Smoke's sketchbook

[Smoke]

Turn to the last page for latest work. This is all very old.

[Smoke]

Took me an obscene amount of time to pump out that Jungle/cave concept, would anybody have any tips on vegetation?

[Envisor]

Thx for the reply in my sketchbook. Nice cave youve done, on vegitation, Id say to look up lots of refernece pictures and mix them together. Thats what I would do at least.

[naomiful]

Like envisor said, definitely look at references.. something you might find in them is that vegetation is not so much random scribbles, but there is pattern and form in it, especially repetition! Use that to your advantage and for your composition ~

[Machineabuse]

I think you got a nice overall mood going but what Naomiful and Envisor have said holds true. Study up on your vegimatation! Grandmaster Feng (http://www.fengzhudesign.com/) has a good tutorial on his site for ze veg.

[Kat_Warrior]

Alas, no tips on vegetation... but the lighting looks awesome! I love forest-like scenes with that sort of lighting. They're quite peaceful and just draw my eye to the image.

Thanks for the comments on my Sketchbook, btw. :D Very appreciated!

[iMaiM]

Thanks for stopping by my sb. You need to post a huge dump of your work XD.

I'll keep an eye out, hopefully you update soon!

[BryanYoung]

Thanks for stopping by my sb. Like everyone else said get some ref for the vegetation, or anything that you don't know what it looks like. Just use it as a starting point. It will lend credibility to your images. Let's see some more stuff.

[Smoke]

Apologies for the lack of updates guys, some serious computer trouble.

[Smoke]

HUZZAH! I can finally upload pictures again. Sorry about the huge gap in the updates folks.

Working on that jungle idea.

[Smoke]

Blocking in.

[Lazy]

Hey Smokey!
Looks like a good start on the new piece. The jungle has a nice feel to it.
Still i think its cropped to an odd size, a little to wide for the subject maybe that's just me.
Keep on painting, use reference and dig out those crazy ideas in your head.
Cheers!

[Smoke]

Made some changes to that jungle, good or bad, I`m not so sure.

Lets see.

[NicoRaven]

Good or Bad? Definitely Better and at nights end that all you need , better than last time. Scan something. So far thou Ok.

I gave you one star for motivation

[Smoke]

Not my brushes.

[Smoke]

Sorry for the crap update rate, been a bit busy.

[Smoke]

Another doodle.

[loveandasandwich]

Ahh! I love the sting ray! The way you rendered the water is gorgeous. I want to see the jungle piece finished :D

[Smoke]

Just an idea, going with the popular clone gas mask thing...yeah.

[Hurley]

Hello,

I loved the atmosphere in this piece: http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=131684&stc=1&d=1177923271

Great job. Keep up the good work, I would love to see you carry some more pieces further.

[JL.Alfaro]

That sting ray piece is kick ass! Id go even darker on the stingray shape, but thats IMO.

love that tree line piece where you said " not my brushes"
Remember man, its not the brush its the hand behind the brush.

I dont see any anatomy studies, are you specializing on enviros?

-JL

[Smoke]

Hello,

I loved the atmosphere in this piece: http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=131684&stc=1&d=1177923271

Great job. Keep up the good work, I would love to see you carry some more pieces further.

Thanks, I`ll try to take some further.

Ahh! I love the sting ray! The way you rendered the water is gorgeous. I want to see the jungle piece finished :D

Thank you, I`ll finish it....one day.

That sting ray piece is kick ass! Id go even darker on the stingray shape, but thats IMO.

love that tree line piece where you said " not my brushes"
Remember man, its not the brush its the hand behind the brush.

I dont see any anatomy studies, are you specializing on enviros?

-JL

Inspiring words, I`ll remember it.

I am focusing on enviroments for now yes, I have so many in ym head but getting them down is proving a challenge.

[Piranha Clan]

Thanks for the comments in my SB, mate. The manta ray piece is...*ahem*...SEX as well. :bashful: Really beautiful. Let's see some of your pencil work, too!

[Silverwing]

Thanks for the tips on my sketchbook!

Neways, nice going. I'm new to the tablet drawing thing too. Perhaps we can learn together, swapping newly found tips etc. Are you just using photoshop at the mo?

[Sketch]

The atmosphere you achieve in your paintings is amazing! Of course the sting ray one is my fav as well.

[Smoke]

Thanks for the tips on my sketchbook!

Neways, nice going. I'm new to the tablet drawing thing too. Perhaps we can learn together, swapping newly found tips etc. Are you just using photoshop at the mo?

Thanks, I'd love to swap tips, do you have msn or another instant messenger? (Use Pm, so much safer)

The atmosphere you achieve in your paintings is amazing! Of course the sting ray one is my fav as well.

Thank you, I realise I haven't updated in quite a while. I was trying to make a leap of some kind before I embarressed myself further, but what the hell.

Updates! (I`ll try to spend some time on something one day, I promise :S)

[Smoke]

I know it's huge and basic but it's all I could force out today. :nohope:

[Coleb]

Thanks for the comment on my SB. Your environments are really promising. Using the tablet takes some getting used to, doesn´t it?

I like the stingray, but my favorite is the jungle. Have you played around with creating a further away glen to give it some more depth?

[Smoke]

Thanks for the comment on my SB. Your environments are really promising. Using the tablet takes some getting used to, doesn´t it?

I like the stingray, but my favorite is the jungle. Have you played around with creating a further away glen to give it some more depth?

Takes more getting used to more than I could ever realise, damn things!

I thought about it, I`ll try that next!

Generic envrioments, here we go.

[Crush]

Hey smoke, it's crush500 (hl2.net mod) ;p

I like #27 the best, keep it up!!

