Streben nach Glück

**Streben** · October 12th, 2012, 11:12 PM

Hi and welcome to my Sketchbook!
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**James Thomas** · October 12th, 2012, 11:19 PM

Welcome to C.A Org, its good to see you have decided to pick up art again, i think you show the basic potential to become a great artist

which is...
TRYING! thats the secret haha. Overall your work shows some solid potential, so far i wont give you any crits except show us some more work and keep them baby's coming bro.
Hell, even throw in some graff too?

**Gpozzo** · October 12th, 2012, 11:23 PM

A warm Welcome to CA my friend, anyways... i think that's very nice for being your second attempt at digital drawing/painting, and that's great... the bamboo its ideal for starters so there's nothing wrong with that, post more so we can give more feedback..! and, again, Welcome to the forums

**Streben** · October 12th, 2012, 11:31 PM

Thank you guys, for the nice words and warm welcome!
I actually have to give credit to all these great Tutorials here at CA, without them I couldn´t have made this pic

**Nianto** · October 13th, 2012, 02:51 AM

wow, for your first post. nais so far. just keep working ^.^and we'll see more, yeee!

**Streben** · October 13th, 2012, 09:33 AM

Thank you very much Nianto!

Quick Linedrawing to loosen up a bit:
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Practicing Human Anatomy:
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**Psychobuddy** · October 13th, 2012, 10:09 AM

Really great start to this sketchbook, these last anatomy practices come across as extremely confident and controlled. Keep it up!

**80vain08** · October 13th, 2012, 10:14 AM

i think for your first experiments with ps, your work is really good!! my first digital paintings looked like a muddy bulb xD i like how you painted the materials in the first painting but the cape looks a bit akward to me. really solid anatomy stuff! keep it up!

**PeterPrime** · October 13th, 2012, 10:36 AM

Welcome to CA!

Don't worry, I started with a shitty TRUST tablet, which broke after several months of use. A bamboo is great and reliable tablet!

My advice is to do a couple of still life studies to learn and practice proper lightings. And studying human anatomy as well. So you get used to decent proportions on your own images!
Also, when you're painting illustrations or concepts, think about focal points. Right now I can't decide where to look first on your girl with the sword. At human drawings, the main focal point is the face and face alone. The rest are all secondary.

Anyways, keep on posting and practicing!

**Streben** · October 13th, 2012, 10:43 AM

Thank you very much for the critique!
Well, yeah color and lightning really are giving me troubles...but hey I´m here to practice ^,..,^
Didn´t know about the faces focal point thing...really great advice!

**kevin_** · October 13th, 2012, 10:58 AM

very nice start, looking forward to more post!

**Streben** · October 14th, 2012, 07:34 AM

5 min Lightstudy :
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**Bing!** · October 14th, 2012, 07:44 AM

Welcome to CA!

Whenever you are drawing a standing figure, try to plant the feet on the ground plain, this with really help create a sense of perspective even for a quick sketch.

**Streben** · October 14th, 2012, 10:13 AM

Quick Sketch, to loosen up for todays Drawingmarathon

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**Streben** · October 14th, 2012, 08:42 PM

Work in progress:
Would love some color suggestions and of course any critique is highly appreciated too =)

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**Streben** · October 15th, 2012, 09:36 AM

WIP_02: Still looking for some help...something in the composition just isn´t right...
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**Streben** · October 15th, 2012, 05:49 PM

WIP_03: well i figured the girl is what´s messing with the composition, wich is basically just a simple triangle - So, i dumped and replaced her with a ...wait for it.....BOOK ! haha

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**Streben** · October 15th, 2012, 08:19 PM

WIP_04: just discovered layer styles - so much fun!
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**Streben** · October 16th, 2012, 08:39 AM

Actually i wanted to finish my wip - but i´m kinda stuck. So, i tryed to relax my mind and scribbled around.
Well, guess until i find a solution i´mma be
Trollin :
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Astonishing how the subconscious mind makes you create stuff that reflects the mindstate you are trying to achieve, when you´re not really thinking much about what you´re actually drawing.

**nickydraws** · October 16th, 2012, 09:14 AM

Read your opening post. Keep pushing man! If you work hard you can improve your life.

**Streben** · October 16th, 2012, 11:11 AM

Seen many people on here talking about Bridgman´s Books, so i looked for some images from him on the web:
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**Streben** · October 17th, 2012, 12:11 PM

**Streben** · October 18th, 2012, 12:25 AM

First try at a landscape (took quite some time, but im really pleased with the result) :
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Planning on putting a Knight or so in there (but that´s gotta wait for the weekend):
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**Streben** · October 20th, 2012, 09:06 PM

With the help from Istebrak (Thank you so much), I finally finished this piece!
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Last Man Standing

**Streben** · October 25th, 2012, 10:49 AM

What a stressful start into the week.... anyways didn´t have much time to draw so just a loose sketch:
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**Streben** · November 3rd, 2012, 12:34 AM

Didn´t have much time to draw so that was a real relief:
WIP
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**Streben** · November 11th, 2012, 12:24 AM

Didn´t post here in a while, soo here you go:

**phatbuddha** · November 14th, 2012, 02:06 AM

Love the "Faster Pussycat, Kill, Kill" post. Really dig the stylized line work.

**MrFrenik** · November 14th, 2012, 02:12 AM

This is a good start to a SB, and even just a few post I can see an improvement between the first and last pieces you've put up. Keep it up!

**I.N.K.** · December 3rd, 2012, 09:45 PM

I loved the piece in #23 and #24, it shows great improvement and it's an awesome first try! I would prefer the earlier version though, because the background has more texture, which gives the piece more depth. I also like the color palette of the first better, but I guess that's just a personal preference.
And I noticed that you're characters look easy to push over. You should pay attention not to make their feet too small.
Keep it up, Ilook forward to more from you!

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