Nyoron's Sketchbook Thread

[Nyoron]

You know, first month of the tablet, and I'm having fun with it :D
So I will make a sketchbook, and I will try to improve and things :)
I'm a hard worker.. really :D

:medusachow:


EDIT: 2011, is what it took me to start drawing o_________o I didn't know I was procrastinating so long.
Been drawing 4 hours a day now. Wish me luck! :yayca:

EDIT2: The dog picture isn't mine, but it looks so cute. :D!.

EDIT3: Just drawing in my spare time now.

EDIT4: I have time now! :yayca:

[Nyoron]

This is still a very early wip :) Collaborating with global-wolf :)
I made the idea!

[Nistarn]

:D the last piece is going good, go for that. Hope to see more.

[Nyoron]

Thank you nistarn. :) ok ok ok but how do I draw mountains digitally? :S

[dsacc]

I like the underwater picture (is that pokemon? :) ) but for drawing bodies and people, I'd train up a bit with traditional art. Only start using digital work when you are happy and feel experienced enough with pencil and paper to make a new step. Digital art can be a big step for most, and like they say, don't run before you can walk.

[Nyoron]

I like the underwater picture (is that pokemon? :) ) but for drawing bodies and people, I'd train up a bit with traditional art. Only start using digital work when you are happy and feel experienced enough with pencil and paper to make a new step. Digital art can be a big step for most, and like they say, don't run before you can walk.


Ok. But I cant affort supplies and stuff (like oils because I heard they're very expensive). :P I'll just get a sketchbook and pencil and start grinding. Thanks :D

EDITed

I read back and wao I shouldve worded carefully :davi:

[supermarionbros]

Wait, if you have a tablet, shouldn't you be able to afford at least a sketchbook, pencils, and erasers? o______O Unless you got it as a present or something lmao.

Oh, I see a Pokemon~ I forgot what it's called though lmao, too many Pokemon. T__T Anyways, you're off to a good start. Rendering, a bit of cleaning up, and blending in the brush strokes can be something that you can work on based on the stuff you've posted up so far. That's all I can say for now. x]

[ricecake]

You have a cute imagination. :) I like the overall look of the mantine painting. Like supermarionbros said, blending in the strokes would clean it up a bit. As for the mountains, it looks like the lighting is all over the place. I can't really help with digital work, though.

Keep it up and study, study, study.

[Nyoron]

here's the paste bin for this post : http://pastebin.com/skpHmtEx

making this page more compact :D

[supermarionbros]

AHH I see, same here! I got Intuos4 as well, but for Christmas though. I'm still learning how to use it though, aha. Also, which digital program are you using? Photoshop? Actually it's not that it's bad to use for digital painting, but, correct me if I'm wrong, but personally I find it a bit harder to paint on Photoshop. The program that I use is Paint Tool SAI, and with that it's pretty much for digital painting, so you already have your blending settings, brushes, etc. set up for you and you can just change it right away. In Photoshop, you have to keep going back and forth with the brush settings, close the window, test it out, then go back again to change the settings...

I don't know, I actually may be wrong about the Photoshop part, but if I am, then I'm sorry about that. I haven't been using it as much as I used to before. .____. I don't even know if you're using it or not lmao, but yeah... I don't even know how to blend on Photoshop, unless you use blur or smudge or something, which may soften your work too much. =/

And I do suggest on taking art classes, which will help push you further to create more artwork. However in the end, it's all up to you, and you're pretty much responsible for your own improvement. People can help you out along the way, but in the end, it's you who's doing the art. So basically, school shouldn't be the only thing that's making you do art, and it's something that I realized up 'til now. So draw outside of school, draw even in the winter... Hey, I get cold too, but it doesn't stop me from doing artwork. Just wear a blanket like I do, lmao...

Don't worry, if you're like me and tend to say yes to everything, but in the end you don't do it and procrastinate.... I'm like that too, but I've been trying my best to change my habits lately. Ever since I hit grade 12 [a few months ago], I've been drawing a bit more and tried to put a bit more effort into my artwork, since I'm going to college next year and such. But yeah, to help keep you motivated, do it because you like it. If you feel inspired to do something, do it right away or else the motivation will slip away. Even if you start on something and get unmotivated by it later on, at least you started on something, which is another step for becoming better than you originally were. ^.^

And yeah........ I'm gonna go stop now, I rant too much. XD

[Nyoron]

Hi Hi! :D

Haven't updated in a while! :)
This is just a preview of what I've been up to (quick gestures in the tablet since I don't have a scanner, and I don't really draw that well with a tablet so :O and I don't have a scanner :()

Wee, and anyone have advice on anatomy tidbits? :O
I have much trouble with arms, and the little muscles that's hard to notice :(
I have no trouble with the major ones though (torso, upper/lower back, however the ones on the shoulder blades confuse me, and a little of the legs) :D.