[Smoke]

Tried my hand at painting from ref, not sure how it turned out but I`ll be doing more.

Crits!

(Woot, page 2!)

[.:J/A\X:.]

nice artwork smokey.

I really like the under sea picture.

[Smoke]

.:J/A\X:. - Thanks, you should link to your sb in your sig so I can check out your work!

Another eye from ref.

[BurntUmber]

wow you have a great sense of lighting in your environments! kudos

[Smoke]

20 minute water exercise, no ref.

[Smoke]

Little update on the wave.

[Smoke]

Another update on the wave D:

[Sketch]

Wow, that's looking super realistic!

[Darktwin]

Your latest update is very nice, I see your learning how to use the tablet quite well. Would like to see some pencil works also, foundations are key for the growth of an artist. solid start to your book, keep up it coming please.

[mikedee]

I really dig these landscape speedpaints. Keep it up!

[Smoke]

Hey people, very little to update on the side of digital work, I've been focusing on pencils.

Problem is, I have a scanner, but it's busted to shit. So until I find a decent camera/working scanner I'm going to have to stay in the dark.

:/

(I know I borked the perspective up here with the power lines in the middle, forgot to edit them out)

[VenomVindicta]

Borked. haha.

I dont think they look too bad, would be better if they went at an angle though.

Like it..
More =]

[Smoke]

Apple for joo.

No ref.

[Smoke]

Another apple for Joo.

[Smoke]

Some puffeh clouds.

Aww.

[Smoke]

Hungry?

[cucak]

HI,
I really like picture manta and Junk. GOOD JOB
some idea for you
- for manta maby you can add some shadow of manta go down in wather (no strong)
- for Junk maby they are too much detail in the air. I cant read bottom part of picture, maby add some detail of building or car or what they are to recognize place.
push more
Thx for the reply in my sketchbook (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=77818&highlight=cucak).

[VenomVindicta]

I love the clouds.
Ive been looking at alot of clouds lately, maybe i should try and draw them one day..
More

[Smoke]

Some ideas, nothing special.

Oh, and a Koshime inspired sci fi sketch, enjoy.

[Smoke]

Working on a white rose for a friend, this is what I have so far. Updates to come. (Hopefully)

[Smoke]

And another 20 minutes in, going to sleep now. I'll update more tommorrow as and when I paint, goodbye.

[VenomVindicta]

If i could paint like that i would die happy :)

Thats really good, can't wait till its finished

[Smoke]

Danke Venom, I shall finish it tommorrow.

For now, another update. Top right is the reference image, top left is mine at 400% zoom, and the bottom is mine again at 100%

Crits are welcome.

[Diphallia]

You should work at a much higher resolution than you're working on right now.
Like 1000x1000 pixels square or so.
300dpi.

[Matsign]

All the color studies are great. I love the landscapes and, like I said the wave was one of my favs. Love to see some larger still-lifes' with more than one object. It sounds weird but challenging for you. Sometimes I've turned my bedroom into a studio with my shitty laps for lighting.

[otsopsanig]

Hey Smokey! Nice work. You're doing pretty well with the referenced stuff, and your apples look tasty. I dig the water, too... I suck so badly at water. How do you do it?

There is one thing bugging me about some previous pieces... The stamps. (or defined brushes... Y'know what I mean.) Like, with the trees and stuff. Try giving the impression of trees and grass, or something... I'm not sure how to do it, because I haven't really tried it, but give painting them individually a go! :D

Keep going, man, 'coz I'm subscribing. ^_^ Woot!

[Smoke]

No updates on the rose, but I swear I've been working on it. It's just taken a back seat in life at the moment. Should be finished soon, though.

Here's a tiny image to keep the vultures at bay, I'm alive I tell you!

Also, how the hell do you add text before each image?

[otsopsanig]

EEP! I will, don't WHIP me! Goodness! o_O

Woodland scenery, here I come!

[Diphallia]

Text before each image?
Simple. Don't use the attachment manager.
Upload on an external host and use IMG tags.
But it's far easier to use attached images, imo.

[Smoke]

Finally got my hands on a camera!

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f346/Smokey186/Painting/DSCF0707.jpg

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Just perspective studies. I was too excited to take many that weren't blurry or shaky as crap, but you get the gist of things.

More to come.

[Smoke]

Just another doodle.

[Smoke]

Long time no update, getting there slowly though.

[otsopsanig]

Wow, looks great! :) I really need to update too... Eeeeek...

[Smoke]

Ehe, Camera is no longer within my grasp so back to digitals for a bit. Have a speedie.

Gina, glad you like it, I'll hop by soon.

[Diphallia]

Attenshun Grabbing.
Keep it going strong!

[Smoke]

Attenshun!

Couple of quick b+w doodles for ye.

[Smoke]

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f346/Smokey186/Painting/DSCF0790.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f346/Smokey186/Painting/DSCF0793.jpg

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http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f346/Smokey186/Painting/DSCF0794.jpg

Sorry for the blurry images.

[Crane]

Hey thanks for dropping by.

really liking that rose going on up there, wanna see more of that, and more robots, just because they are kick ass! and don't stop with the anatomy either!

salute!

[Smoke]

Viva le speedpaint!

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f346/Smokey186/Painting/Env_0003copy.jpg

[Smoke]

Updates, some are sketches from a few weeks ago. Most are pretty recent though.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f346/Smokey186/Painting/DSCF0814.jpg

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[firenbrimstone]

I really like the perspective work. (My OCD says angles are awesome)

Keep working on your human forms, your earlier sketches were great... keep the focus, and they'll rock!

