updated 6th aug. new to corel painter, graphics tablet and concept art forums

[err0rz]

hi, i'm quite new to using corel painter and graphics tablet. i have them for like only a month and these are the stuff i've done with painter using my tablet. they show improvement (if any) over the month lol. any critics and comments are welcomed. thanks
i've added some of the traditional medium stuff as well. would appreciate critics and comments for those as well. thanks

30th march 07- my 1st try using the tablet is a self potrait
didn't know about the pressure sensor thing yet, so i had to redraw lines over and over again to get darker shades haha


30th march 07- then for a friend named siok
still don't know about the pressure thing


09th april 07- another friend, vanessa
starting to grasp the concept of the pressure thing


09th april 07- a random sketch of my miniature mannequins
just a random sketch


09th april 07- army friend, andrew
getting better


10th april 07- mike and verline, my online friends who got to know each other through a game and got married in real life
and better


20th april 07- another online friend, huiyu, who's into dressing up and cosplay
my 1st attempt at coloured drawings


25th april 07- vanessa's friend, jacqueline. did this for her birthday
trying out a different style of drawing



traditional medium works
27th march 06- old man
pencils


29th march 06- squall
pens


25th may 06- jacq
pencils


21st oct 06- newspaper model
pens


10th jan 07- dom
pencils


10th jan 07- dom's girlfriend
pencils

[The Red Skull]

I'm a little surprised that I got first post but that's ok!

As for your digital stuff, i'd say you were off to a really nice start! You already seem to know the basic of porportions and how to draw a face. I would suggest maybe working on the smoothness of your shading using the tablet. I'm terrible with the tablet so I couldn't suggest anything but it sounds like a good idea. I think it would make things look a lot more finished, even if they're not.

You pencil drawings are coming along nicely. I have a problem with some of the noses in a few of them. One of them seems like it is intentionally going for an manga style and thats fine. Maybe do some studys of noses and also some of eyes. There are more lines around the eye then you may realize.

Great start. I look forward to some of your updates!

[err0rz]

to the red skull -
hey, thanks for your recommendations. for the tablet side, i'm still trying to figure out the full function of the tablet. and also functions of corel painter lol

right, i'll start doing studies on noses and eyes. any good sites/books to recommend?

btw, which is the manga-styled one you were refering to?

[Darktwin]

Hey Err0rz, welcome ot CA, Your off to a really good start thus far. Nice faces, some problems I'm seeing are on a few of your drawing your noses are a bit small for the size of the face. Good structure though. I would suggest doing some structure head studies to strengthen your understanding of head drawing. As for painter, I'm new to it myself and it can feel daunting at times, but now that I've been playing around with it and learning the functions, I think I'm starting to get comfortable with the interface at least. I still have to do a lot of experienmenting with techniques and brushes, to see what works best for me. Just keep doing what your doing. Read the Painter forum section of this site, you can learn about training tutorials that are out there on the market, solutions to problems you might be having that someone else has solved. I would suggest to use bigger strokes when painting. Do studies of artist you like, Master studies, speed paintings. Skies the limit with digital software. Remember to keep having fun with it also. I'm in the same boat as you are when it comes to learning painter, so your not alone.

Welcome, and make yourself at home,
Cheers

[err0rz]

to darktwin -

thanks for the recommendations. and for the nose parts i think it might be because asians have smaller noses haha. and same question, do you have any books/sites to recommend for facial studies etc?

yea i'll check out the tutorials on painter. hoping i can improve with each new painting i do. and yea, with the undo function, the sky is the limit with digital software lol

[err0rz]

a new piece on corel painter just finished

26th april 07- a piece for my friend, geraldine, who's birthday is coming
more practice on the new style of drawing

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another piece on painter

29/04/07- samuel, my friend

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painter

01/05/07- drawn refering to the most recent picture of my friend, samuel. same guy as the previous drawing

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my 2nd try on coloured works with corel painter

14/05/07- done with reference to a photograph i took


how the drawing looks like in step before it's finished

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This is.....

hey old fren guess hu am I? haha...

clue: someone you know for a long time who like u, is into art

[err0rz]

This is.....

hey old fren guess hu am I? haha...

clue: someone you know for a long time who like u, is into art

hmm, i have no idea actually. you wanna give me more clues? haha

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BuRrPPPPpPppppppP.........

old fren.. think 14 years?

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pen on a5 paper, was too tired to finish the hair haha

06/06/07- amelie (audrey tautou)

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pen on a5 paper again

an slr camera

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corel painter 1000 x 1000 with black background

vanessa's birthday drawing

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2nd try at self potrait
lazy to draw in eyes though