The ever changing self

[IIKII]

Hi everyone. I have been studying and practicing art since the start of this year.
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[IIKII]

Several more of my paintings with no ref. The recent paintings are the last few ones.

[ped454]

welcome to the sketchbooks...get rdy to update if you wanna be seen

your characters and colours are allright but one thing you need to keep in mind is that mucles arent seperate blocks. skin is on top of them and the way the light reflects off it creates that tonal effect. if you can try studying up on human anatomy. lifedrawing really helps if you can afford it. and try this site

www.posemaniacs.com/blog

lats

[IIKII]

welcome to the sketchbooks...get rdy to update if you wanna be seen

your characters and colours are allright but one thing you need to keep in mind is that mucles arent seperate blocks. skin is on top of them and the way the light reflects off it creates that tonal effect. if you can try studying up on human anatomy. lifedrawing really helps if you can afford it. and try this site

www.posemaniacs.com/blog

lats

Sorry for such late reply and also thanks for the advice. Cant afford to have life drawing sessions but the link that you have provided me really helps alot:^^:

Done alot of drawings but not much paintings. The first painting since a few weeks ago..

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[IIKII]

2 more new paintings with no ref. Any criticism will be great.

[Bluefalcon]

seems like you've got the human face down pretty good, I am not good enough yet to provide any kind of critique - hope you keep us up to date more often - the last piece with the buildings could use some depth with either texture or more shadow, however.

[IIKII]

seems like you've got the human face down pretty good, I am not good enough yet to provide any kind of critique - hope you keep us up to date more often - the last piece with the buildings could use some depth with either texture or more shadow, however.

The buildings are really lacking some depth and adding more shadow or texture would probably works. Thanks

[IIKII]

Done in a few hrs with no ref. Any criticism or tips will be good, thanks..

[Frank Gressie]

maybe you should try refs from time to time, and draw many many many figures. it helps!

[Penabled]

Yes...use references. Aside from the nose appearing to be squared off along the top, her mouth is off center and angled weird.

[IIKII]

Make the changes and i guess that it should be much better

[IIKII]

2 more new paintings

[IIKII]

More pieces done use flash and ps with no ref.

[IIKII]

2 complete and 2 uncomplete. No reference

[IIKII]

Sensing some improvement in me..

[IIKII]

some more

[IIKII]

more practices..

[IIKII]

last 1 for today

[IIKII]

painting for practice

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practices

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practics with no ref.

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practices with no ref.

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paintings with no ref.

[lacadam]

hey i like your stuff, even tho i think your portraits are better than your landscapes.

One thing i can say is that i think you make the top part of noses a little flat but thru out the thread i can see improvment which is good :)


if you have time go to my sketchbook (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=110005) :)

[IIKII]

thanks for the comment

paintings from yesterday.

[IIKII]

2 paintings from today with no ref.

[IIKII]

paintings of faces with no ref

[IIKII]

trying to create a sexy face... no ref.

hmm.. i really need to learn to paint hair..

[IIKII]

paintings from imagination. no ref

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dont feel like finishing it

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inspired by predator

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old wizard

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[IIKII]

speed paintings.

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low value
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bad construction and value
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[IIKII]

2 more fast pieces


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[IIKII]

My first CHOW submission. It is different from the one in the final and this one actually looks better.

Didnt plan to submit this one because i cheated by using the curves tool to improve the contrast.

Any criticism will be good:yum:

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[IIKII]

2 pieces

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crits?

[IIKII]

Tried a different lighting position
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hmm.. don't really like this one, took some time to paint it
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fast painting
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[IIKII]

some new art. Not 100% completed due to lack of fun in finishing it but have learnt some new stuffs. Crits are welcomed

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[IIKII]

a few more. No ref.

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[IIKII]

New 1 from yesterday

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Faces again.

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[IIKII]

Any crits are welcomed

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[IIKII]

ART! no ref. Crits?

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[IIKII]

Spent an hour on each piece. Crits?:davi:

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[IIKII]

Arts from old to now.

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Any crits are welcomed.

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All grayscale stuffs. Would like to have some crits, thanks.

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Study from ref.

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pushing myself..

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feeling too uninspired to finish it. Ugly indeed..

[IIKII]

Read a color book and able to gain some valuable knowledge.

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STILL wondering why some figure manage to look good even without strong value contrast.................some things just doesnt make sense!

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Books are the best for knowledge.

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lol, i just cant abandon this art

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Going to keep working on this dragon piece.

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For chow.

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Working on this one. Realised that i really love character design :D

[IIKII]

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The most detailed stuff i have ever worked on. Managed to get rid of lazyness and also getting inspired to work on it. Inspired by square enix designs.

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Crits in need.

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Start from primary one. Composition. Able to get the big masses but just failed on the details.

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[Dan Valkar]

nice progress, interesting enviros..keep workin'!!

[IIKII]

Thank you:D

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Get this results after several times of trying. Gain some interesting knowledge.

[IIKII]

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01. When something looks wrong, redo it again from nothing. The beginning must be right.

02. See the big picture. Zoom out.

03. Texture brush = interesting shapes, sizes, abstract shapes.

04. Dont think, Feel and then think.

05. People look at white.

Stuffs to remind myself because i dont listen to myself.

[Meilin]

Hey, your sketchbook looks really cool. The environments have a great flow and composition. Only crit I can give you is to watch up with the relationship between the foreground and the midground. The foreground should have the greatest contrast between dark and light, so most often the darkest darks and the whitest white will be there. In several of your paintings the foreground and midground is about equal in value which doesn't really push the depth enough. If you look at some reference: try to notice the value of the foreground objects, like how shadows in the lower corners of a photograph is very close to black. Anyways this was great to look at , and I really aprreciated your list of things to remember when paintings environments. Gonna print it out and put it next to my computer. Hoping to see more of your studies soon!

cheers :drinkup:

[P]

Very nice environs, damn im envy! U need to work out more on painting people though. Keep up ur work. Cheers.

[IIKII]

Thanks guys/gals. Values always fool around with my mind..

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Done it a few days ago. Can be improved.

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Based loosely on a ref. No composition is made which is why there is no flow.

Here something i have learnt from reading and doing.

01. There is no subject, only shapes of dark and light value.

02. See how the values create interesting contrast.

03. Observe interesting shapes.

[IIKII]

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Few days ago. Started it by creating interesting shapes to form it.

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My first try at these kind of stuffs. I am surprised that i enjoyed doing it. -Started it by random shape
-Create form by using big size brush. Big mass shape is easier to see the form.
-When i am satisfied with the form, the details begins.

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Done it really fast. A little impressed by it but still quite boring..
- Create a line of flow for composition.
- Insert 4 main value starting with the darkest one.
- Creating shapes along the flow and making sure that the shapes are interesting.
-Adding focus point which is the lightest value.

[IIKII]

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only like the second one becos of its interesting shape

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Have some problem with the composition and probably the edges too.

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Not good but at least i tried.

[IIKII]

Realised that i really didnt do much painting study over the past year which is probably the reason why my art is still bad.

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[IIKII]

Maybe i finally understand something

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value need freaking more work. Must get better!

[IIKII]

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As thumbnails, they always look so good..lol

Going to take a freakin break...GVG is Great!

[Meilin]

Ah so many cool updates... why haven't I been coming here more frequently? Your last black and white studies is so amazing, both when it comes to values and textures.

It's great to see your dedication and I love it that you've started to challenge yourself with colors. Just try to put as much consideration in the values in your color studies as you do in the black and white ones. Keep it up mate; I want to see more as always ;)

[IIKII]

Thks meilin! you have woke me up. Did not realize that they looked too flat

Thank you for your encouragement :D

[IIKII]

Done 1 landscape study per day without picking colors.

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[IIKII]

landscape for 2day using mouse. Went for a group portrait drawing session and spent 5 hrs drawing. A very refreshing experience

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[wilkerson]

I see improvement overall the last post was a step back though. To offer help, you need to think about saturation and hue. Objects farther away are less saturated, more cool, and lower value. Try looking at a reference while you paint and try to match the colors as close as you can without picking using the eyedropper. Then use different brushes for different subjects, try soft rounds for clouds, chalk brushed for rock, textured brushed for trees, etc. Also use, yellow-green rather than pure green for lit grass.

[IIKII]

My last post is a landscape study without using the eyedropper. After reading what you said, i looked at the photograph again and picking the colors to compare it with my study piece.

You are right about things geting grayer when they are further away but in the photo, it isnt. The water is very saturated. But you are right about the green, it is indeed yellow green:).