I've always been a fan of your landscapes, I can't wait to see the human art that comes outta your brain!

[TheWookieMonster]

Perspective work is hard, I do it as part of my course... Had to spend around 4 hours drawing a single cube, rediculously precise sketching.

Measuring points, vanishing points... ergh..

Blew my mind, but the end result was impressive.

Yours look great ! ! Gj

:D

[Smoke]

Thanks guys, it helps.

Small update, 40 minute speedy, trying to get used to texture and light.

This is fun.

[Smoke]

Crappy little paintover.

[Smoke]

Another speedie.

[VenomVindicta]

Happy balloons ^_^

I should really draw more..

(:

[Smoke]

Very fast study from No Country For Old Men.

[firenbrimstone]

Your lighting always rocks my world! Sometimes, I'm almost touching the screen to make sure it's not real! :sungod:

Love the new stuff, please keep adding... :)

[Delmar]

that's good....Keep on doing anatomy studies, also youre speedpaints gettin better with each piece..

keep on working!:)

[Smoke]

Wheey, thanks guys. Mary, get on msn for christs sake!

Delmar: I've looked at your sketchbook often and I'm always impressed. Thanks for the compliments.

Quick speedy for now. More later.

[Smoke]

Some crappy cave thumbnails.

Note: this isn't one coherent image, it's just a bunch of ideas thrown together.

[humanNature6115]

geat colorings

[Rabid]

Lookign very nice man. Keep up with those anatomy studies...hell, you can render clouds better than me! Just take your time with the pencil work. Keep it light....good stuff!

[Smoke]

Hey guys, thanks for the feedback.

Rabid, I doubt I can do anything art related better than you, man.

Doodles for ya.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f346/Smokey186/Painting/DSCF0828.jpg

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[VenomVindicta]

That last image on that last update looks absolutely terrifying.

Like you that time you were drunk and decided to crawl into all the sleepnig bags in the house.. at the same time. :| xD

I still think that cloud looks..odd.. >.<

(:
V

[Smoke]

YOU PROMISED NEVER TO SPEAK OF THAT.

A large enviro speedy thumbnail...thing.

[Shehaub]

I really like this last environment sketch/thumbnail. You pulled off the illusion of distance. It looks like its just waiting to be refined and occupied by something.

[firenbrimstone]

Once again, your work always makes me do double, sometimes triple-takes.

Even in it's roughest form, there's always something hidden--and I wait with baited breath for the secrets to be revealed!

[Smoke]

Thanks, I have trouble filling things in though :/ Any tips? :D

Here's some sci fi silhouets. Not sure which to develop though.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f346/Smokey186/Painting/DSCF0841.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f346/Smokey186/Painting/DSCF0842.jpg

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[Shehaub]

I am sure I am going to sound stupid, but what exactly do you mean by developing these? I am sincerely curious about your process. I will be watching to see what you do with these.

[Smoke]

Hey, that's not stupid at all. By develop I mean picking which shapes best communicate what I want and fleshing them out with details.

Hey hey, page 4!

Here's a speedy.

[Shehaub]

Please do show your progress as you go on those. I might want to mimic what you are doing, if you don't mind. Perhaps this would be a way to get all those pictures I see in the woodgrain to use.

[Smoke]

Shehaub: Are you sure? I mean, I'm new to the whole ship conception process myself, so I'm not sure how much help I'd be. But if you want to have an OC session sometime perhaps we can collab and come up with a few awesome designs together?

Here's a mini update, tried to refine the ship a bit more, on the advice of Jdeegz.

[Smoke]

Mountain study, from ref, I like how this turned out.

[Shehaub]

Good job on those values. You using refs or is this mind generated?

[Smoke]

That was from ref, yes.

[firenbrimstone]

Love the mountain... and I spy a face in the lower left area. Probably not intentional.. but nonetheless, there it is!

Moar please! :) :yum:

[Hive_minD]

Last mountain turned out great. I like the mixture of hard strokes and texture.
;)

Chris

[Smoke]

Thanks guys, it helps.

This is just a quick experiment using a differrent method to create cloud.

[Smoke]

Quicky..

[Shehaub]

Keep playing with that mountain. I think a combination of the softer misty cloud next to the harsh sharp edges of the mountain make a nice contrast.

Your quicky reminds me of mine shafts.

[Smoke]

Thanks, Sheb.

This is just something from my head.

[Smoke]

Speedy. I really need some crits, I have no idea what I'm doing.

[Shehaub]

I will be honest, the direct line to the mountain seems very abrupt. There is no place for my eyes to sit and rest anywhere.

Your creature makes me smile.

[xobgob]

jungle dude. finish the jungle it is the best

[Smoke]

Quick very small value study, I think doing this really helped, it doesn't feel flat compared to the other cave things I've tried.

Shehaub: I'll remember that next for my next try, thanks.

Xobgob: Uh, thanks? :S

I have some studies coming, promise.

[luness]

hey Smokey,
About the speedy on post 103, get rid off the gray-ish triangle on the foreground because I believe you wanted the mountain in the background to be the focal point and this sort of triangle is quite distracting.
I really like the shapes on the sides and they work well as foreground. They seem like remains of an old forest or something, very organic.
I'm not an expert in composition but I hope this note helps you a bit :)

[AsaB]

Impressive speedies! Your colour choices are sweet, and I like the variety of your content.

As for the pic in post #103, I agree with Shehaub. It seems to be missing one focal point, my eyes went all over the picture. It's an interesting concept, though, hope you'll do something more with it.

[shamandalie]

HEE. i like your creature and quickies. :D

[Smoke]

Hey guys, the crits are really helping me see problems in what I'm doing.

