XRL [Feb.4]

[the ANGRY filipino]

Hey Ronald!
Whew, your output amazes me man!
keep on pushing yourself, keep on taking it to the next level!

[ChuanMing]

It looks like a landscape. Quite good.

[xinranliu]

Filipino: thanks
Ming: yes i had a mountain in my head

what i've been doing lately is bad i try to do it without ref and i failed
so i used my own hand as ref, but still bad
tried to do a self portrait, drew some characters from the zohan movie (it was a poor movie, really disappointing)

[Untouched24]

Hey. Nice sketchbook, I can see the improvement from the beginning to the last few posts. No real critique, just keep it up and keep improving.

[JailHouseRock]

Hi Ronald, dude I am so impresed with your improvement!
Your anatomy and life drawing has come on so much since the first page, and
I think the Hogarth studys really upped your skill as well,

great work man, keep improving!

matt

[alffla]

thank you for the comment on my sb i think i'm pretty much set on trying to pursue art as a career already just have to tell my parents. haha good luck to you too you're still young and you're improving a lot already!

[Silvenon]

I love your drawings, especially the studies, keep it up.

[shiNIN]

I dunno why are you so dissatisfied with your new hand studies, they're not bad, they look like believable hands, even without shadows! my hand studies are bad, not yours it's common sense that hands are tough but it seems I have extreme difficulties with them, I dunno copying (photo/life drawing) in big amount will help or I should analyze the anatomy of the human hand, but I already did that

[J.Hansen]

hey this stuff is looking good. i will give you some more substantial comments later, i want o play some guitar hero before i go to work, but i just want to note that i also drew some hands today, once again...your stuff makes me get so competitive. ill scan them later. keep it up pro!

[Vigilandus]

Hmm, this proves that... STUDY = PROGRESS

DO MORE!!

Head studies! Try not to think in outlines while doing these head studies, think PLANES. Uhh... good luck man

[xinranliu]

Untouched24: thank you
JailHouseRock: love that Leonidas caricature and damn 16 years old? i'm freaking retarded
dlquddnr: tell me their reaction anyway going to law school should be a good life experience for you, no big harm except the money and the time
Silvenon: yes I appreciate the warm words
shiNIN: it still looks stiff to me, personal expectations, I guess. being satisfied is to stay at a plateau of a mountain - dunno who said it
Vigilandus: I'm trying to see it as planes. then in my head i think of it as a 3d software running on my paper monitor

i learned that the pads on the palm side of the fingers are equal in length
it makes me happy
also in my own craziness i signed up for the teen knockout challenge.. i started something really primitive but it didn't fit any topic in the end. besides, i have a better idea now

another concern was brush economy... i should start with a big rounded brush to block in stuff before horsing around with my favorite small caligraphy brushes... yes a thought to consider

argh already 3 months

[humanNature6115]

Gettin better.
Practice 3d space.

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Sketchbook
http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=120761

[shiNIN]

I like the new pictures the studies are impressive (good feet! me too, me too... I will make tons of studies today), the skulls are cute and the painting has a nice relaxing mood, light on the waves...
and I understand you about the hands, I don't say it's the top, ofcoz, just that I can't see a reason to be so unpleased, hands need much practice (and there are unfortunate beings who try, try and often fail miserably ).

[J.Hansen]

wow, im liking these new sketches. especially the new hand studies. really impressive. your color use is awesome in this last post, definitely relaxing like shinin said. good work on that earlier SP. i think you could really start thinking about form on the face rather than seeing it as so two dimensional. casting more dramatic lighting on your face will help you see the depth in your features more effectively. keep it up, davinci.

[yinteck]

Hey thank for dropping by at my SB, i like this http://www.conceptart.org/forums/sho...8&postcount=60
很美 !
Keep doing those anatomy studies. You are improving fast

[xinranliu]

humanNature6115: any good exercice/study for that? idk like simplifying the shapes and stuff...
shiNIN: it's okay to fail lol
J.Hansen: thanks but don't dis Leonardo, he's a real master
yinteck: thanks you

I've been scribbling some small stuff for planes, also working on something... it's a crop of that sketch

[JailHouseRock]

Shit that last ones the best yet...such great tone and mood..well done,

and I love that chicken sketch ferther up the page LOL!

[xinranliu]

That chicken sketch was all thanks to you your crosshatching has great rhythms and I was really envious so I tried to change my technique a little bit. It used to be all 45 degrees straight boring lines. still have to work on that though.

Thanks dude!

[remmy]

Wow, you've done allot in a really short amount of time... dam. Your studies are coming along really well. It seams you have a really good grasp of the natural and built environment and your earlier mucking around on photoshop has served you well. Keep at man.

[Nibras]

The last one = huge improvment
Latest studies = huge improvment
Man really nice pencil studies
The skulls seem really great
Do life drawing of your hands feet legs etc it's sooooo funn, you don't have to start with a 4hours drawing you can do like 10mins or just basic shading and then the more you do the funner it gets and you can spend more time on it
Have fun!!!!!!!!

[Kurjuus]

your last on shows a huge improvement, it's very cool composition and color wise

Just keep studying and you'll do fine is all can tell ya.

[xinranliu]

so yeah I changed my name yay! for some obscure reason my parents gave me the nickname of asshole (it sounds less bad in Chinese..), or just ass in short.

enough of that

i bought a new A4 sketchbook and a tiny one for eventual bus/subway sketching 140 pages of good quality paper has been wasted so far D:

[xinranliu]

remmy: won't give up
lilnebo: fun that's important eh
Kurjuus: thank you, yup

this is my final for the last teen standing, i'm also doing a daily character sketch, thanks to lilnebo (or Ming?) for the idea

[Webzu]

Kudos to your effort and dedication man! It's really easy to see you've made progress since post 1. And really liking the last painting, keep up the good job.

[alffla]

hi your studies are great i have yet to tell my parents~ but i'm really set on doing this by now! keep up the good work! i need to buy a sketchbook really soon. hahah.

[xinranliu]

Webzu: Thank you.
dlquddnr: Go get one ASAP.

A few pages from my sketchbook.

[xinranliu]

Soo I'm a conte first timer and I hated it it's nice to try something new though. I like pastel, really bright and lively colors. Abstract is fun but I feel like I'm cheating

also I've achieved some primitive result with digital painting, I'll have to break it down to little pieces and start doing more in depth studies

edit: i realized i misspelled wisdom ('wisedom') can't believe it dang

[yinteck]

Like the last environment ! Keep those study coming

[Nibras]

The digi is amazing man!
Woo at the improvment
And heck i neva knew you were 15/16..........
But your digis are super good really really good
keep it up

[David79]

sympa on vois que tu travaille! mais un truque important que tu ne fait pas c'est une structure base (surtout dans le scketchbook) !
ok le scenario de la montagne nickel sinon continue sa promais .

keep training !!!