Peter is back !!!

[Peter Berkovski]

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[Peter Berkovski]

.......and more

[Chermilla]

Hiya Peter!! How are you?

Great start to your sketchbook! I will be visiting here again soon!! Keep up the great work, and keep studying that anatomy. Thanks for dropping by my sketchbook too!!

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[Peter Berkovski]

Heheh thanks a lot Cher, you are always welcome here!

[Peter Berkovski]

I forget that, that is a very old piece of my work, this is my first try to color in PS with a wacom pen tablet, when I have a much free time I'll post some digital stuff :D

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[bradley]

hey man, its good to get one of these going, you will see a year or so down the line the improvement will be vast. Dont get to into the idea you must try digital just work at having a solid drawing before you think of colour stuff, saying that painting is fun. Keep pushing yourself

[Peter Berkovski]

hey man, its good to get one of these going, you will see a year or so down the line the improvement will be vast. Dont get to into the idea you must try digital just work at having a solid drawing before you think of colour stuff, saying that painting is fun. Keep pushing yourself

Thanks for a visitation bradley I want to draw more and more, but that's need a time, my free time is limit, so I do everything possibly to going up with drawing but that want's much free time......so here is a 30 min. lazy sketch.I draw that while watching a BB show.

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and that is the original size

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/8835/troll1hv5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Alex Alexandrov]

heh that is a good start keep learning anatomy .predlojenie ne izpolzvai smudge toola pone az ne go polzvam looks shit i not natural

[Peter Berkovski]

Thanks for advice whiteeeeeee, I'll remember that!

[Peter Berkovski]

quick sketch with simply level corection in PS ( pencils - 3H, HB and 2B )

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and the original sketch

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[Zombie_dla]

Nice studies! I like those fatties ;) The guy with the helmet (roman/greek style) seems to have a very small head. Remeber that in most comics it better to exaggerate than minimize. Don't get me wrong, you're good (much better than me). I think that if you push yourself to draw regulary you'll have a chance to work within the 'biz :)

[Peter Berkovski]

Nice studies! I like those fatties ;) The guy with the helmet (roman/greek style) seems to have a very small head. Remeber that in most comics it better to exaggerate than minimize. Don't get me wrong, you're good (much better than me). I think that if you push yourself to draw regulary you'll have a chance to work within the 'biz :)

Thanks Zombie_dla, I do all anything to draw much and much better, but I don't have a free time :) anyway thanks so much to visit my SB
Regards Peter

...and here is my drawing tools......exactly 1/10 of them, I can say these are my favourite stuff mech. pencils specialy Tombow 0.3 and Pentel 0.5, but the Linex lead holder and Pilot Clicker is too my favourite, anyway here we go..

Mech Pencils and minies

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just pencils

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and some inkers and brush markers

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And I want to say, Guys, if you want post here your drawing stuff.I realy love to see other people drawing tools!

[Anurizm]

awsome stuff going on in your thread :D what books are you using to study your anatomy?

I am 21, and wanting to become a concept artist for film or games.

[Peter Berkovski]

awsome stuff going on in your thread :D what books are you using to study your anatomy?

I am 21, and wanting to become a concept artist for film or games.

Hi Anurizm, mostly I use a everything who I'm see and like, just for simple idea and pose reference, btu for anatomy I use Watson Guptill books for comic drawing principaly, I have about 20Gb pdf book for drawing and I print these books who like more, for comic and game design I prefer Watson Guptill and "How to draw anime and game characters" these books are awesome for me :D If you want download them from internet and whatch them, maybe you like it.I hope to help you!

[Peter Berkovski]

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Crit me please!

[Peter Berkovski]

speed sketch (Alias Sketchbook Pro )

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[Peter Berkovski]

and same sketch,but now with pencils
(sorry for the messy scan, but I try to work small and that is a 600dpi scaned and after scan it's resized)

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[Peter Berkovski]

this is my lates sketches, I hope you guys like them.

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[Anurizm]

great head designs.

[Peter Berkovski]

great head designs.

Thanks Anurizm, soon I put some new stuff :)

[Peter Berkovski]

this i make today, i hope yo like it :)

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this is the sketch

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[Bartovan]

Good work man. There is a good sence of depth in you drawings. Did you check out the books of Loomis? There are free pdf-versions available on the internet and they are very good to improve anatomy, head construction etc.
Keep going!

[Peter Berkovski]

Good work man. There is a good sence of depth in you drawings. Did you check out the books of Loomis? There are free pdf-versions available on the internet and they are very good to improve anatomy, head construction etc.
Keep going!

Thanks for the good words Bartovan :) Yes I have a Loomis pdf's and I try to improve head construction.
Cheers

[Peter Berkovski]

Here is something from CA sketcher (red arrow is mine)

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[Number_6]

I really like your stuff. One thing though: it seems like when you draw complete figures that your heads are too small in comparison to the bodies. You might want to make them a bit bigger.

[Peter Berkovski]

I really like your stuff. One thing though: it seems like when you draw complete figures that your heads are too small in comparison to the bodies. You might want to make them a bit bigger.

Thanks for stoping on my thread Number_6,I noticeced that and i try to fix for future :)

[Peter Berkovski]

Freaks, coloring digitaly in PS with COPIC swatches
Anatomy is intentionally wrong :)

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[GunTrouver]

Hey Peter:)
Good to see those colored, look much better now.
Overall the coloring is good, just keep an eye on the light source and try to work as clean as possible (when you do this style of coloring).
I think you are on a good way, just give your best, update your thread and you'll make it:)

[Peter Berkovski]

i bough couple copic markers and here is my try to color with them :) i hope you like it.
Blame fan art
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and a little close

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[Remember my name]

Hey Atlantik :)

great sketches and overall good drawings.
thnx for the Post on my Sketchbok, really appreciated.
i think ill subscribe this one, and keep updated on ur progress :)

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[Peter Berkovski]

Hey Atlantik :)

great sketches and overall good drawings.
thnx for the Post on my Sketchbok, really appreciated.
i think ill subscribe this one, and keep updated on ur progress :)

RMN

Thanks for good words man :) i appreciated that too :)
Cheers

[Peter Berkovski]

some animal study :bashful:

[dmitri]

I gotta say that horse in the last one is quite magnificent. He's got good power to him.
If you don't already, try mirroring your images every once in a while. There is some wonkiness every once in a while and such could be easily spotted that way.

[Peter Berkovski]

I gotta say that horse in the last one is quite magnificent. He's got good power to him.
If you don't already, try mirroring your images every once in a while. There is some wonkiness every once in a while and such could be easily spotted that way.

Thanks for stoping by and for the good words dmitri
I appreciated your advice and I'll try to mirroring my sketches

[Peter Berkovski]

here is something new, i hope you like it :)

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[Taiylz]

Awesome sketches dude. The right hand (our right) looks weird. Fingers look abit Baloon-like.

[Taiylz]

By the way dude I recommend not using Comic Book Anatomy books for reference or studies. Use real-life studies like Bridgman and Hogarth.

[Peter Berkovski]

Thanks for stoping by Taiylz and for your advice, yeah i know the best resource are a anatomy for artist books, but here in my country doesn't have that kind of books and i try to do best i can :)
Cheers

[Peter Berkovski]

here is some speed sketch with black pen

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[Loolarge]

Man. Great stuff here! If you are looking for anatomy reference images, have a look at the photo section at deviantart.com!
I think your drawings from imagination turn out really nice!

