Envisor's Crossdress Theater

[Envisor]

Starting a new SB.
As always, C&C are highy appreciated and welcomed.
So beat the hell out of me with your comments, critiques. Kick me when Im down as well.

To start off with, heres the new SB SP cover.

Edit: Forgot to post the address of my old thread.
http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=85772

[Envisor]

Heres a piece that Ive been working on for about 2-3 hrs.

[darkchild]

Your Self portraits seem to be getting better in terms of proportions. Your rendering still could be improved (but of course thats why we draw consistently). My main crit for your pencil rendering is that it IS inconsistant. I can tell when you really get into it. For example, your studies of the hand features wonderful tones and midtones..etc. But some of your other pieces looks like you're still rushing. Slow down and think of how you want the subject to be lit and approach the shading from a logical standpoint. Now rendering with a ref will almost always yield correct shadows than rendering from your head, but that comes with practice. The monster has a good start but there is very little variation in your tones. Sorry to be harsh, don't take this in a discouraging way but rather a kickstart to your new SB:) Keep the excellent concepts coming!! I'll be looking forward to your return to sketching!!

[Envisor]

darkchild- thx for the boost of confidence and the kick in the ass to keep going. I know, Ive been rushing on alot of pieces and youre totally right about the way to shade from my head. Thx again, and nice to be back into sketching. Ill keep up the sketching as youll do the same.

[Anid Maro]

To go along with what Darkchild said about your rendering, it's really clear where you broke your strokes. For example, in the monster's shoulder I can see how you rendered it part way and then separately rendered the other part.

Try to take each stroke fully across the form you're rendering. That way these "breaks" won't show up. This isn't so much an issue in your self-portrait though, where there isn't quite as much of an obvious stroke direction.

All in all, though, nice start to a new sketchbook. The linework on the monster's hand is absolutely killer, in my opinion.

Glad to see you sketching again!

[Envisor]

Anid Maro- Thx for the much needed support my friend. Ill be working on the areas you guys have stated.

My very first zombie/crypt thingy

[Envisor]

Some quick character sketches.

[iMaiM]

Ooh, a new SB :) Nice start.

I like the second one, keep your progress posted if you continue it. XD

[Coen]

Hey man what's up, I like the zombie, I think studying some anatomy would really help you. I'm sorry I can't give you too many tips of how to do that since I'm struggling with that myself too right now.. Anyway, keep posting :)

[Envisor]

iMaiM- Thx man, plenty more where that came from, will show that one if I finish it.
Coen- Hey man, long time no see. Good to see your posting again tho, and thx for the tips, been studying anatomy on and off for a while. Just got some Cavardi Books from the library, so ill be posting some up soon.

Small update, sorry guys. Some figs from characterdesigns.com. About 1 1/2 hrs work.

[Konstruktion]

Keep working on the rendering man, and draw lots and lots from life and imagination!

[Sonaj]

New SB :teeth:
Good that your mother is better and you are back to drawing. Latest figures are looking nice, but why didn't you draw the feet? I am looking forward to more anatomy studies from you. I suggest not to concentrate on rendering so much then, but more on learning about the structures and function and try to remember as much as possible. Your concepts from imagination are sometimes lacking in these terms opposed to your reference drawings. It's something i have to work on more too. If your underlying basics are not convincing then all rendering won't make it better. And for the portrait you should be thinking more of the facial shapes.
Thanks for ongoing support and i hope this helps somehow. You did improve since your first sketchbook in here, latest figures are especially good.
Keep sharing

[darkchild]

Hey sorry I haven't visited in a bit, but nice work with the last post!! Good lines and simple renderings. Keep up on those studies. Your zombie dude looks pretty cool. Maybe refine a bit. Try to draw some multiple poses of the same concepts. Choose one that you like and draw a finalized version. Spend a bit more time on it.

[Artacon]

Het there's some nice work here man particularly liked the zombie and the gorilla monster thingy keep up the good work

[AK86]

hey nice start to a new sb!

Thankx for stopping by and posting some sweet comments in my sb again

I have no crit but I can tell you are definatly still heading in the right direction

Keep it up man!

[Envisor]

Sarcophagus- Thx for visiting and for the C&C.
Sonaj- Thx man, the reason I reason I didnt draw ws because I kept meesing up, I had taken some sleeping pills and got really tired so i kept messing up on it. Thx for the crits too man.
darkchild- Thx man, no worries, as long as you come by every once and while. Ill be trying those multiposes out as well.
Artacon- Thx for the C&C dude.
AK86- Thx, be more to come.

Another figure study from characterdesigns.com. The girl took about an hr. The guy took a couple of minutes. I still have a lot of issues to work out on my porportions and line quality.

[Anid Maro]

Yeah, you've still got a few anatomy/proportion issues, but over the last four sketches they've decreased dramatically.

This last sketch page, in particular, is pretty good.

With the lady, her head doesn't quite look right (I think it's a bit small...) and her left breast looks kinda saggy while her right is more perky. Either breast on their own looks fine, but they look strange placed together.

Otherwise though, she's looking good. I really like how you did her hips and legs.

And the guy, for only spending two minutes I think it is damned good. Nice job carving out his form with shading, though maybe you went a bit too far in on the right side.

Keep up the work, and I hope things go well for you personally, what with everything that's happened and all.

[Envisor]

Anid Maro- Thx for the tips man, I seen the problem with the left breast, was going to fix it when my niece and nephew walked through my door, theyre only 3 and 6 years old. By the time they left, I was too lazy to fix it and just decided to post it. As for the head, I didnt see that until you pointed it out to me, thx again.

