let's see some improvement!

[Iddi]

here are some more old stuff

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Come on, gimme some new stuff!

No this is awesome

-E

[Iddi]

here's the last bunch of older stuff. the first still life was done at even's place, with a lot of help from him. i really should do more color studies

also, The_Flying_Dutchman: which ones did you think were oils? i've never painted with oils

[BlueCardinal]

Er det noe jeg virkelig har lyst på av dine skills så er det den der selvsikkre plassering av farge og streker jeg ser på disse bildene. Du er insane bra på det.

Og svar til posten din Nei det er ikke porno! men nesten!, Kindgirls Men iblandt har jeg vurdert å gjøre pron studies, pgav alle wacky former xD NOX gjorde jo det and look at that pro bastard.

[SamC]

Gaahhhh your pencils are so damn good!

[Iddi]

thanks a lot! here are some other things, a couple of self portraits and a zelda fanart. two of these were drawn while reading hellboy, and one while studying rembrandt etchings, i guess it shows. big time.

tonight i'm studying cast shadows. they're so damn hard :'(

[BlueCardinal]

Digga zelda fanarten, skal du fargelegge den?.

Resten er jo som sagt beyond awesomness.. Så klarer ikke gi konstruktiv kritik siden ja its awesome

[Iddi]

here are some sketches and stuff i've done the last week. i don't have a lot of time to draw these days as i've got a lot of school, and we don't do that much at school, unfortunately. been trying to paint some with oils lately too, but i don't seem to get the hang of it

[ismo]

You've probably heard this milloin times, but those pencils are just beautiful. Can't find anything to crit really, sorry. Just keep going.

*****

[surus]

amazing hatching skills! Added your sketchbook to the pencil masters thread! Keep on posting pencil / ballpoint pages, please!

[Aksel Ludvigsen]

Heh, oppdatere ofte sa du.

Anyhow, super awesome sweet, man. Hva slags blyanter bruker du? Trykkblyanter?

[Mikko Voipio]

Really really strong and artistic line work. Five stars from me.

[meth]

agree whit all comments above, great constructive drawings.
5*

M

[Iddi]

thank you so much, guys! i'm always looking to improve my lines, though, and lately i've been looking a lot at mischeviouslittleelf's sketches (i'm borrowing a sketchbook of his for inspirado), and the lines of jeff jones and mike mignola, among others

nyctalgia: ja, trykkblyanter, mest 0.9mm, med 2B-bly, men som kjennes ut som 4B egentlig. pilot

here's a late night self portrait i did today, which i'm really pleased with. i know some of the lines should have been removed, but i didn't notice until after saving it, and can't be assed to go in and edit them out :p

also, here's a nice short text i found in a book i skimmed through at a swiss books exhibition, which i thought summed up nicely what's so great about drawing and painting from life, rather than from photos
"What is the relation between any one person's individual reality and an image which tries or claims to represent or depict this reality? Photographs do not represent what we see when we look at reality, but are rather a product of a technical imaging process which i not calibrated to human eyesight. Such images therefore tell us little about the view of reality, nor do they address the question of individual perception".

[NickyBeats]

wow some truly impressive sketches man! love all the traditional sketches, and that digital hellboy sketch is awesome!

[kevinwueste]

lovely works - especially enjoy your graphite /sb drawings! - kevin

[DStraX]

hi buddy Nice too see your posting again!
I already gave you some crits on FB but Ill try and come up with some more
What i told you about the sketch beaning visible in the last SP, and also the ear being to small. I am fairly certain there would be some shadow from those glasses, and I think you over did it with that highlight on your lower eyelid
how'd you get that super crisp outline? pen tool? cus that rocks

That hellboy painting Is pretty awesome! But i think his outline is a bit angular, you know what i mean?
anyhow sketches kick my ass as usual
Keep posting dude! don't get lazy on me again!!!

[Iddi]

as always, thanks you guys. would be nice with some constructive critizism, though!

dstrax: i know about the lines and the ear, yeah (forgot to look over the painting when it was nearly done) the glasses cast shadow though, you see it in the dark side of my face (on the cheek bone) and right above the eye on the other side. the reason there's no cast shadow on my nose is probably because the glasses are sitting directly on the skin there, and the light wasn't coming at my face from such an angle that would make the glasses' thin frame cast a shadow. i guess. you think the highlight is overdone even though that part of the eyelid is usually wet, and the light source was really close to my face? perhaps you're right, i'm no pro :p
the crisp lines aren't the pen tool, everything in the picture is drawn/painted with the same brush, you see the brush clearly in the background (i just used the softness slider for blending, etc.), to get it to look a bit less digital than what i usually make does. also, i used a texture as base for the whole thing, adding a hint of randomness in all my strict rendering
as for the hellboy image, the angleness was intentional, to mimick mignola's own style, in a way. that's also the reason for the unprobable and dramatic lighting, and unrealisticly vivid colors. it wasn't meant to be realistic, but believable, in a way

here are a few more studies, from pictures, unfortunately

C & C more than welcome!

[Iddi]

the other day i got this nice flower bouquet from my girlfriend (because she's very sweet), so here's a study of it that i'm very pleased with. it's by no means perfect, but seeing as i've never before painted glass or plants, it turned out pretty good in my opinion. comments and critique is very welcome, as always

- j

[dblock]

Your studies are very strong indeed. Please check out my sketchbook, feel free to leave any comments; I would greatly appreciate it.

[p sage]

Wow. Another SB, another master. Sorry I can't give you much critique; you were awesome at 19 three years ago.

Please keep going; you have the potential to turn the universe inside out. Stars & sub.

[Fishbed]

nice studies dude!

[Bosque]

Wow, Iddi, These studies are amazing. I really like the first portrait in post 183.

[dblock]

Thanx for the advice and checkin out my sketchbook

[mrd33ds]

that last still life is awesome, even though a lot of ur stuff is! keep it up mate

[Mat Kaminski]

Ooooh! Amazing sketchbook so far, was wondering what kind of pencils you use to get that contrast.

Subb'd!

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Dewd you are kicking so much ass, I am getting sore

The pencil stuff is brilliant as usual, and the colors are coming along, the last study being great! The latest studies, especially the one of the (park ranger?) is great! Now do MOAR ^^

Seriously though, you are going from great to better, so keep at it!

-E

[AustenFM]

Hot diggity damn, so many beautiful little ink and graphite hatchings in this book, im really absorbed into your work at the moment, great stuff~ But i really admire your quick and what looked to be effortless style jump in post #186 with the Zelda piece and such.

Inspiring work, hope you can update more often!

[Mike L]

Now this is some great drawing, wonderful line quality.
Love that your finding inspiration in Mignola and Jones, they are some of my faves too, Jones can say so much with so little, I guess Mignola does too, now that I think about it as I type this
Anyways, stars abound from me, looking forward to following your work.
-M

[Malepart]

Nice sketchbook and nice rendering, I'll come back for sure
I like your rendering on paper, very clean sir!