[Taiylz]

Ah I see. Well if you want some good poses then use www.characterdesigns.com, there's also alot of pictures of different types of textures too.

[Peter Berkovski]

Man. Great stuff here! If you are looking for anatomy reference images, have a look at the photo section at deviantart.com!
I think your drawings from imagination turn out really nice!

Thanks for good words Loolarge I appreciated that and gived me more motivation, thanks again
Cheers

[Peter Berkovski]

Ah I see. Well if you want some good poses then use www.characterdesigns.com, there's also alot of pictures of different types of textures too.

wow Taiylz that is great resource thanks a lot dude :)

[Peter Berkovski]

my first try to draw from life :yayca:

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and something else

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[Ex Nihilo]

Nice sketchbook so far.

Nice 1st try at a life drawing. I recommend doing more of them and studying perspective. Keep posting.

[Peter Berkovski]

Nice sketchbook so far.

Nice 1st try at a life drawing. I recommend doing more of them and studying perspective. Keep posting.

Thanks for stopyng by @Nhilo, definitely i'll keep with drawing from life
and here is something fresh with my lovely copics

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[gmags]

Hey Atlantik, u got some cool stuff here!!! Would like to see a self portrait if possible. Really like the yoda and hellboy sketches. Keep those studies going!! :)

[Peter Berkovski]

Hey Atlantik, u got some cool stuff here!!! Would like to see a self portrait if possible. Really like the yoda and hellboy sketches. Keep those studies going!! :)

thanks gmags when i gona better i promise to post selfportrait
p.s. that yoda is not mine, mine sketches is these with red arrows :)

[Peter Berkovski]

tadaaam it's done, but that glazed paper is realy shittin :yawn:

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[mbetteker]

i would really like to see some lineweight. Your quality is getting better, the lines are much less scribbly. But add some different thickeness to your lines, aka where shadows are, lighten or omit lines where light would hit. Add more thickness to lines in the foreground (front leg) and loosen up/lighten up on the rear leg. It will dramitally increase the depth of your drawings. Last but not least, add some contrast....dark value against light value will give you much more depth and realism. It would really help you to study from real life or even photos. Do a long rendering of something and try to match every value.

I know im being hard, i like the effort and the ideas, just do a few studies here and there and you will see a huge improvement. drawing more = better. its not magic :). Goodluck and keep it up

[Peter Berkovski]

@mbetteker - Thanks man, i do everything possible to going better :)

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This is my "stilyze chalenge" entry :P

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[Renier van der West]

Nice dude! You improved a lot on only one page!
Keep this up and you'll be awesome sooner than you think. Also have a look at Staz Johnson's thread in the finally finished section, He's a really inspirational comic artist.

Keep it up man.

[ChillPill]

great improvement.
keep up the studies and you will do great.

keep sharing...

[Peter Berkovski]

Thanks by stoping on my Sb guys, i realy appreciated that and thanks for the good words, i'll keep my SB up.
Cheers

[Chermilla]

You're making some good progress Peter, keep up the good work! :)
Thanks for dropping by my sketchbook again also! ^_^

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[moonskittles]

Woah. This is some very cool stuff. I like the idea with the post-modern Native Americans. 8)
I agree with the others; you should practice more full bodies as opposed to just heads.

[bbassir]

Hey great stuff atlantik! Keep going with the studies of anatomy! Do as much life drawing as you can. Nice work overall, but your stuff all seems to be a little stiff. Try drawing through the forms and really focus on implied geometries. Keep it up!

[Peter Berkovski]

Thanks Chermilla
Thanks moonskittles
Thanks bbassir
Thanks to all of you :P i grow up slowly :D thanks for the advices folks, cu later!

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[Zombie_dla]

Getting better! :) Update more often and try some figure sketches

[GunTrouver]

Hey, some cool heads:) My favorite is the second one (from above), you got the perspective very good and it has an evil touch. Looks like the perfect head for a villain;)
The head under it with the profile view looks good too.
The other heads have some problems and are a bit off. Be careful and focus more on the construction lines so this is no big deal.
Oh and this head on the very left side in the middle looks cool too.
This captain america guy would look funny with colors!:)
Keep it up and I'm looking forward to our next topic!

[Peter Berkovski]

Hey, some cool heads:) My favorite is the second one (from above), you got the perspective very good and it has an evil touch. Looks like the perfect head for a villain;)
The head under it with the profile view looks good too.
The other heads have some problems and are a bit off. Be careful and focus more on the construction lines so this is no big deal.
Oh and this head on the very left side in the middle looks cool too.
This captain america guy would look funny with colors!:)
Keep it up and I'm looking forward to our next topic!

Thanks Gun,i appreciate that and can't wait to see your heads,ooo the next topic gone be cool !

[Shobunkin]

Nice heads~ I like how you vary line and contrast in them. Keep up the good work

[Peter Berkovski]

Shobunkin - Thanks for stoping by

Here is the second topic : "3 or 5 characters from popular anime" (these topics are created from me and GunTrouver, we both draw from one topic in different threads :) )
First character - LIN from King of Fighters

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[monstertree]

Hey Atlantik, glad you liked my SB, just stopping by to say thanks and check your stuff out.
Overall I like what you got going here, nice and clean! Watch out for features slipping around your faces though, I notice your 3/4 views have noses and far eyes that aren't in the right place. Also I think someone else mentioned it, but some stuff seems kinda stiff. I don't know if you use a lightbox at the moment, but drawing very loosely and messily then lightboxing over it really injects some life into your drawings.

[Peter Berkovski]

Thanks to visit my Sb monstertree, i've thinkink to make myself a lightbox and that idea is still in progress :)

[Eric Cartman]

looking good your last update,pretty clean lines.

[Peter Berkovski]

Thanks again Eric i'm glad you like it
Here is the second character - Gungrave (COPIC + PS) , it's WIP for now maybe i'll finish it sometime :)

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[Peter Berkovski]

and last cahracter, i don't know from which anime is it, i hope you like it.40 min. sketch and around 2 hours lazy coloring(outlining i make with sharpie ultrafine marker,i don't like how it works) all that making today :P

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[Peter Berkovski]

Ok, guys, topic No.3 already begin, the new topic is 50 gestures for one week.The point is every gesture each to be drawed for max. 2 min. but i do mine a little more :) These topics are created by me and my mate GunTrouver.You can see his stuffs by clicking here ---->GunTrouver (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=49123&page=12)

ok, here are first two pages from my gesture practice:

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To be continued.......

[ShiroNami]

I don't really care for your colored stuff but the sketches are pretty groovy. Some line weight might help though!

For your colored stuff... do you have the pressure sensitivity options on photoshop set? If not coloring your stuff will be alot harder.

[Yacob]

Very nice sketchbook. Nice anatomy studies.

[Peter Berkovski]

I don't really care for your colored stuff but the sketches are pretty groovy. Some line weight might help though!

For your colored stuff... do you have the pressure sensitivity options on photoshop set? If not coloring your stuff will be alot harder.