More figures from characterdesigns.com. About 45 mins all together.

[darkchild]

Hey nice work with the pose on that last lady sitting. Start adding a bit more rendering to your work. It doesn't have to be high contrast or anything. Even the lightest shadows and highlights will add that extra depth to your work. Keep up the work!

[Envisor]

darkchild- Thx man. I aim to please. Ive been wanting to get the basic outline and shape/proportions right. But I'll be using more rendering soon.

Me with my stupid haircut making a stupid face.

[Pigeonkill]

Nice new sketchbook. I'm digging the drawings with the core shadows! It makes the man pop out.

[Dreamworker]

I see a good progresses in your lines, I found these more good and clean. In your new SB my fav pice is this http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=104723&stc=1&d=1173322997
very nice character study.
Keep sharing, ciao :)

[BryanYoung]

Nice start to your sketchbook. Try to keep pushing the dark values in your renderings more.

[darkchild]

Nice SP. You successfully placed that expression on paper! Very nice. Try going over your work with a softer pencil. You'll finalize the lines and give a darker tone at the same time. Try to do the lines in one stroke for a non sketchy look. This portrait is a great improvement to everything else leading up to it:) Keep the progress flowing!

[cherryworx]

aaah i love the smell of a new sketchbook in the morning!
Hope everythings good withyou, sorry i don't stop by your SB'S more often.
But when i do i'm always impressed! your linework is improving at a rapid rate.
keep it up dude!!

[Chrisbro]

Thanks for stoping by in my SB.

I like the characters you have near the top and the man that looks to be holding a bat or racket or something, good proportions!
Keep it up man.

[Envisor]

Pigeonkill- Thx man. Core shadows are always cool.
Dreamworker- Thx. Been working on my line quality.
BryanYoung- Thx dude and will do. Ill be checking out your SB soon.
darkchild- Thx, that one took a little over 2 hrs. I just used a 7mm and 5mm lead pencils. Ill use some softer pencils in my next one.
cherryworx- Thx man, going to check your SB in a little bit to see what youve doing lately.
Chrisbro- dont mention it man. And thx for kind words.

Not a very good update Im afraid. Sorry guys, been a little busy.

[Farvus]

Good job with those figure drawings. I like this page http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=106063&stc=1&d=1173585238

Try using fountain pen. It will force you to put contours with just single strokes and the drawing will look much cleaner.

[Envisor]

Farvus- Thx, will try that out within the next couple of posts.

An unfinished sketch of a womans face. Now that I look at it, the nose and lips are a little off.

[Mirrows]

I love the pencils on this last woman face! It´s so clear and clean! And really good posses on your characters!! Nice Stuff

[naomiful]

Crossdress Theater?!

Anyways, the rendering technique with the monster orc guy in the second drawing is nice - but it's better to take into account which direction you want those hatchings to go! In some places like the hand and face it's working, whereas the shoulder it's not working so well. They are the same direction and flat plane (even tho' flat planes are good) and they just don't explain anything.

Keep workin' it ~

[darkchild]

Very nice last two posts! The legs (her right leg especially) are a bit mishaped on that lady with the sword. I don't have the original to compare but remember that sometimes the curves and angles are very slight and only requires a bit of accentuation. I always catch myself making the curves more curvy because thats the way I translated it onto paper. But less is more. All the attention to detail will come together and form a great image. A good example is the portrait you posted after:) Keep on it!

[Envisor]

Mirrows- Thx man, I'll try my best to meet everyones liking.
Naomiful- Crossdress theator just came into my head, dont know why tho. Thx for the crits. Ill be working through till I get it right.
darkchild- Yeah I know, the curves are off quite a bit. I need to get more control of my lines, Ill be working on proportions more to get that right. Thx for the crits and comments.

Wierd goblin and a take at creature design, supposedly a teenage dragon. Might make a character out of him one day.

[Blade-14]

U really are the starving art type arent u? another sketch book? not that there was anything wrong with the last one, but hey shows dedication.

I like the fact that your attacking the anatomy subject once more, and your getting there bit by bit, the pencil rendering on your last few looks so fundamentally cool that they almost look like photographs a bit. (Yes im being truthful) there are a few itty bitty wrinkles to iron out but your getting there fast, dont' worry :D

[Spats]

I like watching how your pencils and line control get better all the time :]

You got some very cool creatures so I suggest you could keep working on your shading and anatomy to make them even cooler - I appreciate you dropping by my sb! Keep up the good work!

[Envisor]

Blade-14- Thx man, now that you mention, they do have that photoesque quality, I should probably shoot for that more often.
Spats- Thx, I try my best at improving fast. More creatures and anatomy studies soon.

KChen studies

[MRPLOT]

hey man vete a verte un capitulos de giman!! jejeje
keep drawing and posting man!!!!!!1

[Envisor]

MRPLOT- Thx man, Ill keep drawing, Not sure what you said first tho, I took little german in highschool but it doesnt seem to be german. Sorry man, ill have to look up what you said.

Creature study.

[Smoke]

Nice studies, keep at them, different angles and light sources would be nice :)

[darkchild]

Cool stuff with the animals. It's nice to see something a bit different from time to time:)

[Envisor]

Smokey186- Thx for the crit man, will do.
darkchild- Thx, Ill be working with creature design for a while, maybe itll help me with human anatomy as well.

HOOOORRRRRAAAAYYYY, I just got my acceptance letter from CCAD. Im so happy!
Trying to work my style a little more. Something a little more realistic. Did this one last night.

