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thanks mustang. I happen to think that that is my best one yet. I don't really plan to go back to work on it right now, though.

here's the past few days. been slacking. still doing them every day, just a little burned out.

today is my birthday.

9/08


9/09- this one was really hard, I couldn't see anything by looking over my glasses like this, so going straight to ballpoint pen was a bad plan. okay line quality, though.


9/10- burthdae. tam inspired, woo woo

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So, I decided to stop fucking around and being lazy with art. Here's what I've done today/yesterday and hope to match in terms of volume for a while.

Study of a marker! I need to find something more colorful to paint next time.

Hands, in pen. Was trying to force line conservation/quality. Ended up being messy and sucking it up anyway, gotta keep trying.

doodling/self portrait for 9/11

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Still have tonight's self portrait to do, and more hand practice.


Longer figures are from photos, 30-60 second ones are from posemaniacs.

Charis

I find you to be improving.

Flay

These are really quite good, and diverse to boot. You seem to be confident with a good range of mediums; I can only just handle a pencil. :P

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thanks charis and flay

tonight's



ehhhhh likeness is bad, lopsided features and ehhhh

Sublimus

Nice work dude! Don't you dare give up on these either, the more you draw, the better you'll get.

As obvious as that sounds it actually comes to just that. The amount of which you work is about the only thing that determines how fast you learn!

So keep it up dude!

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Thanks Sublimus. That's pretty much the logic behind me working hard for once!

Here's some things.

figures from today + yesterday. I need to work on my pencil rendering. my hatching is really angular.


studied some hogarth hands from a book I've got.


...then tried to apply what I learned on a few reference drawings:


yesterday's self portrait. I went to a cubs game.


today's self portrait. was trying to really pay attention to color, not so much the likeness.


I have a few pages of stuff from imagination that I've been doing to try to apply learning at the end of each day, I'll scan a few pages when I have some time.

JAmp5

These are great, I check this thread every now and again for progress. The fact you are constantly changing styles and materials is admirable.

Stick at it

DeeLock

A problem I see with your digis is that they have no texture so it makes the skin tones look very plasticy and fake. You might want to try setting the flow to pen pressure as well as opacity, to add a little texture.

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thanks jamp

@deelock: that is typically how I roll in terms of brush settings, but you raise an excellent point. texture is something I should practice.

I slacked a bit today. bad me, bad me. I am working on the inks for that dungeons and dragons illo from the first page, it's taking a long time.

today's sp. the head was terrible and hilariously small so I cropped it out. I was practicing rendering with mild speed anyway.


A hand that took me FAR too long. was trying to really understand the shape and form of what I was drawing.


A bunch of really terrible quick figure drawings. I was just not grasping it this morning, I was drawing sooo sloooow.


A handful of eyes that are not so hot. I have trouble representing it as something 3d, I feel like my eyes are always really flat. I also tend to draw the irises too small so I am trying to rectify that.


Tomorrow, color!

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Things:

Color study of 'The Sea of Ice' by Caspar Friedrich


yesterday's sp, 4x5" acrylic/canvas. the likeness is bad but the color is okay.


quick figures from this morning


today's self portrait. messing around with the healing brush in photoshop.


inking that dungeons and dragons illo from page 1. it is taking a very long time. WIP

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been slacking on the studies on purpose, I needed a day or two off. been a dramatic week.

in the meantime, I've been oc'ing with a few friends of mine.




animu!!!!!!! kawaii desu


also a little more work on this thing. I need to totally rework the bullet bill, the perspective on it is the exact opposite of the ship on the other side, I don't know why I did that.

worstcase

I think it would be really cool to have a whole book full of all your self portraits.

Well, it actually might be weird but still! You have so many of them i just want to look at them all next to each other

crazy cool stuff

Sublimus

Fuck yeah, dude!

You'reee dooooing ittt!

Crit: you seem to draw your nose weird sometimes in your self portraits.

Don't give up, buddy. Dang this thread is inspiring!

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thanks worstcase & sublimus

@worstcase: I did do this a few days ago just to see what it looked like http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/5362/sp31.gif

@sublimus: haha thanks for the encouragement. and yeah, I have a lot of trouble accurately drawing my nose. it is really bad in all of the ones in this update actually, haha.

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a couple non-effort self portraits in here.

Nappuccino

it seems like, with the last batch, you're wanting the pencil lines to do way more work than they should be doing. Regular shading would look much better on the clothes and such (in my opinion anyway)

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yeah my pencil rendering is admittedly pretty shit. I tend to overuse hatching to the point where it is extremely distracting. (I only noticed this during the shirt drawing, somehow)

Nappuccino

Well, there are times you are more successful than others (the face on the left for one) but you have to remember that every line you draw on the skin adds age to the character. Just think about the lines more before you put them down and you should find a better balance (or shade, i guess)

earthwormadam

Some of the digital portraits seem to be overworked and lack the liveliness of your pencil sketches. Maybe try some loose pencil studies, scan them in and color them from there?

Either way, pretty cool stuff, and not boring to boot!

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that is a good idea earthwormadam, I have not done that yet.

was busy today, but still did my self portrait. I tried to render softly, and not overuse hatching like I always do. I also tried to get a wider range of values than usual.

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Been a rough week! I am still drawing, not as much as last week, which is a problem! But so is the fact that I don't have a job, which I am trying to rectify (it takes away from drawing time pretty good).

also, I got contacts!

Here's tonights self portrait, I still make time for these:
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incredibly poorly painted watercolor with slight digital touchups.


here's some progress on this thing. I need to practice painting metal before I go much further, it will be a problem soon.

Charis

Actually that watercolor is pretty nice. Looks like your digital touchups were mostly a product of not remembering to leave your whites before you laid down some paint. Don't be afraid to go in with white acrylics or gauche for those highlights. Watercolor purists might complain, but it's not an uncommon practice.

If I saw it without the digital touchups I could probably give you better advice.

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here is the unedited version, just levels adjustment done. really most of what I did was smoothing out my shitty brushwork.

Charis

Okay, sweet.

I can tell that you're doing a lot of wet into wet stuff with that dark wine color on the neck and such. That's what creates that 'fingering' effect(not the kind you're thinking of, you perv). Fingering is actually quite a nice effect, and often gives the painting a nice tone to it. However, if you're looking for more control, wet into wet isn't what you want. You might want to try layering very light washes instead, mixing small amounts of pigment and then waiting until that whole layer is dry before going over it with another transparent layer. I would also suggest starting with very light washes of color. You can always go darker with watercolors, but going lighter is a bitch.

That being said, I like your un-digitalized version way better. And your palette is fly.

Sublimus

For a montage thing, that piece feels really empty. I would either scale some shit up and move it around, or draw a lot more stuff.

Have you seen any of marko's work? He really know how to fill the space.

Nappuccino

I've got to agree with Charis on this one- even if your brush strokes aren't what you wanted, they give the piece more life and character than its digitized counterpart.

Lalilulelo

jpeg, You're a beautiful man.
No homo.

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Thanks dudes.
@Charis, upon second look, I agree with you on preferring my un-edited version better.
@sub, yeah, I mostly agree. there is a giant ass explosion behind the dude with the hood though that I am hoping fills the space some.
@nap, thanks brah, I've grown to agree with you on that one
@lalilulelo, I GOT DEM LUSCIOUS LIPZ

Here's a couple self portraits and progress on that book cover. Been off the art train lately, trying to get a job, and apparently not trying hard enough.

RubberAC

I think you should make the four dudes a lot bigger
I mean aren't they kinda the whole point of it? Also then there wouldn't be so much empty at the bottom