Your reward is a speed paint where I tried to take your points on board. Hope you like it.

[Arteater]

great work, I like your style

[Shehaub]

I like all the colors at the top of the clouds. It really gives the impression that something is going on inside them.

[VenomVindicta]

I like the composition on the storm lightning.. thing. One (:

But yeah, as you said, the lighting could be better.

I drew today, (:

Betcha never thought you'd see that did you? :D

[Crush]

Completely removing the words 'speed' and 'quick' from your vocabulary would probably help you quite a bit ;)

[Smoke]

Cheers guys.

Here's some sketches, scribbles, and a study or two. I have more, but they're studies of other artists work and I'm not sure they'd appreciate me uploading them.

I'm trying to upload everything (apart from the aforementioned subject). So there's some seriously dumb scribbles in here.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f346/Smokey186/Painting/DSCF0846.jpg

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[Smoke]

More from the crap factory.

[EvilBunny]

Hey, your colors look good. Your drawings, however, need some work. One suggestion is to see your paper as a 3d space. The bridgman book talks about that in massing. I'll reread that section and try to learn from that if I were you. Don't worry about tacking on tons of details at the start. One thing about drawing is that you have to know the shape and form of the object you're drawing. If you don't, you can't expect your viewers to pick up what you're trying to draw. Play with the simple shapes and try to put them on paper from different angles and viewpoints, then go from there. Once you know the basics, it'll translate to your colors.

[Shehaub]

I like your Bridgeman studies the best out of this last group.

I think it is a good habit to keep putting ideas down like you have been with the landscapes/environments/figures even if you don't plan on doing any further with them. Keep the "What if.. ?" moving. I let myself get locked into "Only draw/paint what you see" and its been a struggle to find that truly creative side of me that wanted to learn to draw in the first place.

Keep going!

[Smoke]

EvilBunny: Thank you. I understand what you're saying with my sketches, they all look very flat and my understanding of 3d space could sure as hell use some work. I'll have a ton of perspective and shape studies done soon, so check back later :) By the way, do you have a sketchbook?

Shehaub: You're a long stander in my sketchbook, I can count on you to give me a good crit or just a pat on the back when I update, I hope I return the favour often enough(that goes for everyone), I've been reading up on your blog and your sketchbook, It'd be nice to know you some more.

I'll some more bridgeman done soon as well, look out for them.

As for YOU however, get some imaginative sketches uploaded, pronto.


Something I did to relax. I watched the sunrise this morning and was inspired to attempt my own. Liking this one :sungod:

[Jamesy]

I really like this last environment. Very moody and you captured the depth just right. I noticed a lot of these are quick studies, so I'd like to see you push some of your concepts further. There's a lot of good ideas here, so just keep it up!

[Smoke]

Thanks Jamesy, check your sb, threw some love your way.

Right, I've been reading alot of Judge Dredd again latley, and I've been inspired to attempt a public transport concept.

I'll take this as far as I can, but my knowledge of tech and vehicle design is limited, so I'll put what I have up now for some viewer analysis. I know it's very simple at the moment, but I'm trying.

I'm thinking that it's some kind of public transport, like a bus in the future. Hence the stylish domes and curves. The front is the far right, and I'm thinking about adding some large wheels, or bits and bobs that make it hover. Seeing as it's the future why can't it float too?

Lemme know what you think.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f346/Smokey186/Painting/Dystopiantransportcopy.jpg

[Arteater]

wow, that last environment is amazing, great work!

[Smoke]

Arteater: Thanks.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f346/Smokey186/Painting/DSCF0861.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f346/Smokey186/Painting/DSCF0863.jpg

[Rabid]

Good lighting pieces, keep up the studies!

[Max Challie]

Hey Smoke. You posted in my sketchbook, and I feel I should return the favour. Sorry I took to long.

I don't think those figure poses you posted very well organized, maybe you could you seperate them a bit?
I just notice objects and eyes very close together, as well as mixing in the area and it takes a while to break it down into the indiviual studies. The human form studies seem to overlap each other in places as well. I mean it's good to keep them tight on the page, a sketchbook feels more full when you fill it up as much as possible, but it might be good to divide different studies into different places on the page.

I wish I had more crit to give, since your post was so helpful. Anyway, I like what I see here and good luck with it!

[Sorknes]

Your digital pieces with colour are definitly stronger than your pencil stuff.

It does look like you might want to organize it better like Ananda said, it looks more like it's just random drawing whatever, hehe. Find an anatomy book, or just pull photos off the internet to do, lets say eyes, for an hour. :)

[mentler]

Thanks for your recent feedback
on my thread.

Digitals looking good.

Drawing is the key that
unlocks everything.

The time spent learning
to draw is time well spent.

[MarkWinters]

That last landscape is nice. As far as your doodles/sketches - try to not doodle mindlessly. Be aware of what you're sketching. Ask yourself some questions while your making marks, "What shapes would look cool here?, "what doesn't look right?", "how do I add cool details?" etc. Don't agonize over it, just don't let your hand do the work of the mind (excuse the psychologico mumbo-jumbo!) Good luck!

[Matsign]

Hey mate. I know how you feel, but I would recommend trying to do a finished drawing. Do a bit of pre-planning, just like subject, whats going on. Pick steps you want to take to finish it (pencil to ink, then color) even something monochromatic. The experience will be beneficial!

but no matter what, i still wub u

[sho-nuff]

Hay Smoke your mountains looked real familiar, did you use ref for those? if so i think i used the same photo coz i have som similar looking mountains in my sb - and yes i am trying to get you over there to check me out haha.

