Anyways now that I'm done being a cunt it's time to post the doodles I made on the bus ride home.
[IMG]http://u.cubeupload.com/Signal/1skica.png[/IMG]
[IMG]http://u.cubeupload.com/Signal/2skica.png[/IMG]
[IMG]http://u.cubeupload.com/Signal/3skica.png[/IMG]
[IMG]http://u.cubeupload.com/Signal/4skica.png[/IMG]
I put an action line on a face structure and this happened
This week has been a bit... rough, so these are literally the only things I've drawn all week.
human soul anatomy study
[img]http://i61.tinypic.com/96c9xx.png[/img]
[QUOTE=Galactic;44450295]Thank you so much!
I think I'll print this.
-edit-
Considering I'm getting feedback now I dug up my photobucket password and uploaded the ref from my phone. If I could get any more detailed criticism.
[IMG]http://i847.photobucket.com/albums/ab35/gn8r/Screenshot_2014-04-01-16-22-49.png?t=1396623397[/IMG][/QUOTE]
why on earth would you choose that as a reference? you're drawing someone who is being shot while presumably running with a rifle, so you chose someone dancing with a violin as your pose reference? lol wth
this just doesn't make any sense to me honestly
[QUOTE=ChestyMcGee;44451451]why on earth would you choose that as a reference? you're drawing someone who is being shot while presumably running with a rifle, so you chose someone dancing with a violin as your pose reference? lol wth
this just doesn't make any sense to me honestly[/QUOTE]
I chose someone coming down from a jump, I wanted to give a sense of absorbing an impact with the right foot.
who lands from a jump on one foot? especially in a combat situation where stability is essential
[QUOTE=JoeyZ;44445860][IMG]http://s29.postimg.org/5o86vyiyf/IMG_1022.jpg[/IMG]
Self portrait day in class[/QUOTE]
I know it's a WIP, but I feel this should have a background value that's dramatically different from the skin tone, possibly darker.
I decided to give photoshop another try (planned the lighting ahead this time):
[img]http://i.imgur.com/RJcGQjj.png[/img]
I feel like I improved, but I'm not sure.
[url="http://i.imgur.com/B8x8IbR.jpg"]Original sketch[/url]
[url="http://i.imgur.com/XABC9jr.png"]new sketch that I'm working on[/url]
References: [url="http://www.mrclock.co.uk/i/page/index/clock.gif"]1[/url] [url="https://www.google.com.eg/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1920&bih=955&q=clockwork&oq=clockwork&gs_l=img.3..0l10.1726.3161.0.3607.9.7.0.2.2.0.186.919.2j5.7.0....0...1ac.1.39.img..3.6.535.BZtNBqsyHiY"]2[/url]
criticism please
[QUOTE=wewt!;44449666]Okay apart from that being very, [I]very[/I] well drawn, that smug face you're making in it is so brilliant I burst out laughing. :v:
Did you adjust the ear though? seems too far back.[/QUOTE]
"I take art very seriously." :v:
And I think it's a product of it being freehand. My head was at a different angle when I drew the ear
[QUOTE=JoeyZ;44452729]"I take art very seriously." :v:
And I think it's a product of it being freehand. My head was at a different angle when I drew the ear[/QUOTE]
Show me your highlight secrets
i actually doodled this super quick this morning because of a dream i had, atlhough i'd forgotten most of it in the 5 min it took to do :(
[img]https://hostr.co/file/FyAtdbTe1K2c/Screenshot-on-2014-04-04-at-20.53.49.png[/img]
I made a draw
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/wUmuYS9l.png[/IMG]
Rad version:[url]http://i.imgur.com/g8VqSky.png[/url]
[QUOTE=red_pharoah;44452839]Show me your highlight secrets[/QUOTE]
Work on grey paper. Its so much easier to start with your mid-tones and just shade or highlight.
[IMG]http://s13.postimg.org/c4ngcokiv/Untitled_1.png[/IMG]
The trick is getting your Frodo just right.
[QUOTE=red_pharoah;44452839]Show me your highlight secrets[/QUOTE]
Get a white pastel in medium and decide that the only thing that gets a solid white will be the true white reflections in your eyes. Every other highlight - Even the whites of your eyes, will be a darker shade.
There may be some exceptions with stuff like glasses and jewelry. And if you're not from somewhere insane you can pick up brown or grey paper at really cheap prices and just work from there!
I would advice you to work with black or brown pencils instead of regular grey pencils on brown paper. Your darks will look oddly shiny. And this might be a preference issue, but I was taught not to even consider touching a white pastel until I was done rendering all of the dark tones. It personally helps me with judging placement better.
I'm still trying to art.
Just messing around trying to figure out the best way for me to sketch stuff / sorta paint it, so here's a knight guy.
[t]http://i.imgur.com/SQng6kW.png[/t]
I always end up with it just seeming to get murky. I dont know how to make stuff more defined. Say, I want the shoulder bit to stand out from the chest more, but if I use sharper brushes then I can't like, blend the shoulder bit.
[QUOTE=red_pharoah;44452701]I decided to give photoshop another try (planned the lighting ahead this time):
[img]http://i.imgur.com/RJcGQjj.png[/img]
I feel like I improved, but I'm not sure.
