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Daily Sketch Thread; wanna become the great artist?
Tweet Topic Started: Dec 18 2004, 07:59 PM (213,848 Views)
forestal	Jul 23 2006, 11:08 AM Post #5451
Brackenwood Newbie Posts: 9 Group: Brackenites Member #3,211 Joined: July 21, 2006	Hello everyone, I'm new here and not an artist by trade, but wanted to share for feedback, i welcome any constructive criticism... I don't think i am qualified to criticise others work, however, i have enjoyed this thread and the wonderful work shared. I am starting to try to improve my shading...i practice by copying images/real life I just ordered a wacom tablet to start doing things digitally, so we'll see how that goes... but wanted to share some of my sketches from the last year (took picture with camera) i will be playing with the pics digitally to see what i can do with them i hope you don't mind me submitting my sketches 2B on pad of 2 sites in ireland oct. Lookdown fish sketched at Mystic aquarium , CT while watching tank with 2H Merganser - bird native to ireland, 2H on pad Orc copied from a sketch in Lord of the Rings Artwork, i'm not good at perspective, and when copying, a small mistake looks major, but this was practice on features, which is not my strongsuit Next is a quick sketch of a horse head with 4H on a pad



Thanatos	Jul 23 2006, 11:35 AM Post #5452
... Tim ...♂ Posts: 4,288 Group: Global Mod Member #133 Joined: July 27, 2004	Neo_uk Jul 21 2006, 04:24 PM I decided to do a little digital painting on Corel Painter... I tried to do it as a time trial to do it in under an hour.. but i couldnt do it that fast, but i did it in 1 hour 20mins... Here we go: There's a hell of a lot of cleaning up to do and i personally don't like it but: It's representing how you go to sleep to escape your problems... but they are always there when you wake up, and that sometimes it just makes them worse. Ya get me? -Jack :lol: I like it, maby just make it a bit darker to emphasise the eeriness of the image. here I whipped up a picture to show you what I mean. _Edit_______ Hey forestal, Welcome to the forum. I'd love to see your art, but sadly none of your images are showing up for me. Are they working for anyone else?



forestal	Jul 23 2006, 11:52 AM Post #5453
Brackenwood Newbie Posts: 9 Group: Brackenites Member #3,211 Joined: July 21, 2006	hmm, sorry about that, have them on deviantART, now i can't see them in my post either.... will post the links, on second thought,will reload them to my personal page, may be easier 2B on pad of 2 sites in ireland oct. Lookdown fish sketched at Mystic aquarium , CT while watching tank with 2H Merganser - bird native to ireland, 2H on pad Orc copied from a sketch in Lord of the Rings Artwork, i'm not good at perspective, and when copying, a small mistake looks major, but this was practice on features, which is not my strongsuit Next is a quick sketch of a horse head with 4H on a pad



Best Alero of Brackenwood	Jul 23 2006, 12:57 PM Post #5454
>.< Posts: 456 Group: Brackenites Member #2,905 Joined: May 19, 2006	Thanatos Jul 22 2006, 05:35 PM I'd love to see your art, but sadly none of your images are showing up for me. Are they working for anyone else? i can see em i like that merganser looks a lot like a real one



Zac Donald	Jul 23 2006, 12:59 PM Post #5455
Brackenwood Member Posts: 40 Group: Brackenites Member #3,148 Joined: July 5, 2006	you shouldnt just draw the object, that makes perspetive harder, draw the shapes that make up the object and proportion should be easier



vicjperry	Jul 24 2006, 02:19 AM Post #5456
Brackenwood Newbie Posts: 6 Group: Brackenites Member #2,328 Joined: February 16, 2006	Okay, just thought I'd post up. Kick this guy in the shins, I dare ya!



forestal	Jul 24 2006, 08:34 AM Post #5457
Brackenwood Newbie Posts: 9 Group: Brackenites Member #3,211 Joined: July 21, 2006	thanks for the feedback, i realize i need to start drawing the shapes rather than copying, that is the tough part, so i am starting to practice that



w00t	Jul 24 2006, 12:53 PM Post #5458
Brackenwoodian Barber Posts: 241 Group: Brackenites Member #2,665 Joined: April 21, 2006	[size=7]G'day Y'all![/size] oldman Scenery Crits Please. I'm proud of myself for doing the scenery. Best background i've ever done Thanks a Bunch! byby



zigityzigitywokk	Jul 24 2006, 06:13 PM Post #5459
Brackenwood Lightweight Posts: 117 Group: Brackenites Member #3,126 Joined: July 1, 2006	Hey wOOt, it's getting pretty late here, but I did this to help you out on your landscape picture anyways :D. Edit: Previous buttons! yay! Anyways, here you go: Fixed up and ready to go (ugh, posting that as a flash file isn't working...whatever... click the link for flashy goodness :)) Edit I worked on some more stuff.



w00t	Jul 24 2006, 07:08 PM Post #5460
Brackenwoodian Barber Posts: 241 Group: Brackenites Member #2,665 Joined: April 21, 2006	G'day Zigity! Thanks for the tips, I'll be sure to get on that just as soon as i get back my sleep debt. I'm an amateur at landscapes. Thanks a bunch! byby



Zwickel	Jul 25 2006, 05:44 AM Post #5461
Brackenwood Heavyweight Posts: 1,026 Group: Brackenites Member #606 Joined: November 14, 2004	4 TEH contest



w00t	Jul 25 2006, 09:26 AM Post #5462
Brackenwoodian Barber Posts: 241 Group: Brackenites Member #2,665 Joined: April 21, 2006	G'day Y'all! Zwickel - looks great, i like the light reflections on the blades and eye slot. Is that a big black beard though? Zigity - Thanks for the tips, but err the waves look a bit big and rough to be lake waves. It is meant to be a shoreline and i know its never that calm, however for a freshwater lake, the only waves it would get were ripples from the wind. i was going for a sort of pond look aswell.. thanks for the tips though, i'm deffinately gunna give it another go today. any idea how much plantation there should be? or wildlife? Thanks a Bunch! byby



forestal	Jul 25 2006, 09:59 AM Post #5463
Brackenwood Newbie Posts: 9 Group: Brackenites Member #3,211 Joined: July 21, 2006	Zigety, nice feedback, helping me learn as welll Zwickel, very nice work if y'all dont' mind me sharing, i have been looking at a lot of the tutorials, found the polycarbon.com one instructive...as i said earlier, i have little experience drawing people, other than copying...so working on the shapes for perspective, and its a lot of fun... this was at work with ball point pen on copy paper, and i took a photo first body perspective, did too small, so hard on details, but more for the approach and mouths I'm kinda proud of my eye, face is ok, but eyes are a bit high and small, as is mouth, but what the hey, tis practice



Best Alero of Brackenwood	Jul 25 2006, 10:30 AM Post #5464
>.< Posts: 456 Group: Brackenites Member #2,905 Joined: May 19, 2006	w00t Jul 24 2006, 03:26 PM Zwickel - looks great, i like the light reflections on the blades and eye slot. Is that a big black beard though? um i think what u call an "eye slot" is his headband and what u think is a "beard" is part of his hair/bangs but thats just my opinion



zigityzigitywokk	Jul 25 2006, 12:02 PM Post #5465
Brackenwood Lightweight Posts: 117 Group: Brackenites Member #3,126 Joined: July 1, 2006	Hey woot, yea, about those waves... I mostly modeled them after one of my uncle's ocean paintings. If you want to make them look more freshwater and calm that that, you should still make there be at least ripples in my opinion. I'd go and check out the photography thread (in the look at my stuff forum) for waterscapes that you can get ideas from. Hey forestal, few things I'm gonna talk to you about today. 1.) You were looking for some good referance tutorials it seems. (as well as learning how to draw face portraits) My first thing that came to mind when you asked for tutorials or resources was the thread on this forum...about tutorials and resources. (fancy that ;)) That thread can be found here. Next i thought to myself, if I were to look at all of these websites, it'd be a little bit daunting, so I'll send you my favorite website among those for portraits and referance drawings. Feel free to go there too. 2.) Recently, I saw neonakis do a pretty good tutorial in the "Whatchya Workin' On?" thread. Her tutorial/explaination. If I find some time, I may try to help you with some of your pictures later, but for now, you should check out those resources -Zigity



