Paolo Sanna Sketchbook ( Update )

**TheGnoll** · January 13th, 2007, 11:06 AM

nice!
as i told you on msn i don't like how you handles her left arm, but apart from that its ok.Digital frame+ink looks a bit rushed too.
show us more damn it, more!

ciao

**kischi** · January 13th, 2007, 11:43 AM

He great updates!
at post #230 in the second picture her right food is pinfully twisted.
I like the third one, her eyes are a little to big I think, but the expression of this picture is vers nice!

cheers

**Dreamworker** · January 14th, 2007, 05:03 AM

Thanks guys for your comments! This morning I did this quick sketch with HB pencil in about 10 minutes, for some practice with poses

**Dreamworker** · January 14th, 2007, 08:34 AM

I try a little experiment with colors in the lowres version of the last girl portrait ( try to use color layer and the esclusion layer to fit some shadows ) in substance a simple overpaint

**bbwolf** · January 14th, 2007, 08:50 AM

Heya Dreamworker. Those are some pretty decent updates.

About the last one. Nice pose and everything. Crit: the arm comming up, the lower outline
should, I think, not bend inward but curve outward. Too the other sleeve feels so ballonious that it seems her arm is swelling up under some kind of course. If you´d add a deep shadow from the line down where her arm should be this would most possibly correct this perception w/out redrawing.

Hope that helps and that your friend like this picture very much. Keep it up. See y´round.

Wolf

**Haxxxor** · January 14th, 2007, 10:21 AM

hey dreamworker thanks for your post in my sb!
i am impressed about your clean and decent linework nad i love your medievil stuff! keep on it.

on painting... it would be good if you do some oil studies or other colord (analog) stuff.

i'll keep an eye on this i hope you look in my sb over again.

ciao

**Dreamworker** · January 14th, 2007, 11:09 AM

@Bbwolf: thanks for your suggestion, I'll try what did you say.
@Haxxxor: yes I must try to use some traditional media. Infact I decided to learning to use the colored pencils and I buy the Faber Castel polychromos for this . I search some good book that explain me the technique but I don't find anymore.
Somone can help me?

**Dreamworker** · January 15th, 2007, 04:40 AM

I'm take a break from my studies and I try to use my new colored pencils. I used 3 colors blue, red and yellow after a quick passage with the red pastel in a normal sketching paper ( not so good for this type of tools I think ), I obtain this result

**TheGnoll** · January 15th, 2007, 12:08 PM

hehehe nice experiment, and most of all nice to see something different from you

pose i quite nice, like in post 243, but i still think you need to experiment and draw more.Try gesture drawing, or studying from loomis/hogart...it helps, and you know it

ciao

**Dreamworker** · January 15th, 2007, 05:04 PM

ehehe Gnoll thanks for remember me this Masters. Ok I forced me to return to the basics ( when I talk in msn with Gnoll I try to sketch somethings ) and for now without ref book

**oma** · January 15th, 2007, 05:16 PM

nice job on that experiment. do some more of them. you will get used to them and improve big time's.

**kischi** · January 15th, 2007, 06:52 PM

the 10 min sketch has a nice face. Like it!

**Pigeonkill** · January 16th, 2007, 02:41 AM

Figures in combat much fun. I saw your animation in the front page and saw a new plain on the face I ignored, thanks! Your tones are getting much smoother.

**Dreamworker** · January 17th, 2007, 06:13 AM

Thanks guys for yours comments

@oma: I think to do more experiments with polychromos, but I hope to found some good manual to learn some basics of this technique.
@kischi: thanks mate

@Pigeonkill: thanks for posting in my SB! I happy to read that I did some helpful works

Ciao

**bbwolf** · January 17th, 2007, 05:17 PM

Yeah those dynamic figure sketches are a great thing. I´d like to see (and do myself) more of them.

The experiment with th ecolor pencils looks a bit ... hmm ... patchworky. Dunno how this comes.
But as Gnoll said, good on ya fer experimenting. c ya ´round.

Wolf

**Dreamworker** · January 20th, 2007, 03:32 PM

Thanks bbwolf for your support.
Update form this sketching days
first part

**bbwolf** · January 20th, 2007, 03:42 PM

Verfy good going. That´s a nice set of creatures and heads. I especially like the giant comming through the ground.
On a second look...is this a Giantess? I mean thats some serious ...uh ... mass on the chest. And is the guy right to her(?)
a Klingon? Looks like Worf. I am curious about part 2 allready.

**Dreamworker** · January 20th, 2007, 03:44 PM

Second part

**Dreamworker** · January 20th, 2007, 04:00 PM

Originally Posted by bbwolf

On a second look...is this a Giantess? I mean thats some serious ...uh ... mass on the chest. And is the guy right to her(?)
a Klingon? Looks like Worf. I am curious about part 2 allready.

eheheh no is a fat giant and his flesh is abnormal! the head I don't know what type of alien is, but I like star trek and I think that Worf influence me

**Scott James** · January 20th, 2007, 05:31 PM

diggin' the motion studies and lovin the girls eyes in post 531!!!

**Dreamworker** · January 21st, 2007, 04:34 AM

Thanks a lot for stopping in my SB Scott

p.s. could you explain me which girl you refer? the reply #531 does not exist .

**TheGnoll** · January 21st, 2007, 09:34 AM

hehe last updates look better than usual, good work!

some proportions errors here and there, but its good to see you do all these sketches.

...now do even more!

ciao

**Dreamworker** · January 21st, 2007, 04:11 PM

Thanks Ryan for your visit

I did some studies of color mixtures with colored pencilis and one attempt to make an alien portrait with this tools
Take it

**legionare** · January 22nd, 2007, 06:00 AM

Not bad! Italian knight! Coloured pictures are great! With nice colours I love.
Especialy red armoured man. Anatomy is ok. But asian man's face ... ? hehe dont worry I believe you can draw real samurai and real asian face.

**Dreamworker** · January 22nd, 2007, 06:10 AM

Thanks a lot for your visit Legionare

Originally Posted by legionare

But asian man's face ... ? hehe dont worry I believe you can draw real samurai and real asian face.

eheheh you are right, but I have some difficulties to found good reference photos of asian faces, if you has some good photo-portraits of asian guys can you link or send me for some good studies?

**Niels23** · January 22nd, 2007, 02:01 PM

Great updates mate! You`re doing some very interesting concepts: that guy in post #243 -very cool sketch. Also I like medieval girl in post #244 and page with a creatures in post #256. Great to see you`re doing a lot of gestures with those manikins - very important practice, I still fight with them too. And colour study in the last update are very nince. Keep up the good work!

**Dreamworker** · January 22nd, 2007, 02:44 PM

Thanks a lot for your support Ulver, I'm happy to read your words

**Lee W** · January 22nd, 2007, 11:59 PM

good to see you experimenting with different mediums

I would offer some advice on the color pencils but I never used it, even though I brought a 60 prismacolor set over 20 years ago which I still have but never use it once

But pastel I recently experimented with and can offer some noobish advice, the support used can make a big difference on how it will come out. Pastels need a support with some tooth to put a few layers of colors, sketch paper is too smooth. There are supports specifically made for pastel of which I prefer Wallis Sanded Paper or Art Spectrum Colorfix paper, but decent charcoal paper will work too.

**Sirio_Brozzi** · January 23rd, 2007, 01:21 AM

Ciao dream, really nice progress here. Especially with the fantasy pieces..The concepts in post #256, the guy with half a body is great.

As well, the black corsair character reminds me of Captain Harlock, which is not a bad thing, its great! Keep up the studies and different mediums, the gestures are good practice! Ciao.