[Havensk]

Hey Man! Thanks for checking out my SB. You have got a great start here, and you'll be a fine addition to the incoming class here. You've done a lot more study than I ever did before I got here. Which is really good. Just get ready to work your ass off and be prepared to lose a lot of sleep over homework. You wont declare your major until the end of the year so.... just keep an eye out for people going into the same major as you, and get to know them. You'll be spending all your time around them for the next 4 years haha. Oh, and never feel hesitant about asking upper classmen for advice or really anything. Keep drawing! I wanna see some updates! Great stuff

[Envisor]

Havensk- thx man, Ill be sure to work hard when I get there. Thx for the tips about getting to know the people who are going into the same major. Ill do just that. ill also ask anyone if I need some tips especially upperclassmen.

Elephant study this time

[Kan Muftić]

Hey there!

Great brand new start here. You show some great improvement in figure drawing. Self-portraits are always frustrating but very rewarding after you've done like 20 of them.. What my teacher told me 15 years ago was to practice making caricatures if i want to be able to make good portraits. And he was so right. Maybe an advice you could use as well?
I like the Troll really much, maybe you should go and try rendering it with colors.
Good place to hang around here, mate.
Subscribed.
Best,

[cherryworx]

Congrats on the acceptance into CCAD, you've earned it dude! looks like i'm not the only one drawing animals round here hehe, the elephants are looking good. theres loads of fun to be had sketchin elephants, masses of textures to play around with. (an if you go to a zoo to sketch them they don't move around too much :) )

[Envisor]

Chupacabra- Thx for the tips about characatures. Ill be doing those for sure soon, and also thx for the subscribing.
cherryworx- Thx man, Ill have more animals soon.

A couple of sketchies, the second one is my first girl without ref that Ive drawn.

[Donovan V]

Hey, good to see things coming along. I really like your studdies. The human ones especialy. There is so much of the "perfect bod" in the stuff I see that I love coming accross stuff that is a bit more grounded. :^^: Keep em comin!

[iMaiM]

Elephants! Great progress man, keep it up.

[Envisor]

Donovan V- Thx for the much needed support man, good stuff in your SB by the way. Keep it up.
iMaiM- Thx dude. More to come.

sorry guys, nothing yet, been busy.

[Sonaj]

Hey mate

Latest pieces show good progress and congratulations for the acceptance.
Love the second elephant drawing, elephants are the best animals ever :wink:
Nice work with the head studies too, i can see that you are working on it.
Thanks for your support in my sb, keep up your hard work and you will get really good soon

Oh and you asked me about reference for master studies, you can just google images up or here is a big gallery too with high res pics http://www.artrenewal.org/

[MUNIZ]

Very cool SB you've started. I really like your line work. The animals are real nice. I'll keep an eye on this one.

[Chermilla]

Good studies, keep up the great work!!

Cx

[darkchild]

Hey sorry for the lack of posts from me. I wanted to drop by and say that your last few posts have much better lines. They're not sketchy like your previous sketches. It's nice to see you progressing like this:) Keep it up!

[iMaiM]

Thanks for stopping by my new SB!

You need to update!! XD

[Envisor]

Sonaj- thx for the kind words and for the link. Be using those soon.
MUNIZ- Thx
Chermilla- Thx
darkchild- Thx dude. more to come.
iMaiM- Here you go.

These are a couple of portraits of my cousins two daughters that here for the week, theyre keeping me pretty busy. First one is Tori, shes two years old, and the second is Bell, shes three. They left the third girl in Alabama. Shes one, but I dont have a portrait of her yet thats finished.

[darkchild]

Hey nice work with the portraits:) Did you take a photo and then draw or did you get them to sit still for this? If you have a photo do you mind posting so we can see how well you did? One small crit would be to sharpen you pencil and go over you lines a bit to finalize them. They are sketchy in some areas and nice in others. Keep rocking!!

[RunawayGerbil]

hey thanks for visiting my sketchbook and for the advice.

i like your work. especially the animal studies.

the elephant one is awesome.=]

[Dreamworker]

The last child portraits are very good!
Keep sharing :rendered:

[Vitna]

Woah! I hope I would have also that kind of patience with handling the pen!
Tidy and good looking pictures! I like in indeed, but my faves are the antilope and the elephant, they are just like from some animal book! ;)

[cherryworx]

that girl without ref is very good, although the right hand collar bone line goes a bit too far towards the shoulder maybe? and the portraits are excellent. really good stuff dude. i'll have too agree with darkchild that your lines are lookin much better, much better defined but still sketchy enough to give them life. keep it up!!

[Envisor]

darkchild- Thx, yeh they were from photos, I would of never got them kids still to draw them. Very sorry tho, the pictures along with the kids have been taken back to their home in Alabama.
RunawayGerbil- Thx man.
Dreamworker- Thx man, will do. And you too.
Vitna- Thx dude. The animal studies are actually from the internet, been trying to get the animal figure and anatomy driven into my head.
cherryworx- Thx, Ill have to watch out for those problems next time.

A sketchy from last night. And I took the advice from Chupacabra and did a little charaicature of myself, made myself look like a monkey. Oooo, Oooooo.

