Lurk's Sketchbook

**max xiantu** · October 10th, 2006, 06:10 PM

did the leg studies or the 'i hate legs' comment come first?

i see we have some loomis in common :.

**Niels23** · October 15th, 2006, 03:09 AM

I missed a lot of cool stuff here! I`m very fond of your little gesture pages - very believable and energetic poses, great work! Also I like your body, head and especially leg`s studies - very nice. And it`s good to see you`re continue drawing doodles from mind - my favorite is one with "I hate legs" mark, nice lines and damn elegance in it, who cares that it`s just a doodle? Keep up the good work, bro!

**Olle Werme** · October 25th, 2006, 04:14 PM

Max: I honestly don't remember which one was first, I just hate legs xD. Loomis ftw!
Ulver: thanks alot Ulver, very motivating words ^^

I'm very sorry I haven't posted in ages, dad took his camera to work and didn't return it for a week or two

. Got it back home yesterday though so it's time for a megapost.

btw - I just ordered Bridgemans holy Bible, should be here any day. I can wait!

Lots of variation in this post, mostly doodles but also some anatomy studies, figures (the good ones are reffed, the bad ones probably aren't), some daily superspeedhands and also some drawings from the SW: episode 3 artbook (got to borrow it for a couple of days, it was totally awesome).

Enough talk, here goes (these took ages to upload btw, no more mega posts for me

):

EDIT: It seems I can't upload any more images, did CA go down? Whatever, I'll post the other half later. Got 9 more.

**max xiantu** · October 25th, 2006, 11:14 PM

Good to see a new post. Thought you got lost in the land of academic testing somewhere.

I especially like the figure on the right on the first page and the hand studies are great.
Show me the other 9!

**Olle Werme** · October 26th, 2006, 06:46 PM

Max: Thanks Max, here comes the rest.

Most of stuff on page 1-3 is reffed from that Star Wars artbook I talked about.

**mant-raz** · October 26th, 2006, 06:59 PM

I enjoy your studies pretty much, hope to learn something for myself too

**Frank Wade** · October 26th, 2006, 07:02 PM

nice loose style! I love your lines.

**Shinryu** · October 27th, 2006, 09:33 PM

agree with frank nice and loose, great lines

keep up with the anatomy, i'll check back later

cheers

**Olle Werme** · October 29th, 2006, 08:42 AM

mant-raz: Thank you

Frank Wade: Thank you

Shinryu: Thanks Shinryu, I'll keep up with the studies ^^

Beware, I got myself a copy of Bridgmans's Complete Guide to Drawing from Life.

This book is so awesome, I love it, can't stop drawing from it. Really, I can't.

Everything except for some hands is from Bridgman.

**Niels23** · October 29th, 2006, 03:54 PM

Wow man, those Bridgeman studies look really cool. Nice lines in that figures, very expressive. You`re doing great, keep it up!

**Olle Werme** · November 5th, 2006, 04:37 PM

Ulver: Thanks a lot Ulver ^_^

I didn't want to post another Bridgman load (which is the only thing I've drawn this week) so these two will have to do. Two quickies from ref. (please ignore those horrible arms on the first on, I didn't intend to post that

)

Cheers

**max xiantu** · November 5th, 2006, 09:01 PM

Your linework is still the tops.
I'm really digging those geishas from the last, last post.
I want to see them in a really sweet color photoshop composition.
and no " I have a big test" excuse this time

**BludHund** · November 5th, 2006, 11:00 PM

Very nice SB, Olle. Your linework, grasp of form, and dynamism are excellent.

I really think you need to start taking this to the next level. Do some freehand stuff, and get over that leg phobia...don't just end your gestural studies at the knee, maybe spend a couple pages just doing from the waist to the floor...

Also, those lines are just begging for some coloring to make it all come together...maybe just start with some highlights and shadows, or some two or three-color tints.

**Olle Werme** · November 12th, 2006, 05:07 PM

max: lol, I actually got lots of test this week (not kidding)

. I'll try to get some color in there next time, I promise. Thanks for supporting me max ^^

BludHund: Thanks BludHund. The reason it's been less freehand lately is probably this damn Bridgman book, I'm working my ass off to get through it

(I've gotten two thirds now

). I'm sure it's gonna pay off in the end. More legs and color, roger that, I'll see what I can do. Thanks for stopping by

Like I said, lots and lots of Bridgman again this week, makes this post kinda boring. I'm too lazy to post a bunch of studies again so this is all you get

. A little girl scribble, no ref on that and... a bunch of Bridgmans, my desk is flowing over. xD

Lets hope for cooler stuff next time!

