i cant draw anime :P

[jester]

You have a wonderful way with colors!

Jester

[Iiori]

Hi guys ^^ Thanks for your kind words.


Im really thinking that I prefer to draw in color rather than black and white. I wonder do you guys think, there are jobs for people who like to just color? well Im sure there are , but I think Id enjoy that, and enjoy studying colors and ways to use them a lot.

This is a sketch inspired by a news paper article I was reading.

http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/war.jpg

[MindCandyMan]

You have a great sense for color Iiori...there is definitely a market for color...people usually prefer color over everything else!

[Iiori]

Thanks! I really should look into that. haha worse comes to worse Ill just color in color books. ^^


New one, B & W with Reference.

http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/Picture-033.jpg

[xia]

Your last painting is really awesome! :chug:

[Iiori]

Thanks Xia! ^^

Ya know I must have been really tired to put B & W for that pencil drawing. Obvioulsy its that well shades of grey or whatever. haha odd..


Heres a quit painting I did tonight of Ed from Cowboy bebop. I just love the whole scene and the music and everything about that episode.

http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/ed2.jpg

[ac_osorio]

My God IORI you are defently getting better. Love the one inspired by a news paper. Waow, I've been missing some good stuff.

Keep em coming!

[Iiori]

Hey thanks! :D

This first one is for a friend of mine. He loves Faye Valentine from Cowboy bebop so I made him a picture. I had the body from reference, and it kinda reminds me of Lungs little guy. haha

http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/faye.jpg

This one is a doodle that I did while I waited to get the lovsan virii off my computer . haha that was a pain in the ass.:P Though I seemed to remove her other breast. Hmmm Oops

http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/virus.jpg

[metalwinds]

damn iiori, you are definitely getting better. keep studying anatomy and do a lot of colored pieces from reference.. ..this should help a lot. ..i know it has helped me a lot lately. keep em comin

peace

[Iiori]

Here are a couple doodles. ^^

My mascot!

http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/things.jpg

Little animal sketch. Gotta work on that frontal pose.

http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/bambie.jpg

This is an idea for a mascot. I wanted it to be hologramy but.. haha I got tired at 3 in the morn.

http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/neomascot.jpg

This last one was quite the disappointment. Oh well I had fun making it.

http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/boo.jpg

[endregan]

yeah cowboy bebop is an amazing anime...

one of the best out there. i remember watching those eps!! so good

Your art iscoming along great! your colours and values are coming along quite nicely... :)

[Iiori]

I could watch CB all day. ^^ Though it does damper other shows since you can't help but compare.

I haven't done any chibi mascots before and Im not sure this is right for a model sheet:O BUT I tried. I gotta do some more of the side view. I had a hard time with that one.


http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/neomascot2.jpg

[Iiori]

Something different. ^^ 30 mins in PS 6


http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/po.jpg

[Iiori]

Something Im playing around with. ^^

http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/Picture-027.jpg

I gotta add the shadows more now

[Hunger_Artist]

why are they looking at me, and why are they wearing so little clothing?

not that thats a bad thing.. but your characters seem a little artificial right now. Maybe get two friends to pose in the way you want and let them realize the context of the pose (i.e. you are naked inside of a volcano). Take a picture of that, mabey with the lighting pre-positoned and use if for ref and you should get interesting results.. just an idea!

[Iiori]

Hehe Thanks Hunger Artist, I admit theres really no concept behind this picture, well not yet. I'd love to do what you suggested, but all the friends willing to pose for me are guys... Hmmm.. I could try giving the characters sex changes. I agree with you that they are artificial. Im hoping when I get working on the face that might help a little bit.
This piece is totally a learning process.