forestal	Jul 25 2006, 02:06 PM Post #5466
Brackenwood Newbie Posts: 9 Group: Brackenites Member #3,211 Joined: July 21, 2006	Thanks Zigity, appreciate the help... i am not working on anything in particular other than trying to practice, but any criticism is welcome....i am hoping to get my wacom tomorrow so i can start playing digitally as well, which will be an adjustment, but fun



zigityzigitywokk	Jul 25 2006, 02:53 PM Post #5467
Brackenwood Lightweight Posts: 117 Group: Brackenites Member #3,126 Joined: July 1, 2006	I'm trying out some new ways of coloring. I like how this one turned out, cept that it's tilted to the left a tinnny bit. twitch Whatever. This guy's loosely based on me. Crits are welcome.



Best Alero of Brackenwood	Jul 25 2006, 03:02 PM Post #5468
>.< Posts: 456 Group: Brackenites Member #2,905 Joined: May 19, 2006	for the gesture contest



zigityzigitywokk	Jul 25 2006, 03:21 PM Post #5469
Brackenwood Lightweight Posts: 117 Group: Brackenites Member #3,126 Joined: July 1, 2006	Those clothes seem REALLY tight. (not something one would tend to find a fighter like that wearing..) I'd suggest trying to make the clothes look baggier. If they don't hug the skin so much, they'll look less like spandex and more like cloth.



Best Alero of Brackenwood	Jul 25 2006, 03:30 PM Post #5470
>.< Posts: 456 Group: Brackenites Member #2,905 Joined: May 19, 2006	well the clothes were (some parts of jacket werent) based on a character from a manga called ID_entity and i was trying to make the clothes look like this aradon guy from the manga it wasnt referenced cause its my friends book but i used it from memory (not the gesture it was from "enter the dragon" but i forgot what clothes the gesture was wearing :lol: )



Zwickel	Jul 26 2006, 03:42 AM Post #5471
Brackenwood Heavyweight Posts: 1,026 Group: Brackenites Member #606 Joined: November 14, 2004	Not beard guys, it's his hair lol.



Espen	Jul 26 2006, 09:12 AM Post #5472
Never Disturb us! Posts: 3,821 Group: Moderator Member #784 Joined: January 5, 2005	for my flash project.



hwiazen	Jul 26 2006, 12:54 PM Post #5473
Brackenwood Lightweight Posts: 84 Group: Brackenites Member #2,287 Joined: February 7, 2006	Espen - i really really like your work man! i could only find 1 thing wrong with your char sketch, and thats that when she's kneeling, at least one of her knees needs to be on the ground because thats a really hard position to hold! im sure it'll make an awesome flash movie though! do you take any art classes or anything, cause it seems like you got 100% better at art in a very short amount of time! keep it up!!!! btw, what program do you use to do your paintings?



Best Alero of Brackenwood	Jul 26 2006, 01:26 PM Post #5474
>.< Posts: 456 Group: Brackenites Member #2,905 Joined: May 19, 2006	i thinky it photoshop



zigityzigitywokk	Jul 26 2006, 02:02 PM Post #5475
Brackenwood Lightweight Posts: 117 Group: Brackenites Member #3,126 Joined: July 1, 2006	Hey Espen, I found three questionable things with your drawing. (An all time highscore for me :lol: ) Mmkay, the first thing that I found, hwiazen touched it a little. The right leg of the character on the right side should be a tiny bit above the left one or else the perspective is going to be very strange. Second, her right shoulder (left picture) is a LOT larger and more muscular than the left one. This isn't a very hard problem to fix. All you need to do is cut the arm and move it to the right a little bit. After that, a few touch-ups with the eraser should do the job. The third thing I noticed wasn't necessarily wrong, but it was questionable at least. I noticed that the lines connecting her shoulders together and her hips together weren't opposite angles. (It's hard to explain) Basically she looked off-balance. (with about 80% of her weight on one foot, and 20% on the other) This isn't necessarily wrong, I'm just pointing it out so you can fix it if you think it's wrong Overall though, great work! I'm loving that caterpiller/mongoose thing Did you say you were going to make this into an animation?? -Zigity



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