Half Hopeful Guy's Sketchbook

[technokill]

Hello!

First, let me say that I feel embarrassed that my aspirations are sooooo far from my actual skill-set.

Since I can remember, I used to draw. Unfortunately, when I was around 12 years-old, something happened and I just stopped. No more drawings, it suddenly became "the thing I used to do when I was a kid". Long story short, 10 years later I see myself finishing law school, wishing my life had gone by completely different ways. Couple months ago, after years feeling "I know I wasn't born for this" I decided is was enough. I'm going back to my origins and will find a way to work with my passion: Art.

Though I _probably_ won't be following the path of illustration or concept art, but rather 3d CG, I want to learn how to draw/paint/illustrate well. Moreover, good traditional skills are always a BIG PLUS for CG anyways.

I don't have much time, as I still have to finish college and have to practice 3d as well but I'm willing to follow every advice and absorb every critic. I will do my best to feel what I can only imagine: the satisfaction to see my thoughts becoming beautifully real.

Enough talking.

I'll start by posting some of the drawings I did when I was a kid. Not sure if it's worth anything but here they are.

All these were copied from magazines I believe.

[technokill]

And here are some recent photoshop + tablet stuff

All from photo ref.

[ElisaClaes]

you can adjust the size of your imge in photoshop image -> image size and then like 500 pixels with she smallest side of your piece should be better

[MusicMetalHead]

Don't be ashamed of your goals. The higher your aspirations the larger your drive and the quicker you'll get there. It looks like you are having some troubles with your tone and proportions. I would suggest finding a good book on heads. Andrew Loomis Drawing the Head and Hands is a good guide for that. I would also suggest doing some work traditionally, at least to start with. It can be very distracting trying to get over the technical hurdle that digital art has. Start with a good gesture drawing or sketch to lay in the basic design, then start working on tone.

[technokill]

Alright! Although I'm excited about tablet and digital stuff, I'll try to push myself into making the not so cool things ahaha

Here's one more.

[chevy28360]

Hi! Great start! I can't really think of anything else to crit that hasn't already been said. Just keep it up and push work out as much as possible. If you look at the really great artists in here like robogabo and ccsears, they at least sketch every day, because building up your mileage is incredibly important. A particular person might be more naturally gifted than another, but if that less gifted person puts more work in, it won't matter. It looks like you have talent, so that means if you stay diligent, your work will be all the better. Keep at it, and don't get discouraged!

[technokill]

Thanks a lot guys. It's amazing how a few words can make you feel better and more motivated.

So, before I start focusing in anatomy, I have this little painting here.



I feel that I have a big issue with getting past the shape blocking stage.

As you can see, most of the image has been done, but I cant seems to detail, smooth it out, finish it up. Im not sure if it's lack of patience or if I might be missing something else here.

Any thoughts?