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[JailHouseRock2]

Wow that turned out good man, big ups!

[Strassenpenner08]

WOW !! amazing °_° thats stunning ^^
good job

[B-Man]

Hey bro! Long time no write. sry for that.
Nice progress. Like this last one. The horse looks great! nice atmosphere.
see you around!
Mahalo!

[doncam]

Hey Jason, you've blown me away completely with this one. Fantastic work, love the detail. 5 of the best mate.

[jatherip]

wow. just wow. im a lazy ass, visited your first page, then this one. but no im gonna look at the other ones, too cause i want to see this progress! congrats on this last one, man.....28 hours.....wow!
btw, her belly looks a bit strange. is this a sixpack or armour? if it was a sixpack, it was kinda hard edged, if it was an armour, the contrast would be too low!

keep practising!

[Jonas_J]

Damn ... what an improvement from page 1 to this one ... inspirational.
Keep doing what you are doing!

[Niva.]

Wow DC, I bow down to that last one. The only critique I can make is that I actually liked it better w/o the background. It looked amazingly clean.

That being said I do love what you did with the background, on it's own it's amazingly good. I'd suggest making it a bit fainter so that the main figure stands out a bit.

[t i m]

Whoa..EPIC PENCILS! Nice stuff!

[darkchild]

JailHouseRock2: Thanks! I'm just so glad I finished this so now I have time to torture myself with another challenge

Strassenpenner08: Thank you very much!

B-Man: Hey there! Long time no write How have you been? I'm glad you like my last post! Thank you

doncam: Thank you very much I'm constantly needing to outdo my previous one... it's like a vicious cycle LOL!

jatherip: Thank you I don't blame you for just visiting the opposite ends of this SB... there's a lot of drawings up in here! I had some problems deciding what I want to do with her abs. I was originally going to put up some sexy swimsuit model abs... but then I though, hell, she's hardened warrior! Gotta have the "Conan the Barbarian" cut abs. I know it's a bit overdone and "plasticky" but I thought it would fit well. Thanks for the visit!

Braintree: Thank you very much! I really appreciate the kind words I'm still at it, so more drawings to come!

n1va: Thank you sir! I'm not worthy! You have been progressing at a phenomenal rate in your artistic abilities as well! I actually mulled over whether to put a background on it or now. I decided on the background because it just looked so empty without one! But you're right it was a huge challenge to not make everything run together. I wanted an insane level of detail so that's the other reason I went for it. I'll be experimenting more with backdrops, specifically my next piece below. I don't know how I'll do but nothing ventured, nothing gained!

t i m: Thank you I'm challenging myself (and my patience) to lots of detail work. I'm drawn to that sort of art but have always been waaaaay too lazy to produce it But not anymore, I'm kicking myself in the ass to do some more of these!

Thank you to all who have visited! Your continued support is greatly appreciated. I'm sorry I haven't posted for a while, but I was busy thumbnailing and revising my current project. If you have been following my current trend I'm trying to force myself to add more levels of detail into my work as well as more careful rendering. So I've taken a turn from copying photographs to trying to come up with my own concepts... you know, like concept art I don't even know where to begin with this current drawing but I think I'll dive right in and pick a point. I know the angles are off in many places, but I'll be (as always) making corrections here and there as I render. The line art is very easy to do, it's the shading that's going to be a challenge! So I'll have pogression shots up here as I go!



PS: I have tons of conceptual art for this drawing, if anyone wants to see them, let me know and I'll post them. I have pre-vis art for the scene, the bike and some of the buildings. They are really quickly done in pen!

[B-Man]

Looking good, cant really se all of it though. Now post a higher res of this last one and put some color on it.

[darkchild]

B-Man: Thanks! I'm not sure that I can top my last drawing but I'm trying something different I have two more photos of my new piece hopefully these will turn out better if not then I'll need to bump up the contrasts in CS3.

Well here's the progress of my current project. I wanted to have more details so I chose a futuristic cityscape. Most of my previous... pretty much all of them have one focal point and it's usually a female, so this is a change in direction for me. The angles do look off but it will look better in the end!

