oil painting update 12-6

[metalwinds]

been a while since i last posted. ive been up to a lot of stuff lately, but ive decided not to post most of the work ive done in the past couple months. this is what ive been doing in the last 3 or 4 weeks. drawin a lot.. . tryin to get good. anyway, enough talking

tryin to get a feel for digital painting in photoshop. these are all from reference (photo). one hour each

[metalwinds]

been doing one a day

[mos667]

Absolutely beautiful! Looks like someone doesn't seem to like doing hands much. :)
Really love this, thanks for sharing with the community! :)

[metalwinds]

tried doing something without reference

[gasmask]

nice paints...u got alot better but u need to work on hands....u seem to either hide them or not put much effort in them. they are very important.

[Dan.v.D.]

unfortunately most of those nude ref pics are already airbrushed, color adjusted and whatnot.

anyway it´s cool that you´ve done quite alot of studies!

can´t w8 to see the pencil work.

[behemot5]

good good good...really improve since the first time i saw one of your work...........

[metalwinds]

thanks for the comments guys. i ll probably start posting the sketchbook work in a day or 2, and i ll get workin on those hands.

[Farin]

wow .. impressive work ... like the studies .. the first one's face is very .. uh .. what s her name :D

hope you r going to post some new pencil work, too



salutation Farin

[metalwinds]

farin: thanks for the comment, man. i ll get around to posting some of my older (3-4 weeks ago) sketches soon, and hopefully it wont take me long to catch up to the recent sketches.

done in the last 3 days.. . .the last one was done tonight. still one hour sketches

[dem0n]

some really impressive things here.
the first male body is so cool

[Iiori]

Wow, You really have gotten better. Im seriously impressed. ^^ Very inspirational. These are beautiful.

[steak-tron]

these are really good dude, bust out some faces tho, when you do em they look good, and it makes it a little more than a sketch. keeperup and keep us posted.
-steak

[mos667]

Come on man, lets see you work on some hands :)
These are looking great, never has a lady shined so much, until they are covered with paint.

[steak-tron]

Amen

[xia]

Awesome body of work on this page!!! Love the skin tone, so real...:chug:

[WordUpG]

Man, those are sweet! Good bodies. Keep 'em comin, they're looking good.

[metalwinds]

steak, mos - thanks for the feedback, guys. i ll do some faces and hands.......the only reason i havent done much of them is because i was trying to focus on other things and get them down. i ll be posting some in a day or two

others - thanks

[metalwinds]

the pencil drawings are on there way, but right now i need to get working on my thunderdome piece

[klid]

these are great, keep i up sir nice contrast in the pics

[metalwinds]

thanks majestyx. im going back to school tomorrow so i ll be scanning some of my pencil work soon, and maybe then i can start achieving my goal.

[metalwinds]

quickie from life. . .. 30 minutes. light source kept on changing, so it got kinda squirly

[sin]

wow dude, you (seemingly) fall off the face of the earth and come back possibly one of the best ps painters ive ever seen

top notch

you guys should call me sometime, we should draw. unless you've become too good for me, :P

[Robolus]

Wow, metalwinds! Everytime I looked in your new sketchbook I thought: " Oh boy, these color doodles are great. These are excellent exercises - have to do them too!"
...and your new pencil ref-sketches are superb too!

[metalwinds]

sin - thanks man. havent heard from you in a while.. . .you been drawing? hehe, yeah man, give me or meta a buzz sometime.. . we ll draw or something.

robolus - damn, thanks man... . you have quite an amazing sketchbook yourself. always great to hear from you

part of what i did yesterday

[Marcus]

the talent pours from his ears....its amazing...

[Lightlytoasted]

where do you get your references from?

[metaphysiks]

...dammit....., my friend i dont have anything to say
keep it up man, hope you dont break your drawing hand snowboarding, hollar at me when you get back so we can get our draw on

[Aidan]

Wow, this reminds me so much of Lungbug.

The page design, the nudes, the shading.

Youve made a great progress.
That Future/Fantasy-Samurai's coloring is so much better than your first tries.

[nil]

great stuff, you have inspired me to hit the sketchbook :). i especially like your line drawings, they have a great feel to them and the line work is cool.

[Lightlytoasted]

whats your PS technique? can you post a tutorial or stages of process or something?

[AmishCommy]

i like the sketches more than the paintings (which are also pretty good)

[xia]

Hat off to U :D :chug:
Damn! U are improving REAL FAST and IMPRESSIVE!!!!!
DONNO how u do it,....damn!
KEEP THEM COMING!
:chug:

[Diego]

fucking great.....
your color studies are awesome and also those no-ref.
keep it up with the hard work you are doing great.....:chug:


-DIEGO

[metalwinds]

wow.. . .i leave for 3 days and return to this.. . .thanks guys, i really appreciate the comments.

marcus - thanks man

toasted - i get my color references from met-art.com, domai.com, and hegre-archives.com.. . .but i get nearly all my references from the reference forum on this website (especially the nude reference thread). i ll see what i can do as far as the tutorial goes.

meta - thanks man. haha, break my hand.. ..what a jerk

aidan - thanks. id be lying if i didnt say lung bug is an influence of mine, but the main thing he inspired me to is to just draw all the time. about a month or so ago, my art started to become a little more graphic and design oriented because of a project i had for one of my illustration classes.. . .. i hope it doesnt look like i am trying to copy him or anything, because that is definitely not what i am trying to do. thanks man

nil - glad i could inspire you, man. ever since i started looking at justin sweets work i wanted to improve my line quality.. . im definitely still workin at it. thanks

commy - thanks. digital is still something thats very new to me, but hopefully i can improve my techique quickly with lots of practice

xia - thanks man. you are improving very much also

dirob - thanks dude

more coming soon

[merd]

really nice work man! your pencil sketches are great; so are your paintings! when i saw the samurai sketch i thought "wow" but when i saw the painting i screamed "WOOOOW"
very inspiring
:chug:

[metalwinds]

merd - haha, thanks man

another one hour reference piece

[Aidan]

Hey, Metalwinds, small tribute to your samurai-pic.

Click (http://aidan.dreamelement.de/zeichenkram/wurst33.jpg)

[behemot5]

good good pic one more time

[metalwinds]

awesome, thanks aidan. im pleased that i can inspire you.

behemot5 - dude, glad to see that youre still around. thanks

update coming tonight

[metalwinds]

getting sick of these things. im gonna start doing color ref work from other things now.. . .im burning myself out painting naked ladies all the time.

[Sleepy_Head]

Now then lad, lets not be too hastey there! There is nought wrong with naked ladies, you just need to add in the odd picture of a piece of fruit and you'll be fine :D

Sleepy

[heiesuke]

nice ref work..i'd love to see more freehand stuff from u too.

[metalwinds]

thanks guys. heiesuke, once i start posting my new sketchbook youll see more freehand and concept stuff

this was done without reference.. ..took about 30 minutes. kinda aggrivated that i still suck at this.. . .. ..anyone have any advice on how to study light and its relationship with form?

