maria's sketchbook

[maria riaz]

hey sony thanx for the appreciation
.....some more work....

[maria riaz]

some traditional art work....oil on canvas..

[mehran]

I really dig those illustrations, you should try out that sort of stuff in digital medium too,
That black and white piece of the horse and the guy is kick-ass. I would only comment that you need to work on your line quality.


hope to see more soon. Keep it up

[miycko]

It really has been ages since i was last in here, i'm glad to see so much work in your sketchy i love the variety & experimentation in your pieces, i find it particularly hard to do abstract paintings and i must say yours are great. Those oil on canvas painting are Fantastic especially the second one, is that from life?

[maria riaz]

hey miycko good to hear from u, thanx for the flattering comments, yea that one is from life.....love ur work and its gr8 to see the improvement very inspiring...cya around cheers

[Brahimpag]

have interrested in classic art ? , i can see a lot of improvements

and , like the way how u mix betwen colors , and how u choose the right color

keep it up

[maria riaz]

thanx Brahimpag for appreciation, yea i m interested in classical art, but these oil on canvas paintings r my old work, i wll put up some new ones soon. thanx

[Abnormally]

Hey Maria, thank you for stopping by my sketchbook and taking the time to comment and give me some crit! I browsed through your work here and have to say you have a great style! I see a lot of originality! I love your use of color and the abstract figurative pieces, I also enjoy your character concepts. (Particularly the hairdresser creature) That is so cool! I will subscribe to your sketchbook and check back. I can't comment on anything u've done digitally, seeing as I know nothing about digital art. All I can say is , keep it up!

Oh, and the rickshaw at the beginning, did you use colored pencils for that , or is that digital? (I find it super cute...the turtles are also really cute) I can't tell what you've used there. What kind of colored pencils do you use? prisma?

[maria riaz]

hey Abnormally thanx 4 appreciating my work
the rikshaw is a digital piece, made in corel painter with scratchboard tool, i love the impact of this brush, do try it some time. the turtle one is also digital, actually all of these are digitals except for the last 4 posts, the first three of those are made with spray paints, color pencils(feber castle) and markers, but i retouched some of them digitally.
and for the hair dresser creature she used to be my imaginary friend when i was a kid but i guess i didnt do justice wid her she was faar too interesting than this and thats me whose hair she is combing
i will keep peaking in ur sketch book as well coz its fun to watch and will crit if that will help, cya around...
cheers

[Abnormally]

That was your imaginary friend as a kid? I want to see inside your head, girl! That's a total trip hahaha! To be honest, digital art intimidates the crap out of me, I wouldn't even know where to start...

Oh and one more thing, don't ever lose that signature style of yours, that's all your own and the most important thing about being an artist, in my humble opinion! ciao for now, peace!

[maria riaz]

hmm....some random crayon doodles....

[Traveler]

The creative juices are flowing in here.

[maria riaz]

hey thanx Traveler
here some sketches for a story....need crit on the character with the hanging sheep, he belongs to indus valley civilization and its his pet sheep, the sheep is actually a fighter, while the other fat guy is the bad guy, i m going to make tattoos on his tummy....any ideas/crit wud b welcome, actually need help short time and a lot of work, will upload some environments too.......crit guys

[Jordi V.]

I love the more abstract designs, especially the unicorn series. They made me think of a Klimt/Chagall mix but with your personal style and touch. Nice!

[maria riaz]

hey ppl here is some more development sketches and color trials on the same concept.......crits ppl.....

[maria riaz]

time to update.....

[maria riaz]

some character and environment quickies for an animated short....

[maria riaz]

expressions of my six year old character.....

[maria riaz]

and some poses.......

[driver-d]

hey !! i really like what i see very much ! i like your style very much specially the guy !! also i like the patterns you created keep it up ! am glad i saw your SB

[maria riaz]

a funky friend just graduated....

[strangedawn]

Nice sketchbook!i love post 91 those are incredible concepts!you have a very creative idea and sketches is also looking nice keep it up!take care=)

[Stryke]

Nice sketchbook!i love post 91 those are incredible concepts!you have a very creative idea and sketches is also looking nice keep it up!take care=)

agree, the fourth is incredible.

and yeah, of course you also need to do more studies ;]

[Ricardo Robles]

Hi Maria, cool work you have here, i love the first image in this 4th page, your abstract compositions are quite interesting. I agree you have to practice more anatomy. In my opinion is important to learn draw bodies in a realistic way, then cartoonize them will be easier to you.
Thanks for stop by my book!

[Marria]

Hey Maria, loving the new concept and sketches, looking forward to the finished product

[shambok]

These latest digital poses and facial expression studies and outstanding!

[Joe777k7]

Really neat and artistic stuff in here! YOu seem to have alot of fun with your art, really cool
Keep posting!!! Lets see more !!!!!

[AllyAlbon]

Really interesting style, I like your geometric pics - the one with the horse is my fave.

[maria riaz]

These are some frames from my thesis project "shauoorbeen" (a tool to see your perception)

[sony]

lovely work maria, why don't you upload your thesis? Its amazing to watch the animation.