TG | Sketchbook - [[[UPDATE!!!]]] 01/11/10

**Tom Garden** · February 10th, 2007, 05:46 PM

Hello one and all!!!
LATEST WORK ON LAST PAGES

**oishiiniku** · February 18th, 2007, 03:50 AM

That's a really nice piece! It has a brooding sense of atmosphere about it and some of your mark-making on the creature's hide is very satisfying. I remember seeing your stuff a while ago - you've come on in leaps and bounds lately. I look forward to seeing more in your sb. Keep it up!

Ta, Nick.

**Envisor** · February 18th, 2007, 10:14 AM

Yeah, this real nice. Welcome to the SB Forums. Cant wait for more. Would love to see some of pencils.

**Tom Garden** · April 29th, 2007, 07:18 PM

Hello everyone - MASSIVE UPDATE!!! 30/04/07

I've decided to start my sketchbook properly, i'm in for an intense year what with leaving my job in july to concentrate full time on art for a few months, so to help that i'll be doing this sketchbook and updating as much as i produce art!

I only get about 3-4 hours in per day. And i'm open to all crit and suggestions ! be brutal with me!!! I must learn.

i'll post my weekly CHOWs as well as all the practice work i do in the week, lunchbreaks and outside work.

hope you enjoy!!

Some rough practices (some ref, mostly from memory though)

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My Chows over the past few weeks!

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quick figure

skulls

some more practice pieces with more colour

figure quickie

will work this up in the future i hope!

ref painting 2 hours

non ref quickie

hope you like!!

**Tom Garden** · May 1st, 2007, 05:17 PM

little update of my lunchtime faces

**h2rra** · May 1st, 2007, 05:38 PM

Nice work! Do you feel more comfortable sketching with pencil or tablet?

**Tom Garden** · May 1st, 2007, 05:51 PM

Well, i find it a lot easier with pencil and paper - and i've found it takes some time to actually get tablet work up to the same standard as pencil work. But i need more practice in the digital realm!!!

I feel more comfortable now than i did a year ago when i started out with concepts!

**Tom Garden** · May 3rd, 2007, 08:59 AM

WIP for this weeks chow - red riding hood. All crit and comments welcome!!!

Thanks

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**irina** · June 24th, 2007, 12:26 PM

These CHOWs are gorgeous! I really like your colors in them... And these lunchtime faces are pretty nice too. =) Great sketchbook! Keep 'em coming!

**DeJakhalz** · June 24th, 2007, 12:33 PM

Welcome man! Really good stuff you've posted. Good imagination, lightning and anatomy! Keep it coming

**scottmcd** · June 24th, 2007, 12:34 PM

Very nice on the ice druid. The background has a sort of "Fortress of Solitude" feel. His face is good too - it's got a lot of mood and character, despite not being fully visible. I'm trying to think of a good crit to come up with, but am drawing a blank.

**Tom Garden** · June 24th, 2007, 08:18 PM

hey everyone! Wow finally some sketchbook visitors YAY!

Thankyou for the kind words!

I'll have some more updates soon on more sketchbooky work - havent got round to putting them into a jpg!

I'm hoping more people will take a peek in here!

Crit away, i know i need it!

**ACRO** · June 25th, 2007, 01:27 PM

yeah i came 2 see if you had tutorials...lol

you have a lot of faces

are these for practice or were you experimenting with something?

**Tom Garden** · June 25th, 2007, 01:34 PM

They are just for practice really - and experimentation with form, lighting etc! I would do tutorials, but i dont think my work warrents tutorials yet lol

**Tom Garden** · July 5th, 2007, 03:12 PM

**Tom Garden** · July 9th, 2007, 05:01 PM

pleased with bits of this one - i really liked the poses and i will rework that girl i think

i dont know what really went wrong with this one

**Tom Garden** · July 10th, 2007, 03:50 PM

**Tom Garden** · July 14th, 2007, 08:00 AM

WIP for this weeks CHOW - hopefully i'll get time to finish!!

Please crit the shit out of me!!!

THANKS!

**Koto** · July 14th, 2007, 08:05 AM

Awesome head studies! Looks like you're improving at lightspeed!

**Tom Garden** · July 14th, 2007, 08:18 AM

haha thankyou!

I hope so!

I've just left my job to do art fulltime, so hopefully i'll be defying the speed of light......oooorrr being a lazy arse.....we'll see!

**Grimey** · July 15th, 2007, 03:43 PM

your portraits and painting skills are pretty sweet. you have a handle on figures and anatomy.. but occasionally they seem to come out a bit stiff.
try doing some crazy stylized flowing gestures. i think that will loosen up the look of them a bit. in fact, try doing a few each time before you start drawing, to loosen up your arm a bit.
nice work. (especially some of the chows.. the navigator, mr. hyde, and red riding hood are all awesome)

**Tom Garden** · July 16th, 2007, 07:21 AM

Thanks Stonecurly! You are right! I need to get speedier with my figures to get more fluidity

**Tom Garden** · July 18th, 2007, 09:10 AM

just a couple of re-painted updates from my old work. Quite fun to re-do elements and try out new things with these. Also to see if my improvements in my recent pieces can effect these ones! Hope they have!

Crit is always welcome!

**Tom Garden** · July 26th, 2007, 06:56 AM

Look out for me in next months imagine FX!!! I was lucky enough to get into the mag and win the excellence award! woohoo! I'm really hoping this is the first step to something good!

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**Tom Garden** · July 29th, 2007, 06:47 AM

Well, about to move to sweden tonight, and i'll be starting the CG society course with Don Seegmiller for face and figure painting!! So i'll be updating this thread a lot more frequently!