Here's the preliminary rendering of the sky:


A close up of some of the buildings that have been rendered:


Thanks to all for checking out my stuff! Until the next update

[doncam]

Hey DC, can't wait to see this, when you get it a bit further progressed. Okay, now you know I'm not that experienced, so I'm probably looking at it wrong, but the buildings in the foreground seem to be leaning in, when you compare them to the building with the spire. This isn't a crit, I'm curious, am I seeing it incorrectly, or is it because that is still part of the rough sketch?
The closeup part looks great.

That sci-fi pic looks great can't wait to see it finished.

[Niva.]

Hey DC, my comment earlier did not mean I disagree with your intent. It has been one of the things I struggle with too, adding backgrounds to my characters. Even if it totally ends up a miss you learn something from the process. So I totally support what you're trying to do here and the finished work is amazingly good.

I can't wait to see the finished version of the new one you've started. Again remember contrast, try to go dark with the foreground figures, give them sharp edges and shadows and it will rock.

PS. You're very worthy my friend, very!

[B-Man]

There are some problems with your perspective. Its a multi perspective peice with several vanishing points. Overall its corect but its the lover round locking extension on the rendered part. It leans a bit to the right. If you check its lines with a ruler you will know what I mean. Good job on the initial sketch and cool cityscape! Me cant wait.

[Cobi]

Damn dude!! What have you been taking??!?! lol. Your rendering is A+, so glad to see you didn't give up.

[darkchild]

doncam: Thanks! Yeah, the structures are off, but in my defense I was trying for criss crossing vanishing points. So the structures in the foreground are coming "across" the viewers sight and the background structutres are coming "at" you in a way. I think B-man has the perfect explanation.

Mitze: Thank you I've been wanting to draw something like this for some time but I didn't really have the patiences or the confidence in my skills. I finally think I'm ready to tackle something this large Wish me luck!

n1va: No worries, I know what you were trying to say. I was actually mulling over for a long time whether or not to place a background to that warrior. I'm trying to go more details with the rest of my work so I'm going to start pre-visualizing the backgrounds before I start. The warrior's background was an afterthought so it may not have been the best in composition. Thanks for the compliment I'll add those dark contrasts as you suggested, I need something to separate out those buildings!

B-Man: Thank for the crit, I was noticing that while I was rendering, I tried to correct some of the angles of the structures today, but some of my pencils were a bit too "permanent". I'll correct what I can, I'm constantly trying to remember to stand back often to check my work, but you know how it is sometimes you're just in that zone and lose track of time I hope this will turn out somewhat decent.

Cobi: Well well! Nice to hear from you! What have you been up to? Have you had more art shows? I've missed your work and those wonderful timelapse vids. No, I didn't give up my art... I don't think I could ever, I realize this is the perfect outlet for relaxation. So I will continue to draw as long as I have the ability! Thank you for the kind words regarding my rendering. The new rendering is at the cost of efficient time, I'm taking a long time to finish one piece now! I hope to hear from you from time to time! Take care

Ok here's a minor update... I'm really struggling with those damn structures! I'm trying to separate them with contrasting tones. I've also flushed out the tones of the sky and clouds a bit more by adding more contrasts. They were beginning to blend into the foreground. I hope there's not too much going on that this becomes totally unreadable. I added a row of trees to the left by the overpass/off ramp. It was too empty. If you look closely there's a guy flipping off a car in the background There will be people walking on the sidewalk by the row of shops as well. I was thinking of adding an airship in the clouds at first but I think that would really start to be too busy. I originally wanted the focal point to be the bike and it has led to this





Until next time!

[doncam]

DC, it's looking great. Can't wait to see it further on. Thanks for the explanation re the perspective, and I read B-Man's comment, yahoo, I getting to look at stuff like an artist I agrre with you about the spaceship, don't do it, its a very busy piece, and think if you add anything else, you'd spoil it. This is certainly a major project. Goodluck.

[Bones Weep Tedium]

WIP is great, can't wait to see more!

[darkchild]

doncam: Thanks for the luck, I'll be needing it. I have a few years of architecture from school but it's only helped a little bit. I've never really drawn a cityscape before and it's proved challenging! I'm hoping it will turn out alright.

