daflom's sketchbook

**daflom** · December 29th, 2010, 10:55 AM

hi
finally decided to start a sb here. the work in the other sketchbooks here at ca is really great and ihope i'll get better too by posting here (and of course drawing) regularly.

here are some of my works i did last year (not much i know but i'm sloooow...)

if someone has consturctive help for me i would be glad to read it and if not you can write me a poem or wathever if you like to...

/edit: moved the images to the second post/

**daflom** · December 29th, 2010, 11:23 AM

some studies i did/work on:

first a bougureau study wip, then heads from phot ref, and a compostion test thumb

(edit: the last three are from the first post)

**voxmortem** · December 29th, 2010, 11:57 AM

beautiful enviros, I especially like third one from first post, astonishing! Studies look promising: on the first one nostril seems pulled tad too much from cheek and overall shape of nose, mainly in os nasae area is bit off. Gentleman on second one looks good but somewhat flat- more value would fix that. Third one on the other hand is great, you managed to pull the shapes really well!

I hope that helps, and good luck with new ones, keep em coming!

**daflom** · December 29th, 2010, 05:49 PM

voxmortem: thx, you are right i definitely have to work on her nose!

did one quick study from photo (45 min) before sleep
painted in mypaint (cool open source painting tool, only color picking lags a second or so behind...) because i have only linux at home...

**daflom** · December 31st, 2010, 07:53 AM

here's a little update of my bouguereau study project...i'm struggling with all this subtle skin tones... but i'll keep working on it

**daflom** · January 2nd, 2011, 01:56 PM

another two environments i did some time ago:

**Cyberman** · January 2nd, 2011, 01:59 PM

I love your environments man, and the bouguereau study is coming along.

**PauloPhillipe** · January 2nd, 2011, 02:00 PM

Wow! Amazing work! Beautiful environments! I really enjoyed the third of topic #1!

**dana brancucci** · January 2nd, 2011, 05:53 PM

Hey daflom, great start to your sb! Keep at that bouguereau study, you will learn a ton from studies like that

I think a lot of your enviros have a lot of promise and I can tell you enjoy doing them. If I could offer some feedback on them, I would say use larger brushes while painting. That will help to keep focused on the whole composition, and then you can pick and choose which areas to refine in order to control the viewer's eyepath/ the focus of the image. Hope that makes sense. Keep working and let's see some more updates!

Really into the cityscape in post 6!

**Kalin** · January 2nd, 2011, 07:14 PM

Hi there, you're doing really good on those studies-the skin tones don't seem that off at all in your bouguereau study, perhaps a bit more saturated yellowish green in the neck area..and hands, in the mid ton shadow areas.

I also really like the 3rd enviro on your first post. The colors and contrast really make it stand out nice!

**daflom** · January 3rd, 2011, 11:25 AM

thanks for all your comments and crits!!

here is a sketch i did today:

**J@n!t** · January 4th, 2011, 01:46 AM

The colors in your Bourgereau study look so close to the original... Are you "seeing" these or are they color-picked from the photo? My tries with color-guessing are not so good ;-)

**daflom** · January 4th, 2011, 06:07 AM

janit: no i don't pick the colors from the original. its really hard to find the right color but i hope i'll get much out of it...
for a few days now i'm using the magic color picker which is a ps plugin and it helped me a lot in this color finding process. its basically the corel painter color wheel for ps.i can really recommend it.

some pencil studies from yesterday:

**Cyberman** · January 4th, 2011, 09:29 PM

nice environment, and that eye study looks productive, and yeah I use a brush pen actually
"this one" http://www.dickblick.com/products/kuretake-brush-pen/ I posted the link in my
sketchbook but thought you might not check it out before you get one...cheers and keep at it!

**My57** · January 4th, 2011, 10:13 PM

glad your not colour picking! - I did that when is started digital painting

- made it easier but you don't learn as much >.< - So its good just to start off the bad getting the colours yourself.

Love the enviros!

http://conceptart.org/forums/attachm...1&d=1293637352

^ I really like this ones style.

**daflom** · January 5th, 2011, 06:58 AM

thanks for the link sean!

did some quick thumnails:

**daflom** · January 5th, 2011, 11:33 AM

another sketch( abit inspired by a bierstadt painting) i did today

**daflom** · January 7th, 2011, 11:22 AM

a small update of that last composition study

this is the bierstadt original:
http://www.artrenewal.org/pages/artw...088&size=large

maybe i'll try to study the colors from it as well...

**kiwigarbage** · January 7th, 2011, 11:30 AM

You have a very calm aesthetic. I feel like I can breathe in here. It's refreshing

Do you do traditional as well? I would love to see some.

**ranunkel** · January 7th, 2011, 11:50 AM

Thanks for stopping by my sketchbook!
I enjoyed your landscapes, I will have to try to work on some myself

**daflom** · January 10th, 2011, 11:21 AM

added some color to the "alm". still a lot of work to do...

**daflom** · January 11th, 2011, 07:14 AM

i think i'll leave it that way...

**daflom** · January 11th, 2011, 08:33 AM

kiwigarbage: in the mooment i only use ps and pencil but i'm really interested in trying some traditional media... maybe watercolor or pastel chalk..dont know yet but i'll start soon with it i hope

some random pencil sketches:

**daflom** · January 13th, 2011, 03:04 PM

my bouguereau study: i know its not perfect but i think i learned a lot...

**Kapil** · January 13th, 2011, 03:07 PM

Great study man! Of course it's not perfect, but it's pretty close. You did an excellent job, especially with the color and tonal matching.

**Riox** · January 13th, 2011, 03:10 PM

Great study and equally great sketchbook. I think your enviroments are superb, keep up the good work. Can't wait to see more.

**daflom** · January 14th, 2011, 08:55 AM

thanks for the comments!

here are some thumbnails, for composition practise...

**daflom** · January 17th, 2011, 03:21 PM

a quick colored version of the last sketch:

**daflom** · January 19th, 2011, 10:57 AM

about 1h environment study from ref

**Vumi** · January 19th, 2011, 07:00 PM

Hello there, daflom!
I'd like to thank you for your comment on my sketchbook

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By looking at your works I can tell that you've got really amazing hand for enviro. Those look really nice. If it comes to anatomy (bougureau study for instance) I'm seeing some little problems with proportions, but overall it's amazing start (many much'es better than mine!)

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