Autumnal Sketchfactory

[Autumnal Dream]

Hey mates and welcome to my first sketchbook !


I finally decided to start one, cause I need more motivation to draw..
I hope I'll get some friendly comments and helpful critique.


The following sketches are... well, nearly all doodles and works I've ever drawn.
I'm drawing since late 2004 now... very irregular at first and I just drew about 3-5 pics a year. Anyway I'm drawing more seriously since summer 2007.
I could go crazy cause I started that late! So I'll practise and learn as well as I can to regain the lost time quickly.
So... you see, i got hardly any practice and experiences .
I try to improve myself and eventually find an own style.

I got to know a girl in school last week and she's a genius in drawing o.o.
We want to start a comic together and I guess it will inspire and motivate me.


... Well, I hope you like my first tryings


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[Autumnal Dream]

Let's begin with a few simple doodles in my collegeblock ...






the sheep and the squirrel are small characters from our comic... as you can see they hate eachother ;D









first tryings to learn anatomy..







scribbling on desks kicks ass! ;D


first time drawing a hand

[LexMedden]

D8 da sind ja noch mehr bilder die ich nicht kenne
ahhh das is soo gemein du bist so guut DX

[Autumnal Dream]

Thanks Lex !!

Well, here we go again:


first time drawing a manga.. i don't like 'em, but I thought it could be interesting.


and another hand...

[JellevdVegt]

cool stuff and good start! just keep practicing and it will pay off. its wise not to focus on manga stuff, in case you didnt know that. life drawing is the best way to learn. good luck!

[Autumnal Dream]

Thanks for the good advise !

Update: a bit more detailed stuff -->
Don't flinch from givin' some crits

[Evxyza92]

Nice skecthbook man keep posting these up.

[LexMedden]

wow 8D
jetzt hast du schon viele comments
hast du dir aber auch verdient^^

[FourTonMantis]

WOW that sketch on that desk is awesome...

uh i mean don't draw on desks that's bad.

seriously, how did you not get caught?

[AmontilladoAg]

Hey, glad to see you started a SB

Draw, draw, draw, man... the lions, the hands, this last babe It's lookin' good!

You might think about doing more from life, and more full-figure drawings... but whatever you do, don't stop

Cheers

[Flipnastywebby]

thanks for posting on my sketch book


one suggestion, try using the edge of the pencil, and if your using a tech pencil, great for laying out a line drawing, try a wooden or a stick of graphite. You can get some great effects with just one stroke, for like shading and even certain lines, like lips, eyes and hair.


anyway keep up the drawing buddy, your stuff has some good potential.


Slainte!

[Autumnal Dream]

Ahhh.. thank you all!
I always need some advices or crits.

New stuff for today ->


sketching in the car, but it was verrrrry jerrrking so I couldn't draw that clean.
The man at the bottom is my dad driving ;D

a portrait of a friend

[mEj]

Hi, Thanks for visiting my sketchbook.

You have beautiful drawings, you have lovely line quality.

[loveandasandwich]

Your portraits are really great! Do tons tons tons more, it really helps a lot in learning face structure. & they make good random presents, haha. Keep it up, you seem to be improving very quickly!

[Autumnal Dream]

Yay, thank you ! Your comments are very motivating.. I'll try it out .


First tryings of coloring with painter X:





And a superfast-sketch of my sleeping brother ;D :

[Autumnal Dream]

Speedsketching myself:

[Autumnal Dream]

omg... even more crazy crap -.-':

[Flipnastywebby]

the potrait of a girlfriends is wonderful


slainte!

[Nistarn]

I have to agree the portrait is really great and the unfinish girl up there also

[LexMedden]

wow you can draw yourself?
I can not do that o_O really coool
great art!! I don't have ideas at the moment, ehm I invent a new story cuz my old one has become really boring. you know, new characters, new places..
but I can not draw XD It looks horrible

[Autumnal Dream]

Thanks... here I got another one for you

Selfportrait... not finished yet (quali sucks 'cause of my damn scanner -.-):

[Nistarn]

Great work I only have a doubt about the angle of perspective of the lips, and thoses eyelids ( down) line to strong? i really like the way you render it. Finfish it please : )

[VenomVindicta]

wow i love the slightly cartoon-y ones, they made me laugh. really well drawn aswell.
the way you draw the hair on your characters is really good, i'm trying to get mine to look a bit like that, so thanks for the inspiration

Venom

[Autumnal Dream]

Thanks to you both .
Nistarn your're right... I've seen the lip-problem allready.. but I don't want to change anything, cause I drew the lines too hard. They whould stay visible and that looks terrible. And the eyes... well, they are a bit too accentuated.
I'll improve this next time .

[Autumnal Dream]

Sorry friends... it's exam-time and I won't update a lot in the next two weeks =/. I hope to get at least time for some skribbling.

See ya! - Jul

[Stormie]

Your drawings have great energy! Do you have any drawing books or are you teaching yourself? I think with your drive, the right instruction would really help you take your art up to the next level. Good luck with your exams

[Autumnal Dream]

Thank you very much
.. no I never had an instructor.. I wish I had..
Unfortunately I'm not that productive .. so I havn't got much practice.
Anyway I'll do my best to improve myself .

[Autumnal Dream]

Well, here I am again !

I had some unhappy weeks... school.. exams.. an operation at a tendon (ouch).. and so on...

This is what I scribbled in my "visual diary" (it's a project for school) during my hospital stay.




I bought a small sketchbook (REALLY small xD.. like the palm of hand) for my sweet little cousin. She's 5 years old and of great talent. I drew the first page for her (she looooves horses ;D)





Got holidays for two weeks, so I'll have more time to draw ;D.

See ya! - Jul

[Blaz]

Hey!
Fancy stuff.

I can see the portraits are becoming better and better...
...also nice job on the horse in last post, especially the hair!

Keep updating!

[Autumnal Dream]

Hi friends!

First time exploring the world of watercolors
Hadn't enough time to finish all of them...
Without ref except last one.