Othrandir's guide to whatever

[Othrandir]

pencil stuffs





a small portrait with some experimentation , so fun!



here's my first finished commission , the client said it's ok to share
(he wanted to be an angel)



here's a small animation of the process , maybe someone can get something out of it ... i hope ...

[ChocolateCookie]

you have improved, padawan

[Othrandir]

ChocolateCookie - Why thank you!


some head and creature sketches ( all from head obviously...)















around 2 hrs sketch

I called it " No more mr Ice guy " , original...i know...

[Othrandir]

sketches and brush experiments

[Othrandir]

a still life I haven't finished



some sketches





photo referenced women



another sketch



something I started this morning , we'll see how it goes



close-up

[Othrandir]

did some more on the last sketch , I still don't know where this piece is heading hahaha

[Othrandir]

some sketches and progress on the still life

[Othrandir]

and the finish of tonights more finished sketch

[Othrandir]

just a couple of sketchbook pages

[Nemome]

Even though it's only a finished sketch, there's still room for improvement.
The main problem is his pose. There isn't much flow in the general character. You should have tried out different quick gestures first before going on with the sketch.
And the foreshortening of his right arm looks somehow wrong but I think that's because of the pose.
But the rendering and choice of colors is really nice :)
Try to work on the gestures and you're coming along fine.

Keep it up mate :)

[Othrandir]

Nemome - Thanks for the critique! You're right about the pose , my dynamic poses suck


a couple more pages

[Othrandir]

Trying out different stuff again


I bought myself a toned paper sketchbook yesterday , so I had to fill the first page with something bigger
everything from imagination during boring school classes



I also got some fineliner and a marker , oh the fun!



3 minute photohsop mess around Obviously I tried out the Anthony Jones video lighting tutorial , love it

[Othrandir]

two more pages

[Othrandir]

Just a mindless tree sketch to relax



and some doodles

[Othrandir]

some more sketches







a guy I know asked me to draw him a tree tattoo he wants to have done...i usually avoid things like that but he begged me and I caved in the end

He liked this thing



a dwarf sketch with some steps

[Arteast]

Outstanding improvement man youve worked your butt off for it though great job! Huge Inspiration!

[Othrandir]

Arteast - Thanks man!


here's a new random painting...in the middle i got this idea to sort of give life to the crazy annoying phrase "A little birdie told me" , that is the name of the painting too



close-up



and some steps I hope can help somebody or shed some light on my process

[GeorgiBorisov]

Getting better and better with every post. Keep it up

[Othrandir]

Georgi Borisov - Thank you!



Ok , so while CA was down , I did two posts . Here they are :



1)
bout time for an update , huh

Ok , so first some poses and sketches














some drapery , my scanner went crazy in these and chopped the image , but i think you can see most of it





last of the pencil stuff , I went out with some drawing friends , and a good friend of mine with gorgeous style drew these in my sketchbook.Nice lines , huh? You should really check out her stuff --> http://spaska.deviantart.com/



oh , i guess i had one more pencil thing , this is a still life , A3 format so a shitty photo is all i could do...sorry...
Around 20 hours in it.



a quick study



random portrait



and one more random sketch




Ok , I wish you all an amazing 2013!I hope you achieve all the goals you set for yourselfs.
For me , I will try to improve myself...scratch that...I WILL improve myself! A daily update as of next year , I will lose some weight , I will work more on anatomy , I will work more on my illustration and composition skills instead of doing random characters in a blank background or doing environments with nothing in them.I will read more , instead of rewatching Seinfeld and Friends.I must do those things because , no one else will do them for me.I wish you guys all the best!


2)
First post for 2013!

ok , so for the first of january , I got a massive headache I couldn't do shit all day , i tried to do some anatomy , but i managed to get through only one page before needing to lie down again.Fun stuff...This morning almost the same , but a bit better so i tried and pushed myself to do some stuff.Bridgman and a portrait of my father and sister ( she Used to do the duckface , she doesn't anymore ). I even recorded a small video , to show process , just for you guys









http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3hQ97SWoOI

[Letty]

You have improved alot since the first post. Keep it up!

[Flügel]

I can agree that your improvement is really impressive. you now seem to have a much better understanding and feeling for depth and values.