[url="http://i.imgur.com/B8x8IbR.jpg"]Original sketch[/url]
[url="http://i.imgur.com/XABC9jr.png"]new sketch that I'm working on[/url]
References: [url="http://www.mrclock.co.uk/i/page/index/clock.gif"]1[/url] [url="https://www.google.com.eg/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1920&bih=955&q=clockwork&oq=clockwork&gs_l=img.3..0l10.1726.3161.0.3607.9.7.0.2.2.0.186.919.2j5.7.0....0...1ac.1.39.img..3.6.535.BZtNBqsyHiY"]2[/url]
criticism please[/QUOTE]
I think you should use a wider range of values. The darkest shadows you draw should be close to pitch black.
Another thing would be make sure you sketch more cleanly. In some places it looks very scratchy, as though you drew twelve lines short lines where one long line would do the job much better.
Notice also that you're drawing something which is more mechanical in nature - lots of straight lines and right angles you have to deal with. I'm not familiar with photoshop, but it should have some sort of tool with which you can draw ellipses and straight lines exactly, and you should use it more often.
Oh yeah I did the sketch in like 10 minutes that's why it's so messy :v:
Don't worry though I will clean it up (very slowly as I shift my focus)
[QUOTE=dnqboy;44450785]God, you are such a drama queen.[/QUOTE]
Really? Does that make you feel superior to me? Help you overcome the dysfunctional trauma that was your childhood?
There, there, I'm sure eventually you'll get to the point that you can look back on it and laugh.
Nothing you say makes sense..
pls stop guys
[QUOTE=Lilyo;44454652]Nothing you say makes sense..[/QUOTE]
It does if you read it in Wheatley's voice
oh dear god has he just been pretending to be Wheatley this whole time it all makes sense now
that is the true creative work
[QUOTE=Juniez;44454831]that is the true creative work[/QUOTE]
It doesn't even deserve its own thread. Dear god, it [I]belongs[/I] here.
This guy's in for the long con, damn, respect man
He's left another long cringeworthy mock-condescending post on my PROFILE, this is getting out of hand
[editline]5th April 2014[/editline]
New page ugh, I haven't done much interesting stuff on the digital side of things lately
[img]http://i.gyazo.com/4b2407c245379acec8bdea40611924f6.png[/img]
[QUOTE=MakoSkyDub;44455984]He's left another long cringeworthy mock-condescending post on my PROFILE, this is getting out of hand
[editline]5th April 2014[/editline]
New page ugh, I haven't done much interesting stuff on the digital side of things lately
[img]http://i.gyazo.com/4b2407c245379acec8bdea40611924f6.png[/img][/QUOTE]
Interesting piece but the light/shading feels quite flat imo.
Alright so. I'm going to ask for a pardon on the furry-ness of my images about to be posted but it's just what i'm working on at the moment. First one is for myself and the other two were character art trades (so the characters arn't mine and unfortuantely I can't change some things on them, like the bleeding wings on the last one)
I've finally found a way for me in which I can "paint" and actually work linelessly fairly well. It's still a bit work and time heavy at the moment but it's something, this is the first thing I did like that:
[t]http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2014/061/e/2/collared_by_kaydenfrei-d78puuo.png[/t]
I was very happy with this, yeah it doesn't look fantastic but it was progress for me. Then I had this one, where I tried to work on the forms a little more (the first one has pretty blatant lines on the underside and not nearly enough shading)
[t]http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2014/086/9/8/at___naz_by_kaydenfrei-d7bt0kr.png[/t]
So I got this, which is muddy and my main issue being the forms just don't look right at all.
And so finally today I finished this here, with which I figured out a lot of my forms, my shaping, and i'm pretty darn happy with it overall (although i still wish I could have left the wings non bleeding :v:)
[img]http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2014/094/3/4/prysmyr_trade_by_kaydenfrei-d7d2l3n.png[/img]
And of course since i'm happy with it, that means it needs to be ripped to shreds, since it's pretty much at the top of my abilities to see issues right now.
And so I turn to the thread to show me what is wrong and how to fix it at this point I do have a photo reference for the pose but I changed the lighting in entirely, so its of minimal use, i can post if needed though
Improving rhenae! The most pressing issue there for me is your strokes being very apparent in their contouring and coming out quite planar. The fox girl is carved out of wood (all of them look like that actually).
Don't do a dozen strokes if one will describe the form just as well. You haven't over-rendered it which is something a lot of newbies do I think, because it's easy to blend the balls off it or just airbrush or whatever, and combined with poor understanding of light that often comes out flat and lifeless. On the other hand whipping down big brushstrokes and having them read just right is hard as shit, it requires real mastery. What I often end up doing is reaching the right read through multiple strokes (sorta like you've done, say on her legs where the issue is most obvious) but then blocking it back [I]out[/I] with a larger brush. Presumably consummate painters can just block in right off the bat and it will look gorgeous, but for us still getting to grips with everything...
So yeah block in, refine to get the right look, then simplify again is what I do sometimes. There might be better ways to develop instincts for spot on markmaking, maybe someone else will have two cents to throw in.
[QUOTE=MakoSkyDub;44455984]He's left another long cringeworthy mock-condescending post on my PROFILE, this is getting out of hand
[editline]5th April 2014[/editline]
New page ugh, I haven't done much interesting stuff on the digital side of things lately
[img]http://i.gyazo.com/4b2407c245379acec8bdea40611924f6.png[/img][/QUOTE]
Is that left arm leaning on something? Or is it just stumpy?
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