---=== Experimental Surrealism and Abstractions ===---

[thesadpencil]

nice i like the last two studies.your pushing your darks a lot more as well. keep it up and keep practicing.

[l0stinth0ughts]

thanks, the only trouble i am having is getting the darkest to be the darkest, i think i need to buy a darker pencil. Any tip on making things darker?

[PerinGalitte]

Nice work man. The contrasts between light and dark are coming along really well.

[thesadpencil]

all i can say is start w/ your lightest light then just continue to build up over that, maybe try incorporating some things like conte crayon or charcoal to help bring out more dark.

[l0stinth0ughts]

[thesadpencil]
hmm, i can make charcoal on my own, hehe. I dont know about crayon, but ill give it a shot.
[perin]
thanks, the two drawings took me almost 45 min ea. ill post up some more as soon as im finish touching up these two.

[l0stinth0ughts]

its my birthday! whoo hoo

[SoulBeaver]

Congratulations on being...20? xD How's it feel?

Anyway, jumping over for a thanks for posting, and to comment on your own work. It seems nice, and I like the dummy staring out the window xD

The life study there is pretty nice. What you can always do is push it over to photoshop and change the brightness/contrast on it.

I heard that charcoal does not mix with graphite, so I don't know how that will work out for you xD

The hand at the back of the head (last study pic you have thus far) is a little off. Well, the.... finger next to the thumb? Is that the index finger? The index finger is looking a little odd I think xD

Anyway, enjoy the rest of your birthday and keep on grinding

[l0stinth0ughts]

Thanks, soulbeaver, it feels like any other birthday, except that i feel much older now but not any more mature lol.
i have to try it out see if i cant just use charcoal for the dark spots. thanks though.

[l0stinth0ughts]

heres some muscle studies, tell me what u think.

[Kinch Pulaski]

wow
i really really have enjoyed the scope of stuff you've presented here!
from cartoonish things to really well constructed anatomy, youre a creative person with some real talent and skillz.
being such a novice i dont think i can really give you any advice. keep up the good work!

[l0stinth0ughts]

This i did a self portait in ceramics class in april '06. tell me what you think.

[amoolie]

The skull half of your ceramic portrait is beautiful (I like the gray lines against white) . I'm just wondering why the flesh half lacks teeth/tongue. Was that artistic choice?

[l0stinth0ughts]

{kinch pulaski}
thanks, i like to experiment with different styles, it makes things more interesting for me, sticking to one thing seems to bold and boring. i started out as a novice once but i kept pushing myself everyday to do a drawings or some kind of art.
{amoolie}
thanks, umm it was a self portait and its kinda embarassing but i do have that teeth gone lol. and tongue i really couldnt get inside since it was already hard and greenware stage. Everybody was doing other famous people just regular but i wanted to do something different and decided to tear half of my face off. i guess the true beauty lies beneath the skin. like judging a book by its cover.

[Giorge]

Oh man that ceramic head is so wierd , looks like a freak accident form ogrish , you could've worked a little bit more on the carnal part , and on the hair

[JCH]

Thanks for stopping by my sb and keep up the good work. Keep working on your anatomy and it will all fall into place. good luck!

[kidult]

Nice range of works here - not so sure about the skull though. U should try work on some tonal studies in your drawings - should help to improve them even more

[Smeg Head]

Thanks for stopping by my SB.

Love the studies you're doing - the skull looks surreal, something i've always wanted to do is model some of my ideas. Keep going

[l0stinth0ughts]

{flamable}
lol yea it is kinda weird. the hair and the facial part i had to rush through because it had a due date, the skeletal part of the head took me about 2 weeks to finish, i had to use a reference from a real skull.
{JCH}
thanks for stopping by my sketchbook, yes im working on drawing my anatomy and currently studying the whole human body. thanks for keeping me motivated.
{kidult}
thanks for the comment, currently im working on my shades and lights. but thats all i can say on my part of drawing.
{smed head}
thanks for the comment, yes im into surrealism, and experimenting with all different styles of art and different areas of art. you should try modeling some of your ideas on paper and see how that works out for ya.

[l0stinth0ughts]

this one took me 1 hr and half, couldnt really see her face and hair so i added a few details myself, tell me what you think.

[UnSharpened]

Hi l0stinth0ughts, thanks for comment.
The recent post have shown improvement. Nice study of light, I don't think you have to worry about the detail too much, though it does make the drawing more beautiful. Yet I think it's worthwhile to pay more attention on seeing the figure as a whole, which is the trap I constantly fall into it.

[l0stinth0ughts]

thanks, unsharpened. yea but i guess thats what im good with i dont like things to be out of order. im addicted to getting things in the right proportions and the right shades. well thanks for your comment again.

[ItalianHorsey]

Dude...Your surreal stuff is amazing, I love it. Those first two nude girls are good, I like the shading. I like the first one more. Keep drawing! I can see the improvement.

[Té-Can]

Thanks for the comment on my sketchbook.
Those are some really great works. Those figures look really great, love the shading. How 'bout some more colored works? :]

[l0stinth0ughts]

{italianhorsey}
thanks dude im currently pushing myself to draw everyday even though i dont feel like it, i guess its the only way to get better at drawing. also im glad that you like the surreal drawings, ill post up some more soon here in the week.
{te-can}
no problem man, i not only want help from others but i want to feel that i can help others too. thanks, for commenting on the shading, it was a challenge i can tell you that, and colored works lol, ill work on that maybe next work. im still experimenting with my acrylic paints, some of them are embarrassing and i dont want to post them. but keep checking in and i might post some earlier.

[Nibras]

hey lostinthoughts you got a great SB you imagination is greaaaaaaaaaaat really really good and your sketches are really improving and also lawl great shading very good allo around. Liking the studies thier coming out great btw thank you for the lovely comments on my sketchbook glad you like it and from now on i'll be working harder

[l0stinth0ughts]

{lilnebo}
why thank you, i only live up to the comments i get back and the expression on peoples faces when they see them, or on the computer i look for the expression in the words lol. good im glad your working harder on your drawing ability, best of luck

[Giorge]

I see that you've put a lot of time it that last one , 1h you should do in a hower about 100-200 drawings , quick sketches , and see witch ones you like ,and where you have problems , that way when you will draw a 1 h picture it will become more spectacular. In this one you have some value problems , specially on the face, you should do some shadow studies just with a black marker , no pencil , no pen , draw just the shadows on a paper. Keep drawing , keep posting , see ya in a few posts

[m4rc]

flamable +1
but level up in shading for the last one, that's really cool. keep it up

[l0stinth0ughts]

hey thanks guys for keeping me motivated and for the comments
{flamable}
thanks but i dont think speed rushing anything will help anything lol, i take my time and see what values go where and which darks i can use. but lately ive been having problems trying to get the darkest the dark, cuz my 6b pencil can only go that dark. so i was thinking of using charcoal instead or paint. but ill get around to it, thank you again for the comment ill keep posting.
{m4rc}
thanks for the comment and motivation, and i think i did level up in shading lol.

[l0stinth0ughts]

My first surreal drawing again, kinda delaed on uploading yesterday, was kinda busy. Also a few sketches and doodles from my sketchbook, but tell me what you think?