Sketchbook: Two Listen
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Edit - Update 2014: Since it's been over 3 years since I started this sketchbook I figured I'd update the original post with some information. I'm 24 years old, married, and am looking to get into the freelance concept/illustration scene...eventually. I've spent years working various day jobs while trying to work on my art, and am just now hitting a point where I feel confident enough (or rather, feel like I'm running out of time enough) to put together a portfolio. Crits and comments are always welcome, regardless of whether you're 2D or 3D, hobbyist or professional, new or veteran. I appreciate you looking regardless.
It's been months since I've posted anything (anywhere at all). I took a break from online endeavors and interactions by and large, just wanted to take some time to myself to really get back into the feeling of things.
I requested my last sketchbook be deleted so I could start fresh with my new stuff.
Here's a few sketches and my current painting project.
It's been months since I've posted anything (anywhere at all). I took a break from online endeavors and interactions by and large, just wanted to take some time to myself to really get back into the feeling of things.
I requested my last sketchbook be deleted so I could start fresh with my new stuff.
Here's a few sketches and my current painting project.
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Will be recreating the symbols myself (as they're just generic google images I pulled for testing the look), still haven't touched the face/hair, hoping to add jewelry, details on the outfit such as embroidery, seams, etc - and playing with reflected light off of various things as a result of the couple lightsources going on.
Still a long way to go. But...here's an idea of what I'm hoping to go for.
You really grab the essance of form in your art.
Not too sure about the last two, don't really feel it.
Keep it up!
I'm still feeling weird about the arms...I like the sleeves, but something about the lighting is still making them seem very flat. I might change their position entirely, not sure.
If anyone's got any paintover suggestions for that, feel free.
Edit: Since I don't want to bump my thread with posts not containing art if possible, just wanted to note...
TLishman, thanks for checking in and the crits. Just for the record, these past two progress shots are not final progress of any sort. Everything other than the progress in the first post is me fooling around at work to get ideas and provide myself with a more solid image of my goal. I don't have a tablet at work, just some copy of Photoshop 6 and a rollerball mouse. I use my time at work (phone job) to do low res tests of where I'm looking to wind up, test lighting schemes, block in something (hair), etc. You could think of it like doing thumbnails, planning paintovers, etc. It's all going to be repainted and polished.
I've just learned in the past that working always on my "final" draft without testing things tends to result in me not having the direction I need to finish it. I'll keep your crits in mind though, thanks!
I think the rings in the background are too sharp compared to the man, making the guy look out of focus.
Got the next two days off from work, so I'll finally get to jump back in with my tablet for some serious progress.
The pose isn't as interesting as a lot of your other ones, and the light source is highlighting the hair too much and not the person, and as a result is drawing one's attention away from the character. The style of dress combined with the mystico-rings are also ambiguous in a bad way-- I can't get a read on the character.
I've got some time off tomorrow and would love to do a paintover, I'd just like to know what you want to accomplish with the character first.
I may also snag a sketch or two to paint over while I'm at it, hehehe. (if you don't mind that is)
More on the last one. Hopefully some more digital soon, though I had to reformat recently and wound up losing several of my brushes, I'll have to remake those.
Study some life to gain more control and suck up that visual music...
Good stuff here!
Here's a couple sketches and a quick enviro painting. Got my tablet set back up, good to do some digital again.
Gibson - thanks, and nope I don't use a blending stick for any of my drawings. Never really liked them truth be told.
Small update for the sake of it, of that painting in post #6. Went back to it after...4 months, here's its current progress. Hoping to get this one finished before the new year as kind of a mark.
Testing out some colors - still not finished, need to figure out what I'm going to do with the background and get some more rendering done on the hands/feet/hair, but it's always good to get an idea of where I'm headed:
Below are two quick ideas, one with a couple belts utilizing that last clasp as support - and another with some possible straps (and likely scabbards in the eventuality) coming from the clasps themselves. Any tips on which looks better? Or did it look alright in the last post with nothing waist-wise at all?
his head is looking quite large for the body, which is making his arms look short, and his legs even shorter.
i liked the color version! looks like you're shading with black too much, though.
your sketchbook is a nice steady progression. keep it up.
Concerning the proportions, as of right now he's roughly 7 & 1/2 "heads" tall (he's almost 8 if you count all of his feet but since he's not standing with his feet flat I didn't). I'm giving myself a little bit of leeway because I sort of envisioned his legs to be pulled back a little bit and so I figured small perspective things + people just not all being text book perfect made it alright. And I do want his face to pull a good bit of focus.
Here's a quick skeleton overlay:
Looking at that, it does seem like I could afford to probably widen his hips (or at least make it more noticeable where his hips are exactly) - as well as elongate his legs. Luckily I haven't dived into much if any detail on his legs so that'll be a piece of cake. :thumbup:
Thanks for the feedback, and I'll be sure in the final coloring to try and avoid the dark blacks - particularly on the edges of his torso if I can as I think that's where it's hurting me most. If I can't get it looking right by simply lightening it up I'll try to toss some color into the shadows to help.
Current WIP:
Thanks for taking the time and stopping by.
Keep telling myself to just let loose and keep working at it. I feel like if I can paint with the same feeling and lack of worry I've got while sketching, I might actually be able to get up a portfolio one of these days.
Went through my sketchbooks and scanned in a few things. Most of it from this past week but a couple things are from a fair while ago I couldn't remember having scanned in. In the past I wouldn't have bothered posting stuff like this and this alone, but what the hell, right?
...did you just spam my sketchbook thread? You just spammed my sketchbook thread!
...so that my thread isn't sitting here bumped by spam.
I really wish I knew what I was doing.
(If I take this one any further, I'll be sure to do something about his fucked up limb proportions...particularly the arms.)
Your sketches are awesome, and so are your painting- especially that samurai cowboy.
Keep it up
kevlar - Thanks bud, will do.
Here's some newer stuff, most of it already seen in the P&P sketch thread. It's largely charcoal powder and water, a medium that is far outside my area of comfort and understanding. I'm hoping it'll give me some ideas on other ways to start and plan an image, something I currently suck at.
Here's today's sketch. Not the start of a painting, just trying to flesh out a design so I don't wind up halfway through a painting and not have any idea what something is going to look like (like...usual). Lots and lots of practice with the early stages of things, lately. Kind of exciting to try so many new things.
It occurs to me that the hat pretty distinctly resembles an ear of corn. Oh god.
Here's a very early-stage thing, the original sketch and a color test. Again, trying to plan an image.
And here's the environment I started after I did the above. I liked the foundation the above steps gave me, and wanted to try something similar, but also a little different.
Current progress:
And a quick gif to keep track of my progress as I move forward with it.
And an update on the gif.
Here are some things, crossposted from the sketch thread.
And another posting of my art jam participation, with a quick process gif. Would have liked to spend a little more time on it but didn't want to eat in to this week's Ghibli theme. Tried to implement parts of Emily's original design, but grow them up a bit, I guess. Mostly I just really liked the Sokolov paintings you could find in the game and wanted to try one myself.
Thanks for looking.
Here's some recent tomfoolery.
Painted the last one.
Crits and comments always welcome, cheers to all for now.
Trying a couple different directions with two of the previous sketches. Officially out of paper, so stuck in digital for a day or two.