I stopped drawing for a couple days and I forget everything yaaargh!

I try drawing my own arms...but no muscles. :yayca:

So I am still trying to get the concept of forms down (well... 'feeling' the forms).

[Nyoron]

:ilaekae:

I'm still alive! No scanner...can't scan progress :davi:

All I've been doing so far are still lives, getting values down and some observational skills. Sailing smooth so far, very intimidated about more complicated studies. I don't really have a scanner..I think...actually lemme go check, if I do I'll scan my sketchbook and post the pictures here to show my progress. Right now this is like a journal... I uhh :oneye:


Yeah but today I tried digital...yeah it didn't go so well...lol
v down there

[Nyoron]

some 2 minute studies

and wao I havent drawn in a while. oops :davi:

it stopped getting interesting after the last one, so I cut off. will do more on and off this weekend now that I have time. :drinkup:

[Nyoron]

Aaa, this is complicated.
I'll just end this for now. :davi:

(sergent study thingy)

http://i.imgur.com/83Z3Z.png

..now that I look at it I kinda made the head a little too tilted...oops :davi:

[Nyoron]

it was supposed to be a photo study thing, but it got really boring so I just scrapped the photo (well..it was still there but it was for reference lol) and made up my own lighting and colors. it was fun for the second half :D

http://i.imgur.com/L0YJk.png

[Nyoron]

wow I'm getting the hang of this :yayca:

http://i.imgur.com/1qPDa.png

[tehmeh]

Hi Nyoron, solid start! have you tried flipping the canvas and ref horizontally to look for inaccuracies when copying? And you should post some pencils if you do those!

Keep it up :)

[Nyoron]

Hi Nyoron, solid start! have you tried flipping the canvas and ref horizontally to look for inaccuracies when copying? And you should post some pencils if you do those!

Keep it up :)

Like omygawsh timmy commented on my thread. :hugsmile:

Thanks for the advice! I did that for this thing
(I really need to practice eyes and lips now. :yayca:)
:
http://i.imgur.com/lBNyW.jpg

[Nyoron]

yaaaay! I finally figured out the pressure sensitivity adjustment on this thing so I can do stuff properly now! :yayca:

http://i.imgur.com/3Aqk3.png


also happy christmans guys! :mittenbop:

[Nyoron]

mistakes on the previous piece inspired me to draw some more. i'll draw some more today.

this one I made too small unfortunately. :yayca:

http://i.imgur.com/qva9e.png

the image was too small for me to add finer details. i will make it bigger next time. :drinkup: sorry for the looseness.

[Nyoron]

aaaaaaaaaa why is skin so complicated :(

I give up on this one, I will revisit it later, I have to eat lunch :)


http://i.imgur.com/iY7d6.jpg

[Nyoron]

quick gestures today to get me in the drawing mood :)

http://i.imgur.com/A8ZxU.png

[Nyoron]

laaah a quick doodle from imagination :yayca:

http://i.imgur.com/87lqS.png

I can never draw eyes symmetrically :(

[telohs]

aaaaaaaaaa why is skin so complicated :(

I give up on this one, I will revisit it later, I have to eat lunch :)


http://i.imgur.com/iY7d6.jpg

Oh cool, you hang around /ic/ ? I gave up on that one too, freaking hard. Color scheme was impossible. Anyways, you got lots of cool stuff here :3 Looks like your getting the hang of digipaint. My only advice is that you should think about your brush strokes and which direction and flow it is to them. So that they emphasize the form of the object. It looks like your onto it, so i'll just leave it there. Keep it up man :3

[Kuddlekins]

Push those values, man! #19 looks good, now take that and put it into aaall of your stuff.

[Nyoron]

Oh cool, you hang around /ic/ ? I gave up on that one too, freaking hard. Color scheme was impossible. Anyways, you got lots of cool stuff here :3 Looks like your getting the hang of digipaint. My only advice is that you should think about your brush strokes and which direction and flow it is to them. So that they emphasize the form of the object. It looks like your onto it, so i'll just leave it there. Keep it up man :3

There were random colors everywhere on the skin and I don't even know if it was yellow or green...the artist must have had a colorful mind. :lifedrawing:
Yes, I thought about that too when the idea and concept of forms just magically clicked in my head. :yayca:
Thanks I will, but I don't know if I did it in todays exercise... :davi:


Push those values, man! #19 looks good, now take that and put it into aaall of your stuff.

I was surprised when I did #19 :drinkup:
I will :lounge:



In this exercise I tried copying textures I saw on reference photos. This is the first batch. I learned alot of things by just doing these three. I hope to do the rest of the template, but I have a bigger focus in mind right now. :yayca: I'll upload/and do some more stuff today if I can...Thanks for tuning in! :donk:


http://i.imgur.com/N6h3Y.png

[Kuddlekins]

Thank you for commenting on my SB!