[darkchild]

Hey nice work with the sketchy pics. The guy standing in particular is well done. Nice lines on the elbows, good variation in weight. I think you're holding out on us:)

[Envisor]

darkchild- Thx man. I feel like Im holding back too. I knew that I was when I first started posting here. Thats the reason i started a SB here at CA. It seemed that I couldnt unlock my true imagination even when I tried to draw by myself, I sould get this awesome piece drawn out in my head and then when I tried to draw, the image slipped from my mind and I drew what ever came from what lines I had on the paper. Well thats the way i feel tho, but lately Ive been able to actually think and draw, and hopefully Ill keep getting better with time. Thx again by the way. Ill have more for you guys real soon.

[Envisor]

Blah!

[armando]

There are some interesting rhythms in these studies http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=111989&stc=1&d=1174614215. To get more out of them I would say to look at the various shapes you've created, postive and negative, notice the character of each. Then look at the contours, and ask yourself which could be made straighter, which should be rounder, which should be wobbly, this will help you pack more info into your drawings. As an example look at the chicks jaw, it's just a straight line. The basic contours of the jaw are the masseter(probably spelled it wrong), and the jowels. Sex and age can be controlled with just those two lines. Big square masseter for males, hanging droopy jowels for old folks.

[costas]

just great... hey tell me... you've learned all that from books or you're having classes?? they are just great

[Envisor]

armando- Thx for the C&C dude. Big fan of your work. Ill keep that in mind.
costas- Thx dude. Actually, so far im self taught. I have books that Ive baught but the only thing I do with them is read them, havent done any exercises from any of them, I guess that makes them pretty useless huh. I usually go through lots of others art and look at how they create their pieces and then I try out a similar way to draw my characters.

[cherryworx]

the two sketches at the top of the page are very, very good. really confident lines to them. very impressed and also quite jealous :)

[costas]

hey envisor, you're doing just great even though self-taught... keep up the good work...

[iMaiM]

Good deal on those portraits, man. Keep them coming!

[Envisor]

cherryworx- Thx man.
costas- thx.
iMaiM- Thx, will do.

Something Im working on.

[Pigeonkill]

Great update.

My only crtique is I think it would be neat if you add expression to some of those faces. The last two have a blank expression but the drawing construction is good.

[Envisor]

Pigeonkill- Good deal dude. Was thinking that myself.

[Anid Maro]

The latest is looking good. I have to say though, some of your character poses and expressions are pretty static. The pose in your newest one is great, but the one before it is just standing straight with hands at the side, kinda boring. And in both of those the facial expressions are lacking.

Not to say you aren't improving, you are. Lots.

I'm just itching to see you climb the next plateau. :)

[TheWingedShadow]

I want to cry when I think about it how far it is to match your sketching skill level. Ghah, my lazyness is going to kill me someday.

Great work, keep it up.

[Envisor]

Anid Maro- Thx dude. Yeah they are boring, Ive been lacking in the thinking department lately and thats what came out.
TheWingedShadow- Thx. Just keep sketching and youll get there in no time. Ill check on your SB here in a bit.

Some skethiness, sorry for not posting much lately, still been busy. But Ive been drawing.

[Yautja892]

Hey Envisor, I've seen you posting around here quiet a bit and never visited your sb. :( I'm glad I did though, great progress you have made from your old sb to your new one. I can see your anatomy studies really improving your creature/character work. Something I've been trying to achieve. Nothing to crit for now, just wanted to let you know your improving, and your on the right road. I'll be stopping in your here more often. Happy drawing :)

[Envisor]

Yautja892- Thx for the kind words Yaut. Keep on sketching, and dont forget to study as well.

[Gameonaut]

Nice work man, keep em coming. You really improved. Maybe some color stuff someday? :D can't wait to see more soon!

[Zoroko]

Nice expirementations with different body types~ :D

Pencil work isn't to bad either~

[smid]

much better than the old sb you are doing quite well man keep em comming :)

[AK86]

wow your pencil work never stops improving,

Keep it up man

[Envisor]

Gameonaut- Thx. Yes color stuff someday.
Zoroko- Thx for the comments.
smid- Thx again dude. Keep it up in your SB.
AK86- Thx, I try.

Few figs from that website again. And a more stylized character desgin. Tell me what you guys think about it.

[Wingg]

i really like your what you have so far, you seem to have a lot of control over your lines, very cool, i would love to see some color stuff if you have any.
lot of talent here :) very nice!

[Grim Reaper]

Hey mate! I see you're doing well on your new sb. I love the portraits of your cousins - great work! Also everything you do seems to get better and better...
Sorry I wasn't around to comment, I' ll keep coming to see your wonderful progress!:)

[Looped_Warrior]

Wow... can anyone else see the progression or what? Great stuff you have here... My favorites are the elephants! Keep it up...

[Envisor]

Wingg- Thx dude.
Grim Reaper- No worries, and thx for the comment.
Looped Warrior- Thx for the kind words. More animal studies to come.

Been away for couple of days, heres a set of hands from Friday evening. Thx you all you have critiqued my stuff, it has helped out mucho granda. and thx to those who have just visiting to look around.

[Dreamworker]

the hands studies are very nice!
keep more of this, ciao ;)

[Razorb]

this pic is sexy dude ! :D love his pose and hands :) nice pencil strokes too :) keep it uppp

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=111989&stc=1&d=1174614215

[iMaiM]

Must agree, the hand studies look awesome. The girl's outfit is nice, maybe develop it more and lose the platforms. :P

Nice update, man.

[Envisor]

Dreamworker- Thx.
Razorb- Thx, will do.
iMaiM- Thx.

Sorry for the delay, newphew was up for the past couple of days. Been playing video games with him. Got a good sketchy of him playing GTA. I know, bad game for a six year old. But hey, its all that would keep him sitting long enough for a good sketch. But he still moved a lot, but I think I got a pretty good likness.