[behemot5]

i think it doesn't suck at all.....i think there is a bit lake of radiosity from the background (perhaps).....so can you study light on basic shapes with perspectives like this oneslink (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8381) but you know it yet in my opinion....or have you got any 3d software...perhaps could it help you????? ( sorry for my bad english)
continue to work like this ...i must do the same you really increase your knowledges and technics......

[Diego]

i think those are great, just keep at it and don't let it down cos you're are doing fucking awesome especially these color studies....
About your ref-drawings i think you should do a form study instead a line one.......but i don't know maybe you're already did that....

well, keep it up and good luck
-Diego

[steak-tron]

these are lookin sharp metalwinds, I admire your ability to paint on the compoota', and do you ever stop? the girls are great but I like that creatrue in the blue pen too. don't stop.
-steak

[RETEP]

hey metalwinds
i have to say you have some awsome stuff. but i was wondering what type of tools/programs you use to color your images??

[metalwinds]

sorry about the bump.. . .im just trying to keep the thread from being deleted. i ll update this weekend with some stuff and reply to the feedback i got

peace

[Ra Havok]

This is a pretty redundant thing to say, but your referenced sketches are top-notch. Your rendering skills in photoshop are quite impressive.

What I'm jealous of is your drawing/coloring pace. I think I need twice as long to get about the same results as you. So props for that.

The thing I believe you should focus on now is drawing from your fantasy, without reference. It's something completely different.

[siskol p]

where do you get these models??!!

its always great to see some new stuff of yours man, your short drawings are GANGSTER. i definatly dig the suggestion of light and shadow, i'm trying to do the same with my figures as well, but you're really kicking some ass. esp. when you take them into painter.

looking foreward to seeing more of your stuff soon, take care man,

[jett]

wow great work-you're a great inspiration

[Lukias]

!!! Mate, kicking ass!!
Some great conceptual stuff, that pen piece.. (nasty bastich in the tree) is a stunna.
As for your comment re your non-ref'd PS lady... well thats just plain ol silly talk!. Its awesome man! Sure blows my ability out of the water, plus you seem to be picking up this anatomy business faster than outta be legal.

Commence!

[metalwinds]

behemot - thanks man

dirob - yeah, ive done a bunch of form and light studies before, with these drawings im trying to capture the essence of the pose, but its not really happening yet. thanks

steak - thanks man

dingo - thanks, i use photoshop 7

havok - thanks man. yeah, i used to do nothing but draw from my head, so now im studying things to make my creative drawings more accurate and imaginative. im trying to learn and study as much as i can so when i try to draw things from my head, they will be that much better

siskol - i get them from domai.com, hegre-archives.com, and met-art.com, but some of the others i got off the nude reference thread on concept art. thanks for the feedback

jett - thanks man

lukias - always a treat to hear from you, man. really appreciate the kind words.. .. seeing your drawings and now your kick ass paintings only makes me want to work harder. cheers

sorry its been so long since ive updated.. . i ll try to keep it on a more regular schedule now. this is the beginning of a new sketchbook. these drawings are from a couple months ago, so i ll be working my way up to more recent stuff. comments are much appreciated

[Diego]

i think you're doing great so far.
Are you taking some Lifedrawing classes or all your work is from ref...?
As you say in your pics "much better"....!!!!
The last batch is awesome..........
Keep it up...........and looking foward to see more of your progress

-Diego

[endregan]

those ref works are great.

are u keeping back the life drawing ones or is it mixed in hidden in there somewhere.

your a machine :)

[JackalAnubis]

I am very impressed with your ability to capture the form so accuractely in such a short amount of time. it seems like you are constantly improving. your renderings are also awesome. I would love to see more drawing out of your head though!

[Jeff Jaws]

The girl leaning on the stick is certainly a hottie! Kepp up your good work. Like it.

Jj.

[Jamaludin]

very good, those sketches look so correct and flowing, they look very natural as does the lighting. Those paintings r beatifull as well espescially the alien slave thingy, it has much ambience, just great ! :D

[metalwinds]

dirob - yeah, im in one lifedrawing class right now, but everything i do in there is on 18 x 24 paper, so id need a digital camera to post them. most of the work is from ref, and if it isnt then its probably easy to tell that i didnt have reference.. . .something i need to work on. thanks for the comments, man.

endregan - some of the stuff is from life (most of the machinery an landscapes and such), but others are from photos and websites. most of the figures are from websites, but some are from life, which will be coming soon. thanks for stopping by

jackal - thanks man. therers more stuff in this batch thats from my head. .. something ive started to work on again

jeff - thanks

jamaludin - thanks dude. the alien slave thingy? im not sure what youre talking about, but i think youre talking about to gorilla painting? thanks though.

[metalwinds]

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[Josef K.]

awesome studies! really like ur stuff!

[Dan.v.D.]

thumbs up mister.

well at times i couldn´d see any difference between your and lung´s work but i´d simply take that as compliment, and as having one big step taken.

now it´s time for the next.

[stiocray]

AMAAAAAAZING! Your skecthbook is quickly becoming one of my favorite even though A)I'm a girl and B) I'm not gay! Your colors/ pencilwork/ concepts are fantasic! This last set of sketches is clearly the best.

[metalwinds]

josef - thanks man

dan - thanks. . .this is all older work. . hopefully my recent work will show some improvement

mike - pleased to see you stop by, man. thanks

stiocray - thanks, and ive been drawing mostly women because i find it harder to draw them accurately. keep checking in because i have a lot more work to show

update coming later today

[Ryu]

Awesome updates, i m following your thread for a while now,
but this one is impressive !
Love the dragon with the girl sketch, with some background and some painting, could be really cool... awesome studies of bones also, do you use the Barcsay?

I saw some lung thing about 8 points... Do you know where i could see it? is it a thread on conceptart?

Mooore :chug:

cya

[metalwinds]

ryu - thanks. yeah, i use barcsays book, but lately ive been using andrew loomiss on fineart.sk, because its much better. i saw the 8 point thing on lungs thread, and other than that ive never seen it.. . i found it interesting so i drew it. peace

more stuff. still working my way up to some recent work. c and c much appreciated

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[JackalAnubis]

wow lots of stuff! you are getting better fast, the hard work and studying are paying off. your concepts are cool looking too. keep it up man you're producing great work.

[AndreasM]

Dang! Your lines are just getting better and better. It makes me want to rethink what i`m currently doing. (I start to shade too early...)

I like the two still life drawings. The SP is awesome. How long did it take? Also, I love the dragon, the hands, the...yeh..and so on.:D
Take care. I look foward to seeing more of your stuff.

[metalwinds]

jackal - thanks man.

n0fish - thanks. the sp took about 15 minutes.

update coming soon

[Hexal]

Very nice work. Im loving the studies, but where do you get your ref. I have trouble finding really good pics like that.

[killing.people]

strong work

[metalwinds]

hexal - thanks. go to the nude reference thread on this forum.. . theres tones of pictures

killing - thanks man

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[AndreasM]

I`m still lovin those lines, man. The charchoal studies owns!!

[metalwinds]

thanks n0fish

another color piece. . ..this time with more of a focus

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[Sinix]

Well, you continue to blow me away, those skin tones are great.

