27/12/12: Where did all the poetry go people?

[p sage]

Girlies

[walnut]

Thanks guys! And now some digital stuff:

[PHATandy]

Those watercolour characters on the last page are next-level-good man. Something really special and unique about them.
Thanks for posting as always man, love it all!

[rumpenstiltzkin]

well, i keep repeating myself over and over, but i do LOVE your sketches
aslo nice with some digital for variation ! i really like the nude ladies and the one with the big headpieace thingie and jewelrys!

[Revidescent]

Your lines have such a beautiful rhythm, your work is so lively! Love your style.

[walnut]

Eleyon: Thanks!
p sage: What else right?
phatAndy:
Mind you I think i need to do more of them to really get the hang of it. Was a good reminder of the unforgivingness of analog media, but fun too. Everybody should get back to that from time to time IMO.
rumpenstiltzkin: You can repeat yourself as many times as you like, it's always welcome!
Revidiscent: Thank you very much!

And now ...


... Wall of A4!

[Kriss_Kringle]

I just can't get over how fantastic your sketches are!Dynamic,expressive and your concepts are cool too.Your digital stuff isn't on the same level but you'll get there.SUB-SCRIBED!

[takashmen]

what an amazing amount of good drawings!!
nice job!

are you gonna finish some of them?

[Axelga2112]

Are you inspired by Joel27 from deviantart? You two really have the same style of sketching faces. both cute girls and heavily featured men. If you haven't seen his stuff yet you should check him out. It's really up your alley.

[Sebastian Gromann]

DUDE ! These are sick! Totally happy that i stopped by again! Your are doing great!

[phiq]

I love your manic sketch explosions. Looking forward to more.

[Tofa]

aight insta-subscribe! Love it all O_O

[cout<mecha]

WOWSERS!

[walnut]

KrisKringle: Thanks! I'll try to get my digitals up to snuff too, promise!
Axelga2112: Funny you should mention that guy; only a few weeks ago someone tipped me off on him. So yeah i like his stuff, but up until shortly i had no clue about him. Weird.
Snooby Sebastian: Thanks for coming round again, i'm glad it was worth the hike
phiq: It takes a couple of weeks before i can gain enough critical sketching mass to unload, so please be patient
Tofa: Megasuper-THANKS
Cout>mecha: Uh ... jiminy?!

Ok, some more digital stuff. Pretty dry if you ask me, mostly exercise in digital inking. If you guys would be so kind to do a vote on that thumbnail set, that'd be great. I feel like i should really make a finished piece after all that sketching, so one of thumbs should do the trick. So please tell me, which one speak to you, which one doesn't, and if you could please tell me why, you will get a million thanks and maybe even a free sketch from me














This one's opencanvas btw. Hey, it's Halloween picture time right?

[rumpenstiltzkin]

like the space suit girl! also i think thumb number 3 speaks the most to me, it has a very nice silhuette (damn thats a hard word to spell for me) but im also a bit divided caus i like 7 and 8 too

[greyskill]

Kewl stuff! I'm partial to thumbnails 1 and 4.
I like the space suit also, and the winged cat!

Keep making good stuff!

[insanelight]

A lot of great and interesting stuff, your pencil sketches are truly inspiring.
Thanks for sharing!

[Tofa]

great update, as for the thumbnails, I like the composition best in 3,7 and 9

[phiq]

Hey walnut, here's my take:

1. A little boring; static composition and little scope for depth, unless you amp the lighting in some way.
2. Probably my favourite. Both the girl and the mech are given equal standing here. They are both headed or looking in the same direction, which gives the impression that they are a team, and this is wonderfully backed up by him holding her in the palm of his hand. Her pointing works well too. Additionally, the mech has a real sense of scale - he looks massive - while she is given importance being in the foreground as well as being set apart tonally. Dramatic lighting.
3. A bit pedestrian. She looks like she's just chilling on a mech that... might be dead? There is very little sense of a relationship here. Tones are too similar.
4. The mech here is not so much a character, but more of a setting/environment for her to exist in. Emphasis heaped on the girl.
5. Another great team shot, but relative to 2, the tones leave less room for some kinds of expression, I think. Still, it's striking. You'll have to imply the most you can with the silhouette and smart lighting.
6. Mech looks way too predatory here. Not tasteful enough, haha. Girl looks arrogant.
7. I'm not sure what you could be trying to achieve with this one... it almost looks romantic. "Hush. Not another word, Mr Lover-tron." A little bit King Kong too. That's been done a lot before in fantasy/sci-fi illustration recently.
8. A lot like 5, but... sinister? Maniacal laugh.
9. Shameless posing! Lose it.

I hope that helps!

[walnut]

Thanks people for the input! Phiq, thanks for giving me such an in-depth crit, it helped clear up my decision a lot. I also picked your favorite, though there was a tie with #3 for a bit.
Here's a small update, still in thumb stage, but i'm trying to nail the colour. Since that would be pretty flimsy for an update i've also added some shameless nudity to keep things interesting. Okay, that line could use a smiley: pld:

[Quike Garcia]

Man, your girls are always so free-flowing

[lionheartGFX]

holy cow man liking those sketchposions im fond of doing them myself, those thumbs are looking pretty good too its amazing this steady workflow you have been managing, im sure ill be back for the next gazillion updates so keep them up! and sketch away!

[Velocity Kendall]

id thank you for that post multiple times if i could. as usual id frame any of em. so sick.

[Nettle_Mountain]

Those head pages are looking excellent. also like those scifi suit girlies.

Out of those two new colour thumbnails i like more first one, it has nice warm/cool contrast, also the composition is more balanced wheareas second one the eye kind of moves outside of the image.
It is partly because there are no clear areas of contrast difference (dark/light) for giant robot's head and girl like there is on the first image (light of the mouthpiece on robot/light of the girls skin and clothes)

I think you should finish ot sooner than later!

[MrChow]

Hello, what an impressive sketchbook, some succulent drawing here, very dynamic. the desings are full of imagination too, love it. Id like to see you pulling some tight, finished works. l8tr

[Jason Scanlon]

Love that chick hanging on to the curtain or whatever...such a cool pose

[walnut]

fIRST ThiNgS FiRST:

[walnut]

Quike: Thanks a lot dude, you know they're all totally free spirits :p

lionheartGFX: I hope this is update enough?

Nettle: First one's better yeah? I really hoped to finish, but i can't get the pixel to do what i want them to do. Yet.

MrChow: Tight and finished huh? Hmm, maybe when i've got time over the Christmas Holidays ...

Jason: Yeah but don't you think she turned out kinda S and M?


OK, one more digital thingy, could use some finish and direction so don't hold it against me yet. See y'all later!

'Nuff said!

[Zauselbart]

i lover your lines just really impressiv
great studies
thanks for sharing!
keep up the amazing work.
i want see more stuff

[jabbit]

Hey thanks for the comment, i really appreciate your time looking at my stuff. I'm not sure what you mean exactly about my lines, could you elaborate maybe?