Styler's thread.

**stew** · January 25th, 2006, 12:55 PM

You've clearly improved a lot over the course of this sketchbook thread. Don't have much advice myself really other than try to be as loose as you can with your drawings when you start them, i'm sure you're learning this anyway. My problem when I started drawing (not long ago) was that I was afraid to put lines down.

Good sketches

**styler** · January 26th, 2006, 01:11 AM

thanks! Yea you have to just put lines down without fear. I'll try to be looser.

**styler** · January 27th, 2006, 12:51 AM

An english assingment. I messed up the hands so bad. I chose the topic Death. Poem is below if your interested.

Death is coming, Death does not stop
I feel bad for who has to mop

It can be painless, it can hurt
Either way you'll hit the dirt

you cannot run, you cannot hide
you remember the day your cat died

Death will break down your door
Death will find you at the grocery store

Death does not fear
Death does not tear

It can get you in your sleep
It can get you in your jeep

Do good things with your life
It is coming with it's knife

**Qxzi** · January 28th, 2006, 05:22 AM

Hey,

your improving, do more hands from life or other stuff from life, life is the best way for improving. The death picture, good, but you could of made him in a stance, say, killing someone.eg .eg
Keep on posting and drawing!

Qxzi

**Shylone_Breath** · January 28th, 2006, 04:07 PM

a 18 - old artist ! Keep your improvement ! try to focus at first in construction before to add shading.

**styler** · January 28th, 2006, 08:13 PM

qxzi: yea i'll keep drawing from life...thanks

shylone breath: you have a point...i'm going to start doing that. thanks

**threeeyesworm** · January 29th, 2006, 04:07 AM

hey those shoes actually look pretty good!

**styler** · January 29th, 2006, 12:24 PM

thanks!

**Qxzi** · January 31st, 2006, 01:21 PM

Hey,

the life, sp and studys look good. Keep that up. But ill really like
to see is that you do more detail.

Over good dude, keep drawing and posting!

Qxzi

**styler** · January 31st, 2006, 10:51 PM

thanks, I'll try to push for more detail

**crob21** · January 31st, 2006, 10:55 PM

make sure you draw thru it will really make your work stand out

**styler** · January 31st, 2006, 10:59 PM

I don't understand...can you explain a little more about what you mean? Thanks

**styler** · February 4th, 2006, 11:42 AM

a 1 minute gesture drawing from life for a class

**ATLAS2900** · February 4th, 2006, 12:31 PM

You are coming along great. Keep it loose as your start your drawing. Don't try and lay down the perfect line. Let things flow and find the line as you gesture what you are trying to do. Look for the forms and really try to bring out the shapes.

**styler** · February 5th, 2006, 01:12 PM

I will try my best to do that...thanks!

**Manuel Baum** · February 5th, 2006, 02:20 PM

way to many colors in the colored ones... you should first of all learn to get the forms and then later put in the colors... the last ones look like you just wanted to put some colors down as early as possible, and as if you didn't mind the structure of your piece/ the form of your objects...

**styler** · February 5th, 2006, 11:21 PM

true, guess I should stay away from color for a bit or until I put more work into something. Thanks

a little villege inbetween 2 mountains

hitman about to make a hit

**Nuclear** · February 6th, 2006, 12:16 AM

Nice, good improvement.. Do you know about loomis Circle technique for creating heads? If not you should try it out, some of your heads look out of proportion, and try and take your time when drawing, get in a comfortable position and just try and draw long and continous lines. Hope to see an update soon!

**Manuel Baum** · February 10th, 2006, 11:44 AM

the one with the village looks unstructured, because theres no point for the viewer to focus on, every part of the image seems to have the same importance, there is no order of significance.
And hitman: Your humans are improving.. keep it up.

**styler** · February 10th, 2006, 11:49 AM

Nuclear: yea, your right, I should do some of those. thanks

Embee: True, I guess I should think about what i'm going to draw before I actually draw it. My humans are getting better?! Sweet! Thanks

this one was done last night in my drawing 1 college class.

**Manuel Baum** · February 10th, 2006, 12:20 PM

In the first one, it isn't really clear what's going on, are those the monstzers arms, or the arms of the viewer? some contrast would help.
Your hand doesn't look bad, but your arm looks like it's broken.
The still life looks good, but some contrast would be even cooler.

I think you should learn to push contrasts where they are needed ( to make spots interesting, others less interesting with less contrast, and to differentiate areas that shouldn't be seen as one)

**Nils_Carstens** · February 13th, 2006, 06:16 AM

i think u'r on the right track. i can't say more then keep workin. Make sure to go to the tutorial section and do as many of em as often as u can, there is a lot of helpfull stuff there.

**styler** · February 14th, 2006, 10:51 PM

Embee: alright i'll try to push contrast more. thanks

Dreckster: alright, i'll do some of those tutorials. thanks

**styler** · February 23rd, 2006, 08:55 AM

my mom from life

**Qxzi** · February 25th, 2006, 04:02 PM

Good stuff dude, you getting there. How about some different mediums? Charcoal for example? And maybe some more life, that would be good!

Keep it up !

Qxzi 8)

**styler** · February 26th, 2006, 12:27 AM

thanks! I should do that

brainstorming for jewlery class ideas

for my college drawing class

**krakel** · February 26th, 2006, 10:13 AM

hey man.. keep working youre gettin somewhere. Get some variation going tho.. use different mediums and maybe experiment with styles.

A big problem I see in your works with your shading is that you repeat a lot. Dont repeat your lines in your shadows..add some things that you cant instantly see in real life "dont be afraid- exaggerate" ;P but seriously.. right now things seem a bit chaotic.. just be attentive.. watch things in real life. observe and keep things in your memory-
i allowed to kinda show what i mean in a real quick pic i did

hope this helps somehow..

peace

**Crystalline** · February 26th, 2006, 10:24 AM

Looks like you are moving in the right direction, I would say try and do some longer and more detailed studies. And really pay attention to those proportions, if you can't compare with you eyes, use your pencil/pen for more accuracy.
Look at the verticle and horizontal measurements (especially on the face -ie. how far up the face are the eyes... how far apart are they etc).
Also compare the sizes of features (the bottom of the nose is the same width as an eye)
When you draw hair becareful not to scribble it in

, look at where the shadows and highlights are and shade those in and look at the form of the hair. Keep at it.

**styler** · February 27th, 2006, 08:16 AM

krakel: yea man, I understand what your saying...I'll work on that...I like the pic also. thanks!

crystalline: true, I need to pay more attention to proportion, it's one of my many major issues. thanks!

well heres what I've got for today

bottom left is self portrait. rest from different references