[metalwinds]

thanks for the comment, sinix. going to south carolina for the weekend, so i ll update when i get back on sunday. peace out till then

[gasmask]

hot dam son, when did u become so sick at paiting? id love to see the level of paint skill like on the legs applied to ur concept stuff, ur pencils are top notch as well, ur making great progress. congrats, ill be watchin

[Phuzion]

damn. These studies are fantastic! I haven't enjoyed looking at anatomy studies this much in a long time. Superb work here. Keep it all up. Props to you. Peace

[obid619]

WOW. this is SO cool. how old are you?! you remind me of Lung Bug's style so much! keeep up the awesome stuff!:chug:

[Fipse]

I really like your approach how to study anatomy - shows me how I should do it myself. I like how you´r staying with one topic (e.g. hips) but don´t forget to oncorporate the rest of the anatomy. Beside this I like your drawign style that has really improved since I follow your sketches.

Very inspriring! Keep up the good work :thumbsup:

Fipse

[metalwinds]

gasmask - haha, thanks man. good to hear from you again. yeah, im workin at applying my color knowledge to my nonref work

phuzion - thanks man

obid - im 19. thanks

fipse - yeah, im in an anatomy class at the moment, so im studying the anatomy of the entire body. . .its really helping me a lot. glad i could inspire you. thanks man

update coming tonight

[steak-tron]

damn metalwinds, your doing THE right thing for studying anatomy. i.e pick a part, study it, and apply it ala no-ref. Keep em' coming dude those legs are great!

[metalwinds]

steak - thanks bud

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[kinokuniya]

awesome metalwinds- great studies back there. Is that really how you take your notes :P?

[JackalAnubis]

damn man I'm jealous of your productivity. you've been doing so much work! word on "drawing from your lines". My teacher calls that drawing from you drawing and not from life. Don't fall into the trap of drawing from your head when you're doing life drawing, keep looking up and correcting. (halo!).

[flex mathews]

great work... i like those studies alot. post some more if you got em.

[nil]

wow, these are just great. the charcoal ones are loverly. your work kicks my ass and makes me feel guilty for not drawing more. keep it up.

[Big-Dave]

heh, lectures seem to be the place for free life drawing, I usually end up doing the same. Just watch you dont miss any important stuff. Anyway, nice job with the sketches, those hip studies seem to have helped a lot with your sketches

[metalwinds]

kinokuniya - thanks. ..and for the most part, thats how i take my notes

jackal - this work is all old.. .i havent gotten to recent stuff yet. yeah, since then ive gotten better at leaving my lines be. thanks for stopping by

flex - i got plenty of em. ..and still producing more

nil - thanks man

dave - haha, yeah, learn. ..thanks for the comments

update coming tonight

[metalwinds]

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[TheBlasianOne]

nice. especially liking the "bonage" and "phonage" .the studies are on point. nice renders and proportion, i wanna see some color renders of males, and/or creatures, tho.

keep jammin dude

[flex mathews]

more great sketches... you have great drawing skills. my only critique is when you draw facial features and eyes from imagination, they are sort of stylized. the eyelids are heavy and certain features of the face carry through to each drawing. i'm stuggling with the same problem. your life drawings are very strong. your application of anatomy from life to imaginative works is also very strong. but if you could bring your knowledge of facial features from life to imaginative works, there would be more variety of character in the concept sketches.
i like your line work and notetaking too.

[Angela]

man, you roxz0rz my boxz0rz!

cant find the worship icon.. so ya! you pwn though! KEEP UPDATIN!

[I.was.ink]

I really enjoy your color studies. Have you ever tried painting with wet medium? (oils/acrylics) I'd like to see your results with those now that you have practiced in photoshop.

Keep up the great work!:D

[Diego]

yay dude, these are great...I really enjoyed every update you did lately but i had no time to reply.... :(
I must say you keep doing fantastic sh*t and i keep looking at them.
Your latest color studies just rocks- how long did you take?

Well, keep it up man.
Good luck
-Diego

[Aidan]

Shite!
Impressive posting frequency and though quality!

Don't stop now, dude, youre rocking hard!

[metalwinds]

blasian - thanks

flex - thanks man, and yeah, i know exactly what youre talking about. lately (in my recent sketches) i have started working to fix that problem, but around the time i did these sketches, i was more concerned with anatomy and not facial features. studying faces. ..for me, will probably take longer than most of the other anatomy, since i seem to have the most trouble making them look good

angela - thanks

ink - good to see you stop by. i have used oils and acrylics, but that was a while ago. now that im more confident with color, i will definitely be trying some wet medium

dirob - thanks man. all the color studies took 1 hour each unless marked otherwise

aidan - thanks. no way im gonna stop

update coming tonight

[metalwinds]

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[metalwinds]

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did this one without a reference. .. .still got a long way to go. bout an hour

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[Angela]

Metal wind.. i love your stuff.. <3 Thanks again! How did you learn how to draw your figures? just a question i had on my mind for a while

:chug:

[metalwinds]

thanks angela. i learned how to draw my figures mostly through life and reference drawing, but i also studied (and study) anatomy, which helps a ton.

[I.was.ink]

That last one rocks man. No ref and your skin tones are looking very nice! Have you ever painted with oils or acrylics?

[metalwinds]

ink - haha, yeah, a few years ago. im about to pick them up and see what i can do now that im more comfortable with color. thanks for the comments

just finished this. .. .got inspired by some of the creatures on this site and decided to do something of my own. this is one of the first creatures ive actually done, and i think the first ive colored, so let me know what you think. took about an hour and a half. i think its pretty funny

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[DavidCousens]

Great stuff. Very inspiring.:cool:

[killing.people]

damn, kicking ass!

[metalwinds]

thanks a lot guys. i ll update again tonight

.. .im almost embarrassed to post this.. .i dont know what i was thinking. spent about 2 and a half hours on it. its some kind of sea/land creature, i think.. .

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[siskol p]

damn man, you're really bitch slappin those painter pieces (or PS... whatever they may be..)

and also as per usual, the drawings are gangster. the only ones i have issues with are the "no reference page, some of your facial features are out of proportion and it doesn't seem you wanted them to be that way. and the zip drive really flattens out when it comes to the line drawing parts of it. but other than those 2 i really don't see anything that i'm not oogling over, so hats off to you chum, cant wait to see the next batch,

peace man,

ryan

[tyboogie]

impressive work metal! im lovin the way you draw man

i can tell your hungry for success/growth...gotta respect that

got any finished portfolio paintings/concepts i could see?

ty

[Ant4d]

amazing work. your drawing skills at your age are absolutely stunning.

[Angela]

Originally posted by metalwinds
thanks angela. i learned how to draw my figures mostly through life and reference drawing, but i also studied (and study) anatomy, which helps a ton.

