by......s O l t a n

[sOltan]

i need to study anatomy as much as i can, i'm working on it and will be posting stuff as they come. for now, let me just post some random stuff. will appreciate any critique i can get.


visage study.

[obid619]

its really cool looking. nothing much to say but work on the colors. it looks a little bland. keep posting, i'm interested

[sOltan]

obid thanks! interesting you say it's bland, i take it it means tranquil - but i get your point. ok here is another one.


sunset in morocco

[S.C. Watson]

Hey sOltan,

Really good. I like the colors your are using and the implied atsmosphere with each piece. They both carry very different feelings from one another.

On the second woman, her lips are not quite right. Check out corbis.com for some profiles and look at the lips and nose. (sign up for an account - they're free, and do an image search) Specifically, the upper lip slants up and out, almost exactly oppisite of what you have there. The lower lip looks like she's trying to grimace some - bad tunes?

Both are really good starts. And glad to see you starting a sketchbook!

Cheers,
~Oreg.

[sOltan]

Oregano - good catch about the upper lip, will fix. this is a new style i am discovering in me, will work on it more - ideally from refs yes.

intends to have this caliph hover his palace garden -- maybe seduce a harem or two?

[dakoscwash]

Hey sOltan, glad to see you're starting a sketchbook. I really like the colors you used in the second piece. Lips are easily fixed, just do some lip/facial studies like oreg suggested. I really like the style in the last piece. Keep posting man.

[sOltan]

dakoscwash thank you for the visit. i haven't posted any foundation studies yet, bad bad for me! need to get to that soon. still in the wave of colorful things, let me post more to build up the momentum. here's a moroccan supastar:

[sOltan]

animation i'm planning in my brain.

[sOltan]

quick fix of the lips on the sunset girl. i didn't dare touch it too much.. will practice with fresh paintings.

[obid619]

Whoa! Sultan what I see is what I like! Great style. You should definetely build upon what you have. Damn i'm so nooby at digital painting, perhaps you can give me some tips sometime. Anyway I like how you have a great grasp on your form and Rythem (I think thats what its called ) anyway keep it up. I like how your updating often, and you should let it become a daily thing. Keep posting, you've got the talent. I'd like to see the finished piece on sunset girl

[sOltan]

started on the figure form studies from life. i make it a practice to take snapshots of my study, when i look at them at the end helps me see if i was focusing on the first things first.

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(my alien rider is not sO mean :mad: snif snif)


digitally colored (may be the bloody poor prey would bring out the viciousness of my alien hunter? hehehehe - i actually not satisfied with how i handled the bright areas to express the complex beautiful hard lights made by so many trees and leaves in forests .. made a mess, still trying to practise the technique, will try something else later)

[sOltan]

obid - thanks man. for the sunset girl, i'll try hey for the digital art... i use macromedia flash if i want vector graphics, usually clean and i can zoom in and detail. i recently started using paint shop pro 7, it's very cool! my brother got me corel painter 8, but unfortunately i have little memory left so it crushed and had to uninstall it.

for tips - i'll try my best to answer any question you ask me about the stuff i do. but for basic idea: i try to use minimum colors, and i try to always work from a palette so i don't introduce new strange colors. i pick a color and utilize different hues, alphas (opaciti) of this color, then the next ect. i like to pay attention to shadows, and bright areas. working digital also boosts my confidence. i let my pen flow on the tablet, if i don't like it i press redo but pencil on paper should never die, i use often, that's the foundation.

anyways man, there are many talented people in this forum i'm learning from. :chug:

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be patient with me while I might be posting some old stuff - may help me actually see my progress

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[Retinal Haze]

some really cool stuff going on in here! i like.

Is that watercolor i see?! i love watercolor!

[sOltan]

Retinal Haze - indeed water with color. didn't have watercolor paint per se available, but did have some old hard pastels laying around - i bashed them into powder with a rock :bash: and used to color

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[S.C. Watson]

sOltan, I absolutely love the oujdi girl and chawen. Wonderful work!

Cheers,
~Oreg.

[insane visions]

the first few post reminds me of editorial illustrations for esquire, gq or other classy magazines...keep posting...nice stuff.

[van]

Bravo! Great stuff...keep it coming.

[Yina]

i like your colour sense!

and the watercolour looks gooood