Fiergon's Sketchbook - 2007 Sketchdump

[Fiergon]

Hey all. My name's Fiergon, this is my first time posting here EVER, and looking at the other pieces of art all over this site makes me very, very, nervous.

I'm 18 and currently a senior in high school. Most of this stuff is just doodles, scribbles, and random bric-a-brac. But- *deep breath* Here goes...







Also, keep in mind, that I have near no idea how these forums or image-attachery-thingies work in the slightest. So if this post looks stupid HTML-ishly, please help. ;-;

[Fiergon]

Hur. Here's a couple more. The one on the bottom is (I think) the most recent.





Also, FYI: I been drawing since I was.. probably 9, but have only begun to take it seriously for the past few years.

So, what are some of your thoughts? I could use some constuctive criticizm.

[Fiergon]

*blows off the dust* Wow, I haven't been using this at all. Let's fix that. Here's some random favorites since I last updated.


This one's me getting used to different lead types in pencils. Most of the shading's done using a 4B, 5B, and 6B. Eeeehh.... Could use some sharper shadows, but hey, practice is practice.


Heh, this one's one of my favorites. I'd like to do some more work with it.


I kinda liked this one. I need to get better using ink, but this ain't a bad start, methinks. Her name is the "Siren's Fang".





There was some contest CA.org had a topic about where you had to create a giant creature... Well, school got in the way and I missed the deadline, but meet the Tree Titan. I had a lot of fun drawing this guy, and I'd love to do some more work wif' him in the future. Heh, I even wrote a song about him for my Music Theory final. *dork*

Well, that's roughly it, so far. I'll try and scan in more stuff as time passes. 'Til then, see you when I do.

[Fiergon]

Hey all.. I shoulda updated this a while ago, but I got lazy one Wednesday and it was 7/4 the next. Everyone have a good fourth? We roasted some Mets. Awesome. Anyway.


I wanna do something with this one... based on a poem by Carl Sandburg.


One of my characters as a younger paloooka. Need to fix some of the anatomy... ankles look like twigs.


Hey, I'm taking Tae Kwon Do recently. Here's a roundhouse. Those are hard to get right.


Girl I saw at a jazz concert, Emily. She was nice.


Found this old one. Fear my mullet.

Also, you may see the.. like "-Fier" thing interchanged with my name on these drawings, just cuz I'm getting tired of signing real drawings with an internet name. Kinda pointless. Also, my art teacher wanted me to put little ©'s in my stuff. So, hey, there they are.

Later.

[Fiergon]

I would change the title to Updated Thursday in my Signature, but if I did that, it'd only be updated every Friday. Hm.. anyway.

[Fiergon]

Hey.




My D&D char, Fernox. Now, I may have drawn the appearance, but Dungeons and Dragons is still ©Wizards of the Coast, aight? Aight.

[Fiergon]

Hey guys.


My buddy Jess. She went up to CCAD for the summer.



Got an Ibanez. Mmm.....


Friend's DnD character. He's a bard.


One of my Guild Wars characters.

See you next week.

[Fiergon]

Hey. Internet went down yesterday. Better late than never, right?



More DnD friends. I honestly don't know the top guy's name.


Made-up enemy type from a DnD quest.




Oh! Also. My friend Jess started her own sketchbook. Go check it out. http://www.conceptart.org/forums/sho...d.php?t=103501

[Dr. Jessica]

mmm fier your studies are really comin' along well. C: keep studying figures- at my sketchbook someone posted a really neat site for some quick gestures on different poses, check it out, it's totally helpful!

[FleetingShadow]

Theres a clear improvement from your first post to your latest, Fiergon.
Are you drawing from life? Doing figure studies? You should be, they're really beneficial. As for your drawings, they are usually pretty stylized , which isn't a bad thing, but it'd be nice to see some realistic drawings, poses, still lifes, ect as well. Lets see some more works soon

[Fiergon]

Originally Posted by FleetingShadow

Theres a clear improvement from your first post to your latest, Fiergon.
Are you drawing from life? Doing figure studies? You should be, they're really beneficial. As for your drawings, they are usually pretty stylized , which isn't a bad thing, but it'd be nice to see some realistic drawings, poses, still lifes, ect as well. Lets see some more works soon

I agree. That link Jess was talking about leads to a useful page on poses that really shows how the muscles work in the pose... hm.. I think.. I got some old life studies and speed sketches in one of my old books. If I find them, I'll put them up.

[armetage]

keep studing! you will get where you want too

[Fiergon]

This is becoming a bad habit for me.


Another DnD character I rolled, a dwarven ranger.




A website Jess told me about called Posemaniacs really helped me out with figure. Above you'll see a couple studies as well as 2 pages of minute figures; The site has a 30sec sketch function, but I set it up to a minute, 'cuz that's how I roll for now.


Old one of my friend and his band teacher, both kickass people. The face looks kinda primitive but I like the ear detail, so I decided to show it

See you next week.

[Dr. Jessica]

sweet gestures, fier. try doing larger ones sometime!

also, try doing some photo-realistic studies. like, take a pic of yourself, and try to get as realistic as you can; not sure if you're meaning to, but the portrait you did of your friend and band teacher are pretty stylized. keep doing this with yourself, friends, and even celebrities

[Fiergon]

Blaah.. haven't had much free time thanks to school. Here's what I managed to scratch together lately.




my D&D familiar. and Magic Missile.

The following are 3 hastily done caricatures done for Spanish class, each representing an important part of me. Yay for beginning-of-year assignments I guess. Here's Art, Laughter, and Videogames.





See you.

[Fiergon]

On time this week! I'm mildly impressed, but I've only got a couple things to show you this week.


Another D&D homie of mine with a magical tattoo. Yay druids.


English project: "Identity Collage" This one went better than expected.

See you guys later.

[Dr. Jessica]

i want you to practice your values, mister. lights and darks!

[ped454]

Yeah i agree with jess up there. If you're using 4,5 and 6b's like you said you should be capable of a lot darker than what you have. I mean I use a 2b and that can get pretty dark. I think you will benefit from lifedrawing (said that a million times squared plus 1) but it's true. If you havent checked out that site the link is

www.posemaniacs.com/blog

I think you're off to a good start with the different angle poses and I believe you may have the capability to imagine things in 3 dimensions already. You just need to develop it.

My fav is the most recent post.

[Chief]

Hey man, you're on your way... I'd recommend more figure work though, not just from life or photos... good to learn the anatomy - check out some Bridgeman books Keep it up!

[Fiergon]

Well, the end is near. Here's (almost) the rest of 2007 sketches in review. Oldest is at the top.
















..more to come!

[Fiergon]

I blame Motley Crue for the following two:





...still a bit to go.

[Fiergon]

Well, that's everything that's partially worth scanning; I've placed all my cards on the table. It's time to learn from what's wrong with all these, and roll in the new year.

Happy 2008 guys!

[Arthe Xavier]

Wow, man. Very nice progression from the first drawing to the last! I am very impressed, and can't wait to see more from you. I agree with the others - definetely try more 'realistic' stuff, deeper shadowing / contrast etc.

But what you are doing right now... I like it!