Well I should update on it then. I've been busy with college visit type things so not to much has gotten done on it. Still haven't worked on the faces and the lighting still needs alot of work. Haha Eventually I hope to get it okay. ^^

http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/girls.jpg

Here are a couple other quick doodles I've played with. References on the first one.


http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/sk234.jpg

http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/Picture-031.jpg

This is a tad girly for my taste, but I used to draw it all the time when I was little.
http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/Picture-035.jpg

http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/Picture-028.jpg

http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/facee.jpg

[Fipse]

HI Iori,

just wanted to tell that you´re getting better all the time. Especially your last post shows good developments in different areas. I personally like most the last pic (the guy with the hat). Nice to see you improving!

Fipse

[Iiori]

Thanks Fipse.:) That means a lot to me.

Good news I start college jan 12. YAY Art Classes! Im quite excited.

Im really trying with most of these is to start only using my tablet for drawings. See how that works..Its going okay so far. :D


Here are a few doodles. Nothings really refined, and I should go back and tighten them up. I probably will later.

DSG's

http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/dgds.jpg
http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/dgsam2.jpg
http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/dgsglat.jpg
http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/dgsrobtt.jpg
http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/dsgmus.jpg
http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/dsgdemon.jpg
http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/meh.jpg

This is just an idea.. I want to take father for a site. I have to go back and do everything up like make the bodies look like bodies and such, just a thumb now.

http://members.lycos.co.uk/vbcserenity/art/neothumbbbbb1.jpg

C and c Much appreicated . ^^

[Hunger_Artist]

Its good that you are testing out your tablet and it seems like you have control over it.

I can tell using reference is helping you.. dont stop! in school they will likely make you do lots and lots of figure drawings.. so get a head start now and start drawing more from life!

If you dont love the sketch, or get excited thinking about where it could go as a finished work, dont bother finishing(but do try again!). I like that you are doing DSGS, too :D.

[xia]

Been busy, huh? It's great that you are working hard :)
Lots of doodles, I can see a pretty good progression along this page. Awesome! your lighting and color is for sure getting really better. Your line quality is also improving.
Awesome kiddo!
Iiori rulezzzzzzzzzzzzz...
Keep it up!!!

later, :beer:

[Iiori]

^^ I got some things to update with. Though Im wondering if my host just died out. :/ If so then if you want to see my past work look at my site here (http://solaceape.fataldreamscape.com)

I gotta go further with each. I want to at least.

http://solaceape.fataldreamscape.com/images/d.jpg

http://solaceape.fataldreamscape.com/images/dsgs.jpg

This one I think Im gonna take my time on. I just started.

http://solaceape.fataldreamscape.com/images/sketnc.jpg

http://solaceape.fataldreamscape.com/images/sket33.jpg

References used on the above two.

http://solaceape.fataldreamscape.com/images/girlsket.jpg

[xia]

Woohoo!!!:D Back in action! You go girl!
Good job, keep it up :chug: :beer:

*This morning sucks, I went to life-drawing. But the model didn't show. Can't go anywhere...it's snowing*

[Iiori]

Inspired by what Metalwinds is doing. Reference used.

Oh good news, finally got into my figure drawing class, though the rest of the art classes were already filled up before I can get to em. Now heres hoping someone drops. ^^



http://solaceape.fataldreamscape.com/images/dyre.jpg

[Iiori]

One for today, Reference used. ^^

http://solaceape.fataldreamscape.com/images/afdf.jpg

[Hunger_Artist]

I like that gothik looking face.. its simple and a good use of light dark contrast.. also like the orange/blue you are working with.

For me women are entertaining to draw...but it is also fine to draw the male figure too if you are inclined.

when constructing the figure, here are some things to try:

-invent your own version of a skeleton that makes sense to you

-divide the edges into different faces, like polygons..that way the lighting transitions wont have to be as smooth

[metalwinds]

nice work iiori. im glad that i inspired you to start painting digitaly from reference....its really helped me a lot. my first suggestion would be to get different reference. i have found that pictures of supermodels and such arent the best source for reference. the tones and values all seem to be obscure in one way or another, so i chose to get my reference from other sources (domai, hegre, and met-art). if youre interested, go to the reference forum and choose the 18+ nude reference thread........theres a lot of great stuff on there. other than that, just keep at it...make sure to do at least one every day. also, pay close attention to the colors in the pic.........ive found out and learned a lot since i first started doing them. keep it up