@ShiroNami - Thanks for stopyng by my SB man,i duno for that sensitivity options, i use a Wacom Graphire 4 pen tablet and it should have pen sensitivity

@Yacob - Thanks man, i'll continue with anatomy studies, i should to draw 43 poses more :)

[GunTrouver]

Hey my friend, I'm very sorry that I didn't upload my thread yesterday but I haven't finished the 50 gestures yet ( I think 15 left...) and I met with a friend and watched a movie, so I was quiet busy. But I'll strat with the rest of the gestures now and after that I'll upload them in once to my thread!:)
Can't wait to see your other 43;) Looks good so far...

[ShiroNami]

@ShiroNami - Thanks for stopyng by my SB man,i duno for that sensitivity options, i use a Wacom Graphire 4 pen tablet and it should have pen sensitivity

@Yacob - Thanks man, i'll continue with anatomy studies, i should to draw 43 poses more :)

no problem... All of wacoms tablets do have the pressure sensitivity options but you have to go manually turn them on in whatever program you are working in.

I heard it can be a real pain to find if you are using photoshop elements.

If you aren't using elements this is a great tutorial. it teaches how to turn on pressure sensitivity and has some tips for brush settings-

http://www.mangarevolution.com/tutorial_display.php?tutorial_id=23

[Peter Berkovski]

@Gun - thanks my friend for this coment i appreciated it and i should hurry with my gesture drawing, i think can finish it these days :)
@ShiroNami - Thank you so much for that advice buddy, i appreciated that too and it's very helpful for me, and thanks for the tutorials link it's great resource
good luck!

[Peter Berkovski]

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next topic: "3 environments" (coloring media - self choice)
limit - one week

Take a look at the sketchbook of GunTrouver to see his 50 gestures

[Ashab]

real classic approach in your work and I really like that, keep at it.... really enjoyed looking through

[Peter Berkovski]

real classic approach in your work and I really like that, keep at it.... really enjoyed looking through

Thank yuo Ashab, i'll do my best

[Piranha Clan]

Nice start. I like the fat boy. Keep those anatomy studies coming!

[Peter Berkovski]

Thanks man i will continue with anatomy studies
Cheers

[Peter Berkovski]

Here is my first attempt with watercolors and landscapes(from ref.), it been hard for me to draw on normal paper withwatercolors but alot of funny :)It looks very crapy but i'll try to do my watercolors better next time

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[monstertree]

Hey, you're coming along! Watch the size of your heads, they are noticeably too small. Good try with the watercolours, they are a hard medium to work with because they tend to go very murky very quickly! Keep studying and practicing, and thanks for visiting my sketchbook mate!

[Windmaker]

Hey:) Nice stuff you have. Drawing gestures is very good practice. But what comes out at me is that they don't look very gestural. In gesture drawing you're supposed to draw as fast as you can. It looks like you've restated some lines numerous times. The essence of gesture drawing is not so much in accuracy, but conveying the motion and mood of the figure in as short a time as possible. Try to go with a more loose and flowing line and try changing the lineweight a bit.
And, as monstertree said, watch the size of the heads.
The landscape painting looks like an initial colour lay-in. It's a good start:) If you want to push it further, try increasing the contrast in the foreground.
Good luck!:)

[Craig Houghton]

I'm glad to see you working with the watercolors. Here's my starter tips: Have fun with the color, don't be afraid to use a blow-dryer (I blow-dry very, very often), always use good paper (and tape it down), and use a bigger brush than you think you should use.

I think landscapes are tough until you're used to them. They have their own rules. In general, I try to think of them in terms of layered zones or planes. Keep the distance in low contrast (edges are ok, just keep the value contrast subtle). Atmospheric perspective is crucial when portraying a deep landscape. Be sure to play up the light and the shadows in the mid-ground and especially the foreground. And, be careful when working from reference because one usually needs to change things around a bit -- don't let your major shapes become too uniform. Also, when working from a color reference it's very useful to look at it in b&w to check your values. If you're not used to working with color, the hue and intensity can be very distracting. For this reason I put a digital camera in b&w mode and look at my own work in the viewfinder, without snapping the photo. I just look through the view-finder. If your composition is good and you nail the values, you're 90% there.

Regarding this landscape in particular, I like the cool colors with limited use of warms and he way you handled the distant mountains. Remember to keep control of each brushstroke in the foreground. You want to avoid a marker-line effect, but I know that can come from using the wrong sort of paper.

I'm looking forward to more!

-Craig

[Chermilla]

Hiya hun,

I'm so happy you liked my CHOW entry, I am really happy with how it turned out, I spent a lot of time on it! :)

I can see you've been studying anatomy a lot lately, which is awsome!! I need to do some more of that real soon!

Take care and keep posting!

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[Peter Berkovski]

holly molly,i'm such a idiot, i post reply to Chermilla SB in my thread hahah :D

anyway

@Monstertree - Thanks man i'll watch forward my heads
@Windmaker - Thanks bro for stoping by i appreciate that, Cheers :P
@CraigHoughton - Heya my friend you are very busy lately,thanks for advices man and i'm glad you like my watercolour

Here i put one fanart of Witch - ammm i'm not a fan of this anime just i go practice with photoshop and i've needed from lineart and for that i choice first thing who i've see - that witch girl :) i hope you like it.

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I know the feet are wrong but i've must improvise, because she has a very ugley sneakers ( inking - painter 6 , color - photoshop CS2)

[Windmaker]

Hello:)
The colouring is good:)
But what jumps out at me is the curve of her left arm (our right). The side closer to the body should curve the opposite way, when it gets near the shoulder. Right now it gets too narrow at the shoulder and it looks like a... doll's arm. Like it's just been stuck there. Although this convergence of lines at shoulder could just be because of the seams on the jacket...
And another thing - her head is lit from the left, while her body receives light from the right.
Hope you don't mind the critique:)
Keep having fun now:)

[Chermilla]

LOL!! You silly billy Atlantik, posting replies in ya own thread, what are ya like?? :teeth:

Hehehe...anyway seriously now, I like that last post. The simple colours work well. I would get rid of that shadow beneath her feet though, looks too black...maybe a gray would work better? I agree that her feet could do with altering slightly too. :)

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[Peter Berkovski]

Heya all

Windmaker - Hey my friend, of course i don't mind your critique, i appreciate that and it's always welcome :)

Chermilla - Heya Cher, i'm glad you like my last one,and yeah i'm agree with you for that black shadow :P Cheers

umm another one outline colouring

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[monstertree]

Hey I'm liking where you're going with the flat colouring of these latest ones, nice work :)

[Peter Berkovski]

monstertree - heya buddy, i'm glad you like it ,appreciate that :)

and..some random doodles :P

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[Windmaker]

Hello:) Nice updates!
I've already wrote to you about the missing shadow on the little girl's boots:) Other than that, she looks really cool!
As for the sketches - they're also nice. You should just try to vary the lineweight more. It will make them more dynamic.
Good luck and keep having fun:)

[Craig Houghton]

I think the photoshop practice is really paying off. The girl with the boots and the butterflies shows good progress and looks great. As a crit I'd look out for backgrounds with vivid colors that you don't find in the main subject -- it may help to look for background colors that bring harmony to the foreground to make the piece work as a whole.

I think the blueline is working well for you since those demonic sketches look great. In each of the cases you made the perspective work for you, and that's a good thing. btw the teleport belly button is hilarious.

