Sketches & Stuff! Updates daily for a while! :)

**Dile_** · May 3rd, 2006, 11:08 AM

Blanquish : Yeha I have that link, well, that link is about
basic coloring in PS, i thinkI have the basics really...
Thx!

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Wolfbane: Yeah I have recognize the jaw area, I'll try to change the ligh/shade
values overe there! ( not TRY, Im going to do it!!)

Thx!!

**Darktwin** · May 3rd, 2006, 01:25 PM

Hey Dile those digi sketches look really familiar,

very nice, now long did those take you?? Right now I'm talking to you on Skype so you pretty much already answered my question.

great quick sketches, keep up the good work. I would agree with what the others have said about your the skull, but I know its a work in progress. Looking forward to seeing the update on the skull project.

**Dile_** · May 3rd, 2006, 03:25 PM

hey darktwin!! hehe, yeah they should, in other I would have made a failour

ehm, yeah I think I told you that they took 45 minutes or something,
hm, worked on a3 size, wich is huge,

Yeah the "others" (you looking at "lost" ?

) are right about the skull, and
I have already change the upper Jaw lighting-to-darker- thing as Wolfbane told me!

Thhhxxxx!

**annisahmad** · May 3rd, 2006, 03:42 PM

i'm liking the headphones one. what's needed here is a bit more blending, and some exploration in depth and color. i'd suggest using airbrushes a bit more, rather then hard brushes with 30-40 % opacities (unless I'm mistaken of course).
you're showing lots of progress. keep it up.

p.s. some advice; never use a pure white pure black background. always use a dark, but yet not too dark to throw off your values. i'd suggest starting your paintings on a brown background, if it is going to be color. if not, then just a dark(er) bacground.if you were to take your painting with the wacom tablet with a whit ebg, and put in a darker bg, you would see what i'm talking about

. i hope it helps. also, everything outside reflects the color of the sky somehow an dto osme extent. the sky is never purely whit as in one of your landscapes.

. i hope the crits help in your next sp's

**Dile_** · May 3rd, 2006, 04:05 PM

haha, I guess you commenting my stuff 5 pages back..
So that didnt really help, but thx for trying!!

**Ashrumm** · May 4th, 2006, 09:24 PM

Hey Dile that environment painting is nice, I love how you keep mixing it up with environments and concepts. Keep up the variety. It will do you a whole lot of good in the end. I really need to do some environments my sketchbook is really lacking variety. I better get on that. Good work Dile see you later bud!!

**Cup of Joe** · May 4th, 2006, 10:08 PM

Hey Dile! A few things about the last enviro.

1. USE BIGGER BRUSHES! I know I do the same thing too, but it's a bad habit. Check out Idiot Apathy's sketchbook to see good big-brush stuff

2. Boost that saturation! Check out The Peer Project thread for some awesome color exercizes.

3. There's some white from the base layer showing through. Try to avod that by using bigger brushes orbumping up opacity.

Everything else is looking coo! Keep it up!

**~Faust~** · May 5th, 2006, 03:35 AM

Don't forget your anatomy studies inbetween

Nice work, keep it up! Environments will get there, for sure

**Dile_** · May 5th, 2006, 10:37 AM

ashrumm: Thx man ! I will do some more stuff, enviroments
and scenearios over all more til' the end of this week, Then Anatomy!
hehe , yeah I would love to see some digital enviros from you!

Cup of Joe: yeah I use to use bigger brush first, and smaller
and smaller til' details. I didnt this time, since Photoshop
come a little bit of unaccurate when trying to dod so at big canvas. thx

Faust: yeah next week will be anatomy! and I will do some enviroments til' next week
or, well right now I cant move my arm, A bike accident, just
some small scratches but it hurts when I try to change position of arm

( This isnt my lucky week I guess

)

Thx

**DannySketch** · May 5th, 2006, 02:35 PM

hey dile you got a really good imagination now just studie like mad so your drawing skills can catch up with it, im no expert but one thing ive noticed is all your lines seem a little harsh at the moment, specialy ur shading, ease up on them, hold ur pencil looser at the start of ur drawings and then steadily add darker marks, you got sum good stuff man keep it up

**Dile_** · May 5th, 2006, 02:55 PM

now just studie like mad so your drawing skills can catch up with it

if that's possible that is like = Scott robertsson

thats what everyone want!
to get their study skill to meet with Inspiration, and imagination!

