JSNeo and Reme's Fine Art Journey

[JS Neo]

I decided to start a thread in the fine art section because I realize most of my drawings are mostly figure drawing, still life etc. So i figure they will fit in this section more and maybe get more criticisms.

My fren, Reme is also joining in the fun here

[JS Neo]

So just some old works brought over from my sketchbook.

[JS Neo]

And here is a cast drawing i am still working on. Just wanted to post my process.

[reme]

Hello guys, i hope that you all can bash me up with critcs & comments! I shall still move forward!

Here are some of my old works

[mattlinz]

I love the gesture of the first figure drawing. Nicely done! I hope you continue to post your work.

[victorhogan]

Real nice sketches..

[shyamshriram]

Great to see you guys started a fine art thread! good start i must say..those cast drawings are looking really good..will keep my eyes on this thread

Keep up the good work!

[andres333]

remarkable work both of you
btw JS Neo your friend did answered back thank you so much for your help I appreciate it immensely
keep up the good work

[JS Neo]

Thanks all for the encouragement!

Here are more stuff from last few weeks

[nickydraws]

Those cast drawings look excellent. Where are you studying or how did you learn to do them?

[reme]

some figures... been trying to avoid values for a while, just trying to get the proportions right first...

Norkagar> We've been learning from a teacher from china every weekend.. Neo is working currently as a rigger while i am studying at an animation school(my 3rd and final year) but im working now for my school's attachment programme til august. If only we have no jobs and have the money and luxury to study full time, we would
To learn them.... just get a cast and draw Or just get any still life object and draw life size! Hope this will answer your question

[Marian Rowling]

Hey JS Neo I'm already a fan of your drawings and now I post to say how much I admire your apples and pears painting.

Hey Reme really nice to see your drawings. I like your fluid lines. Its great your both posting together because it's really interesting seeing the different styles.

[JS Neo]

Marian Rowling Thanks! It was my 3rd still life and i thoroughly enjoyed painting it !

So here are some stuff i did in the last few weeks. Finally finished the cast drawing. I could probably go on forever on it but my teacher thinks it is time to move on. On to the next challenge !

[reme]

Some stuff, not yet scan my life drawings...soon though

[JS Neo]

More recent stuff.
My teacher feel i need to go darker with my accents in my work. In these pieces, i tried to go darker but i feel I can go even further.

[*ViRuS*]

some great work in here, keep it up =)
love the cast drawings.

[JS Neo]

*ViRuS* Thanks for ur encouragement. Cast drawings is a really good practice to learn the fundamentals of drawing.

A recent portrait.

[vaporz]

Hello guys, i hope that you all can bash me up with critcs & comments! I shall still move forward!

Here are some of my old works

hey there, i'm a first year student from nanyang academy in singapore. your works are pretty impressive. neo's too =) i have some problems with proportions and perspective when i need to draw A2 or larger.. may i know the dimensions of your cast drawing? what pencils do you start your drawings with? i have some people telling me to start with 2b, others with 6b. does it matter?

this is a link of my works in deviantart, hope you can give me some feedback =D thanks man!
http://vaporz123.deviantart.com/

[bjoern3000]

You guys have a large output!! And really impressive too!!

Your cast drawings turned out very well. As well as all the other drawings.

The paintings rock too.

I don´t have any criticism.

[JS Neo]

vaporz Ah u are studying in NAFA. The trick to checking ur proportion when drawing big is always walk back and look at your work from far. U need to move back enough so that u are able the whole drawing and the subject itself. At that size, u can then see the whole big proportion in one go. Alway work from big to small. If ur big proportion is wrong, no detail can save the drawing. Those cast drawing being posted are A2. We start from 8b, then move to 4B and possibly 2B if we need to.

I check out ur work on deviantArt. They look pretty decent. One thing to take note is where to put ur higher contrast should be ur point of focus, which for a face is usually the features like eyes, nose. Your drawing is lacking in it.

bjoern3000 Thanks. Much appreciated!

[vaporz]

Thanks a lot for the feedback. I'll try to improve on that in my next drawing.

[reme]

Thanks for viewing, sorry for not updating as much...im lazy :X

some figures

[reme]

some more...need to practice more on anatomy sigh....

anyway on the last 2 cast drawing it's 4b graphite pencil on A1 newsprint.

[vaporz]

wow, i am very impressed with your two recent cast drawings, reme. and you managed to use only 1 pencil to do it. speechless sia =D

[Yang87]

love the gestures and the line weight in those.

Just thought i'd point out that there're still some basic proportion issues going on. Not a huge issue for gesture drawings, which I think you've done a great job capturing, but might be a problem if you decide to bring it to a more finished level without correcting it.

look out for your VHASP, as mentioned by Kchen in his figure drawing thread;d

keep in mind when foreshortening limps the construction of the foreshortened cylinder. this can help in preventing it from looking flat. the use of overlapping lines still shows clearly the spatial relationship between the interacting forms, but surrounded by areas where the form clearly reads, the contrast causes these foreshortened areas to appear more flat than they really are.

Just some thoughts.

Are you guys doing sight size for the casts or? Who's the China artist btw? These chinese artists from China are crazy good. LINRAN is my god in digital realism;S

Cheers
Waine