Braintree learns how to draw

[yongs]

Hey there's some nice improvements here! your lastest digital's really nice!
and Keep it up with the studies!

[Jonas_J]

@RoboMonkey: Thanks
@Cuervo: Haha yea really frustrating. There seems to be some natural law that as soon as i have put down the first few strokes, the subject moves away ...
@yongs: Thanks i will

Today's daily update:
- 3 pages of Kchen studies
- 1 head done from a picture in my "inspiration" folder (so it's a copy)
- 1 head from reference (King Kong)

[Costau D]

Nice update. The second page of figures, and the head studies especially. That second head study shows a lot of personality, more of these and you'll move far fast.

[kikindaface]

Hey dude, nice improvment ! One thing that will make you improve is selfportraits ! try to do them, it's pretty hard at the beginning but i improved a lot with them ! Anyway, keep your stuff up, i'll come back soon

[Jonas_J]

@Costau D: Thanks
@Walid D: Self portrait ... scary i've put one on my schedule for monday.

Not much to update ... graduation ceremony at business school. Hours of "you should be so proud of yourself bla bla bla" "well done etc etc".... free food though ...

[justinkhuong]

I love the portrait of the beret man. Any ref used ?

[Costau D]

Gotta say, I like how your style is coming about. What type of pencil do you use for your studies?

[RoboMonkey]

Hey there !
I like the picture of the guy with the berret. Looks awesome. About that guy above him: There is something going on with the eyes. I can't really make out what it is, but something seems wrong with it. Hm. Anyway, the rest of him looks real good.
You studies are sweet, too. That eye stands out, really good job you did there, man !

[Jonas_J]

@justinkhuong: Thanks yes a movie still from the king kong movie.
@Costau D: 3b to 6b and thanks!
@RoboMonkey: Yea it's something with the eye on the other side of the nose. Eyes are always bugging me, also on the one im uploading today.

[Lyno]

Hi Braintree, I must agree with Walid D. Do those SP, you should start right know, those are really helpfull .

Hahah, cool you got free food at school

[Jonas_J]

@Lyno. Working on a SP right now uploading it tomorrow.

Life drawing session. I need to go darker in my shadows. and stop wasting pencil strokes
But first 3 pages of Kchen studies.

[Jonas_J]

Tried doing some self portraits today. WHAT THE HELL?! it doesn't look like me AT ALL! the SP's suck. SO, i've decided im gonna do 1 sp a day until they suck less.

Also need to push my values ...

more from today:
-Vilppu
-MMA studies
-Fashion studies

all done with a mechanical HB pencil.

[Elz]

Wow, you've improved so much from your first page... I'm really liking the portraits! You've inspired me to try and find some grey paper and white crayons, though I doubt they'll come out anything like yours. Lovely work, keep posting!

[Mat Kaminski]

If nothing else, your daily productivity is seriously through the roof!

Every post you do brings you closer to your goal!

www.hel-looks.com might be a good ref site for you for some fashion.

Hope it helps. Keep up the figures, cya next time.

[Cuervo]

Hey Brain, those portraits are really getting good... especially the king kong one.. v.impressive. just a suggestion but try and spend more time working into some of your anatomy pictures.. for example, rather than the 30 seconds/ 2mins poses.. try a 20 / 40 / 60 min study.. really helped me when i was doin them for my course.. as i said tho just a suggestion

[Costau]

Vilppu and Kchen in my opinion are the best to study from. Your gestures are getting much better, but some are tending to look a little rubbery or like a bent hose try to overlap your lines more around the joints and important muscles to show structure.

[Jonas_J]

@Elz. Thanks and good luck experimenting
@Matte_Art: hey thats a really cool site, didn't know that one! Thanks!
@Cuervo: unfortunately i dont decide the time. there's a guy with a stopwatch that decides how long time we have to draw. i think i'll start some anatomy studies from images though. To compensate.
@cole.ossus: Long way to go before I hit kchen quality thanks for the crit, will take it with me to the next life drawing session.

- Loomis eyes
- Loomis mouth
- SP
- Quick figure study

[sketcheth]

These latest self portraits are looking really beautiful, man especially in post 129, your proportions are getting really good! And it's just a fantastic rendering, too... The studies are of course looking great, as well.

[Jonas_J]

@sketcheth: Thanks about the proportions ... then todays update has shit proportions but as long as im taking 2 steps forwards and 1 step backwards it's fine.

Not much for today, too damn hot ...

- daily SP ... anatomy is TOTALLY off.
- cloth render study
- anatomy render study

[RoboMonkey]

Hey there !
If I had to criticise something in your drawing, it'd probably be the eyes. I mean, it's not like they'd suck, but as you already said, one can see that you're struggling with them more then with the rest of the drawing.
The portrait of the bearded dude a few posts back is really good.
You're also doing a good job with the drapery of the cloths in your recent study.
And the guy in the anatomy study is totally neat.

[KarylGilbertson]

Nice sketches dude. A pile of 'em too. Well done

Really digging that back study (back muscles frustrate me), and the portrait about halfway up there... really nice stuff. Keep up the pace, and the progress!

[sketcheth]

Dude, that's absolutely right. And i bet you more often then not, you'll be taking a lot of steps backward, we all do. It's the journey that's important though, so enjoy it.

The rendering looks really nice, that is definitely looking good. I think you're doing the right stuff, just keep at it. The self portrait looks like a good start though I'm sure, as you know the face is too small for the head. The main issue seems to be the width of the features. The eyes and the lips seem a little squashed or overly foreshortened somehow. I'm probably wrong on this, but they just feel unnatural. ANyways, keep studying though, you are making progress, even if you can't see it. remember that.

[Jonas_J]

@RoboMonkey: Eye studies coming up Thanks for critting!
@Ookchk: Thanks ! i will!
@sketcheth: Helps alot knowing im on the right path I'll enjoy the journey, Thanks! about the portrait - yeah that jumped up and slapped me in the face when i opened my SB this morning

todays batch:
- Lots of sketches of animals from Copenhagen ZOO... damn animals never stand still
- character from ref - kinda half-assed it.
- 1 "normal" SP & 2 SP's with expressions and kinda exaggerated features.

[artjunkie]

Very nice drawings Braintree... especially the figures. It's obvious you do alot of life drawing and it shows in your work - that kind of study always make drawing better I'd love to see you apply your awesome figure work to more 'fantasy' or imaginative stuff out of your head! Can't wait to see more! Cheers

[Jonas_J]

@artjunkie: The schedule for next week is: figure drawing and imagination Thanks for posting!

todays stuff:
- head study
- eye study

more eyes tomorrow!

[Jonas_J]

Todays daily update:
- 66 eyes
- Self portrait
- sci-fi version of SP

[Cuervo]

hey Brain, those eye studies are getting damned good. and the back study you did showing the tone was very good. The sci fi sp is something i wouldnt mind seeing more of... rather than your anatomy studies try to get some imaginative stuff going... get the concepts going mate!

[Pigeonkill]

http://conceptart.org/forums/attachm...1&d=1246547685

This face is slightly distorted. As if every feature is sinking towards the center. But you can always run with it and exaggerated the rest of the features. You been working hard

[Jonas_J]

@Cuervo: Thanks got figures from imagination on the schedule for today.
@Pigeonkill: Thanks! not too happy with the SP, and yes that mistake is quite obvious now that i look at it again.

update:
vilppu study
Life drawing

[Mat Kaminski]

With each post you seem to be improving more and more...

I don't really have any crits, you seem to know what you're doing / where to head.

Anychance I could get your schedule? Like do you have it pre-planned in advance? Or do you just do what you want to?