-Craig

[Peter Berkovski]

It's been long time no posting, but i'm very busy lately, here i.ve tryed to make some comic look woman with ref. from "posemanics", feel free to post some crit or advices :)

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[Peter Berkovski]

I think the photoshop practice is really paying off. The girl with the boots and the butterflies shows good progress and looks great. As a crit I'd look out for backgrounds with vivid colors that you don't find in the main subject -- it may help to look for background colors that bring harmony to the foreground to make the piece work as a whole.

I think the blueline is working well for you since those demonic sketches look great. In each of the cases you made the perspective work for you, and that's a good thing. btw the teleport belly button is hilarious.

-Craig

many thanks Craig, your crit and advices are always welcome for me,cheers!

Here some thins i work on, it's still a WIP
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rough sketch ,begining with color and close up

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[drazen]

nice job man, you're developing pretty fast :)
I'm especting great stuff from ya:yum:

[ceprateek]

Hi all this is some great work
and I am seriously loving these all art pieces

[ceprateek]

Great work and I just want to ask what do you do with all this beautiful work.
Do you sell it somewhere.

[Peter Berkovski]

@Drazen - heya bro, nice to see you around, i'm glad you think that :) cheers

@ceprateek - thanks man,no i don't sell my stuff around i'm in study process now and i think i'm not ready to sell anything from my drawings :) anyway i hope you visit my thread again soon :) cheers

Am yep i finish ( actually i've tryed to finish this drawing) my drawing, i think that is my first seriosly and finish drawing and it's still in final touches but i think to leave it for now.

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[Peter Berkovski]

this is my first pixelart try , it's my hero from one Bg art game called - artsurvivor, and his name is dr.madness :)

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[GunTrouver]

Hey:) Good to see you posting, I see a progress but here are sume suggestions for the last picture: Before you begin with coloring checkt out the anatomy, it has still a lot of weak points. It's the hardest thing so keep an eye on it. If you got it you should decide: Do I want to color my lineart with or do I want to paint? In the moment your picture is between those two worlds. For Lineart the lines should be absoloutely clean for a painting you don't have to care so much about them but be shure that you don't see them through the paint anymore because it often looks kind of dirty and unfinished.
When you paint be careful with colors, in the moment the green and yellow is very strong and looks really unnatural. Try some lighter colors first or use strong colors for the whole picture. Be careful with set acours.
Another point a re the textures. They don't really fit in the painting, the dagger looks not connected to the rest of the picture, a kind of cut out look.
The flur on his boots looks too detailed compared to the rest of the painting, use some bigger shapes here and don't paint every little hair.
Try to use less grey and put some warm colors here and there, think about the background again and the bubble effect on his weapon, it could need a bit more work. In the moment one can see all the brushstrokes which could be a good effect if it would have a cool texture but it looks too much like the normal round photoshop brush IMO. A good point in the picture is the face, you blended the colors well and got some nice shapes.
Try to use the same technique for the rest of the picture. I hope that wasn't too hard because I crit so much. Never forget the fun while drawing, that's the most important, put all the creativity and thoguhts in your pictures and you'll find your way. Just keep it up and practice practice practice:)
Can't wait to see some new stuff!

PS: This pixel animatioon is really cool!

[Peter Berkovski]

another pixel art :) please,some one who can do pixelart as well to tell me how is it

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[Windmaker]

Hey:) I really don't know much about pixel art, but I like the rhino head. It's cool! And, as Drazen said, you're making good progress. Keep at it:)
Just draw more. And have fun:)

[Peter Berkovski]

and another pixel, i don't know what happend to me, but i can't stop to draw pixels :) hope you like it

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and zoom

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[GunTrouver]

Hey, sorry for writing a bit late. Christmas keeps me busy;)
Some nice new pixel art, I think you did a good job. The rhino head looks cool, I like it a bit better than the child.
Which program do u use for making these pictures?
Keep it up, good to see u have fun and update!

[Peter Berkovski]

Windmaker - thanks man, i appreciate that, see you in icq these days

GunTrouver - Hey thanks Kai,yeas i really have a lot of fun doing these pixels,I'm glad you like them and i hope to see some of your stuff soon,take care of you! :).I doing my pixel with PS but there have many free pixel softwares if you want i can send you link at PM.

Here i post my new pixel project - "BoBo - the panda guy" - i'll show the progress from sketch to final pixel sprite :)

Step 1 - Sketch

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Step 3 - preparing for pixel lineart.... - in progress

[B-Man]

Hi im here to return the love! I have been scrolling through your SB and Its a good start. Since march you improved alot and thats the way it should be. :)
I find that proportions and anatomy is something everyone need to work hard with so that is the #1 Composition is something thats not that importent in the beginning but its good to work with at the same time as anatomy. One exercise I like is to draw a square and then try and fit a figure nicely inside the frame. Its hard in the begining, at least it was for me, but it will help you a lot. I now use papers more efficiently. Poses comes with Figure drawing so just draw lots and lots of figures and take your time with them, and I dont mean with details, I mean take time and look at proportions and balancepoint. These are all basic tibs and you probably heard it millions of times but its always good with a reminder right! And when you lose patience with yourself and think about stoping for the day just take your left hand and draw your right. That is if your righthanded otherwise take your right hand and draw your left. You get the point. Its a great exercise for your eye, Its not gonna be your best drawn hand. :) but its helps.
Im gonna stop for now. Let me know if you get more anoyed than you feel it helps! :D
I like your SB and you seem to have the drive.
Mahalo!

[Peter Berkovski]

B-Man - Thanks, yes anatomy is still one of my hardness stuff to do.but with more time and practice i think that no more gone be my problem :)Thank you for your advices.

I continue with my pixel sprite practice:

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Step 5 - shadows and finish touch (it seem like not finish, but for now i can't do anything on it, i still have problem with anti aliasing )

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for the records it took me around 3 hours work
I hope you like it.

[Peter Berkovski]

Hello everyone, i have to say painting is not from my favorite media but i've had a lot of fun when doing this,i am just in the beginning with the aquarelle.

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[Anurizm]

hey atlantik, great pixel work. your barbarian you last posted reminds me of night wolf from mortal kombat ;p lets see more studies though!

[Windmaker]

Hey! :)
This looks pretty nice (the landscape painting I mean). The bright colours make it look like a children's book illustration. Good job! Do more of them and you'll become the ultimate environment painting master!:)

Also, I'm with Anurizm - do more studies! As boring as they may be, that's the way to progress. Go for it!:)

Keep having fun now:)

[Peter Berkovski]

Thank you guys,I'll do my best!
Here is my avenger golem - 1st stage

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[Peter Berkovski]

Happy New Year everybody!!! :D :mittenbop: :mittenbop: :mittenbop:

some progress of my avenger golem:

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[Peter Berkovski]

...and first post of this year :) something like a finish piece ( still need of much more work on it)

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[Blaz]

Hehe awesome pixel art. Especially the rhino.

As for the other drawings your pencil works needs to be tempered a bit more. Also some anatomy studies would be great to you can take better grasp of anatomy. And mind the proportions.

But nevertheless very nice sketchbook.
Keep updating! :)

[Peter Berkovski]

@Blaz - thanks mate, I'm glad you like it :)

I was very very lazy yesterday,cause yesterday was really lazy day,here is some rough study sketches

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[Windmaker]

Hey:)
Happy New Year to you:)

Nice set of studies you did! Now do a hundred more pages!

