Sep 3

[Form]

damn you and your hands maggot!!!

sorry i couldnt comment on ur sp, had massive crunchtime today!!!

most of this stuff ive seen, and you know how i feel about it. kudos...

the sp is very nice, only thing frustrating me is the ring of value around the end of his nose- its a tiny bit too pronounced and makes it look apart from the flesh.

man, you got a lot done at the pub! we need another get together in the next few days!!

cheers!

[ExilE]

Well fuck. *hangs up his pencils.*

No seriously great stuff, I can see a TON of improvement in your understanding of form, value, anatomy, etc. Keep on keepin' on.

[Zebz]

Rod,

Nice studies, bro. You're workin' hard it seems! I really like the gestures you did. You've already recieved quite a few crits so I won't bore with the same ones because I agree with pretty much all that's been said. One thing I'd encourage you to do is back off the line a bit. You're very dark with that line pretty often and it might do you some good to lighten up and let the values define the shapes more. Just a suggestion. I know you do a bit but I'm curious how it will work out with more of your comic booky type work. And it also seems like you throw these values down fairly fast. Maybe if you slow built some of them and through your strokes through a bit more it might change something for the better? Just some suggestions.

Keep the planar/anatomy studies up too. Some more work on the faces might not hurt. Sometimes they seem like their misaligned at times in place if you catch me.

All in all, good stuff! I'll be looking forward to more of the life stuff for sure. Keep up those SP's as well! You're movin' along just spledidly, my friend.

[rodrigo!]

lol, thanks min, yea its a girly monster u got a problem with that, huh???!?!?!?!
thanks exile i appreciate it
thanks adam u right, i should fix it but its too risky, im just gonna leave it and learn from it, since its very difficult to rub out and then blend it, so yeah,

thanks a lot max, i really appreicate the crits given, you are too kind haha. i will have to focus my attention on an eye study soon, im sure itll help

thanks zeb ill focus more on faces soon.

heres some quick sketches i did wen i had spare time since the last post.

[bumskee]

Rodrigo.. been sketching I see. hehe.. that monster on the right is fully sick, love the legs dude. the creatures look fantastic.. The girl, I think the lower half is slightly short.. the groin is about the middle point, it comes a bit short. Brain man is looking good, hehe love ur shit man..

I think the last chick is a bit too stiff, you should draw out the figure like you do and put her cloak and stuff on.. her shoulders are a little too narrow. good going with the face though.

I guess I will see you on monday!! or was it tuesday??

cheers dude.

[Zebz]

Great update, Aussie! Nice figure studies! It's good you're still pluggin' away at those anatomy and bone drawings. I'm a slacker when it comes to that sort of thing really. I'm trying tho! This semester (started last week) I have three drawing classes! That's a TON! One of those classes is an intense focus on anatomy drawing only. We have to have a 9 X 12 hardbound sketchbook filled with all anatomy stuff by the end of the semester. The teacher promised that this would be the most intense drawing class we've ever taken and it would demand the most time from us. I'm a little bit nervous but I'm sure it will help my anatomy quite a bit. Because then I'll know... and knowing is half the battle. Ha!

The planar face stuff is good too. Keep 'em up! And listen to Max, he knows what he's sayin'! He has some good input about eyes and he's been trying to help me out a bit as well. I started really focusing on those eye problems the other day and already I'm seeing the wrongs of my ways. Give some of the advice a shot. You won't be dissapointed, my friend. Keep up the great work. I'll be looking for an OC soon.

[lewiston]

Man, I am speechless. The progress you've been doing in one year is stunning...
Biggest respect for your work.
And thanks for getting my ass kicked by my boss for spending an whole hour of working hours checking out your drawings...
your man lewiston

[comixnut]

As usual there are few words that have not already been said to describe your dedication and progress, although inspirational comes to mind. Top stuff indeed!

[Form]

i see no hupdate =_=

[the_allejo05]

just checked your thread..awesome progress..damn im 10 years older than you..hehe..need to catch up..

[hurricane]

sweet stuff rodrigo !!

cool to see some monsters and "concepts" from you ! looks great and as maxetormer said, i like the bulkyness in the form.

cheers man and wheres the upphadate yo?

more more more !

[fionkell]

Holy frak I should check your sketchbook thread more often, Rodrigo Just by the looks of this I think you will well and truly cane HSC art. Your anatomy studies and faces kick some serious arse. Awesome critters too.

I need to draw more now :p

[Gilead]

Hey dude, I just went through your whole sketchbook and I've gotta say this is the most pronounced degree of improvement I've ever seen over such a short period of time. You're doing really well, keep it up. Keep experimenting, keep practicing and keep realizing that there's always just a little more there than you noticed the last time.

[Qxzi]

Great work here, and those studies are really paying off, just wanna know, did you use a anatomy book/website or did you do it yourself?

[dave from wyoming]

I like your use of light some verry nice stuff.

[rodrigo!]

Bumski-cheers mate youre right thanks for going through that with me at hungry jacks, i gotta watch out for that in the future.