Seriously though your work is good, i'll check it out again for a more thorough look and some serious critique.

yeeeeeah!

[Niels23]

Very nice digitals you got here man! Great work with light. Just continue your drawing practice and they will rock too. And yes.. Tool is a great band! :)

[Smoke]

Hello everyone! Sorry for the late replies and the lack of udpates, I've not been doing much lately(changing, trust me). I have some sketchbook work to show but right now I'd rather get started with some a study I'm working on, from ref.

Rabid: Thanks, I will.

Max challie: I see what you mean about the organisation. I'm trying to keep my drawings neater and more organised now. Thanks for the input.

Sorkness: A good deal of what I've posted is random drawing, as you can see in this post I've taken your advice.

Mentler: Thanks man, I'm taking the time.

MarkWinters: I've taken your advice as well, and I've been trying to put it to good use, thinking of what would look right where, how dark it should be, where it would look better if placed at this angle or that size, ect. Thanks.

Matsign: Hey dude, I'm trying it, looking at steps, thinking about what I want to do. I've been attacking the paper with pen and pencil.

I wub you more.

sho-nuff: Hey, yeah I used ref for those mountains, it's not the same as yours though. I looked through your sb, your stuff is miles ahead of mine!

Ulver: I'm trying. Listening to Tool as I type :steph:

Seriously, thanks for the replies and for the advice everyone.

And sorry about the quality of this image, it's pulled straight from my webcam :S

Tools used - Willow charcoal, B, 2B, and a 0.3mm mechanical ( think it's 3 anyway) along with a putty eraser and a generic big white rubber.

Ref - http://www.old-picture.com/indians/Profile-Indian-Man.htm

[a la bapsi]

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=143252&stc=1&d=1180018854
^ I'm loving the mood of this one.
Keep Posting!

[Smoke]

Wheyyy, thanks, I will. Check your sketchbook, left you some crits.

Moar!

Same tools, took about 5 hours, reffed.

Again, sorry for the shitty picture, it's all I can get at the moment because the usb cable for the good camera has been lost and my scanner is borked, so this will have to do.

The line is shadow from the camera cable.

Ref - http://www.old-picture.com/indians/Nez-Perce-Indian-Warrior.htm

[a la bapsi]

A;LSKDFHASDLKFJ YOU COLORED IT?~

show me. :|

[Shehaub]

Really like the last two. Keep going!

[Max Challie]

I'd like to see more detail in the integration of facial features in the first drawing, just to blend them together - like refining how the eye fits in, and connecting the bottom of the nose with the lip more (you could smooth it out with a curve). Is the eye too close to the nose? Should it come back a bit?

I really like the second face. The eye just seems to fit right in, with nothing out of place and it all being well integrated.

[JessiBean]

good studies! the shading has more purpose than the other doodles... how bout some anatomy studies, etc.? Really work on those observational skillz... :teeth:

POAST MOAR!

[Smoke]

Thanks for the input guys, taking it all in.

Here's a quick paintover of the last guy's face to hold you off whileI find a working cam.

[Smoke]

Same sketch, just played with the colours to see if I could keep depth in an area I'm not used to working. You be the judge.

[Smoke]

Silhouettes, had a lot of fun doing these :D

[Smoke]

Trying to flesh out the arcane looking guy, not turning out how I planned but I'm trying to roll with it.

C+C very welcome.

[Smoke]

Doesn't look like a bot but it's meant to be.

[a la bapsi]

Silhouettes are indeed much fun. :D
I think that awesome looking spider thing is the most awesome one. FLESH IT OUT ;LAJSDFASD.

[Matsign]

I think your four legged b&w is really strong. Break it down to small areas and experiment with some colors.

Doing some digital master copy studies will help you paint a little better.

[Smoke]

I've cleaned up the spider bot thing, but I'm at all sure how to continue :S

[Matsign]

good post is good. How about adding some color with simple shapes, or overlay it with some texture brushes?

[Smoke]

Raggh, I've been doing loads of pencil works, but I still have no cam to post them, so here's some digi's.

[Smoke]

Quick little thing I felt like doing, I was timing myself and ran outta time, hence the mesy appearance...

[Smoke]

Beast of burden.

[a la bapsi]

Dude I Miss You

[Smoke]

blagh.

[Smoke]

More of the same ....crap.

[Smoke]

Shapes, this was fun.

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/8406/chargingthornsbm6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/8406/chargingthornsbm6.9067b3fd99.jpg (http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=134&i=chargingthornsbm6.jpg)

[Smoke]

Thumbs and an update on the viking.

[malpanka]

now that's a sketchbook! you have a grat sense of colour, light and form, especially if it comes to landscapes and simple shapes. you need to work more on human figure and animals tho. the viking looks flat and undefined for example. try to draw a whole figure and realize its volume before you "dress" the chacacter.
i'd also like to see something polished from you. quickies are great and full of energy, but patience training is also important.

did i say that i'm in love with your use of light?

[Smoke]

Thanks malpanka, it helped! ....I think D:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3052/2714837602_062798f1cf.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3021/2714836340_c0b2f5ac57.jpg

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[Smoke]

http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/939/imag0021ht8.jpg

Hands are fubar, I know.

[a la bapsi]

;d
;d

[me_art_and_animation]

your work is great. it looks from your work that u live somewhere very close to nature. there is a great sense of lights in your work. u have been able to observe lights very carefully and have successfully brought it down on paper. good work. keep going. all the best.

[AwesomCherryBlossom]

You should try using shorter, softer strokes when drawing...