[Othrandir]

Letty - Thank you , I will !

Flügel - Thanks , man! The scary thing is that I really don't feel like I have a good understanding of depth and values...


So the headache IS NOT STOPPING!!The morning it was okay , so i figured i'd take it easy .I ordered myself a subway sandwich ( mmmmmmmmmmmmmm , delicious...) and watched Robin Hood ( the new one with Russell Crowe , i guess not that new anymore though... )Then the headaches started again, but i said to myself that that's not going to stop me , so i sat down and started sketching some knight guy , which turned out extremely horrible ( I tend to overglow stuff waaaaaaaay too much ) , so i decided i'll do studies...and that's it.I don't know why i said all that stuff , just to share i guess.I know you guys really want to hear about my day
Here's some stuff.

The overglowed knighty guy



quick shitty portrait study



a bigger , not that shitty , study of one of mjranum's stock photos



and a screencap study of a wonderfull scene in Lord of the Rings : The Fellowship of the Ring ( for those who don't remember it's one of the "Big Folk" in the Prancing Pony )

[Othrandir]

Letty - Thank you , I will !

Flügel - Thanks , man! The scary thing is that I really don't feel like I have a good understanding of depth and values...


So the headache IS NOT STOPPING!!The morning it was okay , so i figured i'd take it easy .I ordered myself a subway sandwich ( mmmmmmmmmmmmmm , delicious...) and watched Robin Hood ( the new one with Russell Crowe , i guess not that new anymore though... )Then the headaches started again, but i said to myself that that's not going to stop me , so i sat down and started sketching some knight guy , which turned out extremely horrible ( I tend to overglow stuff waaaaaaaay too much ) , so i decided i'll do studies...and that's it.I don't know why i said all that stuff , just to share i guess.I know you guys really want to hear about my day
Here's some stuff.

The overglowed knighty guy



quick shitty portrait study



a bigger , not that shitty , study of one of mjranum's stock photos



and a screencap study of a wonderfull scene in Lord of the Rings : The Fellowship of the Ring ( for those who don't remember it's one of the "Big Folk" in the Prancing Pony )

[lanotdesign]

Wow man, you have really worked your butt off, very noticeable improvements indeed, from colors to proportions everything just improved.

[Othrandir]

lanotdesign - thank you , i can work it moore though...I feel like I can do so much more and be so much more , but i just don't put enough time to it...damn...



here we go again!

I couldn't do too much today , but it was a fun day nontheless...

two quick photostudies





some bridgman







a slightly longer study , trying to focus on skintones



and a refless sketch , to practice those skintones

[Othrandir]

lanotdesign - thank you , i can work it moore though...I feel like I can do so much more and be so much more , but i just don't put enough time to it...damn...



here we go again!

I couldn't do too much today , but it was a fun day nontheless...

two quick photostudies





some bridgman







a slightly longer study , trying to focus on skintones



and a refless sketch , to practice those skintones

[Veneq]

Hey Othrandir. Nice updates. Starting to see some bigger strides. Your biggest weakness seems to be draftsmanship but that too has been steadily improving. So all I can really say is keep up the hard work and focus in on draftsmanship in your personal stuff.

[Othrandir]

Pierce - Thanks for the support man! I'll do my best


Just to drop in the two posts I could not post here , because of the CA crash

1) more studying

poses mostly from mind , some referenced / one page sketches to relax / a skull study , trying to do things without a sketch before , really feels like progress / a quick dino-looking creature , trying to focus on richness of color and again without a sketch













2)
I was so backed up with stuff , I couldn't get around to posting.Same amount though The other day I received my copies of Gurney's Color and Light and Imaginative Realism.Been doing color wheels , swatches and studies for the last two days.But they're boring so here's some funner stuff...
a bunch of figures and sketches (some from mind , some from reference - paintings , tv shows , movies etc ) + some bridgman











and a GoT screencap ( horrible likeness as always...)

[Othrandir]

more figures and sketches from today ( maybe with some time and a lot more anatomy studies , they might actually start to look good )

[{CKL}]

Damn, so much progress on this page! Your color and brushwork is coming along nicely, as well as your figure studies. Just focus on the structure of those faces, remember they have planes!