ZEBS-thanks mate,youre right too i will do more in the future

Lewiston-lol thanks mate i must say not a smart way to spend an hour lol im sure theres millions of better artists to look at so i really appreciate the effort to check out my progress, thanks!

thanx comi- i try

cheers the alleje, lol better get drawin haha jk

thanx hurru heres your damn update k? there. there!

thanks iornula appreciate it, im sure we all need to draw more, i know i do

Thanks Gilead i will try my best to do more but i have big exams in 6 weeks so dont expect much until after the exams...then it will be rodrigo overload..lol!

Qxzi- a mix of everything- websites for ref, muscle pics, LOOMIS, bit of life...try em all and see wat works...either wat just keep practising

thanks a lot dave from wyoming much appreciated!

drawings from ref..around 30 mins each

hands and feet practice...some of the feet constructions are from hogarth ref, some are memory based
with the hands i drew a pose from memory, then i drew the same one from ref and compared the 2 to try and work out how my brain perceives the hand and how it works...wanna do that exercise more..,..





randoms


LEFT HANDER drawings with min (bumskee) , man this was fun, lol

gestures at cofee shop with min



gestures in class at schoooool


gestures at maccas the other day with adam


lifedrawing...ugly model....last night...
15mins



and random gestures from last night too...around 4-5 mins.

[bumskee]

Yo Rodrigo..
nice update dude.. those two refed drawings are beautiful. hehe love the hand and foot studies.. So very hogarth my bridgman hadn book is coming this week..i am going to see which one works better for me, i will bring them out next time we meet up. hehe left hand was fun, I think I better post mine too. You are so damn well controlled with your left hand. nice we should do that more often. Love the life drawings dude!!

[Rusty]

looking good bud,like i say on messenger,your dedication at such a young age is inspiring,i couldnt be fucked attending art school at that age(or furthering my own art 4 that matter),i just wanted to play playstation all day and jackoff to semi-nude fashion cataloges/magazines..hah.

keep it up man.
...Jace

[Azrael]

Wow, this is the first time I have come across this SB. You have some real quality stuff here, and lots of it! Great studies man, keep it up.

[rodrigo!]

thanx min...with my parents being the way they are i doubt ill be able to go to life drawing soon.....thanks for the comments man.

lol thanx rusty i just have to supress those urges heh...never play videogames these days.

thanks azrael.

just a pencilon sketch for today...did it last night.

[hurricane]

thanks !!

awesome update... *enjoys*


cheers!"

[bumskee]

Rod, that's not good to hear.. damn it's going to be so lonely without you dude.. and noone to bag out.. hahahah.. oh well.. I love how you do those creatures.. damn you~~~ and you won't teach me either! hehe.. the legs are nice. and you know you rock at shading, keep going dude. love seeing your work, it's more impressive in real life though.. cheers,

[jarhead1]

Wow. Really amazing stuff. You've clearly been working your butt off trying to improve. Comparing your fist posts with your latest, I'd say you've covered a tremendous amount of ground. Very inspiring.

[Zebz]

It's been a pleasure watchin' you develop, man. You certainly are puttin' in some hours to improve! I'm so proud! I remember the ol' Polykarbon days... oh they seem so long ago now. lol You've really come a ways, man. Keep doin' what your doin'. Remember the Form! Keep 'em comin'. We need to OC sometime soon. It's been a long while hasn't it?

[luxun]

I think if there's one person on this entire forum that everyone should be able to identify at a hundred metres, it's you

i think a couple of guys would be able to identify android too

[rodrigo!]

*appreciates* thanks hurri!

yeah min, come to monday ya big girl
thanks matey

thanks jarhead...i havent has as much time to draw as i wanted due to school but yeah i have been aiming to improve, and i have i guess, so im happy with that.

lol thanks zeb....yeah like i sed im not exactly where i wanted to be now but im still grateful, and i think its true that the future is always glorified in our minds, compared to what eventually happens, so yeah im glad im still drawing and going to art school next year/.
ill oc with u if u ever talk to me on msn,

i think a couple of guys would be able to identify android too

android who?

k here are some sketches done in past few days

[Lunch]

Awesome sense of volume mate!

Looking at this one, I feel my bones breaking apart.
The heavy fellow glows rudeness.



A crit now then; the eyes you draw tend to get too stylized in relation to the rest of the figure where you put down lots of effort into the making of volume, shadows etc.
The eyes becomes too 2D while the rest of the face is expressive.


Great SB, I'll be watching.

[arghmisfit]

im really digging some of these creatures dood, u should enter cow sometime

keep up the hard work!!1!

[maxetormer]

Nice work man!! I really like this last creatures :evil:
I have one critic tho, in the second page the girls eyes
on the upper right are to far apart and the drapery of the
fight attendant on the left is not belivable, is not following the
contours of the the body, and it needs more contrats,
I mean the value realtionships are not working to make the
image pop out the the page.

Other than this dam!! keep on this dedication,
your are huge inspiration!

[rodrigo!]

thanks arghmisfit, whats cow?

max- good advice as usual, thanks a lot for the critique mate!
some sketches and i also tried to do some eye studies today, turned out pretty average but i will keep doing them and going to make sure i learn it properly