Geeze Metal wind.. you're my idol! I LOVE YOUR STUFF!! i cant stop lookin at it! and that creature is really nice! are you in art college already? (I hope you dont mind me asking)

[nil]

i am thoroughly impressed. keep it up, man. :beer:

[metalwinds]

siskol - thanks for stoppin by, man. yeah, i agree with you on those 2 issues you pointed out. .. .which is why im currently studying the face and its features.

ty - REALLY stoked that you like my work. nothing finished yet, something i gotta work on. .. lately ive been studying so much that i havent really thought about finishing anything.. . .i think i ll start finishing 1 a week.. well, thats my goal, at least

ant - that really means a lot coming from you, man. thanks

angela - haha, thanks. yeah, i got to virginia commonwealth university... im a sophomore.. .major in illustration

nil - thanks

sorry i didnt update last night, but there will definitely be one today.. . .back to drawing

[metalwinds]

sketchbook drawings will come later tonight

2 and a half hours again.. ..more of a theme for this one

http://img4.photobucket.com/albums/v29/metalwind/creature3.jpg

[metalwinds]

http://img4.photobucket.com/albums/v29/metalwind/pg72.jpg

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[metalwinds]

http://img4.photobucket.com/albums/v29/metalwind/pg84.jpg

http://img4.photobucket.com/albums/v29/metalwind/pg85.jpg

almost completely up to date.. . .some of these sketches were done over the weekend.. . when i was in south carolina

[Diego]

dude, absolutly great :jawdrop:
keep it up
-Diego

[behemot5]

you really become more and more better....love your work...and more specially colors works

[Robolus]

...:eek: !!! You are my hero!!!

[metalwinds]

wow! thanks guys

now back to work. ..lets see how much i can get done today...

[I.was.ink]

These are freakin sick! I lov that creature:love:

[Kress]

These are lookin great. The anatomy studies are nice and loose but still spot-on, and it's nice to see such a variety of subjects you practice doing. Try and see if you can get the natural flow to work more into your non-ref sketches, if that makes any sense :p

[metalwinds]

ink - thanks man

kress - great to see you stop by. and yeah, i know exactly what you mean about my non reference drawing.. . something im working on

todays. ...2 and a half hours

http://img4.photobucket.com/albums/v29/metalwind/creature4.jpg

[Jeff Jaws]

what's the frequency, kenneth?
You're updating so often, so much, and with such a quality...
Loving those creatures, you've done recently.. You're improving so fast, I'm envious!

Jj.

[metalwinds]

thanks jeff. .. i ll try to keep it up.

should have an update coming tonight. .maybe another creature or something.

[metalwinds]

two and a half hours.. ..i hate this one

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistdanny/creature5.jpg

[AndreasM]

How come? Colours are crisp and playful and the textures are good. Composition is a little boring though.
Me likes.:)

More to come?

[metalwinds]

n0fish - i think i could have executed the last one a lot better. ..or made the design better. thanks though.. . and yes.. definitely more to come. .. .trying to keep this a regular thing

newest one. ..two and a half hours

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistdanny/creature6.jpg

[metaphysiks]

thats what im talkin about bro. i do think it could be pushed further but i like it. texture is tight man. damn you man, damn you. keep it up. your sketchbook has become my crack and inspiration.
meta

[Sinix]

Geez.. you do alot of sketchbook pages and other stuff in a short amount of time. Then again, I am probably just incredibly slow.

[TheBlasianOne]

texture rocks. keep em comin

[siskol p]

what up MW??!!

well sir, the object drawings are much more convincingly rendered this time around, but the one thats just sitting on the stool, the perspective is off, its on like, a tip or something. and the perspective on the atrium of that house is a bit off as well, but on the other side of the coin...

that legs page man.... WHOO! and the stuff w/ no reference is getting really good as well. i think you should start looking at some michelangelo & caravaggio stuff for reference of poses now, for those odd, SUPER contraposto angles. you seem to have the structure and rendering aspects down, so just start doing as much with it as you can.

painter pieces are very fancy, as per usual, but i agree with n0fish, you're pretty much stickin' em in the middle of the page, all at teh same size and resolution. try some closeups or throw one of those awesome painter people you do in there with one of your creatures for scale... (just some thoughts.)

always a pleasure to gander your thread sir..

peace,
siskol

[metalwinds]

meta - thanks bud. yeah, i agree that this one could be taken further. . .when i made the backround darker, it really flattened out the creature.

sinix - not all these pages were done recently. many were from a while ago. ..but i date my pages, so you can always check when i did them.

blasian - thanks

siskol - whats up man, thanks for the great crit. the thing on the stool is an overhead projector, and the reason it looks kinda off is because the front of it was propped up. i ll start looking at some master work. ..didnt really think about that before. the digital paintings are all done in photoshop. the main reason the compositions are boring is because i was more interested in the design and execution of the creature more than making a finished picture and composition. something i ll try to work on though.

apparently i exceeded my bandwidth. ..kinda crappy, but im posting the newer ones on a different account, so i can still post some stuff. . ...gotta start making my images smaller or something.

i ll try and update tonight

[metalwinds]

sorry about the image problem. .. they should be up again in a few days.

another one. . .i really hated the rendering on the last creature, so i spent most of the time on this one rendering it.. .which is why the design is kinda squirly. 2 hours for this one

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistdanny/creature7.jpg

and a pointless detail shot

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistdanny/creature7detail.jpg

[Angela]

Metal wind, we need some tutorials from you lol you're so crazy with your coloring/monster/creature creations

[metaphysiks]

ditto that
meta

[TheBlasianOne]

these just keep getting better and better man. i need to learn color. *sigh* one thing at a time...

more more more :realmad:

[metalwinds]

thanks guys. well, since theres still a request for a tutorial of my crappy paintings.. . .i guess i ll put something together for you. should be posted tonight

[Jamaludin]

wow those creature paintings have a nice flavor, they look good, cant wait to see a tutorial on them. Thanks for inspiring me and all the others seeing this ! :D

[metalwinds]

thanks jamal

because it was requested.. .i definitely do not think this is the best way to paint, so if anyone has any suggestions, feel free to let me know. hope you guys like this

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistdanny/creatutorial1.jpg

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistdanny/creatutorial2.jpg

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistdanny/creatutorial3.jpg

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http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistdanny/creatutorial7.jpg

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistdanny/creatutorial8.jpg

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistdanny/creature8final.jpg

[PeggyChung]

great stuff! but...wheres the pencil drawings? i love those!

[Angela]

Metal wind! you are NOT a crappy artist! and these tutorials are great XD thank you so very much! Ima try to make a creature soon! thanks again! and this creature rox!!!

[Jamaludin]

THANKS ALLOT

metal thanks allot for this tutorial, I HAVE TO try this immediatly now :D Thanks its a great insight :D and your not crappy, next time you say that ill slap you ....

[young paddy1]

excellent tutorial, and you have a really low opinion of yourself, I believe I might join the slapping party, oh yeah and I think I just killed your photobucket bandwidth limit, sorry.

[Diego]

yo, metal
Top-notch work man as always, i only hope to see more finished works from you
Keep it up and i'm looking foward to the next update.