I also like the golem. You're trying out new things and being brave about it. Good work! You should deepen the contrast however. Desaturate it to see what I mean. Right now it's being lit both from above and below by lightsources with the same intensity. Make one light brighter and subdue the other one. I think this'll help.

Keep going and having fun with it!:) You're making progress!:)

[Peter Berkovski]

@Windmaker - thanks mate i appreciate that and it really means much for me.I'm glad you like my works.Thanks again.cu!

Another sketches, I think to continue very hard with them.

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I've started to study from Sheldon Borenstein's book called "See it,feel it,trace it,draw it" and here is first result.

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[Windmaker]

Wow! I'm impressed!:)
Nice studies! Don't stop doing them!
You're also starting to loosen up your line. Good work!
Just don't stop drawing:)
Have a nice evening now.

[artmakessense]

crazy improvement! keep it up. maybe some hand studies?

[UnSharpened]

Hey atlantik, thanks for stopping by my SB. You got good progress too! Nice job!
I have not much to say about those sketches but study and practice as much as one can, that's how people get improved, don't they:P. The other is your painting, I think if there are more depth in the background, you character will be more lively, they are great, love the giant with volcano one.

Cheers!!:D

[Peter Berkovski]

@Windmaker - thanks mate, I'm glad you like em :) I hope to see soon something new from you
@artmakessense - Thank you, hands?!?!!? :P yeah they coming soon too
@UnSharpened - welcome mate, thank you too for these good words, I'm glad you like my golem :)

ok, today two pages not more :( I haven't enough free time at least
1) there have nothing to comment on it
2)mhmm well...this portrait was really really hard try, it's not in that way like the photograph whо I used for a ref. but I like it in that way too,these other things are from the same book which I learn now.I hope you like it

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[Windmaker]

Hey:)
It's great to see you doing studies! Keep it up!:)

The head of the standing woman in the top page is a bit small . Also, try to soften the contour around your drawings. It's not as rigid as it was before, but still, try to avoid doing uniform outlines around the drawings. It flattens them out.
Also the lady next to the portrait on the bottom page came out pretty good. Well done!

Keep on having fun and drawing:)

[BohemianChaos]

Hello, thanks for taking time to check out my sketchbook. :) The handmade sketchbook I made with Arches fine drawing paper. I took a book binding class during art school as an elective, so I learned how to make many types of books. You could probably look up how to bind your own sketchbook online... once you learn how to do it, it's quite easy. :)

You're improving in your drawing skills. Keep drawing from life and pay attention to proportions. You might also want to set up a still life at home to practice value and color. You will learn it if you practice!

Keep it up! :)

[Nadiamoon]

I love your pixel art:)))))))A+

[Peter Berkovski]

I've disappear for a while, but I'm back :P

@Windmaker - thanks mate I appreciate any advice from you.Cheers!!! (One day you will be proud with me :D )
@BohemianChaos -thanks for stopping by and for bind sharing ;) Yeah the proportions are still off for me but I work on!
@Nadiamoon - thanks for stopping,I'm glad to see you around and for that you like my pixels ( I think to make more of them soon)

......played with aquarells and soft pastels ;)

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[B-Man]

Hiya! :)
This is an exercise an old teacher gave me and later Ive heard of it from a lot of different people. One famus MARKO shows it on his massive black DVD.
(This aply when working with pencils on paper, if you draw digitaly youll never have any trouble of this sort. Meaning, you can always fix it without erasing) And yes, I know its strange I did this example digital...:bashful:

http://www.b-manart.com/bilder2/exercise.jpg

1. Put a blank paper infront of you
2. Draw a square
3. Try to fit the character/object you draw into the square, It
desnt matter if itgets a bit out of the square but as long as you
dont run out of paper.
4. Shows how you sometimes end up when you dont think of your layout and sizing of drawing.

Try drawing a lot of squares on a paper and fit figure drawings into them. Its hard in the begining. :) Hope this is helpful.

[B-Man]

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[Peter Berkovski]

:sadcheerleader: :sadcheerleader:POST?:sadcheerleader: :sadcheerleader:

soon buddy soon :) I have some scribles for now maybe I'll put them amm why not, here they are:

trying markers - FC artist pen gray tones

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[Windmaker]

Hello:) Nice update! I really like the marker stuff.
And the pencils are getting better. But, one thing if I may - stop outlining everything. It flattens out the form. Your looser sketches, the ones you probably hadn't gotten around to finishing look much better than the finished ones, in my opinion. They've got lineweight variation, the finished ones lack.
Other than that - good work! Keep drawing and doing studies!:) And have fun with it:)

[Peter Berkovski]

@Windmaker - thanks buddy, glad you like my marker try and I promise to make a try to stop outlining my sketches ;P thank you for anything I appreciate!

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here is my today work,nothing special just practice,it's been little hard work but funny to do ;) and iI have to say this exercise with the 30sec. poses was really really hard for me.

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[algenpfleger]

So many studies! Now that's what I call motivating. You'll progress fast as hell dude.

Damn, now I feel lazy :D
Keep it up!

[Chermilla]

Hiya!!

Lovely studies, and I'm loving the Panda pixel art, so cute!

Keep updating! Wanna see some more. ^__^

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[windlee]

Hey! I like your name and logo! Part of a good cartoon, love!

[Windmaker]

Hey:)
Great studies! Those thirty seconds poses a really awesome! That's the line quality you should aim for. You just need a bit more practice in order to become more accurate when drawing. But you're definitely on the right track!
Keep it up! And keep having fun with it:)

[Giorge]

Nice sketchbook , is great that you started making studies ... it will help you very much keep it up , and you will have some stars in no-time

[Reika]

Well pretty much what everyone else has been saying, keep up the studies, there is potential here :) keep it up dear fellow art-creature :D

[Nadiamoon]

Thank you for all your comments. you're great:)
--cheers!

[B-Man]

That colored eye looks good but when coloring try not to shade with black. use a wery dark red and for the white in the eye dont use a clear white hue. color it with a bit of the skincolor but still white enough to fool the eye. theres a lot of coloring guidelines its hard to keep track of em all. cheers bro!

[B-Man]

Oh one more thing. When I look closer on the small guy in rabit-suit. it looks like you used the fil funktion in the lineart. There is some white left at some edges. You can try and put the lineart in its own layer set to multiply (The lineart layer need to be the top layer) You can paint in a nother layer beneath it. :)
A nother way to do it in Photoshop is to make a copy of the blue channel and inverting it by pressing Ctrl+I Then you erase everything on screen and open a new layer. then scroll the selection bar till you find Load selection and there you can find the lineart its called "blue copy" probably. THen just use the fill bucket and black and there you go lineart without white background. you can now paint in the layer beneath the lineart. Hope thius is helpful. :)
Cheers!

[Peter Berkovski]

wow so many reaplies ;)

@algenpfleger - Thanks dude,I appreciate your visitation,and "You lazy"? I can't believe that
@Chermilla - nice to see you around,I'm glad you like my panda ;) Cheers
@windlee - Thanks for droping by dude! cu around!
@Windmake - Hello my old fella ;) nice to see you here again.Thanks for your coments buddy,I appreciate it!
@flamable - Thanks for the encouraging buddy! ;)
@Reika - "art-creature" hm ;) I like that ;D Thanks sweet neighbour!
@Nadiamoon - You'r always welcome here my friend,nice to see you around too!
@B-Man - Thank you,thank you ,thank you dear B-great-man ;) Thank for these advices ;) Cheers buddy!

