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[JellevdVegt]

hey dude,

nice going for the studies. just keep at it. dont lose in mind the basic shape of a head. it has a front side and top direction. all your lines for the head should be relative to those lines. i think about those lines and that works for me, not getting your head 'wonky'. i did a paintover. i already sent you on msn but i'll share for everyone else too...

[polydrawer]

what an amount of facial studies :o altough most of them are standard and dont show much of personality
your last studies are great
i like the last facialstudie the most.

anyway good job cant wait to see your next load of sketches

[w00tw00t]

Love it, as always :p
Ship designs are awesome and the faces are comming along very well

[Jonas Heirwegh]

@Jens: Its hard to get rid of the generic ones. Most of the time I still need a construction underneath with some stiffness as a result. I'm really trying to get looser but still be accurate. thx for the reply!

@Teh Gosu: thx for the help. I'll keep in mind the construction.

@ravenslayer: I dont really care about personality now, let me first learn how to draw a proper head before thinking about expression and personality
thx for the reply.

@w00tw00t: thx

Not as many head studies as I would like but I've been busy with webdesign too for some behindthescreens project

I tried some inkt sketches, hard as hell but I'm getting a grip at it I think. Last ones are better then my first ones I believe

[krossj]

Ships, mechs and Enviros all look great dude! The Rembrandt Charcoal study looks nice aswell.

keep updating!

Cheers

[Piru]

keep em coming Ep!

[Jonas Heirwegh]

@krossj: thx dude.

@Piru: Will do cheers

Little update, bigger update soon.

[Anurizm]

the charcoals look pretty good, Your progressing well with your head studies.

[Jonas Heirwegh]

@Anurizm: thx.

Small update, vehicle scribble in photoshop. I'll post more sketches later.

[Hyver]

to sum up msn talkies: bouncelight/legs/functionals

and as an added note: holy cow you're improving!

[unit-tx-12]

wow you are a great artist...

[dannyboy91]

wow, your great. Any tips for someone who wants learn how to draw industrial machines like yours ships and robots etc.? any tutorial or books you used?

[Flutic]

Nice, the design is great nice rendering. Will this thing jump?

Keep it up!

Greets ,Tom

[dsg]

loose, but controlled, nice.
great lighting.

[Lyno]

Hehe, it's been a long time since you updated your sketchbook, but i'm happy your back .

Thx for the inspiration and keep posting!

[Jonas Heirwegh]

@Hyver: thx!

@unit-tx-12: not even close but thx!

@dannyboy91: tips, hmm. Perspective is something you gotta learn first, then try to draw much stuff from life (something I should do more). Do perspective constructions, etc..
I learned most from scott's dvds
http://thegnomonworkshop.com/dvds/gr...bertson_g.html

@Flutic: you obviously never watched star wars Anti gravity haha

@dsg: thx!

@Lyno: thx dude.

Some pencil sketches for IDW but I didnt make the deadline. I'll prolly render the one below. And yes there is a mistake at the back, I'll fix it later

[dsg]

wow niice little robot marker thumbnails. really cool. I like the quick loose 3/4 robot sketches too. I see some good shapes in those.

[towy]

fun vehicle scribble !

[lennon]

Nice to see you're trying the head from different positions than the usual, I'm pretty much doing the same.
Cheers!

[polydrawer]

wow love those last thumbs/drawings
keep up the good work

[SilverHayabusa]

Hey man. These are some great sketches. I like the way you come out with all of these ships. Also I see great improvement in your life drawing. Keep at it and I'm sure it'll go along ways.

[Farvus]

Hey. Thanks for visiting my sketchbook. Thise ink & marker sketches look fantastic.

Yeah. When it comes to robot design, Feng Zhu DVD is great. I recently bought some book about robot design. It's written by Keith Thompson and the title is "50 robots to draw and paint". At first I thought it was coloring book for children but inside there was rather professional conceptart info. Check it out.

[Anurizm]

your droid sketches kick ass.

[.VeLwYn.]

yo! this is velwyn, the girl wit red highlight hair tat u met at universal stud. lol
add me on myspace yo, www.myspace.com/velwynnn

[yoitisi]

Found it About time I left you a comment here I suppose. First of all: UPDATE I'm sure you've done a lot of sketching in the meantime, even though you're busy with the website and everything

For the facestudies: some of them seem to lean to one side, although in that last bunch of faces you corrected that already. Keep in mind that the head is a 3d object which follows a certain perspective. Again, those last ones are better.

The ID stuff is really nice, I like how you go from thumbnails which are just a black spot to something more refined (inspired by Scott Robertsons books right? I ordered a couple of them and are waiting for them to get here ). Take care with the pencilwork though that you don't loose the playfull aspect of your drawings by erasing too much. I prefer using a pen for this, as it forces you to do it right first time, but a couple of mistakes only make your final drawing more solid. I like those Photoshop sideviews, but I think I already said that

Edit: once again, smileys rule sorry for that. -_-

[Deodatus]

Nice work and progress all around. The last vehicle designs are a big step forward. I like the deisgn a lot. Keep up the good work and take care!

[Cederix]

I really like how you did those silhouettes and designs in the last batch of drawings! Very nice work J
P.S. Let me know when you're in the US of A

[Jonas Heirwegh]

@dsg, Towarlock, lennon, ravenslayer, SilverHayabusa, Farvus, Anurizm, .VeLwYn.: thx!

@yoitisi: lol yeah the website, it will be finished some day:p
faces are so hard to do them realistic, I fuck it up most of the time unless I really pay more attention to the 3D shape. Thx for the comments!

@Deodatus: thx for the visit I appreciate it, take care!

@Cederix: I already moved out, its pretty sweet here in california

Yeah, sorry for the lack of updates. Last couple of weeks/month has been pretty busy. I made the big step and moved out to LA for art classes.
I'm taking Kevin Chen's conceptdesign academy wich starts feb. 9th.
Some cool instructors like Anthony Francisco and Carlo Arellano and also the workshops in between are pretty sweet with Khang Le, Chris Appelhans, Bill Perkins, etc. Looking forward to this.

And in addition to this I'm taking 4 art classes at college wich start feb. 19th.
Ow and I've been to the massive black workshop last week in seattle, got me even more motivated, holy crap the workshop was amazing.

Here are some pics from the workshop.

I'm the one sitting right behind coro looking at the screen


Sitting next to sparth but watching the presentation of BROM (wich was freaking amazing)


The great Kevin Chen explaining how to draw heads He is one of the most helpfull and talented people I have ever met.

[yoitisi]

Heya glad to hear (and see) you're still alive I regret not going to the workshop harder every day. Better next time I guess.

[Lyno]

wow looks intresting
Gl in LA.