-Diego

[Jamaludin]

ow btw Metal, I would really love it appreciate it if you would have the time and feel like it to go over my thread, its my very first attempt at something digital and if you would help me with it if you have the time I would be really gratefull. Thanks in advance anyways :D Waiting for more of your work as usual :D

thread -
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=20762

[metalwinds]

thanks for the feedback, guys. i ll see if i can upload some sketchbook images tonight

[metalwinds]

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistdanny/pg86.jpg

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[metalwinds]

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[dakoscwash]

Sweet refs man! I love the eyes and the side portrait of the woman. Very nice, keep it up.:chug:

[Jamaludin]

wow what a nice update love the anatomy studies, and how you setup oru faces with those 3D planes. I learned it s easier and better that way as well. Nice, cant wait for more, and many thanks for your reply in my thread :D It really helped allot..

[steak-tron]

damn metalwinds, your always deserving of compliments but this last dump is really good. Your getting hot (dare I say on fire?). All solid awesome feature studies and anatomy too. Systematic study of this nature is something I should have done a long time ago, and still have failed to do.

the only thing that stands out is the eyes. Whenever you draw a non-ref head in three quarter view the eye furthest from the viewer is higher than the closest eye. You may want to bust out a vanishing point and try to line them' features up in perspective. But really, thats it.

This work is the shit, Your in the works for some greatness.

[mr.kluetsch]

i love your stuff! realy cool. Nice Loomis heads, i did the same a while ago. Unfortunaly the heads i did are crap...

[Dan.v.D.]

just throwin´ in some motivational props here!

uhm i got a question tho. how much of all the stuff u did lately got posted here? i mean like about one out of three pages?, more? less? just to get a vague picture.

anyway keep it up inspiring folks around and thx in advance!

[Jeff Jaws]

magnificent!! your work is hot like hell - as always. Very inspirational. Thank you so much for showing these, I'm trying very hard to be able to study stuff like you do. Just keep em coming, man. Your non ref drawings become better and better. :jealous:

Jj.

[Aidan]

Gonna spend the whole day looking at this and drawing.

[metalwinds]

wow, thanks for all the replies, guys. i REALLY appreciate it

jamal - no prob man. glad i could help

steak - yeah, i see what you mean. i ll start studying the face in perspective real soon, so i hope to get a handle on that before long. thanks for the huge compliments.. .makes me wanna draw

icey - i exceeded my bandwidth, but they should be back up and running in a couple of days

kluetsch - just keep at it and dont get discouraged.. .the only way to improve is to practice

dan - well, i basically post ever sketchbook page that i do, but i do other work for my classes that normally doesnt get posted (lots of 18 x 24 life drawings and other random stuff), which takes up a good deal of my time, which is why i can only crank out 1 or 2 sketchbook pages a day. im gonna try to start doing more though

something im workin on for my computer techniques class. .. .its a poster design for Return of the King

[klid]

mayn wow, that sketch dump taught me something. great work

[xia]

Damn! U have been busy...coming along really nice!!!
:chug:

[Angela]

wow that is a beautiful picture! reminds me of aragon (if i spelled that right) keep it up metal!

[metalwinds]

worked on it a bit more

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistdanny/rotkclose1.jpg

a demo i did for my computer techniques class.. .. it was about creating different types of brushes in photoshop. bout 40 minutes

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistdanny/demotree.jpg

[Jamaludin]

hey I like the tree sketch, its simple but effective very nice, and your Aragorn? Is gonna rock, I love those thin little lines with whitch you define your shapes, like you did with your monster. Nice , very nice again :D Mna your quite an inspiration to let me practice allot again thanks :D everyone here is pushing me to do more and make things better, thanks allot

[metalwinds]

5 stars... thanks guys :D

jamal - thanks man. glad i can be an inspiration to you

[Aveh]

WOW, metalwinds your motivation and drive is awe-inspiring. your sketchbooks is one of the few that actually follow the idea of a DAILY sketchbook. And besides that its quality drawings, isnt stuff you threw together in 30 seconds, and that seriously impresses me. I love your ref'd stuff, and whats amazing is its starting to get harder and harder to tell the difference between your ref'd and non-ref'd figures , your picking up stuff so fast. And of course i love your line work and paintings, but i would love to see smoe fully rendered things in pencil from you, nothing really more to say. But be confident in the fact that when you post I'll be one of the first to take a look-see, even if i don't make a comment.

[spok]

HEY! YOU'RE REALLY FUCKIN'GOOD!!!

[dakoscwash]

Awesome man, you're much better than me at those studies!:p

Great work.. I especially love the textures on that tree, so detailed...amazing! Good stuff man 5tars!

[metalwinds]

aveh - thanks man. once i study light and shape more, youll be seeing some fully rendered pictures in pencil. really appreciate the comments

spok - haha, thanks bud

dako - just keep at it, its the only way to learn. thanks for the stars

my teacher took my sketchbook for a week or so.. . .so im going through withdrawl right now, but i ll see what i can get together in the meantime

[I.was.ink]

hey metal. Sweet lookin texture on that tree. Mind tellin us about the brushes you used to get the textures?

[Diego]

hi metal, again and again just awesome.....you keep improving like hell. As i said before i would like to see more finished works o mechanical concept.....i think you are too focus on anatomy which is great but i think you could gain more control with more diversity...just a though.
Anyway, keep on rockin' your Sketchbook as i must do right now
cheers
-Diego

[metalwinds]

ink - brushes. .. eh.. i just play around with them. experiment with the dual brush effect.. ive been having a lot of fun with that.. .i do remember using a couple of those grass brushes in combination with other effects and junk.

rob - thanks for the comments, and yeah, i will eventually be moving on to other things. ..i really want to start doing robots and such, but i want to get a better feel for anatomy first. you ll be seeing some other subjects soon

my teacher took my sketchbook, so right now im using a small 3 x 5 book. some stuff ive been doing

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistdanny/small1.jpg

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistdanny/small2.jpg

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistdanny/small3.jpg

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistdanny/small4.jpg

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistdanny/small5.jpg

more work on it

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistdanny/rotk.jpg

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistdanny/rotkclose2.jpg

[metaphysiks]

good stuff going on man. drawings from life are always fun to look at. dennis is the man. im curious to see where the ROTK poster is going to go. keep it up.

[Diego]

yo, metal i've been seing your latest stuff for a while and i see some Wes influences, am I wrong? well, isn't bad at all,
and some fell-like faces.

:D anywayl, keep it up and keep drawing.
:chug:

[dakoscwash]

That LOTR poster is comming along nicely. BTW, you don't happen to know someone named Max Gabler at your school do you? He lived on my street and was a real Ahole and a druggy.

[metalwinds]

meta - thanks bud

rob - yeah, some wes and justin sweet influences. in no way do i try to copy either one of these artists. .. with wes, i think we just have similar ways of drawing the figure, and certain things that i am learning now in school, i recognize in some of his older work, which may have something to do with some of the similarities. with j sweet.. .i just want to be able to feel the form like he does. ..his drawings are so loose and free, but yet so accurate. .which is also something that my teachers are stressing in school right now. i hope im not offending either one of these artists because i am definitely not trying to be like either one. thanks for the response

dako - thanks man. cant say i know that guy. ..vcu is a pretty big school, but if hes an Ahole and a druggy, i wouldnt have anything to do with him anyway

im at home for the weekend, so i wont be able to post for a couple days, but im gonna try and get some stuff done while im here.