Ok I've been busy the last days,but I've stealed some time for studies and doodling.

studies.....

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[algenpfleger]

well not exactly lazy but sick right now so you can use that chance to kick my butt man!
and i see, you are. damn, those studies are getting tighter and tighter. impressive improvement man! i like those t-shirts and characters as well. keep it up!!

[Windmaker]

Hey:)
Looking good! Nice batch of studies and sketches in general. I particularly like the Evil Hatter. The shot of him the apple is great!
The T-shirt designs are also pretty nice. Good job on them!
Nothing specific to crit. Just go on with the studies and keep making progress:)

[kidult]

Nice range of work in this last post - liking the t - designs. The look on the 2nd panda's face is awesome!

[Peter Berkovski]

@algenpfleger - Thanks buddy,I appreciate that but I can't kick your ass - not yet someday maybe,but for now I can't ;)
@Windmaker - hello dear friend nice to see you again,I'm glad you like my designs ;) thhis character with the big hat come really nice,but I've greased it anyway glad you like it
@kidult - thanks buddy,2nd panda is my favourite too.
Here is this night update not much but something 0___o

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and a try to improve my coloring skills - without success :(

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[Whitevillage]

You have really come from a long way and progressed a lot! Keep up exploring your drawing abilities and character designs. Great stuff! :confident

[algenpfleger]

way to go with that amount of poses man, you're definitely improving, good to see all those hands too. keep it up man, just keep it up!

err, with the colors, don't worry, it takes a while to lose the shyness. do some photo studies, that helps :)

[Clochette]

Hey atlantik! Some nice stuff here!
I love this one http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=322227&d=1205186309
The little evil animals of the forest are excellent! Maybe you could color them? They remind me a Southpark episode, when Cartman write a Christmas story... :D
Keep working!

[ohomoho]

The poses are so cool i like how you did them with just the right lines ,the animals are cool, the hands are cool.Its all good :D .
Keep progresing .

[nyssa]

Nice job! I like your work you've got a great style, I enjoy watching it!

[Peter Berkovski]

@Whitevillage - Thanks a lot,I definitely will!
@algenpfleger - Thank you for being my friend and for that you check my stuff often,you are real friend!!! ;)
@Clochette - Thank you!I'm very glad to see you here ;) I'll keep my work up ;P
@ohomoho - Thanks bro,glad you like them,I'll come by your thread soon,I saw your stuff and you have a good potential just you have to push yourself ;) cu there!
@nyssa - Thanks a lot!I watching you,you will develop very fast you will see that ;) !!!

hmmmm OK today I decide to try a speedpaint - my very first speedpaint,it took me 35-40 min. but for me that is really really speedy ;) Ok I'll go to put some steps......
Background,lay down,15min,35min

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[RandAlThor]

Nice clean lines and some smooth cross hatching, i guess you like panda's then lol. Excellent stuff mate, keep sharing ;-)

[Dan Valkar]

really good figure studies man!...love those pages..and the toons animals page its funny too.....great evil squirrel mate!...keep it up!

[ohomoho]

Здраси,well im pushing myself currently.You are doing it too i see the panda is realy nice i want to see more.

[Nadiamoon]

hey, I like your panda. I would just watch hard edge/soft edge and add some texture. keep posting!

[Peter Berkovski]

Thanks for the coments guys and gals,I'll reply tomorrow when I upload more stuff,for now one slow speedpaint (35min).hope you like it - C&C are welcome

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RandAlThor - thanks a lot man,glad you like it and yes I like pandas a lot ;) Cheers
Dan Valkar - thank you man,glad you like my stuff!I'll keep it up
ohomoho - hey bro,nice to see you again here,well that you pushing yourself is great I have to do the same thing but I haven't enough free time anyway glad you like my work ;) Поздрави
Nadiamoon hey Nadia it's been long time no see you around I like to watch your progress it is very inspirational!! thanks for coming by ;P

...and here like I've promised I'll show my work from today ;) hope you like it
C&C please!!!

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[Quinn Simoes]

Wow, you are practicing lots! nice to see. Keep at it!

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[ohomoho]

Lol sry for that one was a wrong post for someone else.(if u saw it)
Anyway i realy like your last sketches epecialy the feet and hands studys they look realy accurate.

[Craig Houghton]

with the watercolor from back in december, remember to look for colors in the shadows. It's especially important in watercolor when using the same color, only more strongly, in the shadows can end up increasing the intensity/chroma and drawing unwanted attention to that area.

I love all the studies (so many!) and I think you did a great job with the pastels. The texture and color diversity on the birds nest really works.

cool shirts btw - very cool

the evil hatter is rather badass. I could be wrong about it, but you might want to force yourself to do more 3/4 portrait views. i see a tendency to stick to face-forward and pure profile drawings.

good call on changing the panda's background. you have a good eye for what works.

as always, keep it up!

-Craig

[Windmaker]

Hey:)
You're getting better and better! I really like the quick figure sketches.
Just keep doing your studies!
My advice is to also study the skeletal structure a bit. That way you'll learn to avoid mistakes like on the woman's face in the last picture you posted. Her skull looks like it's shattered now. Notice how the nose doesn't start right next to the eye as you've painted it. Actually in most people the bridge of the nose (the part between the eyes) is the narrowest part of it. Look how you've put a shadow between the left eye (our right) and the nose. You should do the same for the other eye. Also her right cheek looks way too flat and pushed too far back. Again, you've made it better at the other side:)
Do a couple of skull studies to gain a better understanding of the underlying forms of the face. It'll really help.
Good luck!:) And have fun:)

[Maidith]

Wow, someone's so NOT being lazy here. I totally dig your anatomy studies, and keep doing those Posemaniac sketches, they are really useful :D

you've a great sketchbook with some amazing work.

[Peter Berkovski]

Quinn Simoes - Thanks dude,I will!
ohomoho - thank you!
Craig Houghton - hey buddy long time no see you around,glad you like my t-shirts and my other things,glad to see you here again!Keep coming!
Windmaker - hey druje ;) hope you like the next ones
Maidith - thank you too,glad to see you posting in my sb,I'm not lazy but I haven't enough free time for drawing that is very very sad for me :(

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[Jabo]

Hi. Nice studies you got there. Your progress looks promising, but I think you should loose the comic-ish style you have on some figures, like the guy with the jacket and hat in your first post on this page. The crotch area of his trousers. The way the folds go is very simplified and I think that comes from copying the style of comics but without the understanding needed to simplify it the right way...

[Peter Berkovski]

Jabo- Thanks dude,I really try to loose this style but the time show how it come out.Thank you for your visitation!

~Just messing around in photoshop~
I post these two pictures because I have problem with my monitor and photoshop and want to see how they gone look at my work pc ;)
from left to right --> normal JPG and JPG but save for web

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[Texahol]

moooooooooooooooooooooooore reffed studies please!

focus on values and edges! If you work at a low res 72 ppi at ~800x800 pixels, then you're going to end up with fuzzy edges. A cheat to working low res is to use filter>unsharp mask. It's usually best to work at a larger size, and then when you save your jpg, save it as a smaller size. Usually gives you better edges.

