House of foux du fafa

[Pixie Bergman]

Hey guys, im new here. Here are some stuff that i have done within the last 3 months. Im currently learning to draw and paint from books, tutes and friends. I might be a girl but feel free to critique me as harsh as u want.

Bit of a big update here. I used ref for stuff like the hands studies and some of the more realistic faces. Those figure construction studies are from Vilppu's drawing tutes. So there is a mixture of life sketches, photo ref studies and stuff from my head.

Thank you for taking a look!

[Pixie Bergman]

Here are some paintings that i have done for the past weeks. Ref used for most of them. Except for the demonish tattooed female character. I used my own hair as ref for the girl's portrait (with the red nose) and some other random images for her eyes and lips. The sea creatures thumbs are done with Zbrush (android's method). Which i find really helpful in designing organic stuff!

Anyway i think we can easily tell the difference when ref is used or not.. hehe. I know the paintings are incomplete.. because i have got feedbacks from friends and coldrum especially. I know they can be improved and fixed. I will definitely keep in mind of his suggestions and tips in my next painting. Thanks Jez! and rodimus!

I will like to improve and i will keep posting.

[coldrum]

Woooot! nice work Pixie! bout time too : D

[donalfall]

Wow, really solid work! Good stuff. I really like "myface.jpg" and "ckstudy.jpg" shows great fold study. Very nice, stars!

[Rodimus25]

Hey Pixie, bout time u posted your own sketchbook, u had more then enough stuff in the one u're using already:p Welcome aboard, and keep posting

PS: Great stuff here, its coming along nicely.

[Clessy]

Wow I love your sketches and studies, great job on those!

As for the digital painting, try to do more with texture, everything right now is looking extremely smooth and it's making some of the clothes look almost plasticy, especially that one of the guy in the jacket. Don't be afraid to leave some brushwork showing and add a little texture to things.

But keep it up, I definitely want to see more!

[seetsy]

hey impressive start to your sketchbook Pixie Bergman!!
hmm what an unusual name...

btw nice use of name dropping.. where was my mention?!..

nice sketches, your faces are appealing and ur starting to develop a really nice style.. its great to watch

Keep drawing and keep posting !

[moroi]

hi! welcome! you should ask davi about the girl's "secret" forum access if you haven't already. there's some good threads there.

anywaaaays, lovin' your style. and great studies too. of the paintings you posted, i think the one with the girl and red bg is the weakest. it looks like its still a work in progress though. i suggest better shading on the clothes.

[eparts]

I like your sketches. Nice things going on. Your figure studies are convincing too!

If I was to give some criticism I would say work on the colours. Your B/W's are cool, but the use of colours are pretty flat and boring. I think of the shading for example.


This was a cool drawing, but I was bothered with the shadings on her knees, feet etc. It looks more like dust than values. Try using more colours than black when shading.

keep up the good sketching and take my critiques as love

[malpanka]

i really like your coloured stuff- you have a vivid imagination and a neat style. however, your drawings are somewhat repetitive- almost all your characters are depicted en face, there are some profiles, but only a few. try some different angles of face and maybe some more dynamic positions

[Pixie Bergman]

Thanks guys for the encouragement. Will keep in mind the tips.
Heres another one.

[thek]

Fantastic sketches and beautiful colouring! The quality of your faces when viewed from the front is exceptional. Maybe your 3/4 view could do with a little work, use a sketchbook to try things out of your comfort zone maybe? Maybe mess a little with Loomis' head construction.

Really love your drawings though.

[drunknmunky]

Looove the pencils, really nice faces! Keep up the good work

[Pixie Bergman]

Thanks for the feedback! Will keep the suggestions in mind.
My printer/scanner had served me well for the past 5 years, RIP! Cant scan my sketchbook at the moment..

I just did a very quick ref picture painting. This time i took coldrum's advice in painting at 20% to 50% to get the basic shapes and colours in first.

I missed the soft sand..

[Pixie Bergman]

Got a new scanner!
Here are some quick sketches from the cafe and some non-ref practices.

[Pixie Bergman]

Here is a quick sketch, a little page of vilpu studies, life sketches from the park, stuff from my head and a session of life drawing.

[seetsy]

hey nice update! quick 30 sec sketches are nice, alot of energy in the poses.
keep up the drawing pixie

[coldrum]

Hey Pix! Nice update ...your life drawing is really cool

[Pixie Bergman]

Thanks Seets and Jez!! Hehe cant wait for the workshop!

Did some silhouettes of some characters, i might end up modelling one of them in 3D.

[Hybrid_75]

Nice stuff, I like those qick gestural drawings in your sketchbook. Keep up the good work!

[Rodimus25]

Hey Pixie, great updates, some more please

[Markito]

Im loving those strong silouhettes Miss k ;b You could turn one of those into a solid finsihed character piece. Now lets see some of those toony sketches you do so well!

[lilou]

gotta love the silouhettes and the lifedrawing studies!!! very good! though I must say that many of your faces do not have sooo much expression in them... maybe expression is not the right word.... character maybe... yeah! try not to make them look beautyful or done by the book.... for example sometimes someone can have biger eyes or mouth than it should be ... they can be still pretty but not perfect... that gives faces their character
thats my two cents on it

bye
diana

[Chate Noire]

The silhouettes are wonderful - the basic character is very clear, and it still throws the imagination in all directions. Your life drawing also rocks, with all the different approaches and styles.

[chuck18mp]

I really like your SketchBook!!!
I wanna see more silhouettes!

[Pixie Bergman]

Hybrid_75 - Thanks for dropping by. Your stuff rocks!
Pod.Art - Sup Rod! Thanks for the encouragement.
Markito - Thanks Mark! Yea im working on one of those at the moment.
lilou - Thanks! Will keep them in mind.
Chate Noire - Thanks!
chuck18mp - Thank you!

Here are some updates. The standing female nude is a ron lemen study, the kneeling nude was from a photograph, the rest are from my head. Theres also some other cafe sketches i did at lunch.

[Nopig]

I can't say your thread title 5 times - fast...But, I like the sketchbook

[Rodimus25]

Heheh, nice updates pixie, keep em coming, thanks for dropping by too

[lilou]

woooow!!! gotta love those pose studies!! preeeeettyyyy!! and you have a very nice feel for fashion like it very much

maybe all I think I can critise is that there is not enough variety in the face expressions. but really I'm just being picky... so nevermind

byyyyye
diana

[DoubleThink]

I love where this is going.
Keep it coming!