[siskol p]

hey MW,

nice stuff this week, the only thing i'd have to say is that when it comes to the concept stuff, you seem to just stop at the figure with just a lil' embelleshment, (the samurai one and the guy with the black dots down the middle of him) instead of just really running wild and experimenting with forms and such, just start scribbling on a piece of paper and pull out forms that interest you, its a really good way to find new shapes and stuff. and esp. since you've got a handle on the figure, now its all about going in different directions with it. i'd say get like a digi camera and jsut start shooting friends in interesting lighting situations and working from that, but yeah or even start exaggerating your anatomy you did a lil bit with that faces page, now just take it even further,

but, solid as per usual.

peace,

Siskol

[metalwinds]

hey siskol, thanks for the crit. yeah, i totally agree about the designs. ..at this stage i am still too concerned with getting down the figure and not creating interesting designs. .something i ll definitely start working on. the technique you described is the way i design most of my creatures, so i will start trying that with my people next. maybe i ll break out the charcoal again and see what i can come up with

managed to do this while i was at home. only 1 hour for this one

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistdanny/creature9.jpg

[metalwinds]

not sure if im gonna finish it...

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistdanny/rotkprint.jpg

[endregan]

these paintings look great.

so much texture in them

you have evolved so much... those pencil sketches are even better now!

[dakoscwash]

Hah, just thought he may be easier to notice, was just curious lol. Anyway, the paintings are realy comming along, keep up the good work.

[Diego]

not sure if im gonna finish it...
why not....i think you should refine some of the features and you're set.
Keep it up.

-DiRob now Diego :chug:

[tyboogie]

metal you rock !!

im glad your finishing up the LOTR piece--good to see some fully fleshed out stuff

aragorns arms are a lil too short and if your designing his costume dont forget about possible celtic/norse design for ref

i really liek teh underlighting on teh bG figs. might be cool to have even more characters from teh books above them ...but sorta fading in opacity/color (lower on visual heirarchy scale)



ty

[metalwinds]

endregan, dako, diego - thanks guys

ty - thanks man. nah, i dont really plan on taking the design from the movie.. .which is also why he doesnt look too much like the movie aragorn. and yeah, i originally was going to paint the witch king above those 3 figures, but i had to turn it in on monday, so i skipped that part.. .i may go back and put him in though.

wow, over 8000 views.. .thats leet. thanks guys :)

i ll try and update tonight.. .. school is coming to an end so its really starting to kick my ass

[tyboogie]

heh

nah i wasnt suggesting you use the movie aragorn as ref. i was suggest you use some sorta cultural ref for his costume tho. it looks made up and doesnt really tell us anything about the culture the character comes from--costumes are great about revealing said information. :)

add the witch king, twould be radical

ty

[metalwinds]

ty - cultural ref.. .thats a pretty good idea. maybe i will go back in and add something to his costume. ..not sure though, kinda burnt out on this picture. thanks for the words

this is how it looked when i turned it in. not real sure if this one is necessary, but certain things were adjusted, so...

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistdanny/rotkprint1.jpg

[metalwinds]

trying to apply what my anatomy teacher tells me to my color work. pretty quick for this one. .. 20 minutes. just trying to get the impression down. .with minor detail

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistdanny/ref37.jpg

and since i still havent gotten my sketchbook back, heres something i did in photoshop real quick. i gotta learn this stuff.. .

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistdanny/planes.jpg

[dakoscwash]

The finished poster looks great! I also like the anatomy color study.:chug:

[Jamaludin]

ooo nice poser, you gotta finish his armor you just gotta :P
And I always love your anatomy studies even in low detail as you say they already look so correct, the technique is so good, good luck with your other procedings :D

[metalwinds]

dako - thanks man

jamal - thanks.. .i may finish the armor.. .not sure though, kinda burnt out on it.

another quick study.. .still trying to get this down. 20 mintues

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistdanny/ref38.jpg

i drew a lot in the mini sketchbook today.. .i ll post those tonight

[bear]

First off I just want to say that I really like this sketchbook and especially your drawings and anatomy studies.

The main reason for posting though is that I feel the lotr poster colour job isn't so successfull and I have my ideas what makes me feel that way. The poster is pretty much made up of about 5 monochrome areas with wildly different hue and almost no colour interaction between the different areas. I think you might ahve done this because the real lotr posters are very monochrome and a collage of different pictures from the movie but if you look at one of those posters they are limited to one colour in the image.

I think you'd need to either make your's monochrome all over the poster like the real movie posters or go all the way and make it a fullcolour image with the different areas affecting each other and also having different colour temperatures in light and shadow as is normal when you don't work in a monochrome colourpspace.

Hope I make any sense at all and didn't manage to lose all my points somewhere....it might be better if you just run the colourpicker all over your image and then do the same with one of the lotr movie posters that can easily be found with google.

[bear]

I ended up trying to illustrate what I was saying....more monochrome verion:

http://cybear.spawnpoint.org/junk/mtlwndlotredit.jpg

[bear]

hmm now that I looked at your original again at a slightly smaller size it was pretty good and I think I might have been fooled by not really seeing all of it at the same time so don't take what I said too seriously although there hopefully was a small point in there somwhere.... argh I should post when I'm on my way too bed I just end up rambling without thinking enough.

[endregan]

hey good anatomy studies. they digital right?

i have delayed fully to draw or paint the female body, i am so used to the male one.

youre colouring is really great :), and your anatomy greater!

[metalwinds]

bear - thanks for the in depth crit, i really appreciate it. i think what you did may have been a bit too much, but my image could definitely use more unity to it. something to think about for future works. thanks man

endregan - studies, yeah, theyre digital. thanks man.

update tonight.. .got a few sketchbook pages to show you guys

[metalwinds]

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistdanny/small6.jpg

it was a really nice day yesterday.. .had to get out and draw

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistdanny/small7.jpg

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistdanny/small8.jpg

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http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistdanny/small12.jpg

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistdanny/small13.jpg

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistdanny/small14.jpg

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistdanny/small15.jpg

done from photo ref

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistdanny/small16.jpg

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistdanny/small17.jpg

quickies before art history today

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistdanny/small18.jpg

[thomasaurus]

every sketch is a treat, thanks for sharing!

[steak-tron]

thats a great tree dude

thems sketches gettin better and better, and always with the posts, your a machine! (an awesome drawing machine that is...):thumbsup:

inks a winner, Id like to see more of that from yer hand. If you would be so kind.:)

[AmishCommy]

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistdanny/small15.jpg

the person reading lying down is my favorite. I'll buy it from ya. How much would you charge?

[dakoscwash]

Yeah that really is a great tree. Ink seems to come easy to you. Show me more!:)

[JackalAnubis]

oh yah! great life drawing man, especially going strait through with pen. excellent work.