[Kaffinated]

Keep up the good work you got going. When drawing from refferance constantly look at the reff and check the drawing. Draw what your eye sees and try to avoid too much time with you head staring strait at you paper while drawing.

[Max Challie]

Hello Smoke!

I started at an art school recently, and I've been instructed to avoid outlines, just rendering out the form instead. So let's experiment! Draw something, at first without using any outlines. Just block in the whole object as a silhouette, lightly. Gradually refine the tone.

[a la bapsi]

I think you should stick with your long, bold strokes, or better yet, try sketching more with pen only. You'll develop a more confident line, and get rid of those unsure, short strokes you'd see in an amateur piece.
you make me want to buy a skull and draw it. :x

[Smoke]

Thanks for the advice and critique everyone, I'll put it into practice and hopefully you'll see some improvement in my next pencil crapping.

For now though, a few farts.

[res01ve]

Your speed painting styles are on point. You have a good sense of composition, which is probably the most important element of art.
All that technical stuff comes, right?
Now, maybe more humans and creatures?

[a la bapsi]

hey
try gaining line confidence and doing some posemaniacs gestures.
your speedpaintings are nice. ;D

[Smoke]

Both of your suggestions put togethe

Sorry for the dodgy pictures. I still can't afford a scanner.

[a la bapsi]

yay for figures!
I do that all the time with my gestures and figures. All of those pages of gestures and figure scribbles would be a pain to scan anyway.
keep doing it. Nothing to say in here, since i'm critting on msn right now. ._.

[P]

Hello SSG mate, I like your digital enviros, and that one on #157 post, they're great.
You draw alot of skulls, I thought its still life, you have a skull in your room? Damn I want to get one of those, but I havnt seen nowhere to buy it.
About that last post of yours, I actualy saw only one pic, cuz others just take about 5 mins to open for me, something wrong with imageshack or with my internet, I dunno, please use that atachement.

[Mitze]

Some nice pics here like the indian face. Good enviros. Keep it up and post a few more finished pics.

[Smoke]

Gyargh, I have taken in the crits and advice (thanks for the good comments as well) and I've been sketching, but I don't have my camera handy for the next 24 hours.

So here's a digi. I was thinking about how much fun it would be to be drving at high speed through a snowy forest in some sort of semi futureistic snowmobile.

And here we are :D

[otsopsanig]

Aaaahhhhhh I haven't been on CA in aeons and now look at how much you're improving!

What's new? How are ya?

Also, those anatomy studies rock... I think we've been using the same book or something, because I did the same sort of studies a while back. :D

[chaosrocks]

last pic
its basically a compsitional study in black and white.
fairly abstract and so semetrical as to be rather dull
If you want to feature the snowmobile thingy, it needs some contrasts or detail or something. to make it stand out

(harley davidson slug?)

[P]

Motion in the latest one is pretty cool, I wish you upload more, dude its been a while...

[Smoke]

Allo Gina, long time no see.

Chaos - I'll keep that in mind.

Pijus - Hey man, I've been drawing, I swear. It's just finding a way of getting the pencils onto the computer that's the problem.

But yes, it has been too long. So here's some crap.

http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/8827/speedcopy3wt4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[a la bapsi]

loving the bluish tinted one.
that color scheme makes me all tingly inside.

[P]

Oh man, I could watch all day that kind of shapes, its awesome, you use Corel Painter?
And very nice to see you update cuz it looks like our SSG is dead...

[res01ve]

The lighting on the last two is tasty.

[Mitze]

Last two pics look great keep it up.

[P]

Hey, where u gone?

[Smoke]

I'm sorry for my long and sudden absence, I don't really have much to show for it. Been kinda demotivated, I have some digital, quite a bit of pencil work that isn't great, and I can't show it because I have no way to get it online yet, but when I can I will.

These are just boring, bad studies from pictures and some things from my head. I think I'm gonna need some help picking myself up :/

[Smoke]

More..

[AwesomCherryBlossom]

I like how much that rock man actually looks like rock :D and I keep confusing that pink and black landscapey one for a photo ._.

[Demo]

Nice digitsl studies i like the rock dude the thin line of light is something i find hard to keep cleen on my pieces

[Smoke]

Thanks guys.

Steps of reffed mountain study for ye.

[Demo]

:yum: yes. love that mountian that is a nice mountian

[Smoke]

Demo: Thanks, if you like that you should be pleased with this, the shaman woman thing is made from the final image from the mountain study.

Colour study too.

And....some speedy doodle thingamathing. Enjoy.

[Max Challie]

Hey Smoke!

If you want to get anywhere, you're gonna need to stop putting yourself down. It doesn't matter how good you are, there are lots of good artists who hate their own work. But, it's up to you. Being positive will do it. Being negative will only hinder your growth as an artist, and a human being (IMO).
It's fun to draw. I'm sure that when you drew as a kid (every kid draws), you didn't give up at the end of a piece and call it crap. You had fun.

Stop taking it all so seriously and just have some fun drawing. You have to be happy in your work, man. :)

[Juhani Jokinen]

Hey! That mountain study you did is really nice. It shows confidence in how you put down your strokes and you have managed to make the form readable. In your other environments though the readability is a bit poor since frankly there isn't anything there except for planes of different values. Try to get some more info to your enviros and they'll improve a lot.

-Juhani

[P]

What? you back! Dont do that again! Kickass environmens man, i like this (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=595359&stc=1&d=1234841425) one too. Keep up, dont disappear again!

[Demo]

The shammen girl kind of confuses me i think the mountians were used along the back but they were scaled up so much that you lost the crispness. the yellow is my favorit of yesterdays studies althought you can see through some of the towers a bit

[Smoke]

Thanks for the words everyone, I may not reply directly sometimes but I do read every single response and think about it, so thanks.

