{; Argaelie's Sketchbook! ;}

[argaelie]

Hello! My name is Angélica [or angie c:] Mexico, 17 y/o, self taught digital artist.
I do digital art since 2007, but digital painting since 2011/2012
My dream is to live in Italy for the rest of my life and become an illustrator.
Currently I'm in an art collective Hysterical Minds where I have the opportunity to work with awesome artists and get feedback from them c:
I love to draw big dresses, long hair, mystic places, magic scenes, birds, a lot of motion and I love cold tones [it's funny 'cause I hate the cold xD]
I suck at landscapes and mechanical things x__x
The word 'shyness' has its name because of me lol

I'm not very interested in concept art, but I love character design and fashion and stuff
I use Photoshop cs6 and a wacom intuos4 which I call my baby lol
Sorry if there are some grammatic mistakes, I'm here to improve my english too!

[New to old]

[HarbingerofIllRepute]

Fascinating!
I hope to see more from you in the future : P

[Milou20]

Really good, looking forward to see more!

[vayne108]

wow your work is fantastic, especially for your age !

[argaelie]

Thank you guys! I'm glad you like it ^^

Here's more. [I'll draw some more 'cause this ones are pretty old hehe]
The first one looks like Nicolas Cage haha xD


This one is some semi-realistic tutorial I made for some people who wanted me to do

[argaelie]

Some enviro fails lol



I hate references, I usually don't use them >.<


and my deviantID

[argaelie]

The last one is kinda old >_>

[PoringMaster]

I really like your stuff!! keep posting

[schwarzmaler]

thanks for your comment in my sketchbook. It seems you have great skill, much more so than me! those last studies are kickass, especially the planes of the head. are you using loomis method?

[argaelie]

@PoringMaster: Thank you! n__n
@schwarzmaler: I'm not. I learned about those planes of the head by myself through a lot of observation and youtube videos.. I've read Loomis and stuff but it was after I learned all those things hehe. Thank you!

[thejoolie]

your stuff is great! i really like the color pictures, and it seems like you have a very good grasp on human anatomy- keep on posting!

[RissaKay]

Wow, you are great at drawing attractive young white people! But, since you're so talented, I think it would be really good and cool of you to push your limits and draw new kinds of people.

[argaelie]

@thejoolie: Thank you
@RissaKay: Yeah, right now I'm having problem with asian faces, that's fun because I have some asian face xD
I'll practice that, thank you!

Meanwhile here's a sketch I did a few hours ago. I was terribly afraid of environments but now I realized it's fun

[vayne108]

OH, I love the updates, Keep them coming !

...also I wanted to thank you for visiting my SB !

[Rustveld]

Wonderful start to your sketchbook!
May I ask why you hate reference though?

[schwarzmaler]

great start with this last evironment! I've also never dared to touch those either, so I know what you mean by beeing afraid of them!

[argaelie]

@vayne108: Thanks, and no prob! ^^
@Rustveld:Thanks. I prefer to draw from imagination, I think I do it better than with ref. I also used to draw that way
@schwarzmaler: Thank you n__n

I couldn't draw too much lately.. all I can show by now is this... [old stuff, again xD]



[Super old >_>]

[argaelie]

WIP c: Doing this portraits is very relaxing

[argaelie]

Finished!

[argaelie]

I've been busy ;__;
omg I can see some changes here >_>

[argaelie]

This was fun to do

[kevin_]

great start to your sb on here! you have a great sense of values and render very nicely! keep posting!

[Tristan Berndt]

Sweet sketchbook! I really love that face were you showed the different planes of the face in different colors. It looks like a really good thing to practice and will come in handy when doing the lighting of a face
Keep up the good work!

[Aangkat21]

WOW your heads look awesome!
I have hard time with them ;D
But I just need to do more I guess

[mike butkus]

Outstanding for 17, your on your way to great things! Good job.

[argaelie]

@kevin: Thank you! Values were extremely hard for me a year ago.. is good to know I've improved! n_n
@Tristan Berndt: Thanks! Yes, the lighting part becomes easier c:
@Aangkat21: Thanks! By doing a lot of them you can see the improvement.. but in my case, I have to do almost hundreds of them just to see a very little difference
@mike butkus: Thank you for the kind words! n__n

[argaelie]

OMG I love drawing faces xD Here's a speedie
If someone could give me some advice or criticism I would be very grateful

[Tyn]

I like the last portrait. That's a really sexy look. Anyway, you're pretty good at drawing portraits. Keep it up. All I can say is don't stop posting. Do you draw from reference frequently? I think that imagination and reference drawings should have a balance, or else your imagined drawings may stagnate, kind of like mine did. So I'm focusing on more portrait studies.

[BaZoOka PoOka]

i can tell that you are going to become a legend one day because of your awesome signature

[Aangkat21]

I like this painting.
Looks very traditional
Just if you could put some highlight. It would even pop more