amateur sketchbook

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skip ahead to page 4/5. first pages are awful

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Stuff from a sketchbook started last Tuesday or so. I was going to post a few of the pages from the one prior (admittedly mainly studies), but the pages when scanned were covered in those grey sections.

Pose Maniacs used for gestures.

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Er, doodles and the second is done from a photo on www.characterdesigns.com.

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Faces page from photos, nudes from www.characterdesigns.com.

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[ACRO]

i love the toad and the lady.... my fav is in the last post
i like still life because its a great way to learn proportion and composition...
i like your gesture drawings 2
but i want to see more finished pieces
after all those gesture drawings i want to see a character with a good pose nahmean?

non the less great start for a sketchbook

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Thanks ACRO. You've a good point about finished pieces; I don't think I've ever done one.

[ajvenema]

the still life is nice!
it looks pretty easy and stuff, but its great because u didnt use a lot of lines, which means u got all of the proportions right at first time! now push urself a little more and finish some stuff

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Thanks ajvenema.

[UriL]

i Love the way you use line, it gives it some sort of motion feel to it, very dynamic and loose.. there is alot of live to it.. very nice.

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Thanks. Pity it's at the expense of proper anatomy, haha.

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Bought some excessively cheap children's crayons and fibre tips from the supermarket to mess around with.

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Since then.

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Again.

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The second image is from a photo I came across on google.

[Mydrim]

i like it

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Thanks.

First digital in a looong time. From photo again.

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The second image is again from a photo.

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I'm not sure how I've managed to update three times today. Anyway, another study from a photo. I'd appreciate any crits whatsoever on anything here, seriously. Thanks a lot.

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Ref from www.characterdesigns.com. I've always been awful at colour, but hopefully I'll remember to keep practicing, hah.

[Blue Star]

You have some nice work here. I really like your sketches of the puppies. You seem to capture their emotions in the sketches really well. Also your sketches of people are nice too. You do a good job on the faces. Also the last picture you posted is pretty good. I think the color is nice on that one.

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Thanks Blue Star, I appreciate it.

Yesterday and today's stuff so far. I was looking at some of the artwork I posted here on my old account, I might go ahead and recreate one or two for the sake of comparison. Maybe.

[cw]

tons of studies are always a good thing looking good so far - the real win for me with pages of studies is after a few months when i can compare the first pages with the last - usually improvement is there somewhere. keep at it

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That's true. I don't really mind doing studies either (as long as I remember), so it's all good. Thanks!

Another characterdesigns portrait.