Shamandalie's sham and a lie.

[Helltroll]

Keep pushing forward, valiantly forge ahead!

In that last painting, especially with the people, it would help to establish a fuller range of values.
With linework and traditional drawing and all that jazz, if you're having confidence problems, try spending a while and drawing a more developed piece, really paying attention to what you draw.
A great exercise that has helped me a good bit is to take a film you like, pause it on a scene that is really cool or brilliantly executed compostion-wise, and take an hour or two or three and just draw it, getting all the forms and values right.

Keep it up!

[Flaskpost]

i like those flat colors on the mowlskinns! stylish.
moar!

[Jamesy]

Those last couple of sketch pages are really kewwl, I like the colors and lines a lot! Good to see you pushing your paintin' skillz too, keep it up!!

[shamandalie]

NothingReallyExists - Thanks for the info dude, i didn't realize that. I might fix it when i have the time.

zalxemptyx - You commented, yayyy! Thank you dear.

Sorknes - Thank you!!

Syran - Aww shucks, that's a booster! Thank you for going through my whole sketchie!

jigje - And then die after that = @___@

Mydrako - Thanks Neo! You are right, i didn't draw it too well before painting and i went into color too fast. I'll watch out for that.

Helltroll - Thanks dude! That's really my problem, i keep rushing my work to reach deadlines. I am gonna take some of my old stuff soon and develop further. Thanks a lot for dropping by.

Flaskpost - Thank you! ...except they are not moleskine, i can't afford them.

Jamesy - Thanks dude!!!

Okay i've been really sad lately, my grandma passed away, may she rest in peace. Haven't been very productive so i've shaved my head and "valiantly forge ahead!" (Thanks Helltroll.)

Shane Dawson WIP. Check him out, i've been doing things to cheer me up and this guy is really funny. Well to me anyway.

[Mag-Neo]

----- BEAUTYFUL................. Keep 'em mate......... GOOD LUCK............

[shamandalie]

Mag-Neo - Thanks dude!

OKAY OKAY, i know this isn't my best. Haha, but it's been a god damn long time since i actually drew manga, almost 5 years ago? I got bored of this so i just kinda winged the background.

No drawings yet, but i promise soon! I don't have a scanner at home so it's kinda troublesome. Sorry! I have a few stuff to scan, so i'll wait till i have at least 20 pages to do a sketch dump.

[shamandalie]

Okay i think i'm done with Shane.

ONWARD.

[shamandalie]

An hour from Bobby Chiu's live broadcasting. Big but graceful. I just like that text font a lot. D:

[zalxemptyx]

hola dugong ! i like !!

[chibimeli]

oh yay, i has 5 stars for sex hair sticker! 8D

[shamandalie]

zalxemptyx - Thanks dear

chibimeli - you are welcome! maybe i should sell them, i gave 5 away already.

OKAY PMS KILLS EVERYTHING. Sorry had to get that out of my system.
Good news, i thought my 9 year old scanner is spoilt, but after a change of wires, it still works!
The only problems are that it fucks up my wacom when the scanner is plugged in, and it can't really scan a full A4 cause it will cut at the sides.
The quality is not that good though, well it is old. Expect more traditional/pencil stuff soon!

For now, some sketchies, posemaniacking and Vilppu studies.

Last pic is from another Chiu-stream, topic: Fat and Scary.

[shamandalie]

Couple of sketches from photo ref. Please do not mind the giraffe sticker.

[willdraw4food]

LOL @ the last pic "I'm sexey."

Keep up the studies

[JS Neo]

Haaa nice stuff.. I am seeing some vilppu studies and i say keep at it. I think the one thing you are lacking now is the volume, the 3d structure. Your figure tend towards a sense of non structure. Continue reading the vilppu manual. It teaches u how to bring structure to your figures..

I like the owl btw. I think u did that well...

[kelly x]

Hi Sham!!!!!!!!!!! Your stuff is looking good and hi and so are you!!!!

[shamandalie]

willdraw4food - Thanks dear!

Mydrako - Thanks alot dude! I VILL TRY MA BEST.

kelly x - Thank you for dropping by Kelly! Wuv you!

I am currently learning how to rotoscope, matte paint and do digital touchups. A little intense, i know. Rotoscoping and matte paint is for my future and digital touchups is my next job. I will be a photoshop/digital imaging artist! NO MORE TEACHING MEDIOCRE STUFF. I'm happy and i hope i'll be learning a lot more there.

Nothing much for now, just a matte paint. I've learnt a lot of digital touchup techniques which can be used for my future matte paints so i'm happy that they somewhat tie in together.

[JS Neo]

Look great ! I see a few things that can be improved though. You have gotten your sky color pretty correct. The reflected light on the mountains are accurate but i notice one patch that is not correct in the mid ground, just in front of the building, the slightly bluer patch. Your sky have a slight greenish tinge to it, and you might want to make the shadow area of your building similarly so. Other than that, great job !! Good luck to ur new job and good luck in ur possible future job

[ditchman]

Cool, good luck with your new job... matte looks good to me, though I'm not an expert.

[shamandalie]

Mydrako - Thanks for spotting that out dude! I wouldn't have seen it myself.

Ditchman - Thank you!

Okay here are some sketchies and the final matte, a little color change on the front. Now, i just have to figure out how to composite in nicely.

[Ryn]

Damnnn, look at all those studies! Keep up all the hard work! Maybe slow down a little, some of them look a bit rushed. Quality over quantity in all things, take time to concentrate and let those studies soak into your visual memory. Keep it up, rah rah rah!

[chibimeli]

oooh, what's the smokey thing on the right side of the matte?

[reme]

nice painting

[shamandalie]

Ryn - Thanks darling! RAH RAH RAH back!

chibimeli - those are actually low-lying clouds, which is part of the pic itself. I didnt add that

reme - Thanks jake! (your name keep changing @_@)

I feel really bad for not posting anything, been very busy with work. So i decided to paint something after work. Ref-ed, about half an hour. I promise to post more soon by the end of the week! @_@

[shamandalie]

Some sketchies from random sources. (Bridgman, train etc.)

Man, my scanner is so horrible. I will take picures with my cam (yay i got a second hand one!) next time.

[kikindaface]

Nice stuff old lady ! especially the matte painting which looks great ! tho i find weird that the shadow of the temple is really desaturated, whereas the shadow of shadows on the mountains looks really blue ( maybe because of the snow! ) i'm looking forward to see new matte paintings !

[Elophant]

Like the anatomy studies pretty much

[chibimeli]

the eyes sketchies look so cute XD

like those stickers in a packet XD

[shamandalie]

Walid D - Thanks dude! I've edited it as you can see. More matte coming soon hopefully!

Elophant - Thank you!

chibimeli - Haha, Thanks meli!

What happened to the native american man painting.

[JS Neo]

Thats really great !! Try to make ur brushstroke more delibrate and give it some sort of direction. I would say going along the form with it would be a good guide. and vary ur edges too. This is really a great improvement so keep it coming..!

[shamandalie]

Mydrako - Thanks for the comment dude, i think i still need to copy and learn a lot more. Still cannot draw from my head like you. @_@

Okay, i think my camera is better than my scanner. Too bad my drawings are no better than my paintings.
MORE PRACTICE TO COME.