[voetsek]

yo man you've got some cool stuff in this new sketchbook :D

[AvatarJimmy]

Nice SB here. The characters feel real solid and the rendering is nice. I did notice that some of your people feel a bit off balance, as though they might tip over. Try drawing in a perspective plane for the ground to help you place the feet on these and I think it'll tighten them up. Keep it up.

[spudstudios]

looking good. improving all the time!

[Grim Reaper]

Nice one, that drawing of your nephew. It's not easy to draw children....

Have you tried activities of the week? I've only recently started posting entries there and it's a lot of fun. Also it would be cool to compete against some one I know hehe well not personally, but you've been checking out my sb from the beggining and I'm also rather familiar with your art... It would be interesting to see what you could come up with! Come on, give it a go!

[Momus]

You're making real progress and you have a good eye for musculature, man. What I think would help the most is if you try to stop feathering your lines. Put your whole arm into drawing, make your lines simpler and truer. Make them flow!

[Envisor]

voetsek- Thx.
AvatarJimmy- Thx for the tips, Ill be doing those soon.
spudstudios- Thx
Grim Reaper- Thx, Ill give that a shot as well.
Momus- Thx, will do.

Trying to loosen up and get some more dynamics in, so I decided to do some gestures sketches. Ive got more but these were the most rewarding to me.

[Notorious K.A.B.]

Ah,the improvement,dude your killing me!Last time I go M.I.A.

[Envisor]

Notorious K.A.B. - Thx man, good to see your back.

Some hotties from ref.

[Niva.]

Hey man,
Just looked through your SB, you're obviously improving so keep posting.

http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=117988&stc=1&d=1175732922

This one is better than most others here, I think you should consider the ear both in positon and size. Otherwise you pretty much nailed it. Love the loose strokes.

[Envisor]

n1va- Thx. Now that I look at the ear it is quite off. I had to guess on some parts since my nephew was moving around too much. Ill have to check out you SB soon.

[Envisor]

More shit.

[Notorious K.A.B.]

Those figures are awesome dude,watch the eyes on the chick's faces though:wink:.

[Flaskpost]

Hey man, ´grats on the new sketchbook! Looking good!
The portrait you posted on april 5´th is pretty awesome, man!

[Envisor]

Notorious K.A.B. - Thx. I knew the eyes were screwy in that one, I was pretty screwy when I drew it too. Lol.
Flaskpost- Thx, more to come.

Face studies. The only one I dont like is the asian girl in the middle, I messed up on her left eye.

[ChillPill]

thanks for stopping by my SB, stuff looks great...
some anatomical errors, still, no big deal.

keep sharing...

[Envisor]

ChillPill- Thx for the C&C.

Should have some sketches of family members by this afternoon, well hopefully anyway.

Happy Easter CAer's

[costas]

really nice updates... keep it up...

[catface]

hey nice improvements. Great studies, you anatomy is looking really good, its better than mine.. I gots to go study :)

Keep goin'

[Notorious K.A.B.]

Whoa,your faces are gettin' better and better,I really like that last page.Seems like you got a good likeness on the bottom right guy,nice>:D !

[theredshoe]

omg, this new sketchbook kicks soo much ass! nice progress from your old stuff. i think you're improving really fast, my friend. good line and value works here. i think you only draw a couple of different faces though. you should try expressions next time! i think you'd be good at it.

[Pigeonkill]

Happy Easter! #76 I think you captured the tough guy persona. The sketch is a bit rough but you can see a bit of a sinster laugh.

[Envisor]

costas- Thx
KanoaRogers- Thx, I think your anatomy is better than mine tho.
Notorious K.A.B.- Thx
theredshoe- Thx, expressions in my next post.
Pigeonkill- I was hoping someone would say that. Thx.

Well sorry, couldnt get any drawings of the family done, too busy eating like a pig and looking for ester eggs with my niece and nephew. So heres a couple of skethies in my sketchbook after I got back home.

[theredshoe]

nice line of action here and good skateboard sketch. your style has changed so much... i think you got lost on the knees of your leg here, on both of them. the forearm on the runner guy looks kind off but i dont know whats wrong with it. great face drawing though, really strong!

[Fishspawn]

I like the focus on people in here :) Studies from ref are looking good - i think it would benefit you to push yourself to draw more from life. Also work on your gestures - find lines of action and build off of them confidently. Good to see you so open to critique, keep up the hard work.

[adraude]

nice studies, i am always happy about animal-studies. i really like those!

[iMaiM]

Great action in that last picture, though his right arm looks a little weird to me. Might just be the awkward angle. Great studies as always, man!

[Envisor]

theredshoe- Thx. The knees are a little off.
Fishspawn- Thx, Ill try to get some life drawing as soon as possible.
adraude- Thx
iMaiM- Thx, Its off a little as well.

Alright some expressions. Studies from photos from brokencow's photobucket account. brokencow, if you want me to take these pics off, Ill do so immediatly.

[Envisor]

Quick face and eye studies

[Envisor]

Well, its official, I no longer have directv, no more use to watch tv since Ive got like only 3 channels that come in (barely) sucks, but now I have more time to draw. post more tommorrow.

[theredshoe]

nice work on the hair there

[DragonSnail]

Haha, I barely watch TV anyway - between drawing, playing games, drawing, making sure we got something to eat every day, drawing and uhm, drawing, who's got time to watch TV? :teeth:

Good progress on your sketches here, theres a definite difference between the first ones and the last. The pressure of your pencil lines are more varied, making the shading better, and your sense of balance in the images has improved. Keep it up! ;)

[Envisor]

theredshoe- Thx for the bump into page 3.
DragonSnail- Thx for the kind words. Yeah, who needs tv.