[metalwinds]

nor, jackal - thanks guys

steak, dako - thanks. i ll do some more inks for ya.. since you asked so nicely :)

amish - i ll pm you. thanks for stoppin by


whipped this up real quick.. . 30 mins from ref. trying to start painting more than just people

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistdanny/bear.jpg

[dakoscwash]

God.. You are a pimp with textures... Honestly man. That bear and the tree from a while ago, show skill. Awesome.:chug:

[Diego]

sweet bear dude, really nice textures.
-D

[Jamaludin]

ai ai caramba, again very nice work espescially love the second character drawingspage, and he bear is so neat, he looks real furry :D, man you gonna be mayor in no time.. Good luck, not that you need it :P

[endregan]

whoa those sketches... amazing lines !!

the bear is awesome. really pops out. only problem is the legs too short or you just stopped painting?
i cant tell i dont look at bears too often :)

those trees and all the inks are nice.

[Ryu]

It's now for some times that i'm watching your thread, and the latest update, the sketches and the bear, are really great,
just wanted to tell you,
I'm still watching, keep us wanting for more :)

Cya :chug:

[chunder]

Your work is ridiculously inspiring man. Your lines are so full of life...keep it up man, can't wait to see what you'll produce next!

[Rimshot]

Awsome stuff...you produce alot of work! I gotta say the amount of drawing you get done is maybe the most inspiring part of this thread! *ehem*....oh and it looks sweet too :chug:

[metalwinds]

holy shit, thanks for all the feedback, guys.

endregan - the legs are hidden behind the ground in front.. . the ground is almost the same color as the backround, which is why the legs look short

something quick.. ..again still trying to just get the impression of the object. 30 mins

http://img4.photobucket.com/albums/v29/metalwind/eagle.jpg

got a lot more to post.. . .again. i ll see when i can scan them and get them up

btw, my older images are finally back up

[stiocray]

Do More Animals NOW!
They look really really awsome.I like the way your working those texture brushes.

[rubygenesis]

ooo nice lineart! lets see summore of that yo :D nice work metal lookin good.

[insane visions]

I like your illustrations. keep it up..

[metalwinds]

thanks guys

more quick crap

25 minutes

http://img4.photobucket.com/albums/v29/metalwind/legs.jpg

wasnt really feelin this one.. .the pic was kinda boring and lacking contrast. 30 minutes

http://img4.photobucket.com/albums/v29/metalwind/lion.jpg

i ll try and post some of the sketchbook pages tonight.. .got quite a few, again...

[endregan]

painting machine!

:)

cant wait for the update.

i have been doing the figure from my imagination lately, but should get painting again soon :D

[metalwinds]

thanks endregan

the first 4 are a couple weeks old (before my teacher took my sketchbook)

http://img4.photobucket.com/albums/v29/metalwind/pg100.jpg

http://img4.photobucket.com/albums/v29/metalwind/pg101.jpg

http://img4.photobucket.com/albums/v29/metalwind/pg102.jpg

http://img4.photobucket.com/albums/v29/metalwind/pg103.jpg

http://img4.photobucket.com/albums/v29/metalwind/pg104.jpg

http://img4.photobucket.com/albums/v29/metalwind/pg105.jpg

http://img4.photobucket.com/albums/v29/metalwind/pg106.jpg

http://img4.photobucket.com/albums/v29/metalwind/pg107.jpg

http://img4.photobucket.com/albums/v29/metalwind/pg108.jpg

http://img4.photobucket.com/albums/v29/metalwind/pg109.jpg

http://img4.photobucket.com/albums/v29/metalwind/pg110.jpg

http://img4.photobucket.com/albums/v29/metalwind/small19.jpg

[dakoscwash]

Damn you pumped out a lot of stuff. I love the tigers/cheeta. The inks are back! That is the coolest tree I've ever seen man. The sketch of the guy with the sword is awesome too. Keep up the great work.:chug:

[insane visions]

cool pencil sketches I particularly love the girl on the bed and the kid in the armor..its done in a very tasteful manner, not too much and not too little...I would like to see more of those...thanks for the positive comment you placed in my thread Im flattered...

[Jamaludin]

man im loving it AGAIN ! Great bone/muscle studies and i love those digital paintings of yours you shake them out of your sleeves so easily it seems, very very nice. And I really dig the second to last drawing you did, you just keep getting better. Good luck, cya when I cya !

OOO OOO

May I have a lucky guess WHY he took your skethbook, hope im not wrong here.

Instead of paying attention and studying in class you are drawing ALL the time, and and , and am I right :D haha, sure hope so cause I otherwise I made a mayor fool of myself..

[Ryu]

Holy shit!
Another awesome update...
guy, you are taking the best of loomis, soooo good for you!
Do you use any other anatomy books?
Thx, and keep on going that way, it's awesome !!

Cya

[tyboogie]

:chug:

[metalwinds]

dako - thanks man

insane - thanks for stoppin by, and the postive comment was no prob. maybe some day i ll have something useful to tell you

jens - my teacher took my sketchbook to show to some committee that was coming in. thanks for the comments.. .and i hope to continue to get better at this pace.. at least

jamal - thanks bud. haha, nah, me and my teacher are real cool. .im kinda like his unofficlal apprentice. i do draw when hes talking in class though.. .hehe

ryu - thanks. the only other book i use is the barcsay anatomy book.. .but the loomis one is better, so i havent touched it in a while. also, i get all of my loomis reference from www.fineart.sk . ..i didnt actually buy the books

ty - thats what im talkin about :chug:

quick update before class

updated this image.. ..idea for a painting

http://img4.photobucket.com/albums/v29/metalwind/pg1111.jpg

http://img4.photobucket.com/albums/v29/metalwind/pg112.jpg

[endregan]

awesome update!!!!

what else can i say :)

im just a young grasshopper!

[Jamaludin]

haha good to hear that, I thought it would be like the problems I have at school always drawing or writing down ideas always getting in trouble for that in class. A real awesome update indeed man, but hey when aint that the case huh. MAn I wish I had someone like you really backing me up in what I do and teaching me like that must be truely great, good luck with your procedings. And now I do look like a fool cos I was completely wrong haha :D :D :D

[metalwinds]

thanks guys. .. should have an update coming tonight

jamal - haha, nah man, its cool

[brev87]

I love this thread!! The colored work is amazing......

[Bojee]

:D Nice work metalwinds,Beautiful drawings, I love seeing the progression, I just found you and I think I went through everything but I didn't see any non-digital paintings?? If you haven't tried it I think it would lend itself to your drawing style really well (maybe water color so you could still see your line quality coming through) and I'd loved to see what you'd come up with. Great stuff again - very inspiring

[metalwinds]

brev - thanks man

bojee - thanks. i havent done much non-digital painting (i have done it though). i will be doing some next semester at school, so i ll have some for you then... i may try to pic up some watercolor in the meantime.. . .we ll see how it goes

some more ish .. . .stupid school assignments are zapping my time

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistdanny/pg113.jpg

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistdanny/pg114.jpg

some crap on watercolor paper.. .just trying to use up the scraps

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistdanny/loose1.jpg

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistdanny/loose2.jpg

drawn from a photo by matt. his website is www.blackforeststudios.com/matt.htm

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistdanny/loose4.jpg

did these today in anatomy class

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistdanny/pg115.jpg

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistdanny/pg116.jpg

i may be exceeding my bandwidth soon.. . again, just to give you a heads up

[Jamaludin]

well since you must be getting tired of those remarks like "man your rock ! " " dude your sick" , "damn youre the best" "hey tach me how to do that" " Man your just 2 good" "Could I borrow your genes", I will just show you how what my face does when looking at your "quickies"

no in any particular order

:drool:

then I

:cry:

after that my jaw goes like

:jawdrop:

and then I faint.... WOW !