**AztcFireFlower** · November 13th, 2006, 02:56 AM

Hi Olle Werme,
All your exercises are very good, but I like the gesture studies the best. Even from photos, one can learn alot. Keep up the pace, you're doing fine. Copying other figure studies, like Bridgeman's drawings, is a good jumping board. Eventually you'll take pieces that you like and build your own style. Copying for me, taught me much about design and the thought process behind an approach. Keep it up.

**max xiantu** · November 21st, 2006, 04:22 PM

I love that photo.
Stacks of work is so gratifying visually for me

**BludHund** · November 26th, 2006, 01:41 PM

No posts in two weeks Olle? Naughty naughty. Show us some more Bridgeman or something heh heh.

**Olle Werme** · November 26th, 2006, 03:21 PM

AztcFireFlower: Thanks a lot AztcFireFlower, I'll keep at it.

max: I agree, I added a little bonus photo for you . Thanks for keeping with me max

BludHund: I know, I feel like a real slowpoke, never again!

My teachers seem to love to stack up all sorts of tests and exams this time of year, I don't think I've ever been this busy with school. It's not enough an excuse though, drawing should go before school, right?

Haven't really been slacking off all to much drawing wise but forum browsing and stuff has been less then little in the past weeks, I really, really hate school. *sigh*

Enough excuses, I finally got through Bridgman! Not that I'm done with it but it feels good having gone through it once

Weeee

I'm currently very much into heads, I hate them with all my heart

. Every single thing on them are so god damn hard it's not even funny. The general shape of the head, the face along with all it's features, hair, neck and how it attaches to the head and shoulders, I can't seem to get a single one of these right. If anyone can come up with some advice on good exercises or things to study, please speak up, I'm desperate.

Random Bridgman, figures from ref and some really ugly from imagination, more random studies and some heads from mind... and for Max, the final Bridgman stack, a couple of hundred pages ^^

Cheers

**max xiantu** · December 5th, 2006, 04:32 PM

mmm. That was satisfying.
The 'rebirth' octopus thing is kinda interesting.
Whatcha gonna do with all this new Bridgman knowledge?
Show me!

**BludHund** · December 21st, 2006, 11:47 PM

*poke* DO EET! Update, or I'll hunt you down, suckah!

**TomCardin** · December 22nd, 2006, 12:07 AM

great figure drawings!

I like your faces a lot, you have a nice natural line to your drawings.

**Niels23** · January 23rd, 2007, 03:26 PM

Hi Olle! You`ve done a great work on that Bridgeman book - very impressive photo of a Bridgeman stack! But damn, show me your new stuff, don`t let this thread die man!

**BludHund** · March 25th, 2007, 11:24 PM

Alright Olle, I know you've been around...but I don't see any update...what gives? Show us a monkey washing a cat or something...

**Olle Werme** · May 5th, 2007, 02:08 PM

Bump, I'm alive! ^^

BludHund, Ulver, Tom and max: Thanks guys!

Aight, I've just started out doing some traditional mediums, watercolor and inks in particular. Hard and fun

.

Here's a couple of pages from today and some from the past week.

Figures were timed to 60 sec, was using http://www.posemaniacs.com/blog/pose/ which I found over in bumskee's SB (Thanks Min ^^). Was insane hard, I've never done anything like that before. Gonna try to make it a habit to do a couple of pages of those a day.

The ink ones are Sargent, Mucha and some random ref. Using watercolor just for value sketching. All the environmental stuff are are from mind except the last one which I reffed from a digital painting I found somewhere.

If anyone know anything about watercolor I would love to know, 'cause I really don't know what I'm doing.

thanks for looking

**dmitri** · May 5th, 2007, 02:18 PM

How do you set up the watercolor papers? Looks pretty wrinkly...
It would probably help you to tighten the anatomy, if you mirrored (or turned upside down) your drawings. Some features at times seem a bit unbalanced, and you'd likely spot those if the image was somehow flipped. Or maybe it's just a question of will to correct them...

**sanoma** · June 6th, 2007, 11:14 AM

That's quite a post you've got going there! I'm liking the life class drawings...reminds me that I need to go back to doing that, dammit!!!

Good work, keep it up!
Mack.

**Noë** · June 6th, 2007, 03:00 PM

Oh my...

Those are awesome studies! I like them all. Don't have crits here because I think you're studying exactly what you should be studying, so ehh keep it up?

I do have a few questions; you get most of the poses for gestures from characterdesigns.com right? But where did you get the skull refs from? I really want to practice some of those too, so please tell me.
And also; just to pass on the link: go to www.posemaniacs.com/blog I love the 30 second drawing there, might be nice for your gestures as well

I'm subscribing, so expect me back soon ^^
I'll try to be a better critter next time.
Love
Marleen

EDIT: ULP!

Are these A3 or A4 pages?