This man will have a name by the end of this sketchbook - updated daily - 89 so far

[p sage]

Hey dude, that's the right attitude It sucks to know your drawing isn't as good as you want it... but you know how great it will be to compare that to your stuff in 6 months.

Don't get all frustrated like your ol buddy p sage

[The man with no name]

whisperss: Thanks man

p sage: I try and act positive, but it burns me inside,haha, you might know the feeling, thanks for stopping by again p sage

Another WiP, my monitor might still be too bright, can anyone comment on the overall tone, are the lights light enough, they appear fine on my monitor, but when I go on another computer, my work looks twice as bad as it actually is

[mattianelli]

Hey man, I think the colors in the last one are right.
You are doing a good job with the posemaniac stuff.
I would suggest you to study these two authors: George Bridgman and Andrew Loomis, if you want to learn how to draw people from imagination. They are old but very good books.

[p sage]

Again... good face in your latest update. You just need some work with form, as mattianelli says. Do some Bridgman studies... muscles. (I should talk )

Keep working; try to latch your eyes on to the model, so to speak. (It's kind of hard to explain)... but when drawing from reference, eventually you'll look back at your paper, and be able to see the proportions there.

I'm getting to that point now, but it's only happening because I draw buttloads every day.

One pic is nice, but draw buttloads

[miycko]

cool update, the colours are great her stomachs quite long, maybe make a little bit shorter

[The man with no name]

mattianelli: Ok, cheers , I'm going to post some loomis tomorrow in pencil

p sage: Thanks, yer your right, Bridgeman on Thursday then Well I'm not going to develope that skill until I stop being so lazy and start making better updates I should start with the posemaniacs again too, don't want to get too far behind

miycko: Thanks, your right about her stomach, it does look a little oblong, I'll look into it thanks again for visiting my dingy little sketchbook

Well before I embark on a new series of studies I figured I would post one more update from imagination, will feel good too look back on these in a few months time

[Monkeydominator]

On the picture of the lady in your previous post you could've pushed your values more. Also, try adding some more colours to it! Just choosing a darker version of your skintone makes it look flat, some cooler and warmer tones usually helps. Check out K's skin tutorial, starts at post 329.
Nice new update, but remember the light source! And make your lines clean, it'll help!

Good work here! Show us more, draw draw draw!

[p sage]

You've been consistent in that the faces look really good. The length of her arms (and other general proportions) are a bit off.

In general, the length of the upper arm (to the elbow) goes to just below the ribcage (near the navel) and the tips of the fingers (when the hands are held at the sides) reach nearly halfway down the thigh.

That's a good general rule of arm length. Just make sure to swing the character's from the shoulder (as if it were a compass) in an arc if it is away from the waist. Foreshortening is (of course) more complicated, but if you keep the idea of the arm length in mind it should help in all cases.

[The man with no name]

Monkeydominator: Thanks for the tips. I'll check out the tutorial when I have some spare time, I'm not yet confident enought to have clean lines, still struggle with anatomy

p sage: Thanks, yep proportions are one of my many troubled spots Thanks for the pointers

Loomis time, had some complications so I had to take this picture of my work with my phone

I used a B graphite pencil, it seemed gritty and hard to blend with, can anyone advise me on what pencil I should use in future? thanks

[Ghostbrush]

hey thanks for popping into my sketchbook, appreciate that!

keep up those studies, they really pay off, trust me! he he he

as for what to use, I use an HB mechanical pencil or charcoal for studies, dont get to precious with them, do em, learn from em, rinse and repeat, just do as much as possible, then do another ha ha

Keep it up

Alex

[cl0aked]

For heads, i've recently bumped on this site: http://www.blog.freshdesigner.com/20...d-drawing.html . I'd also suggest you to keep the lines clean, perhaps by keeping the lineart in a separate layer. Keep up with those studies, as Ghostbrush said, they really pay off (:

[p sage]

Cool eye studies. In general, the softer the pencil, the easier it is to work with.

You don't see many artists going harder than HB... those are usually reserved for architects.

[The man with no name]

Ghostbrush: No problem, I will, using a HB from here on in

cl0aked: Cool thread, I have all the line art on a different layer, I'm not confident enough to have them clean as rough lines hide imperfections I'll keep up the studies

p sage: Thanks again P Sage, thanks for the pointer, thanks for the continuing support, much appreciated

Just a small update, didn't have much time to draw tonight, will make up for it tomorow Decided that posemaniacs is now a weekend event, so saturday and sunday will bring with it many figures

[Incinerated]

Thank you for stopping by my book, I see some progress here.
the issues i have, is that your studies, well most of them anyway, end up being flat looking. very nice study that last one Keep working!

[tdHendrix]

Hey, I wanted cookies!!!!!

Keep up the studies! I agree about your stuff looking kinda flat. Maybe it will help if you practice shading basic shapes like spheres, cylinders, eggs, etc. Here's a tutorial you can read about light and shadow that someone showed me in my sketchbook.

[p sage]

Cool head study! Improvement right there!

Watch the length of the nose. It's pushing the mouth a bit far down toward the chin. The corner of the mouth could be higher, as well.

And yeah. Where are the cookies??

[The man with no name]

COOKIES!

[miycko]

COOKIES!

LOL, those look delicious

I like that imaginary character you did good start with those studies, the ear looks like it's a little bit low & could be a tiny bit bigger great job overall. keep'em coming

[The man with no name]

Incinerated: No problem, yay progress, the studies do look flat, havent been doing this for very long, that might explain the lack of quality in my work , thanks for stopping by

tdHendrix: Cookies for all they do look flat no doubt, I'll check out the tutorial, it should help, thanks for stopping by

p sage: Thanks for the continuing support , and tips, now that you mention it, your right, next time will be better cookies are right under you

miycko: They do , thanks, the next one will be better, thanks for the tips

My crappy internet decided to play up again, so here is yesterdays post

Edit: The mouth and nose do seem to be positioned incorrectly, it was a quick study, so that might explain it

Edit 2: These are a disgrace

[Sukizan]

really cool stuff, check my sb when you can

[The man with no name]

Sukizan: Thanks, I will

I know I should have been drawing figures today... but I decided to do something from imagination (again ) just to see if I'm improving, I only spent time on the face really, so crit that to buggery, the rest is just scribble

[p sage]

Keep posting your work. Sometimes you take steps forward, sometimes they're backward... but you will only gain longtime improvement if you keep posting.

It's hard to see the progress at times... but you will.

It's good that you're doing difficult studies and your drawing from imagination shows that you can come up with some good faces.

And thanks for the cookies

[The man with no name]

p sage: Thanks for the wisdom Sagey , the last study in graphite seemed to be a huge leap backwards I'm sure if I'm persistant my hard work will pay off just watch out, I put a laxative in one of those cookies

Just a simple mouth study, I'm thinking it's probebly in my best interest to stick with graphite for a while, like icecold suggested oh so many posts ago

[liquidjack]

Keep drilling away Jedi. My personal and quit humble opinion on use of anatomy to understand kinetics and design is.... don't use facial muscles studies so much. Facial muscles are good for 3D contour but simply confusing for 2D work. Better to break down the face to simple strucutures that you see and build from there. Now, muscle anatomy is great for the rest of the body....but the face I find it is wasted effort.

[p sage]

Just work hard, dude. You'll pick up things you don't even realize.

Make a conscious effort to think about how something should look in space every time you draw something, and suddenly you'll start figuring little things out all the time. Put them all together, and you'll have the skills you want.

[miycko]

that's a very pretty face in post # 111 very nice work & keep posting those studies man

[The man with no name]

liquidjack: This is true, glad to dropped by and saved me from wasting more time , your right, I guess they serve no real purpose to me in the world of 2D

p sage: I have been a little bit lazy these past few days, time to snap out of it , I look at work I've done in the past and analysis it, make corrections and so so on, got a few art books I look through most days too, so I'm sure they are all little pieces to the puzzle, I'll soldier on amigo

miycko: Thanks, that really means a lot I will

Variety is the spice of life, so I decided not to post a pencil study and some anatomy as planned but fiddled around with emotions and how to create them in the face, just a first attempt so they look pretty similar

[p sage]

The emotions are definitely working... even subtle changes work there.
Just don't get caught up only in things you do well... make sure to venture off into lands where you don't do as well

I do think faces are your strong point right now.

[miycko]

hey, nice one. you can definately see the different emotions on each face

[The man with no name]

p sage: This is true, I'll try not to make a habit out of it, If I'm to grow artistically I guess I have to take a leap into the unknown what would you recommend I do? perhaps a suggestion?

miycko: Yay, I achieved something

Today I drew a figure from imagination, she looks like a "smelly pirate hooker" a few hands and some lips (Loomis studies)

Edit: Pirate hookers mid section seems to be rather elongated I'll try avoid that in future