Sketch Book of my Characters and More~ (Update 8/25/07)

[Eric Young]

Hello everyone, some of you may already know me as Eric0322 but I had to change my email so I changed my username here as well. Since I changed all that I decided to start a new sketchbook as well
Ultima Earth is the name I have given to the place in my mind where the images and characters that I draw come from, so this is your invitation to check out Ultima Earth for yourself.
I'll post my stuff from my other sketchbook along with some new stuff. enjoy
-note: The last one of the ships isn't done yet I think I still need to work on it a bit
Please tell me what you guys think, thanks

[Eric Young]

Update- I think these to turned out awesome, I just did them a little while ago with charcoal pencil. I'm going to try charcoal out a bit more, tell me what you think and any suggestions you have that might help me out a bit.
Thanks

[Eric Young]

This was my first real attempt at cross hatch shading, i've always just kind of did the old smear the pencil out over the picture but as of late that kind of shading hasn't really sat well with me so I did this picture in cross hatchings in pen so there was no temptation to smear. I'd really like to hear what you think and any suggestions or tips you might have that could help me out, thanks.

[Piranha Clan]

You have some cool things happening here. The six-armed dude is pretty wicked, the one you cross-hatched is cool also. Barbarians rock.

Ok then- You need to work on human anatomy and proportions. The hands all look too small, arms too short. You show a good beginning grasp, just need lots of practice.

Here's a challenge: draw from life and reference for awhile, say like 2-3 months or so of nothing but anatomy studies (get some anatomy books maybe, like Hogarth) then redraw these same characters and I think you would like the outcome a lot better.

Keep going :)

[Eric Young]

all right, i've heard a lot of people say the same thing about drawing from life, i guess I'll give it a shot. thanks

[Eric Young]

wow its been a long time since i posted anything new, here are two things i already scanned into my computer, the first is a tattoo design i drew that im thinking of getting done. The second is last weels CHOW that i never finished cause i was too busy all last week :(
ok more stuff coming soon

[Eric Young]

i been trying to get my arms and hands too look more realistic so i been drawing my own hand and looking threw anatomy books, i think im improving. Next i need to work on feet and legs

[Eric Young]

Here are two more drawings of anatomy i did. The shading on the leg didnt really come threw well on the scanning, sorry.

[Eric Young]

this was my entry for CHOW 75.
I havnt updated any of my work in a while, i'll do some more soon.

[KtCruit 57]

Your hands and feet are really nice. I love the ink guy with the ax (pic #12). It turned out great! The eyed dinosaur (pic #6) is... wierd, Lol. The 3rd eye isn't centered. And the left eye is crooked on the 2nd charcoal picture. I love your imagination and style. Keep it up! You have hidden talent, so bring it out.

[Eric Young]

Ok the first picture is some quick little Face and head sketchs I am working on for the new Chow(76). The second is just some monster thing i I drew up while I was bored in school.

[Eric Young]

some character i drew up /m\ <(random icon)

[Eric Young]

My new WIP for Chow 76 (Puppeteer)

[DeJakhalz]

Good. I defenitly see progress here! Keep drawing!

[Eric Young]

Another one of my characters.

[Eric Young]

ok i'm back finally with a couple new things. The first picture is for the CHOW 80, i need to go over it in ink so its easier to see on the computer and i'm goin to try and find some time to color it in photoshop. MY second picture is from FFXI, i was bored and watching my brother play the game so i decided to sketch a picture of one of the jobs from the game.

[Eric Young]

I've learned the basics with coloring on Photoshop, so i colored one of my older pictures to see what you all think.

[Eric Young]

i spent a little more time on it, tryin to shade with photoshop, i think its a good start, i could prolly fix a few things but i'll do that later cause my hand is starting to hurt from painting with this mouse

[Eric Young]

BIG ass update, I havnt had time really to update so hear is a bunch, the last too were done on pretty big paper, too big for my scanner so my sister took pictures of them.
I would love to hear any thought you guys have, personally i think im getting much better

[Eric Young]

I'm going to try and update more often, i noticed how fast a thread can be pushed back to the second page when no one comments it in just a couple hours lol.

[Eric Young]

Big update cause i havnt updated anything in a while, sorry :( All are characters i've made up, i think im getting better with my anatomy.
The last one is a painting i did cause i was in a painting mood, i dont normally paint, and i dont think im any good at it, but this one came out decent. I hope the picture isnt too shitty i had to take it with my phone...

[Eric Young]

I have another painting I'm working on, I'm going to try and finish it today and post a picture of it on here.

[Eric Young]

Another big update, First is another painting i been working on, I think i'm done with it. Second is another creature. The rest are all tattoo designs i came up with a while ago.

[Unedibleapple]

Some really nice character designs but some of the poses look a bit stiff. Try drawing more people from life to help get used to natural feeling poses. Keep it up!

[deadred]

you have the ideas, but you still need more studies to realize your ideas. try to focus on shapes rather than outlines when doing your studies, keep drawing, your sketches have much potential :)