Studies and stuff..

[Demo]

Great studies . i epic showed me the value studies of the hall way and thir n the list one thig that i think might help on things like the cloud studdies is that some point needs to reach a crispness or hardness of like 100% and then their can also be parts blurred and faded ut like you have i think you acceived this better on the lush small mountian study. keep it up and get to sleep

[Smoke]

Thanks Demo.

[P]

Hey great digitals. Keep up, and Happy Birthday man!!! :drinkup:

[Verehin]

studies are really good, dot stop with it

[Smoke]

Thanks guys.


This is for the second SSG weekly challenge, A POLAR BEAR D:

[P]

Hey, glad u joined our project, looks very three-dimensional, long legs :D Good work. Keep up.

[Demo]

Lol nice polor bear.

[courtyard]

The mountain study is really strong, and that hallway is unsettling (in a good way!). You've made heaps of progress from page one...great work.

[jatherip]

photo studies rock :) UPPPPPPDATTEEE!!!

[Morgado]

Heya Smoke!

First, Max Challie is right, you're only hindering yourself by letting so much frustration come in.

Your landscape studies are very good, simple but effective.
I believe the main problem you have when painting from imagination is the composition. So try to leran from the photo studies you do how things are composed, and then apply to your imagination work.

Hope that helps :)

[TheWookieMonster]

Hey dude,

Youve come a long way in your studies. As the others say your landscape works are fantastic. Youve got a good ability to add emphasis, emotion and power to your images through the composition of light. What i suggest working on is putting everything together in the scene a little more effectively, look at the photo studies some more, try simple 5 minute sketches to build up an understanding. The same with your human bodies, look at the proportions a little more, its a popular topic so look around on the forums, some great info, techniques and examples out there. Keep it up, your stuff is really becoming awesome :D

Wookie

[Smoke]

Cancel that MIA!

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_84lqKxFsOeE/Sw_O5uebYQI/AAAAAAAAAKw/miCtyfpEEzA/s1600/wastelandwip+copy.jpg

[sodAp]

Hello there!
You are improving a lot, keep them coming and its a given you'll be great before you realize it, don't expect it to be tomorrow but they day will come if you keep at it.

Keep posting those, even if people seem to not be paying attention at you at all. Commit to it, commitment is a hard thing but it's the best quality one can learn (I think Im telling this to myself). If I ever have children there's four things I want to teach them above anything else: commitment, persistence, hard work and confidence. Everything else is easy if you have those.

Some of your works look a bit empty and dead, not in a bad way, it can be intriguing. But try to add more interest and tension to your images and later try to find a compromise between misterious and not boring to look at.

[Smoke]

Thanks sodAp, that really helped.

Have a value study.

Edit : I'm not going to have access to the Internet for long periods of time from this point on, until.....I don't know when. Could be months, so yeah.

[Smoke]

Hello, Ca.org. New stuff, a lot of experimentation, lot's of what I feel is new direction for me, or a continuation of an old direction. Abstracts, studies, rambles, and such.

Tell me what you think, or just take a look.

[Smoke]

Throwing in a quick hunchback study, wasn't feeling this one, cut it short and moved on.

[Smoke]

And a colour test, this was fun.

[MasonJames]

Hey Smoke,

I'm absolutely blown away by these organic environments you have in this sketchbook. Some are very Turner like, if you check out his work i'm sure you'll find some inspiration or at least a person to try and beat! Haha.

Even your environments you called generic are full of atmosphere and capture the feeling brilliantly. The caves for example lead me to wonder what's around the corner, what's coming, who lives here and all these questions which are relevant to concept related art. I could totally see you creating environments for space / sci fi related comics.

Your people haven't been that impressive though, mainly because you a) haven't shown very many, lol and b) because you are still learning.

There are definitely great things to come from your art, especially when you are able to convey decent people in your environments, man that's going to be incredible. In fact the environments you have with people in them, say the guy with the tube or even the red guy against a white background, are still interesting to look at. Maybe as a way to improve you could start off with small figures in your environments and then as your people improve gradually make them bigger in your environments.

The jungle, hall way, lake with birds, recent mountains.... All amazing. In fact anytime you draw trees near a lake, I pretty much stare at the picture for ages. Your environments are your biggest strength right now, so learn what you can about drawing good landscapes, it will improve them even more. Hence why I suggest Turner. Maybe divide your time between organic environments and anatomy, say fifty fifty or eighty twenty, because the emotion and feeling of your environments is something that would be sad to lose.

[a la bapsi]

whoa hey cool you're doing stuff!

[Smoke]

MasonJames88 - Extremely kind and uplifting words mate. Read that today and went on a bender, here's the results, also, check your friends list.

I'm blown away that you would associate anything I do with Turner, the man's a legend!

You're 100% correct about my humans and characters not being much to look at (literally)... I just always get drawn to painting environments one way or the other, however, here's a fucked up creature for you that came from a study of an elderly man. (still working on the old guy, I got wrapped up in more sci fi wanderings.)

Ducky- I didn't stop doing stuff! Your stuff is awesome.

[Smoke]

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[Smoke]

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[yogeshj25]

great improvement!! I think you have really good atmospheric studies. You captures the mood pretty well. Great understanding of light. Some of your stuff reminds me of a Halo style work. page 7 I saw a turn in your work. Page 7 was your big leap in getting more definition. My advice to you is work on your figures/forms more. Do a lot of gesture drawings because I feel like that is your weakness. Other than that keep it up because your headed the right direction!
-Yog

[Smoke]

yogeshj25 - Hey, thank you! Gesture studies are like a troll sitting on my shoulder, biting at my neck incessantly reminding me to do more figures, consequently I keep flicking the troll off my neck and stamping it to death, but hey.

