Sketchbook: Jessica Dinh

Jessica Dinh

Hey guys! Thought I'd start a little 2D thread just for fun I'll be posting my sketches and studies here. Concept painting is not my strongest, so all c&c is appreciated as I can use it to move forward and improve future drawings. Here are some characters I've done recently, redesigns from the old fairy tale, Bluebeard:



And some older stuff from my personal sketch blog, in case anyone is interested:
http://joshiemoo.blogspot.com/

I plan on making a new post by the end of today! Fantasy characters comin' right up! x]

-Jesss

Joseph Silverman

Woah! The wife is slick! I like these a lot, great shapes.

I LOVE your lifedrawings. Dump that shit here on polycount so more people see it! Any books or sources on the subject you'd recommend?


I remember seeing that Sareh image a while ago and not being impressed -- you have come leaps and bounds, you're inspiringly badass at drawing figures.

I will watch this thread like a hawk.

Mezz

I second all that! A lot of really beautiful stuff, great style, a pleasure to look at!

I will definitely be stopping by to check back here, keep posting!!

Jessica Dinh

Thanks guys! Maybe I will get around to posting my anatomy stuff here sometime I need to go to some more life drawing sessions soon before I get rusty!! Haven't been to one in a couple months

As far as books and sources go, I've copied like every possible Frazetta drawing that exists, and also lots and lots of Rubens and Bouguereau. My favorite books are "FORCE: Dynamic Life Drawing for Animators, by Michael Mattesi" and "FIGURE DRAWING: Design and Invention, by Michael Hampton". Instruction books usually collect dust on my shelf, but these particular two do not Also, one of my biggest inspirations is Paul Richards!

For the time being, some sketches I did tonight:

sketch81

Awesome sketches! I really digg number 2 and 6 because they have very interesting and unique clothing / accessories. I'm not sure if this is the correct terminology, but your art style is very gracious and elegant. Keep it up!

Jessica Dinh

Correct terminology or not, I'll take the compliment hehe thanks!

Jessica Dinh

A few more before bedtime!

SimonT

"like"

Jessica Dinh

thanks Simon



Night night!!

glynnsmith

These are great. Loving the style you're painting them in.

More please.

Jessica Dinh

SLKFJDGRRRAAAAHHH!!!

Jeff Parrott

My shields have shield. What? What?

Making some good progress. Start doing some environment drawings though!

Jessica Dinh

Sheeeesh Jeff, demanding! xD Here are some castle sketches for you. The finished set-design is coming up soon!



Final set is gonna look more like this:

Oranghe

i like the building silhouette! i have yet to try this so that's really interesting to see thanks for the inspiration

Jeff Parrott

Nice stuffs!

It did take you a whole 14 minutes to post some environment stuff.

Zeldrak

Yo dawg i heard you like shields, so we put shields in your shields, so you can defend while you defend.

Love those building concepts dude, keep them coming

Jessica Dinh

Baww, you guys can stop making fun of my shields now!! ahaha

Zeldrak

they're cool though, it's something new and refreshing, don't feel bad

Oranghe

Hello Jessica i just made a post saying i used your wires as an example to get started with alphas on my tree i hope you don't mind great work again!

First time doing organic modeling and these kinds of textures so your thread on hand painted wells has been really useful.

System

your creativity is amazing. really unique. I love it.

Kot_Leopold

Great stuff and some crazy unique designs you got here. Keep on rocking!:)

Jessica Dinh

Thanks guys :) Oranghe, I don't mind at all! I'm glad you found it helpful.

Zeldrak

something from that bridge looks iffy, maybe the perspective's off? The palace looks cool though

OverMarvelous

That sheild guy has some serious #$%^ing problems if his nose starts itching

Jeff Parrott

SketchUp? Like the design though.

DrunkShaman

Amazing work so far, Ms. Jessica.

Looking for more.

Jessica Dinh

Overmarvelous - hm, yes I suppose he would. I did overlook that when designing! ahaha

Thank you Mr. Nitewalkr.

jeffro - max blockout haha. all except for the bridge. which might explain its terrible perspective T_T



And here's a little painting!

Assassin0323

Really nice work, I am looking forward to seeing your temple building completed! Keep doing amazing environment concept art, so far I love what I am seeing!

Jessica Dinh

Thanks Assassin!

Daven

this last one is great. awesome compliments

I'd love to see some more perspective in your architecture though, just to really bring it to life.

MiAlx

Great stuff you've got in here, love it! I really like the watercolor-ish look of your paintings.
Do you use your own brushes for that or just the standard ones?

Jessica Dinh

Thank you, these are just standard brushes: a hard round brush with transfer, and sometimes a soft fuzzy round brush for stuff like atmosphere and glow.

Jeff Parrott

+1 for color usage! Nice choices with the last one.

Jessica Dinh

Thanks jeffro! Sketching with the hard brush this time, manual opacity changes:

cupsster

nice ones.. what is the tool of your choice? also want to dig more into this field..

Jessica Dinh

Thanks cupsster - do you mean what is my favorite brush? I like the round one with transfer the best, and also this cool chalky brush I found haha.

cupsster

@perspective you know you can paint on top of gray geometry...

8-Bit

Incredible work! I really love the details you put into everything! You've got incredible vision and skill

allmighty_thunder

i am liking it, however you are lacking some hard edges, the castle is almost getting there but the rest of the stuff is getting washed out a bit.

Jessica Dinh

cupsster - I'm not exactly sure what you are saying about the perspective, but it is probably something along the lines of I need to work on it more xD

Thanks 8-Bit

Yes allmighty_thunder, edge quality has been a difficult thing for me to master - I will keep workin' on it!

a wittle womance:

altasa

cool, I like the enviros and buildings concepts very much

8-Bit

Great painting!
I love the lighting and colors you chose. The reflections on the ground and the way you've placed the tree in the foreground are a really nice touch. The perspective on the tables feels just a little bit off however, but that's being extremely nit picky. Wonderful piece!

Do you use any reference when making these?

Pangahas

What impresses me the most are your color choices.I'm a big fan of your color palette especially on your handpainted textures, it would be really cool to see the blue and orange color scheme from your painting on the actual 3d scene so looking forward to that.

Jessica Dinh

Thanks altasa!

8_Bit - I use a lot of reference, but I could probably do to use some more haha

Thanks Pangahas - what 3d scene though? these are just some sketchies ahaha xD

biofrost

Really enjoying you environment concepts, most of these ended up in my wallpaper folder!

Jessica Dinh

Aw, thanks biofrost :] Here are some thingies:

pinkbox

ha took me a min too work out it was a key but once i realised i think they are very cool esp the butterflyish one

Kot_Leopold

Great concept designs! Something I would've never thought of, haha. Keep it up!

Blaisoid

i like those doors much. they seem to be quick sketches and yet they convey lots of information about design.

allmighty_thunder

i am really enjoying these door concepts

Jessica Dinh

Thanks guys! ^_^

Some more sketches and stuff: