Jamie Romoser's Sketchbook

[GweNdZ]

those still lifes look awesome. and you did a great job on that armor ^^

[Jonas_J]

Really great to see that you are studying armor while doing your armored characters. Keep it up!

[Jamie Romoser]

Krato-so right hands are blah need to get back on the ball and study them more. Been killing it in your sketchbook Krato

Malakuko-yeah actually im starting to get back into using a flat brush im enjoying it so far

Diarum-haha yeah I actually did watch that documentry on Carravaggio hes a badass. But noo dont shoot for my character work its crap, check out Cryptcrawler his works mindblowing

Benjie-thanks Ben looking forward to seeing the work bro

teapo-thanks man will have to get in touch and draw some shit haha fist person ive met that lives in new mexico on here

My57-thank you will keep ar it ^^

Wanna-sup Wanna how I got the commisons was just pretty much applying for every single art job thing I could find on Deviant art and Concept art theres tons of work out there just apply for them all worst thing that will happen is theyl just say no

Turbosnail-thanks Turbosnail haha thats a cool name you got there. But yeah so much stuffs off cant even name them all. Luckly im able to keep tweaking them cause hes not done with the book yet.

kingkostas-yeah understanding how light works on metal is such a mystery to me its sooo off in my characters hopefully these studies will translate to making them more believeable

Fumble-ah yeah the legs are to long will fix that up thanks for the crit. always appriciate gettings crits

GweNdZ-thank you alot more still lifes on the way there alot of fun

Braintree-yeah will keep up the studies and keep trying to apply them to my characters and stuff.

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thank you all those who sent me PMs for the job wasnt expecting to get that many sorry if I didnt get back to you.
So fellow dagger Benjie will be teaming up with me for this commision, we have a test run soon so hopefully we can land this job

hate posting without any art to show so heres some crappy studies
~photo study today
~start to a Frazetta study

[Kungfoowiz]

Hey Jamie

I like how you're thinking of the strokes in the latest solider piece. You even have the reflection on his blade blocked in there. I would've perhaps worked on the image as a whole, as you have quite a lot of detail in his face, whereas the other elements feel more blocked in. But as a study, yeah, it's good, I like the lighting on his helmut and how you suggested fur on his hood.

[Wanna]

Thanks man, might try doing that so it'll give me a kick in the balls and force me to work more
Like the soldier study. The face looks real good tho you might add darker values to help define the form

[llex_paul]

i like this painted brush feel, great! i would also add more details

[Ariel9]

SO MUCH PROGRESS, man! You are awesome. Congrats on the job! You're getting better and better. Keep it up

[FraserMcT]

Thanks for the drop in on my sketchbook.
Good luck getting the job. You deserve it after all of your hard work. Keep at it, and keep up the studies!
Really like the blocked in reflection on the sword. Looks awesome.

[Royzy]

Wow you have some wiiiicked paintings in here. The characters are looking great.

[TheGnoll]

looking very good man, your hard work is definately paying off!

so many digital studies and the characters are looking better and better.

You are progressing at an impressive pace and with lots of enthusiasm,
and i envy the dedication you put in these painting studies.
I like the design you show in some of your characters and your work is sure to blossom soon if you keep working like this.

Just as a suggestion, make sure you don't lose track of the drawing underneath all the painting.A great drawing with sloppy paint might look decent enought, a good painting with a sloppy drawing won't, IMHO.
The last knight character looks great, but could have looked better with a bit more work in the preliminary phase of construction, to avoid some tangents (example:waist-cloth with right arm elbow-guard thing), better describe form (ex:right side shoulder guard), anatomy (not bad at all in this one, but still a bit too oblong, even for a tall person, unless he's a really, really tall person ) and some more research (example: his left elbow guard looks quite weird and uncomfortable, his plate mail-looks like the points should be pointing down instead of up).Its really small things, but there's a practical reasons for small details of that, and leaning "how (and why) stuff works" only adds to the design.
All these are not nitpicks directed to that particular piece of yours but general suggestions about things that you could keep in mind, and gradually remember to focus on,while working on a piece, until it becomes instinctive (and therefore, effortless)

Sorry for the long blurb, keep updating!

[EpicKey]

thanx for bumpin my Sb and nice work yourself

[sourgasm]

good stuff going on in here. you're improving all over the place. keep mixing up studies from life with your imagination stuff. thats the ticket, and its clearly working for you !

[hunchback]

dude you got a job congratz man

i woulda done it with ya T_T

but im not as good as you....

[teapo]

dude, definitely, we should meet up some time and have a sketch session or something . i'm sure you and Benjie will do great for the test run. digging that photo study, which reminds me, i should probably find some stock photos that have people wearing armor/weapons ... (^-^d) keep it up my fellow 505 brother!

[6 Sided]

Wow. I really like looking at your improvement. What an inspiring sketchbook.

[strybjorn]

masses of progress here man - great to see so much dedication!

no crits here - just keep going, your doing all the right things!

[Ariel9]

I like the edge study, don't say it fails. It rocks
Also, great work on the Bridgeman studies lately, I totally love them!
Keep going man!

[Howie]

Very nice Sketchbook, your dedication to doing studies is quite inspiring...i think i might do one now

[Pixie Trick]

Great work! O, and congratz on the job!

Keep up those studies from life, as well as those awesome photo studies, my friend.

[Ill-Conceived]

Very cool stuff Jamie! I'm really digging your Last Strider characters. Nice lighting on the armor, keep pushing yourself and keep up the nice work.

[JustinBeckett]

Nice update, really like the still life paint!

[Krato]

nice painting use some different brushes though it confuses whats skin/cloth

[Michaelsama]

Yo OmertA,
After checkin out you're progress I feel like I need to post more than once a week! About the lighting of metals; that is a whole area I haven't delved into yet. However, if you were to buy some items for reference you could check out Bud-k.com for affordable weapons. If you want the real deal you could can go to http://www.museumreplicas.com/.
Don't know if that helps, but cool stuff non-the less. Peace.

[Nibras]

I want to see those jobs so bad! really looking forward to them!
Can I get sneak previews
Nebo

[Wanna]

update? :p

[zhonked]

Congrats on getting the two commissions! The characters and studies are looking good. I hope we'll get to see the rest as you go. There's nothing quite like a focused project (a paid one at that) to get you to push yourself and do even better. Your recent stuff looks great especially the colors and tones. Thanks for dropping by my sb by the way. In regards to your question, I really don't have any advice for approaching faces except things that people have pointed out to me, make sure the construction and structure is solid and find features and patterns you like and emphasize them. Other than that you already know, study study study Cheers and keep it up! Will definitely be back to see more!

[borisfries]

You know what I think about you. You are awesome. The thing that impressed me the most (and still does) is the fact that you are already so good. And I told you this before: keep on working like you did and you will be rich and famous

Your progress is just inspiring.

Thanks for all your help and KEEP IT UP.

Boris

[derss]

Hey! some rly cool digital paintings you have done. trying to start myself but i get so frustrated

anyway, good work and keep it up!

[Sebastian Gromann]

great work dude


but now .... SHOW US MORE !

[ThomasM]

Inspiring thread - great to see how much improvement can be made in so few pages! Keep up the good work, and I'll definitely be back to check this sb out! - Subscribed. I'd crit but I'm nowhere near this level so youll have to make do with some encouragement...

Tom