Thomas M. Sketchbook - Alla Primal

**Alla Primal** · August 14th, 2011, 02:39 PM

Update: Hey my names Thomas Mahon, I'm from London UK, I'm 18 and just about to leave school. Instead of going to a university or something to get an art degree I've decided to take the completely self taught route, so I'll be studying every day for 2 years, going to make a timetable soon and start testing it out. Since I've started this thread I feel i've made some big improvement, and I thank the Crimson Daggers community for pushing me to improve.

my older stuff can be viewed here: www.mahons.deviantart.com incase you're interested. This thread will be a progress from now to infinite.

**mat04art** · August 14th, 2011, 03:27 PM

wow interesting pictures so far!

Keep it up!

**Alla Primal** · August 14th, 2011, 05:24 PM

a work in progress, feel free to give me critisism

**Brand2.0** · August 14th, 2011, 08:21 PM

Great stuff so far! I would very much like to see you replace the axe in the first picture with a lute. That would be hilarious to me.

**Alla Primal** · August 15th, 2011, 09:45 AM

Thanks for the compliments.

**Alla Primal** · August 15th, 2011, 03:18 PM

With this I tried to do it as fast as possible. I think if I spend too long on a painting it becomes stale and boring to me.

**Alla Primal** · August 22nd, 2011, 04:30 PM

**Alla Primal** · August 22nd, 2011, 06:30 PM

quick self portrait, I'm not happy with the proportions of the face really

**Alla Primal** · August 23rd, 2011, 01:19 PM

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**Alla Primal** · August 24th, 2011, 08:01 PM

I'm not getting many replies huh

I need some critique and tips.

**Alla Primal** · August 25th, 2011, 01:50 PM

**Alla Primal** · August 25th, 2011, 04:06 PM

**Darius-sama** · August 25th, 2011, 04:10 PM

I love the last concept, looks gorgeous! Keep drawing studies, I'm looking forward to see more stuff from you.

**Alla Primal** · August 27th, 2011, 10:45 AM

I'm having a little bit of trouble with the legs, and the design of the animals head, I'm going to play around with it a little bit more. Work in progress ofcourse.

**Alla Primal** · August 27th, 2011, 02:37 PM

**Alla Primal** · August 27th, 2011, 05:51 PM

I think I'm progressing pretty well since I started this journal.

**Alla Primal** · August 28th, 2011, 04:55 PM

I looked at a picture of a boxer and tried to reproduce it. It went pretty badly, I got frustrated and gave up. I'll try again with a new boxer tomorow.

**Alla Primal** · August 28th, 2011, 08:32 PM

think this one went better

**knut-** · August 28th, 2011, 08:50 PM

Really nice concepts man, you deffinitely have your own style.
I like smthing about your colors.
Great studies (the last ones)
Cheers

**Alla Primal** · August 29th, 2011, 05:31 PM

my first of 100 life studies I'll be drawing

I've been inspired by Dave Rapoza's amazing dedication

**Alla Primal** · August 30th, 2011, 04:57 PM

second of 100

there wasn't a reference for the legs, hehe

**FightingSeraph** · August 30th, 2011, 06:10 PM

I really like that last pic in the first post, but the elbow mechanism seems kind of awkward when it comes to joint movement.

**Alla Primal** · August 30th, 2011, 06:35 PM

Originally Posted by FightingSeraph

I really like that last pic in the first post, but the elbow mechanism seems kind of awkward when it comes to joint movement.

Yeah I agreee it's very awkward, wasn't really paying attention to functionality. In the future I'll do more preparation

**Rubina8tor** · August 30th, 2011, 06:52 PM

I think you have a good eye for for shapes and form, If you were to work some more detail to some of these peices they would epic.

**Rubina8tor** · August 30th, 2011, 06:54 PM

Also do you use photoshop, if so what type brushes do you use?

**Alla Primal** · August 30th, 2011, 07:06 PM

hey, thanks for the compliment, and yeah I do need to spend more time on the detailing, I get fed up with a piece though. I need more patience definatly. I'm using photoshop Cs3 with an intuous3. I'm using a brush pack called 'Shaddy', although I forgot where I got it from.

**David Keen** · August 30th, 2011, 07:10 PM

Great work on the life studies, very good use of light and shadow. I'm looking forward to see the other images in your series of one hundred. Keep it up!

**Mike.R** · August 30th, 2011, 07:40 PM

hey man just one suggestion would be to begin your paints with a concept of the space in mind it will help you build your figures for sure. even just in a room or some other object to reference in the space. The bear paint is working the best as a paint an can tell the concept was flowing with space. looks the most effortless.

**Alla Primal** · August 30th, 2011, 07:45 PM

Thanks Mike, that's something I was very aware of when I finished the concepts. I just drew a concept and then stuck a background on it, when I drew the bear it was the other way round, I'll take it on board! thanks for the critisism

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