Faids Weekly Sketchbook

[Faid]

Hey there guys n girls, I am an artist obsessed with playing around with visions of the future and thought it would be good to try and dispense with the paranoia of not posting online.

Anyway heres a few of my pieces I work on through the weeks.

And for the first Image Ill post in this lovely place it'll be none other than the great Adama. (still a WIP)

Critiques warmly welcome

[Faid]

and a little demon to add some variety

[Lux_Aeterna]

Hi Faid,
nice start. The 2nd image is a little too big to really have a good look at it, would you mind posting a smaller version?

I noticed in the 1st picture that you shade with grey tones. actually this can be a nice method but also should be used carefully.
Colouring faces can be quite difficult so i would have a look at how light behaves on the face, coming from different directions. if you got this, it'l be really easy.

for example: http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=&se...ading#/d11zuq1

I hope i could help you bit. i think you did well on the picture and i really like how you painted his uniform!

[Faid]

THanks Lux and yeah I wasnt counting on the image being so big :/ major oversight there will put up a smaller one soon.

And yes the faces can be tricky though I was hoping to use a good dark/ light contrast to balance the picture out, thanks for the advice though as well as the praise

[Faid]

THis is a conceptual piece Im working on for a private project of mine, still working on the figure, city and lighting for whats supposed to be snow, still getting there.

[Faid]

Been a while since Ive had the chance to stop and upload my latest work.
Ive been busy with family affairs and other delightful occurences.

Anyway heres work Ive done over the last month, most of this is either for friends or building a portfolio and none of them are by any means finished.

[Faid]

Im sorry about the size of some images, I'm not quite sure where I'm going wrong here on trying to make them smaller without reducing the quality.

Odds are I'll know what I'm doing wrong as soon as I stop trying to fix things haha.