John Silva Sketchbook [Just Updated!]

[towy]

nice sketchbook
your illustration are amazing yes

[DennisH-Art]

I just watched your livestream! Nice work!

I had no idea that the brain have an easier time learning stuff in the morning as you mentioned, but well, it inspired me to try an idea! From now on, I will wake up 1-2 hours earlier and try to do studies before I go to school! Would be awesome if I could learn some more stuff!

Hey! It's worth a shot!

[shamandalie]

Thanks for having the livestream! It's fun listening to you while painting/drawing.

[John Silva]

Heyyy This is my Bloodsports 4 - Lizard Wizard! entry:




Comps:


Studies:

[DennisH-Art]

Awesome end result! Really awesome!

[Voodoo_Mama]

Wow I gotta say that illustration of the archer on post 60 is amazing. Great composition. It's very dinamic.
Good luck with your Lizard entry.

[Sickbrush]

pfff nab

[NakedZergling]

great SB. TThanks for sharing

[John Silva]

Thanks guys, (I'll properly answer to each one of you in a bit)

Spirited Away Movie Poster Re-Marketed

[Othrandir]

Looks awesome! I already told you about the grumpy face and how much I liked it
I could not really see in facebook , but here the girl's expression is really good too.I think you're making progress in the whole conveying emotion through face kind of deal.Great job!

[kischi]

great work man!

[John Silva]

DennisH-Art, Thank you man!

Voodoo_Mama, Glad you liked it, thanks!

Sickbrush, pfffft.

NakedZergling, Thank you!

rastaray, yea man thanks a ton!

kischi, Thaaaanks!



Here's some dumpage

Studies:





Personal:



Thanks for C&C!

[Rustveld]

Awesome rendering skills! I really like the balance of hard and soft edges in this piece: http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/4...lverbyjohn.jpg

Nice job on your latest character. The arms in the character sheet looks a bit short to me, the lower arm and hand should generally be the same length as the lower leg, yours falls a bit short.

Keep up the good work!

[KyleWinslow]

you are good at drawing those are reely awesome
picter

[yarosh]

great skills nice colors, but I think that you should add some complementary colors to achive more depth of Yor pictures

[John Silva]

Rustveld, Thank you! yea you're totally right about that

KyleWinslow, Thanks!

yarosh, Thank you!

Illustration/Concept of a Furry Rhino Monster.

Thanks for looking, C&C are welcome

[Veneq]

Hey John! Great updates! Your monster hunter design is very cool (I'm assuming the guy with the Japanese tattoos is your monster hunter). I especially like the posed image.

[Marian Rowling]

Hey John you are doing great. I've really enjoyed looking through your sketchbook. I don't think I can offer much to help but encouragement to carry on but I get the feeling with your enthusiasm you will keep at it.

[John Silva]

Crazy Pills, Thank you! yes you're right he's the monster hunter!
Marian Rowling: Thank you for the encouragement, you're too kind

I gotta be more active, let's go back to basics!

"Knightmare":

Armor study:


Hand study:


Fast Feet study:


Ilya Repin master study:


Loomis studies (a ton more to come):

[enixtm]

Hey, just showin some support! Great improvement on the Knightmare. : D

[John Silva]

enixtm, Thank man! A lot more work coming and studies!

"TNT Goblin", Card art. Copyright ©Synegy games.


Higher res on my website: www.johnsilvaart.tk

Thanks for looking, C&C are welcomed!

[JulieSS]

That last goblin is amazing. I love the textures, the colors and the explosions!

[Veneq]

The Goblin card came out great John!!

[dlincoln83]

dude yer skills are getting damn sexy. studies and goblin and knightmare....i need to go paint now thx for the kick in the ass

[John Silva]

JulieSS, Thaaaanks!

Crazy Pills, Thank you man

dlincoln83, Thank you for the kind words, and i'm glad it helps you in any way!

Before I forget, here's the step by step of the TNT Goblin

[Sickbrush]

silvaboy

[John Silva]

Sickbrush

Nowww, I'm doing my fundamental studies, what about you?

Anatomy:



Unfinished master study (shame on me):


Hey look! they liked my previous goblin so much that now i gotta do another... (I'M TIRED OF GOBLINS...PLEASE GIVE ME DEMONS OR STUFF LIKE THAT!!!)

Still on the very early stages:

[Guardian G.I.]

I hate it when I see good art and the only thing I can is "It is awesome".
But anyway, I'll say it: your artwork is bloody awesome.

[enixtm]

"It is awesome" )

But yea, the studies are looking very good, it's great that you keep doing them even thou' you started to get work like a boss. It shows you're genuinely intersted in getting better.

I'd say about the goblin, maybe to do something about the eye that isn't seen. Maybe get more of it in somehow, or get the eyebrow in. That part looks a bit wierd to me as is now. Or maybe it's just me. Oh and, take note that eye doesn't really look at the viewer right now, if that was the intention, you gotta work that pupil more. It's a damn hard thing to do from my experience, haha.

[Talonart]

Wonderful studies, that goblin came out sweet man, keep em' coming!