Thx alot for stopping by! , I hope you mean my sketches and not my zombie

cause that would kill me! I really worked on thos shadows on the zombie!
But thx, and all comments should be seen as help, whatever artwork they
are pointed at, so Thx man!
Great to see "a new guy" in my sketchbook

**Chisa** · May 5th, 2006, 10:51 PM

Whoaaa, crazy stuff with that lamp of yours, glad to here you're okay (and your sketchbook too). Looks like you've been working hard as always, on to yet another page O_O I really like the concept of the skeleton cowboy dude, although the top of the jaw is still looking strange to me - it seems very flat or almost concave, it need to maybe be more curved? Not sure if you're still working on that one.

**Dile_** · May 6th, 2006, 05:29 AM

hey thx Chisa, I have tried to be more patience on this one, you see,
waiting out details, and such, wich I havent be soo good at before, well
at least im trying..I guess this is the final piece.
So heres the jaw fixed up!

**TheGnoll** · May 6th, 2006, 08:45 AM

great improvement, a SB that really worked.
All this will pay one day, so keep working hard just like you're doing now.The T Drome piece looks good, it's got some texture, the values are ok.But maybe i would have studied a bit more the human skull, the teeth look way too short.And i would have done the gun smoke on a different layer, so i could smudge it to give it a more realistic effect.Anywzy, really good work, nice improvement in these pages.Keep working, and posting!

ciao

**Wolfbane** · May 6th, 2006, 10:53 AM

That skull is great dude, thumbs up! Like the way u finished off the cheek bones, and the shadings are great. Got to balance the details abit though. But good luck in the competition

**Dile_** · May 6th, 2006, 12:45 PM

Thx Wolfbane

heres one for project exodus

**Dile_** · May 6th, 2006, 01:38 PM

Sketches/ Lifedrawing

**Darktwin** · May 6th, 2006, 04:03 PM

Ok, Dile

here is a front view of the 8 head method to measuring (for women it various a half a head smaller, depends on your drawing style) method I loosely use when roughing out a concept or anatomy study from memory. Now remember when measuring don't get to tight about it when measuring for porportions, don't want your drawings looking to stiff and rigid just to get everything measured right. Its just for structrual purposes. I just use it as a guide, as long as things look right to the eye or close when drawing loose conepts and such.

Since the sketch is a little off and to make clear, its roughly 1 head from the shoulder to elbow, and 1 head from elbow to wrist. The wrist to the tip of the fingers is about 3/4 or .75 th the length of the head.

From shoulder to shoulder its about the width of 3 heads (in red at the top).

this is just a method I use when drawing, its not perfect, and there are other methods out there. This is the one I like to use thus far, just thought I'd share. enjoy

**Dile_** · May 6th, 2006, 04:18 PM

hey, Thx alot for shareing!

check out your sketchbook to let know of my thoughts

here's some updates

Bad photos

but its dark, and the light comes from lamps, wich I have to
stand under (wich all you know, leads to shadows) to get a photo..

**demented** · May 6th, 2006, 04:26 PM

Yo Dile

Look carefulle at Darktwin's 8-heads post. This does vary from person to person, but a common rule is 7-8 heads in a body including the head. Sometimes 9.

On to crits: I say this to many people, and many people say this to me: avoid petting your line - use as little as possible, and have it say as much as possible. Not only your pencil drawings, but also your photoshops. Less is more, dude.

Then, your skull doesn't look like a skull yet. Add as little highlights as possible, and make your brushes work for you. A skull is hard and kinda rough/grainy. The texture on your skull seems a bit too rubbery. Again - use your brushes. Pay close attention to the features of a skull, and feel free to exaggerate these features - not too much, tough. Your eye also looks a bit dry - make it nice and shiny!

And this last drawing (post #347) the drawing of the woman needs some. Mentler explains the 3/4 factor very well, but in short: the light in your picture should either cover 3/4 of your subject, or the shadow should cover 3/4 of your subject. a 50/50 spread will have one's eye see the drawing and then bounce back, whereas working with 3/4 light 1/4 shadow or 3/4 shadow and 1/4 will enforce a focal point and retains one's eye.

You're making great progress here. Draw as much as you can, and keep these things in mind. Keep us updated!

- d.

**Dile_** · May 6th, 2006, 04:39 PM

man, I always feel sick after reading those crits, You know
like that I wanna beat you up ?

but I know that the only way to do so is to improve , Thats why
I like to get those crits like your one Demented

Thx, I hope you dont get me wrong, but I try to use
it at the best way

Thx alot for stopping by man

**Dvoriack** · May 6th, 2006, 04:57 PM

Hejsan!

I've looked through your sb and I must say its very fun to look in it, beccause you have become so much better on so short time!
It will be fun following your progress in the future

Btw, thx for the comment in my sb

Gustav

**Qxzi** · May 6th, 2006, 05:09 PM

Hey,

good stuff here. The digis are looking very good, i really like the guy with the eye flopping out. Keep that up. Keep it up with the life also! Contours also! Great work tho, maybe you could do some paintings or something like that !

Thanks for the comment in my sb as well!

Qxzi

**Dile_** · May 6th, 2006, 05:10 PM

Tja

haha visste inte att du var svensk

however, thx for replying :: yeah I hope to improve as much as
i can, therefore I love comments&critics! so
keep the hard words coming! Thx!!

Edit* I were typing while you were posting Qxzi

Thx Qxzi, yeah, but now Im over to traditional stuff again trying to mix, but I dont like the Scan/trace/painting style

Hm, I think im going to try some "real" painting soon acrylics or watercolor stuff not only doing digital, but
hm, lets see

Im lazy for the moment, really got step up abit :p

Thx!

**Dile_** · May 6th, 2006, 07:20 PM

Im pretty happy with this one

its WIP, ill try to finishe and get some cool overlay texture over it

Thx!

**darkwolfb87** · May 6th, 2006, 07:59 PM

Thanks for the comments in my sb

hmm interesting, I would say keep up what you're doing, but make sure you envision everything as basic geometric solids before you lay down the lines. Like in that wooden stool above, you hinted at a cube, but it should surround the entire thing before you even worry about curves. Then, imagine (or draw) a solid pyramid in the cube to understand the angles that the curved legs are at. They seem to be pointing inwards to a point way above, so draw out that as an aid.

**Dile_** · May 6th, 2006, 08:10 PM

Hey, Thx

I know what you mean, hm, its like jokeing with the brain, or make
it very confused.. thats what 3D is for

however.. like this one.. try to figure em out ? , I guess you cant

**darkwolfb87** · May 6th, 2006, 08:59 PM

The speakerphone shape is a short cone with the tip cut off. It's all about finding the vanishing points. It is definitely a good habit to think of everything as fitting inside a box, sphere, or what have you.

**Dile_** · May 7th, 2006, 04:53 AM

hm, that sit thiny I acctually didnt used any guidelines for, dont know
why.. .Maybe because it was a shadows studie ? probably

However thx for trying to help, but what you tell me I absolutly already know

although, I appreciate you way to trying to help

and thx for takeing your time

I'll try to post some updates later on today

**Dile_** · May 7th, 2006, 08:48 AM

Hm, I dont like to bump my thread,
but I used the searchbuttom, but that only lead to database error..
so now asking in my thread instead ( I may do another thread If I aint got answers here)

Ok, the question is: Do you know
any FREE software without LIMIT were I can RECORD screen AND sound activitys ?
I would appreciate it alot!, cause I really wanna record one drawing someday

Thx

Dile