I have never tried using custom brush in my study but i think i will do it now. Thanks for your crits.

[IIKII]

A difficult piece for me.
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Done with texture brush.
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[IIKII]

today's study.

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[Φ]

hehe! o lovely Matterhorn, symbol of my nation…
I´m talking about the mountain…hehe

your enviros look really great!! keep on posting them…

sorry for not-critique-post…but you know what you´re doing! :)

cheers

[IIKII]

thanks bigfooTrooper :D

Missing alot of stuffs in this study especially the ground area. Wish to continue doing it but just don't feel like it.
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I really like the color in it..

[IIKII]

Had more time than any other days but just not movitated enough to do more.
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[IIKII]

Yesterday's and today's landscape study.
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Tried a figure study because i am really bored of landscape. Focus on color more rather than proportion but next time i will take note on getting the right proportions. & robocop is cool...
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[IIKII]

Challenge myself to do this piece of study. Have to keep note of the value, color and the proportion is really difficult which it turned up to be quite bad. I should also do 1 figure study along with 1 landscape study everyday.

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(From superman returns)

[IIKII]

Yesterday's more studies

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[silverrspells]

I love those B&W mountain landscapes.
As for the last portrait study, try to actually finish it and show us :lineart:

[IIKII]

Glad that you like them. Regarding the last piece, i feel that i spent too long on it and just decided to stop doing it and move on.

1 loosely done landscape and 1 failed figure study. Proportions are killing me.
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yesterday & now

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[Meilin]

the light in the last one is amazing. keep them comming ;)

[IIKII]

tks.

Time has became tighter since that over 80% of the time goes to figure and perspective drawing but still i manage to get 1 landscape done per day.

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[IIKII]

Drawing figures. No ref.

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[IIKII]

Maybe i should just make it 7 heads tall..

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[Kristo Novo]

hey there :)
nice color studies - maybe more loose sketching
keep going

[IIKII]

tks. :)

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The original without any texture.
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[IIKII]

I feel sucky. Maybe i should go to art school and learnt the right things. But then i still have 6 bloody wasted months of national service left.

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[IIKII]

Some random and some from chow.

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[IIKII]

All of my pieces are done with no ref except those that i stated are studies.
Chow ghost. 2h+
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Random face.1hr eyes and nose are off abit
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Environment for eow. Going to do a better one instead of this crap.
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[IIKII]

More stuffs.

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[IIKII]

more quick lands. and 1 study

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[IIKII]

more.

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[shamandalie]

Good to see another Singaporean in here. Dude, you have made M-A-J-O-R improvements since the first page. You're enviros are amazing and you've learnt to blend so much better now. What more i can say...KEEP IT UP! :)

[IIKII]

Thank you:)

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random no ref

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more.

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moreee

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[IIKII]

m0r3.

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[Mischeviouslittleelf]

things are getting, better sp keep studying!

-E

[IIKII]

Thanks! I will keep it up.

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[Jaytea]

So much in so little time. Reminds me that I'm slacking. I love the metal studies and the environments. Keep it up man! :D

[IIKII]

thanks:D actually i can do alot more if i stop surfing the web..

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[Kasper_P]

From a quick view through your sketchbook I'd recommend going back to basics! Almost all art is built on drawing with good old pencil and pen! Everyone gets told this pretty much all the time but : draw from life! Especially if you want your pieces to really pop and look realistic. Keep going!

[IIKII]

Hey thank you. You actually remind me that i really need to do something about my art but here's something from today.

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[IIKII]

Stuffs from few weeks ago.

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Will post the rest later on.

[IIKII]

still more to come later.

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The ghost of chow thing, several weeks ago.Thanks to that one pretty lady(?) who gave me the 1 vote on it.

[IIKII]

More from old times.

Some things.
-I almost never finish anything.
-People always said that doing grayscale stuffs are more easier but to me, Wrong. I NEED to feel the mood in order to paint. No color = no mood.
-My mood control my skills.
-The whole value thing makes me insane. Why so much dark?I dont like dark. Why use contrast?I hated contrast.Composition of light and dark are ?.

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[IIKII]

Just trying out the black characters thing that i often see from others SB. Seriously, it is dam GREAT at developing anything. Goto try environments and creatures too...

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[IIKII]

Some environments. Not my recent ones.

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There is a guy called daniel and his environments are totally superior..Goto learn something from him and also do more studies.

[IIKII]

This quote from michelangelo makes alot of sense.

The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.

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[IIKII]

hm. I really really want total perfection & that level still a long way.MDMS!.

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This piece inspired by m@.

[IIKII]

The end of the road after this. Time for a new ascension.

[jedininjaman]

sweet concepts, they all seem a bit saturated though, try to stick with a simpler pallet when you paint
-jedi

[towy]

really good quality here :) , take care about the anatomy , you are in the good way^^
nice Sketchbook really

[IIKII]

thanks :D.

Didn't do much practices but just thinking.

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Well, i dont agree with the crits given. 90% were focus on the characters and the composition design. I purposely made the background so saturated & they aren't that far enough to turn grayish.

Anyway, this is an experience for me. I used hues that i never dare to use it & trying to create a fairly realistic scene without any ref.
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[IIKII]

studies over the past 2 days.

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[Ricardo Robles]

Those enviros are so good, you are coming better clearly. keep practicing and in no time you will do wat you want.

[Katzenminze]

good progress so far! just watch out for your skin-material some seem a bit shiny which doesnt really fit, in my opinion!

[IIKII]

Knowing something isn't good enough, you can forget it real soon. The hole need to be dug alot bigger so you will finally realize the existence of it and will avoid it.

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[IIKII]

haven't done any paintings recently but here's some.

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I felt lost.

[IIKII]

the process of making it is so confusing..really need to find a way

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[Sean McClain]

I like the B&W environments allot!

[IIKII]

After such long time, i am only able to be aware of the importance of light.

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[IIKII]

Not only is my skills are improving but also my mind. I have grew to accept things.

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[IIKII]

A piece for chow155. Time for some color learning lessons for myself.

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[IIKII]

I wish i can make it perfect but i am afraid of perfectness.
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[IIKII]

Rarely done any Chinese woman and i realized that i have to gather some knowledge to make one. Done various studies before completing it.
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I am a man who is afraid of failure and success, funny me..

[IIKII]

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sigh..900 more failures left.
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alot of textures and some animals can make things better.

[IIKII]

888 more failures

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[Mark Tarrisse]

Man those enviros are coming realllyyy nice :)

[IIKII]

Man those enviros are coming realllyyy nice :)

Thanks:)
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[Demotyme]

Hey man, I like the walker in the second pic.

[IIKII]

I liked that walker too:D
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[IIKII]

Disappointed but i am not going to give up.
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[IIKII]

The rich gets richer and the poor get poorer if you know what i mean.

[IIKII]

still haven't give up and still going up.

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[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Too slick! Need texture! *Gasping for air* apart from that though, it is pretty cool stuff you got here mate, so don't stop^^

-E

[IIKII]

Starting to get some knowledge.

- Big shapes are important in seeing the big picture

- Paint the whole image and then start on detail. The relationships of value or color is more important.

- Extreme dark and white create nice pic but balancing is difficult

- Remove any concepts/ideas of painting in your mind in order to see what's real

- Texture helps alot in creating interesting points in painting.

[IIKII]

Figure that i should start imagining.

[IIKII]

my goal is to reach 100 pages:steph:

The first one is a study while the rest isn't.

[IIKII]

Draw alot of steampunk related stuffs on paper but doesnt have a scanner.

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[Dana_T]

Your sb is super interesting! Some of the figures look a bit flat, though, and I think that's because you don't see many clothing folds wrapping around the figures' bodies.
But just keep posting! Your desert studies in your last post are really pretty.

[hücumkedi]

it nice to see a hard working devil in here :) just keep working :)

[IIKII]

Thanks guys :) will keep on working

Concentrating on clothing. I have very little idea of what i am drawing despite having done 3 pages of studies, it seem that i need to target specific type of clothing.hmm..jacket...

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Vampire hunter d. Someday i need to do hat studies..
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[IIKII]

Main topic is jacket - suit and really learnt alot of interesting stuffs but forgot most of their names. Going to learn other stuffs after i have my fun with mgs4 :D

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[IIKII]

These past several weeks have changed me alot. Practiced and learnt alot of anatomy and clothing stuffs and the most important of all is that having a good health is the key to everything else in the world :D

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more.

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Quick concepts for a flash movie that i will be doing. Maya and flash software

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looking at fengzhu videos inspired me :)