Spades sketchery//6th

[Spade]

Recursive Thanks bro, appreciate it- thanks for the advice, will do.

The Penciler haha, thanks-glad you think so!. Thanks again for good tips

Sooo im still way busy, heres some random selection of crap


some observation,


whilst talking with friends:


canvas piece cont..., will photograph the whole thing at some point


anyhow-been doing studies and such.. holidays soon so ill be able to hopefully do some better updates... and more SPs !!1
cheers

[Recursive_End]

Keep going man !!
Work more on faces also. besides that you're getting the values right.
Keep pushing !

[archipelago]

nice man great observation stuff, characters are starting to show through

Id like to see much more stuff from life though, try doing some more still lifes, however tedious they are. atleast 1 hour a day of concentrated drawing from life ftw.

[Spade]

thank you dudes! appreaciate the support.

SP, school work makes me sad


canvas thing, the crappy photo makes it look better than it is D:


cheers

[-ThePenciler-]

your rendering seems to be your strongest skill at the moment. Continue to do observations but keep in mind what you are observing. Notice patterns. Notice how muscles bend. Notice curves and make mental notes. there is looking at things and there is seeing things. To develop as an artist you have to see what others don't!! Keep up the hard work. It's all looking great! I really like the one you did wjile talking to friends. It shows alot of imagination!!

[Spade]

The Penciler -thanks a bunch

updates,
boring half-assed SP


some ink shiz


some faces from class


demon bird!


still life pepper :o


quick sketch while waiting for a bus, will work with this idea later


thats all for now, not many studies atm =/ but will remedy that once i finish more school shiz!
cheers

[archipelago]

Where is the PEPPER?
nice man! I think doing some facial feature studies might help you see where you need to define things, or where you are doing something wrong. Its not really about anatomy but about form, grab a magazine and fill a page with eyes, then with noses and then with lips, and I think youll discover forms and shapes you havent seen before

[Spade]

sup!
burnt out from school atm, have fair bit of cool stuff id like to share but ill wait till hollidays (4 days ) and do some scanning, i finished the canvas thing and im pretty happy with it.

lightning fast update!

ESs PeE


rough landing, the downside to galactic warfare! THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!1


lol, need to sleep D:
thanks to those who stop by

[Spade]

Observational (some imagination in there also)


got way wat out of my comfortzone with some painting (water colour/acrylic) doodles, they suck but ill start doing more lol


marker wip


some studies, had abit of trouble so switched to pen for looseness the small writings are crits where I felt something is of



cheers

[archipelago]

nice man nice with the pen, try hitting the line only once, the pen is of course very unforgiving but that is also its strength... try forcing yourself to only draw the line once and see what results you get.

[Listing]

Good study. Keep it up with your anatomy. Go on with the pen with Archipelago's assurance. Do more general observational work to clean up your lines.

[Spade]

Archi- ya bro, holidays now so for sure,thanks for the advice!
Listing- thanks for droppin a coment, will do. I plan to up the observational stuff, cheers

well schools out for abit and im going out tonight, so heres some stuff from today!

Ink experiments


some observation, pretty quick.. then my pencil broke D:


and some imagination mumbo-jumbo




well, le holidays begin tomorow, I have a new anatomy book and feeling good! so ill be posting again soon, cheers all!!

[Spade]

quickie for now, more later

Sp


hands


little pen thing (er not spose to be that small)


some imagination,,,


thanks-

[vances22]

Ur stuff is coming along man. More anatomy studies man, you really need to get that stuff tightened down. Like the last piece, came together pretty good.

[archipelago]

Ace! Nice blob of hands, take care with the fingers though, they are too pointy!
Dont forget about the wrist either, draw about 2 inches down because its important to know how the hand is connected to the arm, most notably the Ulna, a bulb on the wrist, small finger side, the Radius, a rectangularish bone on the thumb side, (The Radius turns over the Ulna when the hand twists) and the tendons of the extendors and flexors leading into the hand (Flexors are on the palm side, Extensors on the other side)

LOL, thats my poor anatomy description anyway, just get out that new anatomy book and learn what I just told you yourself

[Spade]

Vances- yessir, more anatomy will be done-thanks for the comment
Archi LOL- not a bad description at all, thanks for critz/comments, i shall work more on ... well everything

well i did a crap SP that a cant bring myself to post, was way tired when i did it lol but yeah, i think i learned abit from it....so anyway

Study


Still life


dunno whats going on here lol!


hm that is all for now, fairly tame update.. ill try for a bigger one later-- thanks to those who look

[Recursive_End]

Very good stuff!
you're getting the shapes well, especially looking at the eye studies.
Doing good man, keep it up

[Spade]

Thanks recursive!

heres some crap from this morning








hm, crits are always welcome, time to hit some study... so much to work on lol

[SirGreenSock]

Great progression since the beginning man!

