Akali Singh's Sketchbook

[Akali_singh]

So ive finally gotten back into drawing and yes i suck, but i dont care...
Ive started to sketch everyday even though i work full time.

im waking up everyday at 4 am to draw for 3 hours before heading off to work and at least 12 hours on weekends.

Please critique the hell out of my work !

Thank You

[Akali_singh]

some sketches and tonal study

[Akali_singh]

im really bad at drawing faces...so ive been spending alot of
time on them.

[Akali_singh]

some more faces...im using structure as much as possible....but still seems
off by alot... anyone want to help me out?

[Akali_singh]

blah....still struggling with it

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Wow!

I see improvement already on these bad boys!

Just keep up the (extremely) good work, and I'll be checking back. For now, I would suggest you try and make things as true to the observations as possbile, as it will make your progress that murch quicker.

Good job mate!

-E

[Akali_singh]

excellent , thank you !

[Akali_singh]

some more skytrain sketches

[Akali_singh]

one more page

[Akali_singh]

a few faces

[a la bapsi]

Welcome to your new sketchbook! You're drawing a lot, which is a great habit to nourish. :]
allow me to suggest a warmup exercise for your mornings: http://www.pixelovely.com/tools/gesture.html
give yourself a minute or a bit more to study gesture in figures.erik gist offers a good process to help you see that line of action, as well as build forms on that.

And here are some links for your head drawing needs.
http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=14119
http://characterdesigns.com/index.ph...page=tutorials
http://www.fineart.sk/?cat=14

i'm linking a number of head instruction books and demos because i'm not sure how you learn best.
pick one that clicks with you and study diligently.

[Akali_singh]

a la bapsi Thank you!

those tutorials kick ass!

i havent been spending alot of time doing studies...i think thats my problem.

ill will start now

[Akali_singh]

i started off with a quick warm up and this time spent more time on each of the faces.

[Akali_singh]

a few studies and more skytrain sketches

[kiwigarbage]

Hey there! You're working hard on those faces.

I recommend abandoning the circle/line thing. You're getting the classic "skull too small, face too long and thin" problem that comes with that approach. Instead, roughly draw the organic shape of the face first, then refine it. Everybody has a differently shaped head for different reasons, so when you approach them all from the same way, they look the same, and they all have the same mistakes!

Good luck

[Akali_singh]

hey kiwigarbage

your right....ive noticed that problem with my drawings... ill change my approach. Thank you!

[Akali_singh]

forgot to post these from b4

[dynam1k]

Update!!! ?

[Akali_singh]

sorry about the delay

[Akali_singh]

more faces

[Akali_singh]

much delayed i know

[The Pariano]

Great faces! And I really enjoyed the figure work you did up a little earlier. perhaps using value to model the forms you're drawing will help you to think a little bit more in the ways of 3D and bring your faces to that next level. Also, drawing time is good, but don't forget to get enough sleep too! Waking up at 4am sounds awful! ( that's when I usually go to sleep!)

[Akali_singh]

hey Pariano thank you for the feedback

ill do more value studies like you said. ive also noticed that even my profile sketches sometimes look too flat. will work on that

[Akali_singh]

some studies

[Akali_singh]

not pleased with results......not giving up either

[Akali_singh]

some more studies

[Akali_singh]

ive got tendinitis
its work related. anyway there's tons of mistakes on my studies but im learning
alot from them.

i also cant sketch on the skytrain for some time.
anyway im going to carry on with my digital studies.

[Akali_singh]

another study

[Akali_singh]

Update on my sketchbook and digital warm ups

[Akali_singh]

another movie study