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[Jtoons]

ok, i'm new here, just been browsing around and decided to get some crits on my work, i've been drawing all my life and have made my most vast improvements in the recent 2 years. so here is some of my more recent things, i'll do an update soon, i've drawn a couple things in the past days.

so here we go














sorry that most aren't scaled down, when i scanned those, i was just to lazy.

[SirGreenSock]

Welcome to the forums!

You have some interesting designs here and clearly have a vivid imagination. Right now I think it would be helpful for you to focus on doing life studies to help you define and understand form and proportion better. This'll help you make your drawings more vivid and realistic.
It looks like you're having fun, so either way you're on the right track.

[Jtoons]

sirgreensock- thanks for the advice, coincidentally we are starting real life drawings in art class, so you'll probably see more like that soon.

here are some new sketches i've done, sorry about the poor color and value, my scanner blows.

trying to experiment with other mediums this time around

pink highlighter

sketch of a person in my class

random sketch, yes the hands aren't so great, i know

another character for something i'm working on

green pen, green higlighter and pencil

usually i draw fit people, so i drew a fat guy

an attempt to do a landscape, marker, orange highlighter, red ink pen and pencil


thanks for checking them out.

[ApolloNuevo]

well, a good first post...but an obvious lack of reference material. only draw what you know...and if you dont know it yet, do the footwork to get there. otherwise people see right through your guessing games.

-dan

[Jtoons]

apollo nuevo- i understand i need to do a lot of work from here to progess any. and i promise my next post will be nothing but life renderings

but unitl then here are some more doodles,
sketchtrade character

faces


landscapes





sketch trade redux

[gibsini]

some great characters, keep postin

[Jtoons]

here are a cpuple more life drawings



doodling during class


doodles, from my head

[Jtoons]

i know it's not smart to do these without a reference, but not a damn person around me is ever standing still.

[Jtoons]

here are some more studies from picture refs

[Jtoons]

more studies:
picture refs:



middle one is my dad on the couch, the other two are from my head

[Mr.Blonde]

hey, How's it goin? I noticed you tend to leave your heads as an oval shape, you should shave off the sides of the oval at least a little bit, heads are not a perfect oval in any case. Keep up the studies and really try to capture simple objects accurately from life, It will improve your overall linework immensely

[Poohgee]

Good start .
What "Mr Blonde " said bout further study is right .. yeah U go the easy way & do oval heads ... IMO maybe U can try out some shading on your sketches .

Just IMO

[Jtoons]

first off thanks to both of you guys for stopping by.

mr blonde- i know i have a bad habit withthe ovals, i'm just lazy as hell, but i appreciate the advice and will make a point of applying that in my next sketches. thank you.

poohgee- i know i should shade more, but once again, laziness. i will have all of my next sketches shaded as well. thanks.

[Fallen]

Hey! I like you're stuff! You're coming along in your studies and I feel your plight ( I also can never get to draw anyone!! They keep moving the best thing to do would be, to take pictures of them or just take models from magazines )
Shading would be good, it would add more depth and make them look more realistic. ( PS: don't be lazy, laziness will be your undoing!!)

Anyhow, keep'em coming!

[Zord]

JToons, beat the laziness! It's cool that you're doing some perspective sketches, it's something I need to start. Keep pushing the studies too; take your time and improvement will show it's head soon enough.

[Jtoons]

ok guys no studies this time

thanks for your comments guys. i need to and WILL beat the laziness.

but now for the update

faces with no refs

inspired by "the banjo lesson"

just a doodle

damn you Kurt Vonnegut with your _Slaughter House Five_ and your _Breakfast of the Champions_

[Lazy Gun]

I like your stuff man, these pics look really fun. Keep em coming it's quite refreshing to see some more lighthearted stuff.

[Jtoons]

fat kid- thanks for the advice man, i have recently found a good oportunities for figure studies. i usually chill at my friends' job for a while, drawing, conversating, and he poses for me or i'll just sketch'em reading or sumthin'. but thanks for the advice i will do some shading studies soon.

here's today's update
studies


character idea by my friend

character for a project for my friend

[reBirth]

The last stuff is wayyy better. Keep up the studies J
I see improvement already!
R

[Jtoons]

thanks man, i really do have to do some more studies, but they're soooo boring.
here's today's update



this is the scene i used for my friend's project

this is it coloured

[Jtoons]

just got a wacom 3 and i'm experimenting with how it works.

[Jtoons]

more messing around in PS

[thirdeye]

Hey there, try doing some studies and life drawings. When it comes to learning they're the way to go

[Jtoons]

haven't been around in a while, stopped drawing for a bit, but here's a painting i did in photoshop that took around an hour to do. hope you like it, hopefully more updates soon.: