Fresh sketchbook

**Terttu** · April 29th, 2006, 08:36 AM

G´day.

Summer is coming (finally, hurrah!) leaving me a plenty of time to use, so I thought this is a great idea to keep me drawing every day and hopefully gain some new skills to use as well...hmm

Oh yes, the best part. Today´s work:
This is a new style to work on- I have no color knowledge at all and this far I´ve just used colors that could look good together..I´m interested at learning color theory, but I don´t know where to start. Does enyone know some good books or places on the web what I could use?

The next picture I´m making. Looks cartoony. Early sketches:

Last few days:

I used ref for these two, just to practise shading ect. The first one is Jovovich (hope I typed it right) and second, well, fishes

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Have a nice day,
~Terttu

**stine** · April 29th, 2006, 08:41 AM

wow, awesome stuff! the kid on the robot is my favourite (great expression!), but your last two are amazing. are you working with photoshop or painter? anyway, can't help you with the color theory, cause i haven't study that much of it. maybe google "johannes itten" ?! but there'll be plenty of people who can help you better than me. looking forward to new posts, really great work!

**Recursive_End** · April 29th, 2006, 08:43 AM

Welcome !
The linework is clean and nice. And the colors are really getting me in the atmosphere easily.
Just post more !!!
D.

**Terttu** · May 12th, 2006, 08:12 AM

stine: Thank you! I´m use Painter these days, but recently I´ve had some major problems with that program, so the pictures what I posted last time were made using Oekaki-board

Recursive_End: Thanks. I try to post more.

Ok. Nude-drawing day. Posting ones what I did with Wacom and Painter. Ref used as well.

~Terttu

**Terttu** · May 15th, 2006, 05:56 PM

Night post

And odd thoughts:

Im off to bed.
~Terttu

**Hyaloclastics** · May 15th, 2006, 06:05 PM

Hey,i really love the cute cartoon drawings!They would have made a great children's book!
I'll be checking back for more!

**Andy P** · May 15th, 2006, 06:15 PM

These cartooney characters all look really nice, sorta Gris Grimly-ish. The figure drawings look pretty solid too. Doing more of those is a great way to push your other work further. Love those feet on this un. Nice work, keep it up!

**Terttu** · May 16th, 2006, 09:32 AM

Small and fast painter exercises.

~Terttu

**chr!z** · May 16th, 2006, 11:22 AM

Wargh! Thats freakin me out! You say that u havnt any colourknowledge but these two last pics.. especially the bee!! WOW

**Terttu** · May 16th, 2006, 05:12 PM

Polonoid: I'm glad you like

and actually i've been planning to write and illustrate a children's book one day, it's one of my very top dreams as well.

Andy P: Thanks

chr!z: thx. I may have the base-knowledge when it comes to color, I use tones what in my opinion looks good- but it would be great to know why different colors look good together, what kind of color a shadow have in different light and that sort of things.

Here's another doodle:

Good night,
~Terttu

**Hypronost** · May 16th, 2006, 05:42 PM

Very cute sketchings

I like the feel of your last image.
Great job on the painting exercises aswell.
Your sketches look very fluent and clean.

Keep postin mate!

**Terttu** · June 7th, 2006, 03:32 PM

Hypronost: Thanks mate

Time to start posting again..I have had great time lately, bought an airbrush and now trying to learn to use it- I even made a good line today, hurrah! XD

20 min sketch, Painter, half ref used.

~Terttu