Fishspawn's Journey

[Vimerge]

Hey sweet paintings man, keep it up

[Fishspawn]

Blue Severin - Thanks for the crits! I've actually figured out a lot of that stuff since i posted it, so it's good to hear i'm learning Thanks for dropping by~

Vimerge - Thanks! Will do

Here are some color comps for my midterm environment design... Theme is "overgrown" Crits and tips welcome!~

[Fishspawn]

Took two of the thumbs a little further. I'm going to finish one of them tomorrow. Any advice helps!

[Fishspawn]

Here it is finished!~~ Crazy alien birds!

[Fishspawn]

And here is stuff from figure drawing class. First one is a master copy, rest are from life. Most were ~4 hour drawings

[Fishspawn]

Here's some more work on both of these...

[Fishspawn]

Woo portraiture! This is the first one i did in prismacolor and the most recent one in oils. Both are ~4 hours. There are more but i dont have them right now, I will post them later....

[jdeegz]

these are awesome man. absolutely love the first ones lips =D

[Fishspawn]

Thanks jdeegz!

Here's my color comps and finished enviro for this week... Theme was "halloween"

[paberu]

Hey Wes, nice to see you tackling environments again. You really need to watch the value relationships - some of these have a very sharp drop off between values where there should be a much softer one. Also try to establish a scale where you aren't hitting white or black - some pretty muted colours can look very bright in the right colour relationship.

I also think you should look at how other artist are composing their works and establishing scale. Try finding some works that really inspire you and sit them near what you are working on. Look at how that artist tackling lighting, composition, scale and so on. Where is he putting the viewer? How is he making your eye flow? What makes those images "work". Try colour picking his image and studying his/her colour choices. I'll think you'll find lots of answers that will help your work.

Hope I didn't confuse you, keep rocking, keep pushing!

[Fishspawn]

rayk - thanks for the crits -you're definitely right. I tend to rely on some crutches that I'm used to instead of really observing reality... gotta keep working!

More portraits. First one is another underpainting. 2nd is black and white oils over a charcoal drawing.... both around 4 hours

[localfatheaded]

good work! what a great journey, keep it up, its amazing how far you have come since you started your sketch book, really inspiring!

[Fishspawn]

localfatheaded - thanks, its good to hear!

Here is more stuff from the last few weeks of portraiture. Some cast studies, prisma portraits and an oil sp...

[jdeegz]

seriously fish, this is AWESOME. i..

wow...

college is treating you VERY well. God damn...

very inspiring, ima have to follow your practice of heads, i still don really get them. I really need to start working with them from life.

[shao li]

Galing..great sketchbook your improvements are really great keep posting!follow your dreams.

my sketchbook
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/sho...d.php?t=122979

[Fishspawn]

jdeegz - thanks man! haha its all about the pencil milage~

shao li - thanks, i appriciate it

Trying to make sure i retain all i'm learning about portraiture. Here are a few from my imagination in photoshop. Total a little over an hour

[Fishspawn]

Another girl doodle. Just trying to get more realistic from my imagination...

[Niels23]

Awesome progress, man! Inspired by your dedication! Keep on going, great thread!

[paberu]

Hey Wes, those portraits are getting better (especially from life)! Really watch the structure in the ones from imagination, I feel you are flattening the eye plane too much. Keep pushing bud - I think it's paying off .

[CLYKE]

To see how far you've come with your skills is amazing. You have improved substantially since your first post. It goes to show that consistent practice makes perfect skillz. Keep it up..it's inspiring.

[misael]

Looking good dude. I'm on the same boat, still learning. Your doing good.

[Fishspawn]

ulver - thanks, good to hear~

rayk - thanks, yeah you're probably right, will work on that

clyke - glad i can inspire ^_^, I will keep going!

misael - thanks~

Hadn't done a crazy angelic person in a while. This was a quick sketch for a few hours.

[jdeegz]

/sigh

you're too awesome for me now =\

[Blue Severin]

You're really starting to pick up the life drawing. As far as the concept stuff, really try to get a feeling of form in the 2d linework, it'll help with the structure and design of stuff. Cool to see you're improvement as always. Keep going.

[localfatheaded]

Thanks for the comment in my sketchbook it was right on and has help me out tremendously already! wow and I have to say your last round of post are looking great especially the traditional work, keep it up!

[Fishspawn]

jdeegz - haha thanks but that just means you need to draw more

blue severin - thanks, yeah i need to work on my linework

localfatheaded - thanks, glad i could help!

I did this to warm up today in figure painting class...

[Fishspawn]

So i started this right after i finished the angel but i kind of stopped halfway and have been doing other things. Big post soon as I am finishing up the semester! Anyway this guy is a throwback to one of my favorite sketches i did a year or two ago. enjoy~

[Fishspawn]

Another figure painting warm up in PS. ~2 hrs

[Jaytea]

Keep it up, man, really cool stuff you got here. These last few are pretty cool, although for this one, it looks like the leg is a bit long?

[Fishspawn]

shalite - yeah that one has a lot of problems, thanks for stopping by

Here's a 30 min boldini study...