[dakoscwash]

Awesome man, I am loving the loosness of your sketches. You really know the human figure very well.:beer:

[Bojee]

:) Metalwinds cool , you sure seem to have the drawing down, you've got a good sense of value, I think you'll take to the traditional painting really well. I'll be looking for what you come up with, in the meantime I'm totally digging your drawings. How do you like your classes at virgina commonwealth? I heard they have a kickass sculpture department but I haven't heard about any of the other programs. I have a friend that moved down there to go to school ,her name's Meesha, she'd probably be in the painting or sculpture department so I don't know if you guys would ever run across each other but if you know her tell her I said hi.:)

[JackalAnubis]

man, I wish I had like a fraction of your commitment and dedication. the stuff without ref is looking really good, especially that last face page. and I suppose I really don't need to say "keep it up"

[metalwinds]

thanks for the comments guys

bojee - the first year of classes at vcu suck. ..other than the 2 drawing classes you have. the first year has been known by vcu artists as "art boot camp." they keep the program like this so they can weed out the people that arent dedicated enough to make it through the program. i was accepted in to the illustration department (you have to apply to your major.. . another way they weed out the artists), and so far my classes have been pretty cool.. .with the exception of typographics and a couple others. next year (junior year) i really start the hardcore illustration.. .and vcu pretty good at producing some talented artists. next year i will be taking classes with comic artist extraordinare GEORGE PRATT and illustrator STERLING HUNDLY, so im pretty stoked about that. i think our sculpture dept is ranked 2nd in the nation, and i know the art school at vcu is ranked within the top 20 art schools in the country. meesha? cant say i know her, but if i happen to meet her, i ll tell her you said "hi"

something i did today

1 hour. ..ref for the light source and face. ..but i adjusted the angle of the face and did all the coloring without the pic, so its pretty much non ref

http://img4.photobucket.com/albums/v29/metalwind/nonref3.jpg

[insane visions]

Im loving the new update metal....keep posting

[Groover McNab]

Great sketchbook you have here! I really like the textures and brush strokes in your digital stuff.

Hehe. I see you 'made her into art' :D

[Bojee]

metalwinds-wasn't sure if you'd know her or not but I thought I'd ask. Wow that's kickass that you'll get to study with Pratt(I don't know the other teacher's work), I love his stuff, also a big fan of his teacher's work Barron Storey, are you familiar with it?? he teaches at CCAC in San francisco, I thought I was going to go there but decided to go to the Art Institute of Chicago or MICA which ever I get the better deal at, I'll be going in as a sophmore, so I was kinda curious what it's like down there in Virginia.
I'm digging the new painting...keep'em coming.:thumbsup:

[AmishCommy]

hoooleeee shit! oh man! if you think the classes you had so far are a boot camp just wait till you get george pratt as your teacher. I got more out of 10 weeks with him than i did in 4 years at SCAD. plus he's a great guy.

[Myriadian]

I just caught scent of your thread an hour ago. All I can say is I'm deeply impressed. All of it is inspiration. Your process-tutorial on how you colour with PS is helpful. Keep on doing what you do. It's great.

[metalwinds]

rich - thanks man

groover - haha, yeah, kinda :p

bojee - yeah, im pretty stoked about having 2 classes with pratt next semester.. .not familiar with his teachers work. good luck with school.. .i knew a guy from high school that went to the chicago school. ..and most of my other art buddies are at mica, haha.

amish - yeah, pratt is a really cool guy.. .me and a couple friends hung out with him for 4 hours one day. not worried about bustin my ass in his class. ....part of the reason why art foundation is called "art boot camp" is because theres a lot of shit you have to take that you wont need in your major.. .in pratts class i ll be producing stuff thats worth while. i cant wait

myriadian, icey - thanks guys

somethin quick i did yesterday.. .all photoshop 7.. ..tryin to play with my anatomy

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistdanny/assassin.jpg

i ll post the rest of my stuff when i get the time

[Aidan]

Got inspired by Marko?
Looks really good....and so...Marko-ish... Oo
;)

[TheDirtSyndicate]

i've been checking out your work for awhile now...
damn good, and getting better. i dont think i've ever commented, and i apologise for that.
i comment now.

good work. big fan.

[Bojee]

Metalwinds- That's awesome that you get 2 classes with Pratt, he's such a stud. I just heard back from MICA and I got in and I think that's where I'll end up, maybe I'll meet some of your friends, not sure how big of a place it is...smaller than VCU I'm sure.

Love the new drawing, glad you can keep the fluidness (such a word??) of your line, keeps it fresh. :)

[blindthief]

not bad....not bad at all.

[Jeff Gran]

great stuff man. I really like your style of rendering faces. They're very structural and yet simple... I'm trying to get better with simplifying the features like you do. Keep it up.

[nil]

the movement in the body is great and i love the arms, but i think the legs feel a little skinny up top, and the whole head/neck area is a bit off. i think the necks too long and the head really lets the rest of the image down.

i love yer stuff metalwinds, and usually if i cant crit a piece i wont say anything which is why i havent said much til now. just thought since everyone is handing out the ol' asspat, i'd throw a crit in for that last piece. hope ya dont mind. your dedication and the improvement youve shown over the last little while is a real inspiration to me. :chug:

[AmadorL]

great to see you back at it.. love your style man ...

-A

[metalwinds]

aidan - haha.. .his new stuff is sooo good. i honestly didnt have him in mind when i was doing this though. ..just finally started to draw directly in photoshop

complete - thanks man. .even if you arent commenting, im still glad youre stoppin by

bojee - yeah, i cant wait. good to here youre goin to mica. ..its a really great school. maybe i ll give you the names of some of the kids i know that go there. thanks for the feedback as well

blind - thanks

jeff - thanks man

nil - yeah, you may be right. the head/neck area is tilting away from the viewer, so that may be why it looks off.. .or maybe i just screwed it up. thanks for the crit though.. .theyre always welcome and appreciated. glad i could inspire you.. .you guys inspire me with every comment

amador - thanks bud

quick one for today.. .trying to get around to posting my sketches

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistdanny/female.jpg

[insane visions]

nice

[Jeff Jaws]

last one's great! love your schtuff..

Jj.

[endregan]

good gestures for sure.

i think i remember someone talking about wanting to see u painting more traditionally. you definitly should! you have the linework to back it :)

[Dan.v.D.]

at times i think you could improve even quicker if u´d learn to love and embrace the pain that comes with really finishing your stuff u know, like workin the dead spots.

well and to return that to me would be lame! hahahaha :yummy:

keep it up dan

[AndreasM]

Just letting you know that even though I`m not replying to every update, I do browse through this thread several times a day. You inspire me!!