Texture studies! What a great idea! Hmm, maybe I should consider those...

Nothing to add, carry on! :yayca:

[YihyoungLi]

Hey you are working on all the right things! The contrast is your grayscale studies is improving. I would work more on what teloh mentioned about brush stroke and form, using your mark to paint around an object. Like if you were to paint the dude's arm in #20, making marks around his arm instead of lengthwise with it would help show the mass. Hope you get what i mean. :)

[AllyAlbon]

Great start!

[Nyoron]

Torso.

I stopped looking at the reference later on because it was confusing me so I just did Li and Telohs told me. :yayca:

http://i.imgur.com/UJTJs.png

Its lacking out on alot of the tid bits of detail though. :I
Also excuse the weird artifacts...

[Samszym]

Oh cool, another Virginian! Nice job on the studies, and thanks for the comment! Keep up the good work!

[YihyoungLi]

Don't worry about details. Get the values down first in big broad shapes and the details will begin to form themselves. It helps to squint or blur your eyes to see if the painting overall matches the reference. Gogogo. :)

[browntear]

Nice sketchbook. I like your value studies (something I need to work on). Looking forward to seeing more!

[Nyoron]

Vertical: Hurray Virginia! :yayca: thanks for dropping by!
Mr. Li: Ok, thanks for the advice! Always helpful. :)
Browntear: Thank you! :) I like your color stuff color baffles me.. :davis:

been busy for a couple days and It made me kinda worried that I haven't done any drawing in a while :(

so a couple of 5 minute figure drawings :D!

http://i.imgur.com/vI8H5.png

[spraix]

Your brushwork on the first page is really good. Will be fun to see how you develop. =)

[Nyoron]

Thank you spraix :)
(Even though I'm not completely sure what you're talking about... :)?)

Ok ok ok so this one right here is a attempt of doing something simple with color...but I think I brought out the tones a tad too much. :I
All attempts of color before had failed so I just scrapped them, this one is just a stepping stone (hopefully :) ).

http://i.imgur.com/DvyXC.png

[Rustveld]

Thank you for dropping by my sb. Your studies are looking good. Values are pretty good and your colors are coming along nicely as well. I like the brush texture in post #16, I'd like to see more of those. Keep it up!

[Nyoron]

hi hi, i haven't posted here because mostly I've been doing are those accuracy thingies and I feel like it would get repetitive. :I plus I've been super super busy this week so I didn't have time to draw much! :(

so anyways here is half imagination half ref for today.

http://i.imgur.com/BeS0O.png

Rustveld thank you so much for dropping by! Ok, I will :hugsmile:

eyes still somewhat baffle me for some reason...but I've been coming along better with them as of lately. the photo didn't show the iris, only the shading so sorry if it looks like that

[Nyoron]

http://i.imgur.com/2hn5b.png

aubrey...or was it audrey...

[syrella]

Good luck with your work! :D

Anatomical studies are hard, but they pay off eventually! That's the theory anyhow. :)

[Nyoron]

Hey Syrella! Thanks for commenting. Yes, I have studied anatomy but I forgot it, but I learned the most important thing ever! Forms! :yayca: It really helped me in the long run afterwards. Plus learning all those muscles is kinda irritating when you forget them the next day.

http://i.imgur.com/O0Zzi.png


This is just something relaxing I did this morning. Started it as a color but then just made it b/w because it got heaps complicated.


Yaaarghh color I will discover you soon.

[Nyoron]

http://i.imgur.com/Zzg9J.png

:I none of this makes sense!,

[Nyoron]

5 minutes each, getting down harnessing color :)

http://i.imgur.com/TCRKJ.png

[Nyoron]

http://i.imgur.com/0xIcG.png yeahh umm... I cant really render for my life....

[YihyoungLi]

You are working on the right stuff. You are becoming more confidant in your strokes. The last one and the landscapes above it are going in the right direction. Continue adjusting the shapes of color and how they interact with each other and you got it. Keep it simple and clear. :) Maybe do some more gestures like the ones in #34. There r some good websites like characterdesigns.com (http://characterdesigns.com/).

[Nyoron]

You are working on the right stuff. You are becoming more confidant in your strokes. The last one and the landscapes above it are going in the right direction. Continue adjusting the shapes of color and how they interact with each other and you got it. Keep it simple and clear. :) Maybe do some more gestures like the ones in #34. There r some good websites like characterdesigns.com (http://characterdesigns.com/).

Thank you! :D

I did gestures today, but I didnt want to upload because they get repetitive...thats why I barely upload them here....

Also I feel a bit more comfortable with this now. :) I'm going to attempt a full on enviro next time....hehe...

http://i.imgur.com/Vidv2.png

[Nyoron]

Hi guys. I've been very frustrated at doing this art thing, so I've been drawing here and then traditionally on a sketchbook following tid bits of bridgeman. My art class made us draw portraits of ourselves using a mirror so that was nice...I didnt expect that at all...