First is my mom, she doesnt like me to draw her. So the only time I have is when shes sleeping, I had to work fast because she starts to feel like someone is watching her and just stays awake for the remainder of the day. But I showed this one to her, and she actually liked it.
Second is just a couple of sketchies. Quick sketchies at that.

[iMaiM]

Woo! Page 3 :D The one of your mom came out great, the mouth/nose especially.

[Envisor]

iMaiM- Thx for the vote of confidence. Ill try to get more studies of the family in.

[Sebyth]

Some nice shading in here, the sketch of your mother is good for such fast work. It seems balanced, if that makes sense. I look forward to more.

[Envisor]

Sebyth- Thx, yeah the one of my mom took about 10-15 min.

Working on my style for drawing figures. These are all from my head.

[Jazam]

Theres alot of great stuff on the second page. The female faces and eyes especially. The drawing of your mom is very lively also. Keep it up.

[Odyism]

Ooh this page looks very promising.
You should try to keep drawing from real live models.
I can already see alot of improvements between your posts :D

[Sonaj]

Hey Envisor
That pic of your mom turned out really nice.
Good progress in generall.
For your latest figures, you have to watch not only for the right length of body parts, but also how your mass is balanced. For example one of these guys looks like he would fall on his back very soon. You could check out some of the stuff that mentler has in his sb, i saw some of the coolest handouts about gravity and balance there. Rendering and line quality made big steps mate. Keep it up

[Envisor]

Jazam- Thx for the kind words.
Odyism- Thx
Sonaj- Thx. Yeah that one figure does look like that. Ive been checking mentler's stuff for a while now, heard he was a teacher, but not sure. Ill have to go back there and check his stuff out again.

[Envisor]

Kinda funny now that I look at it as a whole. Looks like he's about to give her a whack on the head. Lol

[Envisor]

Cant believe it, no replies in three days, guess that means you guys dont like me anymore.

Heres a couple more from the sketchbook.

[Lee W]

nice sketchbook :) some more rendering studies would help make the sketches pop off the page and give it a 3-dimensional form.

[AK86]

leaps and bounds, leaps and bounds

Hey man, I really dig the portrait picys in your last post

[Notorious K.A.B.]

Dammit!I really gotta step my game up now!Your shit is coming along so damn nicely(there's a hint of jealousy in that sentence;) ),well no time to asspat gotta go draw!

*scampers off*

[JERI]

Hey Envisor, sorry I couldn't reply in your SB earlier, had lots on my to do list.

I personally find it enjoyable that you're trying out so many different stuffs to do with drawing people, and you're showing visible improvements too :).

I guess one thing I might suggest is to upload some more colored stuffs

[Envisor]

OldNoobie- Thx for the C&C. Will do.
AK86- Thx man.
Notorious K.A.B.- Thx, keep sketching.
JERI- Thx, will be getting back into painting soon, will have to wait to get photoshop.

[seth1]

It's not the rendering that will help you but the knowledge of planes and construction for example http://fineart.sk/photos/loomis_heads/TN_029.JPG http://fineart.sk/photos/loomis_heads/061.JPG
http://fineart.sk/show.php?w=60

I See anatomy problems in some drawings then i see them fixed in drawings below just keep pushing your self and dont fray away from reference. you still have tons to learn same with any other artist the learning never stops. It's a none stop battle with you your pencil and the paper. :) Good luck my friend

[Dreamworker]

From my last visit you draw a lot of good studies! You make very good progress in your line art, in particular in this paper link (http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=121181&stc=1&d=1176331106)

[Gleeson]

Im digging the portraits. you could work on a bigger scale and realy flesh those dudes out.

Cheers, Gleeson

[Guilemo]

You have some nice characters here :) The anatomy seem the be a bit off on some of the doodles. Keep drawing !

-Henning

[Envisor]

seth1- Thx for the crits. Will do.
Dreamworker- Thx
Gleeson- Thx for stopping by and for the motivation.
Guilemo- Thx, will be studying anatomy more often.

[lemur]

Thank you for visiting my sketch book and also thanks for your suggestions. As for your sketch book... It looks pretty nice, your rendering is cool, maybe I'm not qualified enough to give suggestions but any way... Maybe you should start working with colors, your shading is great if you use your skill at shading in painting the colors of light and shades you would produce some great work.

[Envisor]

lemur- Thx. As for color Ill post some as soon as I can.

[Envisor]

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[MrBobMarley]

Hey thanks for swinging by my book. So here I am in yours. There is progress along the pages, but I agree 100% with seth1. I myself need to get serious and work on my anatomy studies, but here I am drawing transformers. Just keep pushing and really, there's nothing wrong with using reference to learn. Just train your eyes to remember what you're referencing and your hands to make it happen on the paper.

Oh yea last sketch shows great form on the upper body, but it gets lost from the hips down.
Keep posting!

[scott marshall]

Hell yeahhh! my freind!
your drawings are pritty mint!!

hopefully one day i will be as good as you!!

seeya around!!

[Envisor]

MrBobMarley- Thx for the C&C. That last sketch I rushed on the end.
scott marshall- Lol, Im not nearly as good as you think I am, Ive got plenty still to learn.