[Windmaker]

Hey:)
I already told you the frog is awesome:)
Apart from that - what Texahol is saying is true. And unsharp mask is the ultimate filter!:)
I like the expression of the character in the last picture:) You really managed to convey a sense of surprise. Good job! But the lighting is a bit messed up. I can't really tell where the light is coming from because there are equally light and equally dark parts all over the picture. The left eye (his right) seems to be infront of his skull instead of inside it. When you paint things like that block in the big forms first, then the small ones - meaning you should first show that the head has an egg-like shape, then show that the nose protrudes from it and the eye sockets go back into it. Then put the eyes in and shade them accordingly knowing that one is on the shaded side of the face and sits in a socket which makes even more shadow over it. Keep those things in mind:)

Now draw more studies! And show them here:) And keep having fun with all that:)

[Peter Berkovski]

@Texahol - wow hello my friend ;) thanks for this cheat dude it is great!
@Windmaker - thanks my friend I appreciate it,glad you like this shitin character ;) in the last post I know it is very messed up but that is only an exercise ;) I'll try out your advices,thanks for always coming here ;)

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[Niva.]

Those studies are motivational, I need to do them myself... but I'm lazy :(

Pozdravi na BG to Houston!

[towy]

A beautiful improvement in your sketchbooks since the beginning it's encouraging:]
Continuous I am going to follow your evolution

[Peter Berkovski]

A beautiful improvement in your sketchbooks since the beginning it's encouraging:]
Continuous I am going to follow your evolution

Hey Towarlock thank you for visiting my thread ;)

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[Windmaker]

Hey:) Good job! You're improving steadily.
You should draw the eyes though:)
Now, about the latest study - it's good shading practice, but the construction isn't really good. I think you should focus more on understanding the skull when drawing faces. The face is skewed at the moment and the mouth is pushed too much to the side. I don't know if you use them, but I'll say it anyway - use construction lines. Define the positions of the face's major landmarks before putting in any details. Then always check to see if you're still following these guidelines.
Also, I think you should focus on linedrawings now. It'll help you clear up the construction issues much faster. Try to make a line only copy of the photo you've used as a reference. See what happens. It'll take a lot less time and that way you'll be able to do a lot more studies and thus - learn more. This doesn't mean you should stop using Photoshop and values, but I believe you would benefit if you focus on linedrawing and understanding construction.
When you're drawing a hand, or a face, or whatever, always think about its three dimensional shape. So when you draw a face a put in the centerline think about how it goes around the form in 3D. You'd be surprised how much easier things get once you get used to this.
And lastly - measure. Compare the distances between major landmarks in the subject you're drawing and in your drawing.
Anyway - as I've said you're progressing really good so, just draw a lot and have fun:)

[Camara]

Great work,man!!!I want to tell you one thing: you will have to choose your true style soon,and I have to tell you that your cartoon stuff shines!!!!!!!So,why don´t you develop it further?

[B-Man]

Hoi matey! Yar been busy! Nice studies always good to do studies, I agree with what some of the peeps are saying. Like its good to do more referenced studies. I like to do some as warmup in the morning. its a good way to calibrate the eyes for a day of drawing. ;)
Hope all is well mate!
Cheers!

[Peter Berkovski]

Replies latter ;)

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Once upon a time..there was one little tablet Graphire 4 a6 everyone call it "the ugly duck" :) but one year later this ugly duck become to a very very beautiful swan called intuos 3...Hey guys I kust want to show you my new toy ;) I think I'm gone explode from happyness :D

my old tablet (..bye fellow, you was good friend :( )

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my tools and of course me ;)

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[HAJiME]

The tidyness of your desk is unatural for an artist. :P

Nice stuff!

[towy]

yes new wacom ^^, very cool :)

[nyssa]

Nice Wacom and all the other stuff!

[Peter Berkovski]

Windmaker- Thanks buddy,I'm agree with you about the contstruction, it sux and it's still hard for me to draw digitaly ;) Cheers glad to have you here!
Camara - Thanks dude, I definitely will develop into this style!Cheers!
B-Man - hey bro long time no see you around,whar's up with you ;)
HAJiME - haha that's because of the photo ;) Cheers!
Towarlock and nyssa - Thank you,glad yu like it ;)

so here I'll post my first try with that new toy and one pencil portrait
(digital - around 2h with man breaks, pencils - 20 min.)

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[algenpfleger]

ha! my desk is even more tidy. nice tablet man! i like my graphire though D=

i like that last portrait, i think the eyes are getting better? :)

[Jabo]

Congrats on the new tablet, it looks awesome. I want it :D

Nice mushroom, I like the simple colors a lot.

[Peter Berkovski]

hey thank you all!!! :)

this is my entry for this month super stylised challenge - cave man

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vote for meplease :P :D

[Reika]

Hi there :)
I would advise you to do more studies, especially gestures. Let the style develop on its own, don't force yourself. Aaaaand, I am going to steal your intuos :P

[Peter Berkovski]

Reika - Hey how are you,I haven't been see you for a long time :) Thanks for visiting and for your advice :) I hope to see you more often here and there ;)..about my intuos - it have some problem so it doesn't worth the stealing ;)

some sketches

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[Nadiamoon]

hey, long time no talk. congratulations with the tablet

[Killasandra]

Got some pretty cool stuff here dude!

Darn you and your tablet! I have one like your old one...only it has people all over the part you draw on, and it's blue. (You have a SHINY one????)

The name drew me, pandas kill me...so bad

I wish my desk was tht clean, I don't even use it, it's so cluttered. And OMG TMNT! *run away*

[Peter Berkovski]

Nadia - thanks dear ;) write me when you have time to talk ;)
Killasandra - thank you ;)

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[monstertree]

I can see some improvement going on here! Your sketching is getting more clean and confident and your colours are starting to pop and become less muddy! Good work mate, keep practicing and working hard! :)

[Camara]

Congratulations for your new tablet!!!Seems like Wacom has changed it´s logo...ummmm....is your tablet black?????My Intuos3 is grey.........I prefer yours!!!Hahahahaa

Ok,there is something wrong about your giant with the big bone...there is no bounced light from the body into the arms and from the arms or the ambiento into the body,thats why his arms blend into the background,which is not correct!

Keep posting,man!!

[Windmaker]

Hey:)
I'm impressed again! Good work! As monstertree pointed out, the improvement is noticeable.
About the caveman - one thing that's bugging me is the club being behind the loincloth. Not that it's not possible, but it doesn't make much sense for him to be holding the club between his legs instead of in front of them. Also, what Camara says is true - try to separate the figure from the background. Bounced light is a good idea. It really makes things pop out. Just do what you did with the lower part of the legs. BTW I love how you've rendered the hand with the club. Really nice!
Give some attention to the toes too. Right now the feet look cut off. Either that or it looks like he has hooves. Also - put some shadows cast from the "necklace". It'll help integrate it with the rest of the picture.
And lastly, try to be more consistent with the light source. I can't determine where the light is coming from now. Of course, it could just be me being stupid:)
Aaalsoo... the grumpy sheriff is great! :)

I'm really proud of your progress over the past few months. Keep doing studies and remember to use loose flowing lines. And just have fun with it:)

[Peter Berkovski]

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[B-Man]

Hi there!
Im all good, slacking to much, but theres a cure! :yayca:
Hope all is well and everythng!
So first, Is that black you used when shading the Oger with thw bone? Its a rookie mistake to shade with black. Look at things in your room. what color does everything get its color from? Put a red pencil on a white paper, what color does the shadow have? Slightly red.
Second look. Look at lighting. The lighting on the legs sugest a quite sharp light from both sides while on the torso the light comes from front and a bit above. The lighting on the neck puts light from behind him. I gets a bit messy and it would have a better mood and a more professional feel if you thought of this first.
Try to pin out the light source in the walue sketch, it helps bring out the shapes and set the mood.
Keep working mate!
Cheers!