I felt guilty not updating this so here you go :D

http://i.imgur.com/OwY2u.png



Also yeah I couldnt do the environment...I tried many times but I took a break for my sanity. :( sorry about that.

[Nyoron]

yay! :yayca: I'm back in the drawing mood!

http://i.imgur.com/C01vt.png


from imagination

[Forrest_I]

Thanks for commenting in my sketchbook, keep the updates coming. I want to see more from you! :o

[Jiri92]

Bro #19 looks GREAT

[Nyoron]

I did alot of color studies today, but my program crashed and I didn't save it. So I have nothing to show for it except for this:

http://i50.tinypic.com/28w0i.jpg

[Nyoron]

http://i45.tinypic.com/ermkx1.jpg

From imagination. :yayca:

[Nyoron]

http://i50.tinypic.com/f6v76.jpg

[Nyoron]

I'm tired of drawing just arms :( I'll draw some bodies now :)

http://i45.tinypic.com/2ivguxe.jpg

[Nyoron]

Doodle from imagination. At least its something...

http://i.imgur.com/YZhdz.png

[KeanWai]

Hey. I think you are off to a good start. Those are some nice study drawings you have on this post. You are heading the right direction. Good Job and good luck! :)

[Psychobuddy]

You're studying and doing all the right stuff, just keep working away at it. You'll improve for sure! :D

[Nyoron]

Thanks guys, I'll work on my anatomy stuff some more :) And accuracy too when copying down stuff :D The nose on this one kinda made me confused so I just left it after tweaking it for a while...

http://i.imgur.com/Niwyd.png

This one doodle is from imagination:

http://i.imgur.com/NOLno.png

[Nyoron]

I haven't drawn within 24 hours, so here it is! A study! :D

http://i.imgur.com/COd2z.png

[Nyoron]

the face looks horrendous, but the main focus was getting the colors right :D


http://i.imgur.com/JjfnR.png

[Nyoron]

A lot of problems but getting the hang of this thing :D had epiphanies while working on it.

http://i.imgur.com/skx1H.png

[Nyoron]

I'm going to draw more arms P: 80 more to go

http://i.imgur.com/k7JxT.png

[Nyoron]

50 more to go P:

http://i.imgur.com/n826a.png

[Nyoron]

http://i.imgur.com/undmF.png

30 left!

[Nyoron]

http://i.imgur.com/EAwjf.png


Tryina keep in mind the 3d things :yayca:

[Nyoron]

More Torsos :D

http://i.imgur.com/6MDbq.png

[Nyoron]

I cropped this out of the leg studies I'm currently doing :medusachow:


http://i.imgur.com/X6zMR.png

[Nyoron]

On to legs :D


http://i.imgur.com/8EaVS.png

[Nyoron]

http://i.imgur.com/ATduS.png

[Nyoron]

http://i.imgur.com/XCtUB.png

I tried a color thing, almost worked out here. :D

kinda cheated though, I still have a bit of trouble identifying the values when looking at color :(

[Nyoron]

Umm this is hard... this took longer than it should have :o

http://i.imgur.com/l3drt.png

Gee she looks like a crab or something...

[Nyoron]

mwah some thumbnails :yayca:

http://i.imgur.com/bdeq3.png

[Nyoron]

Well I downloaded brushes off the net and just experimented :D

http://i.imgur.com/ZB6CS.png

[Nyoron]

30 second gesturesss

http://i.imgur.com/etu3R.png

[Nyoron]

To help with color picking

http://i.imgur.com/o5weo.png

[Nyoron]

http://i47.tinypic.com/2cf36v6.jpg


more color pickins :D

[Nyoron]

Bored, imagination stuff :) I really need to do some studies now :o

http://i49.tinypic.com/15ripev.jpg


Bored, messing around with texture brushes....

http://i50.tinypic.com/ezg9r7.jpg

[Nyoron]

http://i47.tinypic.com/20u7l10.jpg

photostudy. I dont know how to paint grass

[Nyoron]

I was trying to fill out my sketchbook, so I didn't do some digital stuff.

Here is something! :)

http://i45.tinypic.com/110xcw5.jpg

[Nyoron]

erkjsekrjsej eyes! :(

http://i48.tinypic.com/2wn8uhl.jpg

[infoleather]

Like if you draw dude arm, # 20, makes mark in his arm, rather than vertical display quality.

[Nyoron]

Like if you draw dude arm, # 20, makes mark in his arm, rather than vertical display quality.

Thank you! I've been trying to keep that in mind. :)

Anyways I've been just trying to fill out my sketchbook and etc.

Here's something:

http://i49.tinypic.com/ay8y3c.jpg

I dont really understand the back :s it looks so different on so many people...