Had to start a new sketchbook, Ive been filling them left and right. New sketchbook cover and the first page of studies, kinda sloppy cause Im working on my drawing skills while intoxicated. So please forgive me.
Also can anyone tell in the SB cover who is the fake kid from my imagination.

[archipelago]

cool stuff, I really like the girl with her back turned here http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=121183&stc=1&d=1176331125

in general i think it would be nice to see some darker values here and there though... more rendering!

keep it up anyway, cheers!

[b.one]

Hey. thanks for peeping me sketchbook :) I really like how you draw hands. also dig your new SB cover.
Keep it up!

[Envisor]

archipelago- Thx, darker values comin up soon.
b.one- Thx

[Loolarge]

Nice cover Envisor! I will be watching this thread, pretty nice stuff here! The drowsy face expression of your mothers sketch is very cool.

[Envisor]

Loolarge- Thx for the vote of confidence.

[Wake101]

good work lately dude. All the concepts are looking awsome. I would, however suggest that you push your values a bit more. Helps things to really pop out and be more dynamic.

later,

[theredshoe]

theredshoe- Thx for the bump into page 3.


w00t fer me.


awesome updates here buddy! more figure drawings! go!

[Envisor]

Wake101- Thx. Values are hard to get on the paper in my sketchbook, the papers really smooth, but Ill try my best to darken those values.
theredshoe- Yes, WOOT for you. More figures, soon, soon.

Quickies

[JAIR428]

DANG!!! your first few posts are really shitty... but this stuff on this last page are definitely way more advanced!!!! then i looked at the dates and this has only been a couple months!!! your improvements from one month would usually take someone a whole year to discover!! .....dude you have a gift

you really need to watch your spacial relationships with your faces, for instance, where are the eyes in relation to the ears, or the nose in relation to the mouth.... etc... experiment more with different sketchbook mediums like pen and ink or charcoal maybe even different kinds of pencils, or perhaps try using toned paper...
do more studies from life!! the drawings with your hand are VITAL and definitely working to your advantage... do some more self portraits that will help with your "faces" problem... you cannot correctly draw from imagination unless you have studied it from life!!!

keep sketching your doing well... at the rate your headed... DAMN!!!

-jair

[Ex Nihilo]

Hey, thanks for checking out my sketchbook. I enjoyed looking through yours. Can't wait to see more.

[Dreamworker]

Very good studies man! I like especially the hands.
Keep sharing, ciao

[Envisor]

JAIR428- Wow, brutally honest with a hint of astonishment. Thank you for the advice, I will take to heart and to the drawing board. Also thx for the motivation to continue with my studies.
Ex Nihilo- Thx for stopping by, keep sketching dude.
Dreamworker- Thx

1- 15 minute study of my mom and my hand
2- a 2 hr sketch from imagination and more hands, the top one is my favorite
3- a 45 min to an hr study of my mom from life

[armando]

Your life drawings are great, all sorts of bumps and subtleties of line,I think you should put the majority of your time into them. One exercise to do would be to start a sketch from your mind then to finish and elaborate it with stuff from life, from other sketches you have done, and from photos. You had a 2 hour drawing from your mind so why not one from life?

[Envisor]

armando- Thx for the compliments. Ill be trying that exercise. Very interesting. And Ill try and get at least a two hr life drawing in aswell.

[minjarr]

hey man,

love the sketch from 149, looks very creative

I'd like to see some colored things though

doing great man, keep it up

[Envisor]

minjarr- Thx man.

[Unbreakable]

thanks for stopping by my book. your making good progress here i would like to see more studies maybe a little Bridgman or even better life drawing if you can.

[AK86]

Been busy as usual. The Aquatic fella kicks ass!

Keep it up

[NicoRaven]

I think I was one of the first to see you sketchbook open here at CA.org and I really think it is a an awesome sketchbook. More so than that your current skill level is improving but your level of dedication endurance and work ethic.

In my eye your attitude toward your work and how you recieve critical remarks is something i want to emulate as well. My favorites are the one with your family. The GTA player Two nieces and the sketchbook covers. You have come a ways from the shubby legged characters of Jan.

Hard Work pays forward

[loveandasandwich]

The sketch of the little girl is great! I love it. You captured her expression well.

[spudstudios]

great work dude. That study of your mom is superb! great volume and feeling!

[Dreamworker]

Very good studies! I like the portrait very much!
Cheers ;)

[TheGnoll]

good stuff man, nice studies and good improvement throughtout the thread.
My suggestion is to push values further,stress construction as a process itself instead of thinking of finishing anything.Show us how you build you figures so that we can help you better.And don't forget lineweight, it can add a lot to a sketch.But really, at this point you just gotta keep pushing.
Keep drawing, i'll be back ;)

thanks for the stars btw :)

ciao!

[iMaiM]

That last study on your mom looks awesome - very light lines but very clean as well. Maybe define it a bit more, finish it up some. Great work as always, and thanks for stopping by!

[Envisor]

Unbreakable- Thx, studies soon.
AK86- Thx
NicoRaven- Thx for the compliment and hard work does pay forward.
28chelseaslater- Thx, will check out your SB in a bit.
spudstudios- Thx
Dreamworker- Thx
TheGnoll- Thx dude. Ill post up my construction steps soon.
iMaiM- Thx. Ill be working on and off on that one, my mom just got her hair cut, so I guess Ill just have to improvise.

I think thats the most replies Ive ever gotten at once. Thx to all who have stopped by.
1- not finished with it yet.
2-3- some sketches from my mini sketchbook, these are about half the size tthey actually are. Ill figure out the resizing option soon, I hope anyway.

[Envisor]

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[alesoun]

Thanks for stopping by my sketchbook, Envisor. I've had a look at your old sketchbook as well as this one. The portrait of your mother is well drawn and delicately rendered, and if I show the same rate of improvement that you do I'll be a happy bunny!

[Envisor]

alesoun- Thx very much for the motivating coment. Keep sketching, and youll improve quickly as well.

[JERI]

Thanks for the pointers about trying different things Envisor :) , I promise to have at least one life drawing in my next update

[Gspot]

Hey Envisor,,having some really nice drawings lately..reminds me i need to do more interesting poses with my figures...keep up the good work! :)

[Envisor]

Jeri- Thx for the visit and for reminding me to stop by your thread.
Gspot- Thx. Yeah I need to do more dynamic and ineresting poses my self. Keep it up dude.

[Smoke]

I`m in love with the shading, seriously.

[scottmcd]

Hi Envisor. Thanks for dropping by my sb earlier and for the reading material. :) I'll return the favor, at least if this is stuff you haven't seen:

Series on composition at ASIFA (http://www.animationarchive.org/2006/11/education-fundamentals-of-composition.html)

Anatomy old school (http://www.anatomyatlases.org/atlasofanatomy/index.shtml)

These aren't specifically based on your drawings here, but I thought you might like them. I particularly like the explanations of composition. Scroll down a bit to see the scanned pages...

I don't have much advice other than to keep going. The others are right - your improvement is marked.

[DIMAGYAN]

hey envisor, you are improved is nice to see your work with life subjects.
your renders are good but a more intense zones could be helpful.
the dragon sketch is vrey interesting and have a great expression.
and i find this http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=121183&stc=1&d=1176331125
very appeling (the girl with the jacket) i like how you managment the transitions between the hair and jacket lines.
sorry for the delay visit to your sb, keep working and have fun...

[FactorZero]

Thanks for stopping by my SB.

Your latest stuff is looking really good! I'd like to see you clean up and ink one of the sketches. Also, what about some characters in an environment(i'm a hypocrit, i know)

[DragonSnail]

Great updates, your skills are really progressing good! I was quite surprised to see the increase in quality from the first ones compared to the last ones. Keep 'em coming! :teeth:

[Envisor]

Smokey186- Thx
Scottmcd- Thx for the links, and for the motivation.
DIMAGYAN- Thx dude. And welcome back.
FactorZero- Right back at ya, and Ill be trying enviornments soon.
DragonSnail-Thx, progression is good.

Alright guys, sorry for not bieng around lately, but a bunch of crap is kinda draggin me away from all I love. Mostly depression but also the lack of finding a job which most likely is contributing to my depression. But dont worry, Ill still be sketching my hardest no matter what, but I just wont be updating as much as Ive been doing since ive joined the site. Probably only once or twice a week. So youll probably be seeing more improvement from post to post, so enjoy, and as always C&C are greatly appreciated whenever I do post.

Peace dudes!
Eric AKA(Envisor)

[alesoun]

Depression? You get your ass back here, soldier! Draw to keep your spirits up while you job-hunt; and keep your friends close to you,- you need them most when you're down (but that's just when you try to shut them out.)

You take care and don't be a stranger, Eric! I need the crits!.

[AK86]

Hey drepession is a big drag. Keep your chin up and you will get through it!

Look forward to your next posts

[Flaskpost]

I hear ya man, i´m pretty much in the same situation. No fun at all.
But you´re not alone dude, and keep drawing!
Looking forward to an update soon!

[Grim Reaper]

Seems that everyone is depressed. I think it's the global thing, an epidemic... But you're too young to be depressed!!! You're just going through a difficult time mate but please don't give up on drawing like Darkchild 'cos that's what I did and wasted so many years....And now I wash old ladies' bums for living heh
Anyways I've got something that helps me get through bad times. It's the song called seek up by dave matthews. It goes like this this:

Sometimes I feel like I'm falling
Fall back again, fall back again,
Fall back again, fall back again

Oh, life it seems a struggle between
what we see and what we do
Well I'm not going to change my ways
just to please you or appease you
Inside a crowd, five billion proud
willing to punch it out
Right, wrong, weak, strong
ashes to ashes all fall down
Look around about this round about
this merry-go-round and around
Well If at all God's gaze upon us falls
it's with a mischievous grin, look at him

Forget about the reasons and
the treasons we are seeking
Forget about the notion that
our emotions can be swept away
Forget about being guilty
we are innocent instead
For soon we will all find our lives swept away

I don't know why but these words somehow made me feel better a couple of times...
Well, wish yoou good luck mate and hope to see more of your drawings.

[iMaiM]

Noo, Envisor! Don't leave us. The SB forum really just wouldn't be the same without you!

Hope you get through it all okay, man. Glad you're not giving up on sketching, 4 pages and your progress is plenty obvious to me. :P

[Envisor]

Sorry guys, I checked my photobucket account and they have ate all my images that Ive uploaded there. So if you start to see images as red x's or no images at all, then thats the reason. I dont know what to, I dont want to start off on page 4 with no images on any of the previous pages. Ill figure something out soon. Give some thoughts of what you guys think I should do or not do. It would help out and would be greatly appreciated. Ill be posting again soon. This is so fucked up. ARRRRRRGGGGGGHHHh!!!!!!!!!
Well thx for everything guys. You have been my friends here I enjoyed your virtual company very much. Well, as I said, Ill be posting soon. Just dont wait up for me. Hehe. Peace Out.