Sketchlings Sketchbook : hopefully updated more often in 2010!

**Gryphon** · August 7th, 2007, 12:35 AM

Working on a Terry Pratchett movie! I am completely envious. That must be incredible fun.

**jedininjaman** · August 7th, 2007, 12:44 AM

Hey cool sketchbook you have nice facial, anatomy and are very good at revealing expressions, through tones, and colors in the picture
Pretty cool
I just recently did my first digital painting w/ a mouse yesterday and I would love to hear what you think and also some advice would be greatly appreciated
so ya I hope to hear from you
-jedininja

**chrishly** · August 7th, 2007, 03:15 AM

just great.. I love your way of handling the brushes...

**sketchling** · September 10th, 2007, 07:48 AM

SKETCH DUMP!

This is all stuff from the last couple of months. One sketchbook... photos cause I dont have a scanner worth mentioning and its SOOO much faster this way.

**sketchling** · September 10th, 2007, 07:49 AM

**sketchling** · September 10th, 2007, 07:50 AM

And the older ones:

**TIO_MATT** · September 10th, 2007, 08:08 AM

Great stuff kim!!
Thanks for text message in my Birthday...
I like the silhouette of the dragon....cool lines...improving..more confident...
sketchling keep posting more stuff like this ...is interesting......It has been a long time....

**Moftah** · September 10th, 2007, 08:16 AM

love the baker street sketch

Moftah's Sketchbook

**koshime** · September 10th, 2007, 08:58 AM

yeah SEk750i rules!

**Molly** · September 10th, 2007, 09:05 AM

Now this is different! Kim and characters!

aye, keep it up mate, maybe I'll swap to environs! (haha)

Mx

**sketchling** · September 10th, 2007, 09:25 AM

Koshime... huh? what you on about?

Thanks Jaime

Glad ya likin it. I have been reading "Force - Dynamic life drawing for animators" by Michael D Mattesi. Great for energy expression drawings! mannequins!

Moftah :

thanks, I like that one too. just loved the attitude the two people on the bench opposite had.

Molly : Yeah... been drawin chars only this year pretty much. Remember I said at the first meet "Im going to stop drawing characters until I can draw form properly, then ill go back to them... I almost only drew chars before that. badly. haha! You really should try some environs... just make em out of human lines. Think geiger, think mucha

or merge your character with the wall... hmmmm.... :d

**TIO_MATT** · September 10th, 2007, 12:21 PM

I am going to have a look to that book...sounds interesting....

**koshime** · September 10th, 2007, 02:22 PM

Camera phone...thats what

**sketchling** · September 11th, 2007, 04:34 AM

ah! haha, sorry, never heard of that or id have guessed

I understand now

**sketchling** · October 24th, 2007, 07:14 PM

A week ago, I got my hands on a program called colors (from the aptly named http://www.collectingsmiles.com) that turned my nintendo DS into an art pad... a digital sketchbook. pressure sensitivity and all. frikken fantastic!
My gallery of doodles (a weeks worth at time of posting):
http://images.sketchling.com/index.p...20on%20my%20DS

and some of them for the thread...

I love this program.

**koshime** · October 24th, 2007, 07:31 PM

Indeed,

I'm enjoying it as well

**tensai** · October 24th, 2007, 07:38 PM

very very nice book man. i love how you indicate a lot of that stuff and not render it all out. it's cool how a lot of it has great atmosphere/mood even if it's just a quick character sketch.

**Dile_** · October 24th, 2007, 07:43 PM

Nice sketches kim, I hope you show something finished soon!

Glad you are updating

**marioucci** · October 24th, 2007, 07:47 PM

Man, you are the Jeffrey Jones of the sketchbooks section.

Such a variety of styles and the emotional charge. very cool stuff.

faved.

M

**sketchling** · October 25th, 2007, 05:02 AM

tensai : Thanks!
Dile: Thanks... I guess the thing I like about sketching on my DS is that i cant really finish anything. At work, I have to polish the living crud out of paintings So its a bit of a release to just doodle on the tube n busses. Guess it wouldnt hurt now and then though... havent produced a finished thing for myself in AGES.

Marioucci : Thanks man, I like to experiment a lot and I kinda want to be able to do everything...Problem with that is ya spend a lot of time learning new things and not so much time producing actual finished work. I want to work as a concept artist full time so im forced to produce something other than matte paintings.

Cool animations by the way.

**Kian** · October 25th, 2007, 05:05 AM

Hey Kim. How ya doin man. Lovin the thumbnails. Ya gonna work em up? Esp the mountain. Friggin love it.

**Hyver** · October 25th, 2007, 06:43 AM

hey man what's up!

i was awed to see what you can do with that ds thingie.. i'm so getting one too!
keep dumping your shit in here matey, i'm eyeing you

cheers

**sketchling** · December 4th, 2007, 05:40 AM

Not a very big update unfortunately, but some bits n pieces none the less.

Bugstudy I never quite finished
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And a speedpaint I did yesterday (1 1/2 hours or so... and yes, I think its worth finishing at some point):
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Iv done more, just need to sort myself out n post it

Hyver: You got one yet? Coolest thing ever

I love the DS. Best part is the homepage has a gallery that can playback what people have drawn as an animation. very informative

Kian: Thanks dude... might work them up some day. I intend to use my DS as a thumbnail factory for stuff.

More coming soon.

**MeTaL-Mike** · December 4th, 2007, 05:47 AM

ohh wow these are really amazing. love your style.

**monotony** · December 4th, 2007, 09:18 AM

woah, what you call a speedy and do within 1 1/2 hours is freakin fantastic. and that you wanna make it a finished piece is leaving me all exited. I'm really looking forward to see that.
not to disregard your other stuff. so varied and full of life. great job, just waiting for the next update...

**sketchling** · December 7th, 2007, 06:24 AM

Metal : Thanks

Monotony : Thanks also

Like the avatar! Yeah, Ill get round to polishing it a bit eventually. I did this one fast cause I used a lot of the atmospheric tricks I learned from matte painting... so ya dont have to paint many details.

**gustavo desimone** · December 7th, 2007, 07:39 AM

desde ahora estas entre mis favoritos

**Mr.Delicious** · December 7th, 2007, 07:48 AM

last one looks reaaaal slick man. cant wait to see you finish it... if you do. DO IT

**sketchling** · January 31st, 2008, 01:46 PM

Thanks for comments

Right, another update! These are a couple of things iv done this week. getting a bit of down time at work... end of project, so just olishing dribs and drabs, so Im having fun!

Jungle scene dont in painter 3 essentials and CS3. I am growing to love painter. Despite its shocking programming.