[Peter Berkovski]

Monstertree - thank you mate that means a lot!
Camara - hey buddy thank you,I messed up totally my caveman with some photoshop filters and other shits so I hate it anyway and yeah you're right ;)
Cheers!
Windmaker - thank you my friend your comment is always welcome ;) Thank you!
B-man - hey dude what's up ;P amm like I said I totally messed my caveman drawing with filters anddd that "black" what you and others see actually isn't black and that's because of my monitor I think - I have to calibrate it maybe :(

anyway here is a WIP for this month competiotion
(hope this time the colours gone looking fine)

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[algenpfleger]

those are cool creature concepts man! keep em coming!

[GunTrouver]

Hey my friend:) I'm back to business;) You really developed, that's good to see! Especially your cartoony stuff became better, I like the last two carnivores.
I can't say much new, B-Man already gave you some hints for coloring and so all I can tell you is to keep practicing!
Looking forward for new stuff.:O

[Peter Berkovski]

algenpfleger - thanks dude ;)
GunTrouver - hey Kai hi my friend, nice to see you here again ;) can't wait to see your new stuffs ;) Cheers!

I'm in 2D Artist magazine this month :) with my crapy caveman :)

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[Clochette]

The tidyness of your desk is unatural for an artist. :P

Nice stuff!

Haha I thought exactly the same!
Mine is always a souk! :P Congrats for this clean area!
Nice stuff Atlantik! :)

[Peter Berkovski]

Clochette - thank you darling ;)

I did this for fun

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WIP
2 hours from imagination = weird head

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Another WIP ;)

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progress....

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[algenpfleger]

duuuude your stylized stuff is getting so cool! especially the top one, loving the use of patterns and stuff. but keep on working on those boring realism fundamentals, okay? :)

[Peter Berkovski]

algenpfleger - thanks mate ;)

aaaand another WIP

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[Texahol]

while the colors are lokking a bit more lively in this new beginning, you haven't picked a single lightsource to render from. You're losing all of your "big shapes" from this. Think BIG then go small. Right now as it is, you're rendering each feature of the head independently, with it's own independent light source. Something that might help, is draw a dot or an arrow, or a sphere on your page to choose your lightsource, and have a visual reference.

I think doing more value studies would really help you out :) Value is 2/3 of color :P

[Peter Berkovski]

hey Devin, thank you so much for your help buddy, you are a great teacher ;)

Here is fresh new "new begining" Texahol helped me a lot with the light source explaination - thank you again ;) and I think to finish this someday :D

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first drawing from life with my intuos

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[The7Artist7]

Just dropping by - ooo Glowing onion! 0_O cool :)

Keep up the good work - will be cool to see when you really tighten up the finished renderings (bring into focus). Keep rocking on dude!

[Peter Berkovski]

Just dropping by - ooo Glowing onion! 0_O cool :)

Keep up the good work - will be cool to see when you really tighten up the finished renderings (bring into focus). Keep rocking on dude!

Thanks mate ;) I'll try to do that better with the next drawing from life
Cheers!

[algenpfleger]

yessssss that's what i'm talking about. onions! more! MORE!

[DreamstateIvory]

Nice tablet work (if you use a tablet of course :P )!

Diggin the half lion/half human dude. He reminds me off a movie or game, but just can't pin point it...argh.

Keep it up!

[Peter Berkovski]

Algenpfleger - Thanks mate, r coment is always apreciated ;)
DreamstateIvory - hey thanks and glad you like it ;) Cheers!

Here is some speed drawing (30 min.)- ust trying out Painter IX to define colors and light ;)

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[Texahol]

keep up those studies mate. Hopefully soon you can do some really long studies ;)
it's also helpful to do studies in greyscale from color, as it really helps you to see the values better. Once values become easier to see, you can spend more time thinking about the hue.

Don't forget to think about edges when doing drawings. Hard edges and soft edges help show form :) soft edges where the form rolls, hard edges where two planes meet :)

[Peter Berkovski]

Texahol - thanks mate,I hope to can make long studies soon too ;) thank for these tips with hard and soft edges ;)

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[James Wolf]

nice stuff :) If i could give a crit I'd say that you could add a lot more colors into your skintones anyway, keep goin, id love to see more! :)

[Peter Berkovski]

James Wolf - thanks mate, you coment is more than appreciated, glad to have you here buddy! ;)

so I haven't been good boy the last days and I have only these crap thingies!

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I made this for my friend Clochette

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[Texahol]

where are the studieeeeeeees?
;)

[Clochette]

Hehe my little fellow! :P
Show the acrylics studiiiies !!!

[Peter Berkovski]

Texahol,Clochette - sorry I do not start them yet ;) soon, soon, as always I haven't enough free time even for myself so something very very quickly ;)

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[triggersamy]

Hi peter u are going up and ur strokes are softening :).keep going mate.do drop on mine and comment :)

[Peter Berkovski]

last night drawing from life....I have to do a tons of them o_0

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* usually it is not that neat, that is just for the photo ;)

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[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Nice setup you got there man! Also your stylized stuff is comming along very pleasently. Me being me I would like to see more anatomy studies and that sort of thing^^

Keep putting graphite to paper and make things happen:)

-E

[Peter Berkovski]

Nice setup you got there man! Also your stylized stuff is comming along very pleasently. Me being me I would like to see more anatomy studies and that sort of thing^^

Keep putting graphite to paper and make things happen:)

-E

thank you mate, the anatomy is cooking right now ;)

aand this night drawing from life - I mean attempt to drawing from life :)

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today's drawing from life - it come out very stiff and weird, I have to work hard! x_0

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[The7Artist7]

Awesome - you're doin drawings from life too! Looking good dude - try workin on midtones and highlights a little more I think. hehe loving the wolverine desktop on your laptop :)

Keep up the great work! :painting:

[Peter Berkovski]

The7Artist7 - thank you buddy, I will see what can I do ;)

WIP

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[Clochette]

Hey Peter! :P
The brush strokes are nice in this one (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=474835&d=1222448655), I like the colors. Be careful to the ellipses but I've already told you that! :) Keep it up my friend!

[Peter Berkovski]

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[Virg]

love those pumpkins man, keep at it !

[Peter Berkovski]

Clochette - thank you darling :) glad you like it
WhiteC - thanks for dropping buddy, here is one more for you ;)

some sketchbook pages and little work on the pumpkin head

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[Clochette]

Keep those studies up! I like the Hell boy! ^^

[algenpfleger]

Great work man, your lines are getting a lot better! :) Keep doing the studies and the stuff from imagination.

[Peter Berkovski]

Clochette - thaaank you again my dear ;)
algenpfleger - hey buddy, how you going, thank you ;) glad you like my work

some vectors for fun

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speed gray scale photo study "street lantern"
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