[Iiori]

Metalwinds: Thanks ^^ I can tell you have improved loads since we last saw you color images. I was really impressed.
Thanks for the tips. Ill try out some references from here and Correct proportion, they seem to have good ones too. Ive been doing them everyday, but Im just posting the ones that came out decent.:P I am having a bit of trouble with a b&W guy at the moment, for some reason its harder, haha.

Hunger_Artist: Thanks. I am actually working on a guy right now, though hes being a pain haha. Ill try doing what you told me. I think it will really help.


Today I did some reference drawings of faces. Figured I should focus on one thing a day. Ill post up the rest later. ^^

http://solaceape.fataldreamscape.com/images/Picture-049.jpg

[Iiori]

Im not dead yet. Just been doing some Graphic design lately.

Though I don't have my fig drawing stuff scanned, I have a few reference drawings to show.


http://solaceape.fataldreamscape.com/gst/Picture-620.jpg http://solaceape.fataldreamscape.com/gst/Picture-619.jpg

Digital sketch. ^^ Hopefully I get some things scanned up soon.

http://solaceape.fataldreamscape.com/gst/sgfsgs.jpg

[Blackwell]

Nice faces, Iiori - very expressive.

[gasmask]

deeaaaam u have came along ways! good job, im proud of ya, i followed in ur footsteps and started a sketchbook too! hehe, well keep up the paint, ur well on ur way to being at a pro level.... keep learning grasshopper

[xia]

Yeay! :chug:

[Iiori]

Thaks guys^^ Pro? me? haha I can only hope.

Todays doodles, Durring a break between homework assignments.

http://solaceape.fataldreamscape.com/images/troll.jpg
http://solaceape.fataldreamscape.com/images/Picture-629.jpg

[Karim M.]

Hey Iiori. Have you ever read "Musashi"?

[Iiori]

Hey Karim, Nope I can't say that I have, Sorry, but should i? ^^

[Karim M.]

Oh ok. Sorry then. I only thought you read it, because there is a boy, one of the main characters, named Iori in this book.
:D

[steak-tron]

i'd post something about yer work but I can only see the last two?
nice doodles tho.

[Iiori]

Hehe thanks ^^ I wish my host wouldn't keep dying. It seems that I lost my website again due to a server move. Hmm Think its time to cut my losses and start a new thread?

Im reuploading everything now, just takes a bit on 30k.

Ah, So thats why people think Im a guy. Haha.

[Karim M.]

Originally posted by Iiori

Ah, So thats why people think Im a guy. Haha.

That'S what I meant :D

[Iiori]

Todays erm Thing. ^^ Just quick coloring for GD class.

http://solaceape.fataldreamscape.com/Save.jpg

[Iiori]

Todays studys . First two References used. Ya know I got a lot of looks for buying Sports Illustrated Swim Suit edition at school. Tsk tsk, Ill be referencing it for a while. Gotta keep working on the figures, ^^ Things are comming easier.



http://solaceape.fataldreamscape.com/images/Picture-631.jpg

The picture itself was kinda boring, so I added a dragon Half touch to it. ^^ Ouch with feet though. Kinda liked the suit she had on so I left it. Lots of the suits in SI are pretty cool, even though the models aren't really wearing them.



http://solaceape.fataldreamscape.com/images/dragonhalf.jpg

Color study, I didnt want to use the mag for the coloring, just seeing how it would comeout with my own coloring. ^^
http://solaceape.fataldreamscape.com/images/dragonhalfco.jpg


DSG.

http://solaceape.fataldreamscape.com/images/date.jpg

[xia]

Looking good kiddo! Your figure is getting a lot better. The monster guy turn out nicely. Keep it up. I will be watching u.
:D :chug: