just keep swimming just keep swimming-

[purplegoat]

Great start! Updating your sketchbook is a good way to improve your skills.
Keep on drawing!

[Aquaticdog]

hm my last post ran away for some reason, so here it is again.
My friend introduced me to anime such as full metal alchemist and now I'M SO ADDICTED FFFF
I should stop wasting time watching these ;p

[krysjez]

good that you're trying out people! for heads I found Andrew Loomis' "Fun with a Pencil" to be very helpful. Is that a Rayquaza?

[Blueberry]

Nice color challenges! more more more

[in2eternity]

Great SB, I like a lot your animals and anatomy studies, you're so hard-worker! Keep it up, I'm sure you'll progress even more!!!

[Naidy]

Ahhh! People keep getting younger and younger on here.
Brilliant show of dedication, at your age I was shoving pictures of anime into the faces of long suffering friends yelling "LOL, WAT DO U THINK????"
You're showing remarkable maturity by studying and I have the feeling if you keep up the pace and listen to the amazing advice of some people here you'll be bloody brilliant in a few years.

So, *cracks knuckles* Lets see what we have so far.

The good: First thing I noticed was the way you use colour, and I love it! Do you know of colourlovers.com? the way you were picking pallets of colours reminded me of it, they have some great combinations and if you don't know of them already, what you see might give you some inspiration
http://www.colourlovers.com/palettes there's a link.

Another thing I like is your studies, always good to see that, you're seriously good at bodies *human or otherwise* so good work!

Now, I like how you draw eyes, keep remembering that there's roughly an eye distance between eyes though. I'd say you've drawn some eyes too close together/lopsided.
Don't worry, at your age I didn't even draw two eyes!
Just telling you so you can <i>'keep an eye on it'</i> in future.

You're also drawing mouths a tad too big and too wide. Next time you're drawing from a photo, or even looking in the mirror just take a moment to look at the distance between features and how they relate to eachother in size.

Really good progress you're doing mate, hope to see more of you soon!

[Aquaticdog]

gee, how long has it been since I last updated :1
school is back, this time armed with the legendary YEARLY EXAMS
i'll have much more free time after it, which will be in about 4 weeks.

Naidy: oh wow, thank you so much it was so helpful. Also thank you for the wonderful site!
in2eternity: thank you so much!
Blueberry: hehe thanks C:
krysjez:i'll be sure to check that out, and yes it is! 8D

[krysjez]

what I like in those last few creatures is how solid they are. As in you can really feel the forms. Is the last creature aquatic? I imagine it that way because it seems like the rear legs can't support weight.

keep up the people and good luck for your exams.

[Aresa]

Hey! Thanks for commenting on my sketchbook! Only 14? That's insane! Haha, you have so much potential. Your have a great sense of anatomy and your animals have so much life to them. Your watercolor paintings are looking good as well. The only thing I would suggest for the portraits is to push your values more. Add dark darks and light lights, etc. Keep on studying! You'll go very far!

[Aquaticdog]

krysjez: thank you, i'm glad you can because i'm trying hard to think in shapes >.<

Aresa: thank you so much for the advice! C:

crazy dragons with crazy expressions doing crazy poses = crazy
BUT HEY AT LEAST I UPLOADED SOMETHING
COUGH my excuse for not studying and drawing humans COUGH is because of tests

[krysjez]

Love your creatures as always. Are these scans or done directly on the computer?

[Mokinzi]

Your animals and fantasy creatures are all so lovely! And you have such a nice flow of line in your drawings. Thumbs up!

[c3rmen]

I love your page of hangs and your gestures, really really nice work. I'm also rather fond of your pokemon stuff, as a fellow fan ;P

[Moriah]

Nice sense of form in your critters. You're 14? Dang, bro, you kick butt. good job

[jellyswirl]

Wow I really love your sketching style and ya sometimes school gets in the way of a lot of things XD.

[Aquaticdog]

jellyswirl: it suuuure does! thank you!
Moriah: aw, thank you!
c3rmen: yup yup, pokemon is the best ever. thanks!
Mokinzi: thank you very much ^^
krysjez: both! scanned then coloured in photoshop. thank you!

holly cucumbers when did i last update OTL

going down down dooooown ㅠ ㅁ ㅠ

[in2eternity]

Great updates, creatures on #40 are so adorable

[Ludic]

Hey Jess, Thanks a lot for your comment on my sketchbook , i really love the hand studys, looking really neat!

[Istmin52]

Thanks for commenting on my sketchbook. I would have to say I agree with what others have said in your sketchbook. You are pretty advanced for someone your age. The way you draw animals is great. I think your weakness right now is drawing people but I can see you are working on that. I know I wasn't this good when I was 14. Keep up the hard work.

[krysjez]

good good I see people! keep it up my friend

[pixel cheetah]

Your dragon skecthes beat the human ones. That radioactive dog in the cave is just brilliant! Keep it up!

[purplegoat]

Nice hands, sketchy but alive. your creatures are looking great too!

[Ramalooke]

yup you improve faster than i think xD

[Aquaticdog]

Ramalooke: glad i'm improving xDDDD
purplegoat: thank you C:
pixel cheetah: yesss gotta work more on humans. thank you!
krysjez: yay for people! thank you!
Istmin52: thank you, yes I definitely have to work more on peolpe.
Ludic: thank you, and your welcome! ^^
in2eternity: heehee, thank you

/butt kickgottastopbeinglazy

yeah that about explains it

[Aquaticdog]

HIII
I don't think i'm actually remembering these studies LOL
just copying like a human xerox machine

do you think the best way to remember your studies is to draw something then draw it again from memory?

[Aquaticdog]

the internet won't be working for about 1-2 weeks because we're moving to a new house. blaaa sick of it xC
anyway, here's a little update before I go, it's referenced from a photo.

[Nemome]

There was a pokemon!
Awesome ;_;

Try to focus on proportions, your faces are sometimes wrong with this, or DO you want to create this look?

Keep the studies up! Sil

[krysjez]

have I ever told you I love your lines? because I do.
I see you sort of share my weakness (but it's not as bad as mine) at proportions. Like Sil said do make an effort to check that the underlying drawing is sound before you move on to rendering.

as for studies, for anatomy it helps me if I feel the corresponding muscles/joints/whatever in my body while I am reading. (Yeah I'm a lazy bum and don't even bother to draw sometimes.) Just put down the book and use one hand to feel, for example, how your deltoid muscle changes when you lift your arm. Feel where it connects to your body, how it changes and connects to other muscles and bones when you move your arm around.

This might get you weird looks if you are reading the anatomy book in a public library.

[krysjez]

Hope your internet is up soon!

[pixel cheetah]

do you think the best way to remember your studies is to draw something then draw it again from memory?

Yes.