Keep up the studies, but try to focus more on linework and structure, theyre lacking, and good rendering and value will to nothing to fix those fundamental errors.

[Chiko]

Nice work! The sketchbook pages are really nice.

Work on defining faces a bit more, but your value is really great.

[Recursive_End]

Hey Spade !
thought i could return the favor =)
Good work on those pages, but sirgreensock speaks the truth. Even i stop a bit rendering stuff seeing that i lack with my lines.
Try the same, and draw a few skull from time to time. Your heads would look awsome with some more anatomy pushed in
Good work on the busts and hands though.
keep it up !

[Spade]

thanks for the replies!
Greensock- Thanks! I feel very.. naked doing linework atm, but i am trying to focus on it much more. Basically with todays update i tried to avoid using rendering on the studies, but it snuck in here and there, need more disciplin. Cheers for the crit

Chiko- thanks for the support, and the crit. Faces (like everthing ) is something im gonna be working on more, need to get out and draw more people from life, slacked off abit, pretty much same goes for my "daily" Sps.. (cough, cough) thanks for stoppin by!

Recursive- thankies, will do, tried some skull stuff today!

heres some stuff, going out to a competition later, prolly another update this evening!
in no real order....

[SirGreenSock]

Good studies. Just keep doing what you're doing.

Watch the eye placement in your faces. In both profile and 3/4 views you place them too close to the bridge of the nose, theyre missing the socket which flattens the face.
Second of all, from my experience you'll absorb more in your anatomy studies if you dont focus on such a small area, because it rarely acts alone. So in your studies of the arm you gotta include both ends, draw the hand as well as the shoulder, back and chest muscles that move along witht he arm. You'll get a better undestanding of the whole structure and means of movement.

[Cup of Joe]

Hey Spade! Sorry for not coming by more often.
Definate improvement since I last came by! I'll have to second what SirGreenSock said, especially doing the whole body when doing a study. It also helps to do some full figures from imagination to make sure you remember what you've been learning.
Wish I could help more, just keep it up!

[Gbertek]

really enjoyed the ink piece. keep posting keep up the good work!

[Spade]

Thanks for the comments dudes, ill reply later- just doin a hit and run for now

random selection of poop-serious study will have to be done! eyes are way way too big etc etc

[blanquish]

super awesome improvement, great job
your faces are improving a lot, and i love the fantasy type stuff, by page 3 i reckon youll have some stars

Oh this should help a lot, lots of helpful info and tips

[Spade]

hola! replies and quicky:
Greensock- cant tell you how much i appreciate the crits man, eye placement is indeed weak atm. As for studies i was just wishing i had a better source for the connections- they are crucial. cheers

Joe- Thanks for coming and ty for the support

Gbertek -cheers! i havnt done any ink since then D: but i want to lol- i always forget ><

Blanquish -omg its a trap lol, thanks for the kind words

ookay, scans for now are some imagination mumbo jumbo and 2 head studies, one speedy and one from a cast. SPs and (hopefully) furious study later, really need to up the amount im doing.







cheers, ill be back

[TheGnoll]

excellent to see you try out different subjects, you're improving in many directions.Those black ink experiments in post 72 looked really good,, you should try something bigger.All the studies are really looking good at this point, and all you should do is just continue this way

(and keep up the topic )

ciao

[Recursive_End]

oh boy, this stuff is getting inspiring, especially this page http://www.conceptart.org/forums/att...8&d=1152960258
Keep going, i noticed on the last update that you covered well the line work with some shading, that give a nice result. But don't forget to go as far as possible with the lines before rendering
Also, be carefull with the shape of your heads. the upper part of the skull isn't perfectly round, it be a bit more straight.
Anyway, keep pushing man !!