Polycount's Sketch Thread!

STRIKER · Feb 2012

We'll start by just drawing a piece everyday, and it can be digital or traditional. Then we'll start to work in some sweet themes to challenge ourselfs! ex. robots, chicks etc.

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frankysixfingers · Sep 2019

1 hour portrait study

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EricElwell · Sep 2019

Tanks.

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Stinger88 · Oct 2019

Currently doing Inktober. Made it to day 4 (a record for me, i think). This year i'm doing stills from movies that have had an impact on who i am and what i do. I'm doing them all with ink and/or markers on glossy photo printing paper.

You can find the individual images on my Instagram (daily posts) or artstation (posting every 4 days). links in sig.

Anyone else having a crack at it?

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Meriem · Oct 2019

Coucou

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ocarian · Oct 2019

Pirates

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VictorSantos · Nov 2019

Deconstructing God of War 4 and the art of Jose Cabrera (Sony Santa Monica).

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/xzRwZX

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ocarian · Nov 2019

Little Fanart of Sakura Taisen

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VictorSantos · Nov 2019

I don't know why these days I'm only in the mood for icey things...

More at: https://www.artstation.com/victor

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EricElwell · Dec 2019

Getting back at it after a few months of focusing on 3d printing...

DavidCruz · Dec 2019

Artwar 4 motivational Piece - its starting soon on cubebrush.

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I don't normally do 2D but i sketched this today, idk if this should be in working on also? couple hours. 1st dynamic form drawing took a bit to get right, still don't know if it is.

Alternative view on my station linked below.

Stinger88 · Jan 14 2020

30min doodle testing some "traditional" brushes in PS.

Happy Chap...

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EricElwell · Jan 18 2020

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playing with brushes. Still needs some love. hmmph.

shara_joayria · Jan 19 2020

Hi, I'm new to the site and I'm always looking for constructive criticism. Attached is a recent Disney piece I first drew with pen, then coloured on Photoshop 7.

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EricElwell · Jan 20 2020

@shara_joayria looks like you'e using a mouse for the PS line work? Are you able to afford a tablet at this stage?

pocket sketchbook

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shara_joayria · Jan 20 2020

EricElwell i do want to look into buying a drawing tablet, all i have is a samsung galaxy note 10.1 but i never use it for drawing due to app incompatibility. any brands anyone can reccomend like wacom or anything else?

EricElwell · Jan 22 2020

@shara_joayria I suppose that depends on your budget. I would recommend Wacom Intuos if you are working on a laptop or PC. I wouldn't quite jump to the Cintiq at this stage. Though, if you are looking to save money, I have heard good things about Huion (though I've never used one personally).

sketch sketch

m00k · Jan 25 2020

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Some quick car designs

EricElwell · Jan 30 2020

camel.

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EricElwell · Feb 10 2020

VictorSantos · Feb 16 2020

I'm trying to get out of my comfort zone with something more vibrant that my usual sketches:

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Hope you like it!

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/RYxwKE

VictorSantos · Feb 18 2020

A feudal japan story for today

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https://www.artstation.com/artwork/lV2wKO

Meriem · Feb 19 2020

EricElwell · Feb 20 2020

EricElwell · Feb 23 2020

Stinger88 · Feb 25 2020

Speedpainting... "After the Mud Came"

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EricElwell · Mar 13 2020

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Wednesday night painting practice. Noodled on a few thumbnails. More in my polycount sketchbook thread

Meriem · Mar 13 2020

EricElwell said:

Wednesday night painting practice. Noodled on a few thumbnails. More in my polycount sketchbook thread

I love it.

Stinger88 · Mar 16 2020

Study sketch is based on an image in a book ("Pirates" by David Mitchell) I've had since I was a child. The painting is by American Master Howard Pyle, "Extorting Tribute from the Citizens" (1905). I've always loved this image because its packed full of story. Its like I can almost see an entire film/book in this image alone.
Check out the original, Howard Pyle painting: https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/extorting-tribute-from-the-citizens/NwE-jwGRJtecFg?hl=en

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ErikNilsson · Mar 17 2020

Been a while Since I posted here:

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Will_Maccabe · Mar 23 2020

I did some quick sketches using photobashing....

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EricElwell · Apr 2 2020

Wednesday night livestream painting practice:

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m00k · Apr 15 2020

Some hardsurface straight to inks

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peterbombka · Apr 30 2020

VictorSantos · Jun 9 2020

Finally got time to get back to concepting, I've tried to mix some Stalenhag techniques and Star Wars-y stuff.

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/AqwQ2X

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Stinger88 · Aug 4 2020

Necro'd XD

Been a while.

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EricElwell · Aug 7 2020

@Stinger88 Nice, Ricky! I need to get out my rotring more

These are some random characters from the livestream:

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EricElwell · Sep 10 2020

Polycount's Sketch Thread!

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