May Contain Content

**Mihail** · September 25th, 2012, 11:46 AM

Here's what I was doing while the forums were down

Another attempt at selfportrait
Name: sp090912.jpg
Views: 298
Size: 69.1 KB

Some ears

Name: 110912.jpg
Views: 297
Size: 79.8 KB

A couple more Delaroche studies
Name: masterstudy170912.jpg
Views: 298
Size: 105.9 KB

Name: masterstudy190912.jpg
Views: 297
Size: 58.0 KB

And an egg from life
Name: 240912.jpg
Views: 297
Size: 28.5 KB

**sony** · September 25th, 2012, 12:07 PM

liking the line work, title is very funny

**Mr.Ebony** · September 25th, 2012, 03:22 PM

I like your value studies.

**Mihail** · September 26th, 2012, 01:23 PM

Thank you!

Here's another lifestudy
Name: 250912.jpg
Views: 272
Size: 33.8 KB

**Lagarto** · September 26th, 2012, 02:02 PM

very nice studies! but everything you paint seems a bit too soft. I think a bit more of sharpenss would make your work look better.

**Mihail** · September 27th, 2012, 01:47 PM

Thank you, Lagarto. Yes, softness/blurriness is something I seem to have problems with. I'm trying to be mindfull about it.

Another one from life
Name: 260912.jpg
Views: 262
Size: 94.6 KB

Name: 260912.jpg
Views: 262
Size: 94.6 KB

**Mihail** · October 2nd, 2012, 02:20 PM

**hu-ha** · October 2nd, 2012, 03:51 PM

Love how You simply and carefully do your beautiful studies. I only wish your pencil drawings were less pixelated. And some bigger work would be sweet too.

**Mihail** · October 3rd, 2012, 02:08 PM

Thank you for your kind words, hu-ha.
You know, I kinda like the pixelated/digitalish look of them. Don't know why.
I actually draw them zoomed in, feels better somehow. As a result they turn out quite small at 100%. So I gotta resize either interpolating them or not. I prefer not to.

Here's kinda meh study from today
Name: 031012.jpg
Views: 243
Size: 32.6 KB

Name: 031012.jpg
Views: 243
Size: 32.6 KB

**Eleyon** · October 3rd, 2012, 02:13 PM

I don't know if is your style, but all your studies seems to lack some contrast, all the lights are neutral but it doesn't bother me to be honest...

**Mihail** · October 4th, 2012, 01:37 PM

**Mihail** · October 11th, 2012, 01:36 PM

**Mihail** · October 13th, 2012, 01:49 PM

**Mihail** · October 17th, 2012, 01:15 PM

**Mihail** · October 22nd, 2012, 01:31 PM

**Mihail** · October 23rd, 2012, 01:17 PM

**Mihail** · October 24th, 2012, 01:52 PM

**Leonor** · October 24th, 2012, 02:11 PM

I missed your heads. I love the realism and the line economy. I forgot if you do them from imagination or references?

**The Daywood** · October 24th, 2012, 07:28 PM

Check your private messages... I'd like to see if we could work together on a project...

**Mihail** · October 25th, 2012, 02:28 PM

Thank you!
Yes, Leonor, I use reference. Yet I'm not trying to follow it too close. I use it like a starting point, something to inspire me, give me an idea. The drawing ends up being some sort of weird 'variation on a theme'. I guess you could say I'm drawing these heads both from reference and imagination

Here's a reference used for one of the drawings to compare
Name: 84804072.G5q3ACaT.RHCCC011.JPG
Views: 135
Size: 73.9 KB

And another head
Name: 251012.jpg
Views: 136
Size: 44.3 KB

**Mihail** · October 26th, 2012, 12:45 PM

**Mihail** · November 7th, 2012, 12:16 PM

**Mihail** · November 16th, 2012, 11:30 AM

**Mihail** · November 19th, 2012, 12:27 PM

**lionheartGFX** · November 20th, 2012, 10:14 AM

you are doing some awesome practice in here, i like the focus in your studies shows some real improvement in your drawing skills keep on going you got a great sb!

cheers

**Mihail** · November 22nd, 2012, 12:38 PM

Thank you for such kind words lionheartGFX!

Name: 221112.jpg
Views: 66
Size: 39.6 KB

**kmaxon21** · February 12th, 2013, 04:50 AM

Hey, love the sketchbook, especially the heads. That said, here's my 2 cents of advice: your ellipses in
http://conceptart.org/forums/showthr...89#post3543889
and
http://conceptart.org/forums/showthr...99#post3547799
are a bit sharp on the edges. In the second one it could be the shape of the cup, hard to tell. But I think it's pretty clear in the first one, on the bottom corners of the object (which shouldn't be corners at all, but rather should curve up into the sides). Ellipses can be hard, but it can be helpful to practice drawing them on top of rectangles in perspective. Another helpful practice is just sitting down and filling a page up with quick ellipses. They come out best when you do them smoothly in one nice motion of the arm.

This article on ellipses (found, granted, with just a quick google search) seems to be pretty accurate to the best of my own knowledge:
http://sibleyfineart.com/tutorial--draw-ellipses.htm

Wish you the best in your endeavors!