Bones Weep Tedium: Thanks for the visit and the kind words I'll be updating periodically so please check back!

Ok here's the small update:



I've got the entire top row of buildings done and I'm working my way left to right and top to bottom. I've reworked the sky again and changed some of the structures as well as certain angles of the buildings.

[B-Man]

Man! your like a rendering machine! Systematic. I just work allover and cant stay in one place. Im excited to se the finished peice! And Im sure you will top it may times over in the future!

[darkchild]

B-Man: Lol It's funny sometimes I'm disciplined and other times I'm not. I just happened to be on this one. I too am all over the place, but I try my best to keep some order to chaos. Mainly because I don't want to smudge what I've just rendered. Usually when there's a main subject I'll always render that first then move to the background. But I may think about doing it the way painters do by rendering the backdrop then the foreground. Thank you for your kind words!

I had nothing monumental to post so here's an up close shot of some of the details of the city. I got the most of the cars and signs finished. I'll be going back in with a soft pencil and putting in some shadows to bump up the contrast a bit. Right now lot of it is just running together.

[Bones Weep Tedium]

I'll be going back in with a soft pencil and putting in some shadows to bump up the contrast a bit. Right now lot of it is just running together.

Don't forget to leave the darkest tones for the foreground, to create a sense of depth. If you have the same tonal range all over the image it will appear flat. Aerial perspective would mean that in a scene as epic as this the background buildings would appear faded compared with the forground figures. leave the darkest darks for the girl and the motorbike to help bring her forwards - other wise the entire drawing will appear to be on the same plane.

Really admire your patience and perseverance!!

[doncam]

Thats an incredible amount of work. Can't wait to see the finished product. How many hours you got up so far? Looking great Jason.

coming along nicely.

[darkchild]

Bones Weep Tedium: Thanks for the tips! I appreciate that! Unfortunately I didn't really pull off what you suggested really well I did however make the bike and rider a bit more bold. The buildings behind still runs together somewhat. I'll chalk this up for experience and move on...

doncam: Thank you Yeah, I'm wiping the sweat from my brow now working on it! I've got the technical information below, this didn't take me as long as the warrior piece up top...

Mitze: Thank you


Well I kind of got lazy and bored with this drawing so this got dragged out through a 3 week drawing. But the overall time was shorter than the last one. I had no idea how to render a cityscape so slight discouragement was felt. But I finally got it done. I'm not going to pursue this anymore. I originally wanted the main focus to be the futuristic bike and rider but it snowballed into this. I went through several pages of sketchbook for a futuristic bike design to to come up with this final version. As for the view I didn't quite get the depth I wanted but I'll explore that aspect if I choose to do another piece like this in the future. I think I'm going to stick with what I do best, anatomy. This piece didn't take too long because the buildings were really easy to render, but it was the cars that gave me the hardest time.

I actually had a purpose in mind for attempting this drawing. This was to test my knowledge of perspective, consistent lighting and of course, my patience. I don't have a very strong understanding of perspectives and vanishing points yet. Anyways I hope everyone sees something they like in this.

Technical:

HB and 6B graphite
18" x 24" on Canson classic cream
~ 25 hours

"Future Visions"



Ok time for a break and I'll be starting a new drawing shortly!

[rrustynaill1993]

hey can i request a couple portraits? i wanted one, and my friend wants one. she loves your work, and so do i. please it would be very much appreciated.

[Gilead]

Look at you giving Syd Meade a run for his money!. That drawing is positively awsome. Cool motorcycle too. You keep that up and they'll have you designing for Blade Runner part two. Eager to see what you pull off next.

[Kuidf^!]

wow this drawing is sweet man keep it up its great !

[darkchild]

rrustynaill1993: Thank you for the great compliment I'm flattered by your request. I'm in between drawings right now so I can do a couple of portrait drawings. Please PM me the details and we can proceed from there!

Gilead: You write the best complimentary words! Thank you! I'll be coming up with something soon but I may break for two portrait requests. I've already got thumbnails of potential projects.

Kuidf^!: Thank you very much I will continue my quest for improvement!

I apologize I really didn't have any drawings to post! Just wanted to respond to the last few comments Take care everyone!