Posting a very basic rough for a temple entrance. I want to create a feeling of massive scale, whilst making the viewer feel uneasy. Like stepping into an abandoned church.

Any advice would be appreciated.

[towy]

many really interesting things Smoke, u have good capacity keep it up now

[a la bapsi]

xD your sig

[yogeshj25]

if you keep on flicking the troll of your shoulder, it will keep coming back. You need to teach that troll a lesson and kick it in the ass with figure studies and knock the living hell out of it! There is no success without pain. Its the uncomfortable things in life that bring success. No excuses! Push yourself! Push yourself! Push yourself! you have mad potentials!

[Smoke]

towy - Thanks, I will.

Ducky - Damn right.

yogeshj25 - "There is no success without pain. Its the uncomfortable things in life that bring success. No excuses! Push yourself! Push yourself! Push yourself!"

That is awesome.

A smattering of gesture (posemaniacs) studies, not used to doing these, yet alone in photoshop, hopefully the process will improve with time. They're ugly, but here they are.

Also, a figure study from ref.

[MasonJames]

See in 214 I imagine a battlefield of sorts, reminds me of a WWII scene and 217 has me thinking that Rancor (Jaba the Hutt's pet) is lurking in the shadows somewhere... Yeah I could totally see you doing comics / graphic novels. Your stuff is good.

[Smoke]

Thanks man : D

Sci-fi for you.

[Smoke]

And some non sci fi.

[Smoke]

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[Smoke]

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[Smoke]

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[a la bapsi]

i really like seeing your exploration. :]
keep them coming!

[Smoke]

Environment, abstract, and a master study WIP.

[Smoke]

Playing around, I like this one, not sure where to take it but I like it.

Edit - Update, figured some strange alien drones studying a strange anomaly would be cool. Also lava. I think this is the first time I've managed to convey that lava "feel". Need to work on it though.

Critique appreciated.

[Smoke]

Another update.

[Smoke]

Practice practice practice.

[Smoke]

No project in mind, just mindless painting.

Also video!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiKcAjhJtEk

[Smoke]

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[Smoke]

spikey valley SLEEP SOON

[Smoke]

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[Metal Fingers]

like bapsi said, digging all the exploration, environments are something I've been trying to get better at and fuck are they hard. Keep it up!

[a la bapsi]

hi jason

[Smoke]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PEW9jDsfgeo/Thgno7VEPdI/AAAAAAAAALw/GweCs_tamNw/s1600/desertcanyonambush1.2.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vwx0-SqD5Qo/TiSCofdBbjI/AAAAAAAAAMc/_uuXVIw1Nq0/s1600/wars.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MisX-tVWAwY/TicbG-v78PI/AAAAAAAAAMs/V9vLKgykbIk/s1600/sunsetvalley.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oHI3cdw2eTE/Ti4fytnmcaI/AAAAAAAAANc/75YvGqvU8bg/s1600/formcave.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-li6PQT4Jf3s/TjGjFT77lQI/AAAAAAAAAN0/_nM98lyAqZ0/s1600/pbase3.JPG

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XYgh73DycG8/TjGjE_XnUII/AAAAAAAAANk/S2F1fkPx6AM/s1600/pbase1.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-T49-RnW5t_w/TjQk8uqKHCI/AAAAAAAAAN8/BUBuaw49vS0/s1600/asiansuitguy.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7Nt8TB3X2-s/TjQk8v4HL3I/AAAAAAAAAOE/AM1TgPa40_k/s1600/masterunfinished.jpg

[Velocity Kendall]

mm i like this

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7Nt8TB3X2-s/TjQk8v4HL3I/AAAAAAAAAOE/AM1TgPa40_k/s1600/masterunfinished.jpg

and this

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1217424&stc=1&d=1303598939

[takashmen]

hi Smoke,

you are dealing well with atmospheric effects, your environments are interesting

but last two figures studies are flat and the color is grimy

i know that doing what is working out is satisfying but leaving the safe shelter will bring progress

hope you get what i meant

cheers

[a la bapsi]

Hello, my name is Jason, I'm 22, I live in the UK, West Midlands, and here's some pictures.

[Velocity Kendall]

Hello, my name is Jason, I'm 22, I live in the UK, West Midlands, and here's some pictures.

?
West Midlands? Birmingham? Gutted.

[a la bapsi]

?
West Midlands? Birmingham? Gutted.

yes and my name is jason and this is my sketchbook

[Velocity Kendall]

I like your cartoon bum

[a la bapsi]

I like your cartoon bum

hello my name is jason

[Smoke]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Sktl_2cgUCQ/TjtFE32LmpI/AAAAAAAAAOk/xVEpW6TiWvA/s1600/candlestudy.jpg

[pimpwacker]

Thanks for stopping by my sketchbook!

I really lke your lanscapes, although sometime I think it would pay to adhere to the rule of thirds more closley, I noticed that you often leave a main feature to close to/ pointing to the outside of the frame, causing the eye to leave the frame and become confused.

Ide also say that your gestures could use a bit of stretching out and balance, I think you might be getting too caught up with fitting them into their notches on the page and not concentrating enough on their flow and dynamism. -- that said, I'm only just getting into the habit of using gestures and the body construction system, so I might be talking out of my arse.

but yeah, nice landscapes, my favourate in here is the zeypher valley ambush.

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Thanks pimp.

Imagination and studies.

Imagination

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Study

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Figures from life

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