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**jcpahl** · August 30th, 2009, 09:26 PM

Hey CA. This is my sketchbook. There are many like it, but this one's mine.

**ariel_medel** · August 30th, 2009, 09:31 PM

I love your rendition of David, stylized and not exactly the same but I think that was your intention. The rendering on that one is amazing. Congrats!

Stop by my sketchbook please, sharing comments will help us all!

**hitnrun** · August 31st, 2009, 12:14 AM

I agree, I like the rendition of David. Do you know WHY the head of Michaelangelo's David is too big and the feet are too small?

--edit-- Judging by the fact that you seem to have fixed those two minor issues (which were actually done on purpose) is it safe to assume you dont know the history behind it?

**jcpahl** · August 31st, 2009, 12:51 AM

Originally Posted by ariel_medel

I love your rendition of David, stylized and not exactly the same but I think that was your intention. The rendering on that one is amazing. Congrats!

Originally Posted by hitnrun

I agree, I like the rendition of David. Do you know WHY the head of Michaelangelo's David is too big and the feet are too small?

--edit-- Judging by the fact that you seem to have fixed those two minor issues (which were actually done on purpose) is it safe to assume you dont know the history behind it?

Haha, you're both giving me too much credit. I tried to copy it as accurately as I could, at least in the ~3 hours I spent on it. Any stylization or correction is just me sucking.

I don't know any history about why Michelangelo might have intentionally skewed the proportions.

Thanks for the comments, though!

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Edit: I'm moving the pictures from the first post down here, so I can change the thumbnail for this thread.

**p sage** · August 31st, 2009, 01:16 AM

I thought you were putting us on... all the heads and figures at the beginning looked like rendered 3D models

But then I saw your beautifully flowing lines. Wow. Nice one, man.

Great start.

**PxelSlayer** · August 31st, 2009, 01:21 AM

Well, what can I say - AMAZING rendering skills!

**Sidharth Chaturvedi** · August 31st, 2009, 01:38 AM

Damn man, you've got skills! Really good value control and rendering, and for all the minor proportion problems that David looks great.

**AK86** · August 31st, 2009, 07:36 AM

Killer values n lighting man! Some of those character profiles show alot of mass and volume.

which takes alot!

I would just suggest to work for more loose brushwork. heavily worked peices can potentially become sterile

I will be watching you to

cheers.

**Chaser226** · September 12th, 2009, 01:31 PM

Strong grasp of forms w/ values...The David is done well, however you might want to rotate him a bit to plant him more solidly... pit of neck line up w/ the heel.

**jcpahl** · September 14th, 2009, 02:11 AM

p sage: Thanks very much!

PxelSlayer: Thank you!

Sidharth Chaturvedi: Thanks!

AK86: Thanks. Yeah, good advice; I do tend to overwork my stuff. That painterly effect (which you do well) takes a lot of skill to get right, and I'd like to try to incorporate more of that, but at the same time, working something to death always teaches me a ton, even if the piece looks like shit when it's done. I love painterly art, though.

Chaser226: Thanks. Yeah, that David has problems. I wish it wasn't the thumbnail for this thread, lol.

I keep meaning to update this. Here's some more recent junk. Really need to go out and buy a scanner; these are all digis again. Thanks for looking!

**Rushlord** · September 14th, 2009, 02:26 AM

I love your rendering man. Keep it up. Your values are really great in all your pieces.

**Mark Tarrisse** · September 14th, 2009, 07:30 AM

Nice SB man, maybe you could work a little more on the eyes. And I want to see more enviro (because the little you've got look really nice !

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**Kfeeras** · September 14th, 2009, 07:38 AM

great start! keep practising and draw lots and lots from life.

**smokenmirrors** · September 14th, 2009, 02:42 PM

just another echo of these guys, but super slick rendering! just keep up the observational studies which will really strenghthen your character work!

**Spaggen** · September 14th, 2009, 02:58 PM

Wow, this sketchbook rocks! A the other said, the rendering is just amazing!

Keep it up man!

**Spaggen** · September 14th, 2009, 02:59 PM

Wow, this sketchbook rocks! As the other said, the rendering is just amazing!

Keep it up man!

**jcpahl** · September 16th, 2009, 01:47 AM

Rushlord: Thanks! I've been trying to get my rendering decent for months; I'm glad you think it's not horrendous (because it was recently, haha)

Mark Tarrisse: Thank you v much. Environments aren't my strong suit; I really do need to do more. They're so much fun, too...

Kfeeras : Thank you!

Smokenmirrors: Thx v much! I am a fan of yours, as you know. Yeah, need more observational work, yes indeed.

Spaggen: Thx a ton (x2, haha)

Gonna try to update this more. Here's something I did yesterday. Copy of Bouguereau's portrait of Gabrielle Cot. What a kick in the ass this was. Very humbling.

**p sage** · September 16th, 2009, 02:44 AM

Excellent goblin in post #10. Need more postings

**jatherip** · September 16th, 2009, 02:48 AM

maad rendering skills!!! awesome!! some anatomy studies should help, though.....
keep goin!

**Rushlord** · September 16th, 2009, 03:12 AM

Holy shit. Nice update. I wonder what kind of brush you used on this one and what adjustments.

**DeeStar** · September 16th, 2009, 11:19 AM

Some gorgeous stuff in here!

**Jasper_** · September 16th, 2009, 12:01 PM

There's a really nice quality to your paintings. Keep up the studies too, they will help. It feels like the group of heads you posted all have the same facial structure and a very similar set of features, especially the nose. The Bouguereau study looks awesome though keep it up.

**hitnrun** · September 16th, 2009, 02:06 PM

Do I see new stuff since i was here, it seems ages ago?

I'm liking it - I've seen a few things in digital art that I gotta say look decent. Some of it even inspired me to plug my tablet back in (USB ftw!) so maybe I'll do some stuff with it and post. Who knows.

**jcpahl** · September 22nd, 2009, 04:55 PM

p sage: Thanks, and you're right.

jatherip: Thank you. I agree that anatomy studies are helpful, and you can never do too many. Lest you think I'm slacking in that regard, though, I hasten to add that I've got like 14 sketchbooks of nothing but sitting in my closet! I swear I'm not slacking!

Rushlord: Thanks a ton! I'm just using the standard squarish chalk brush in photoshop, or the ovoid brush, on normal mode with flow and opacity set to pen pressure. Sometimes I do a pass with a fuzzy airbrush to smooth out brush-strokes. Nothing fancy, though.

DeeStar: Thank you very much.

Pyroclasm00: Thank you, and thanks for the great crit. You're right, of course; I'm embarrassed looking at those, now. I went and drew like 200 noses after reading that, lol. So embarrassing.

hitnrun: Thanks!

Here's another Bouguereau study.

**Rushlord** · September 23rd, 2009, 03:06 AM

Sweet new study. I love your brushwork. I need to practice more

**Nele Klumpe** · September 23rd, 2009, 03:18 AM

I really fell in love with your Bouguereau studies... colours look perfect!

**phucci** · September 23rd, 2009, 03:37 AM

the colors on the last study is gorgeous!
keep up the good work

**jcpahl** · September 23rd, 2009, 09:25 AM

Rushlord: Thanks. Me too.

AvisNocturna: Thank you.

phucci: Thanks.

Thanks for the comments, guise. I guess I should post some wips in here, so I can legitimately call this a 'sketch' book. So here's a wip of a goblin. Another one, I mean. I have a slight fetish for drawing them.

**garzonious** · September 23rd, 2009, 12:51 PM

You have a nice sense of form. The Goblins are cool. WB's one of my favorites.

**towy** · September 23rd, 2009, 03:53 PM

nice studies keep up

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