XRL sketchbook

[LePush]

very very nice stuff!

[Psychobuddy]

I...uhh....uhm...yeah...awesome work! HAHA XD Keep it up! I really really enjoyed looking ^_^

[xinranliu]

LePush: thanks!
Psychobuddy: haha thanks

Here's a breakdown of At The Saloon. Photo references come into play after step 3.

[viki oh]

I am enjoying your figure drawings they are very gestural and full of life and movement, you really captured them well in very few strokes, absolutely excellent. And your paintings are very nice too, I also enjoy their loose and gestural quality I wanna see more!

[BlackDelphin]

Wonderful work on that peace in post #9, i really like it a lot.
Also thank you for posting the steps of at the salon. It gives a good idea of how you draw.

I'm not sure i totally agree with the concept in that peace though. Even if the gun is pointing towards that man towards the right corner, the details above him are not enough, or around him to guide me back into the picture. It feels like a dead end and it ruins the mood a bit. Perhaps lowering the brightness of that window could help more?
Just sharing my two cents.

[xinranliu]

viki oh: thanks!
BlackDelphin: thanks for the feedback! I've looked at it more and agree with you, and changed some things...



and a new piece, Surveyor

[Egbu]

Wow, beautiful sketchbook, I really like the colour scheme in, At the Saloon.

[xinranliu]

MilesE: thanks!

Knight

[Christoffer]

Cool stuff. I like the saloon piece. The bartender has a great expression on his face. The lighting is really nice, but I don't understand why there's so much purple in there.

[xinranliu]

Christoffer: ha I guess I just like purple

Made some changes to the Knight piece, and restarted the Surveyor piece

[xinranliu]

Mixologist

[xinranliu]

Hey y'all, two new up

Tamed


Scare Crow

[xinranliu]

Sketch from imagination... testing out some brushes and whatnot

[FROZ3N]

Cool imaGination man. I like the "surveyor"
cool

[xinranliu]

PITCHBLACK: thanks man

a little something real quick for fun..

[Januz]

Your color skills still amaze me, love the mood in #43. Specially how it seems to have a warm glow all around.

[xinranliu]

Januz: thanks!

Here's a morning warm-up. One hour photo study.

[BenjaminJL92]

Awesome sketchbook, really digging the colours and textures in your paintings.

[xinranliu]

BenjaminJL92: thanks man

Today's warm-up, from imagination

[xinranliu]

Some trad stuff, oil portraits from life





I decided to whip out my markers this time (with a bit of 0.4 G-TEC)











and thanks for the stars, woot!

[xinranliu]

Twin Duo

[xinranliu]

today's critter

[skMOP]

I haven't checked this sketchbook in a while but you've exploded dude! The finished illustrations are looking really good. Thanks for putting up the process on the pice up top too, was interesting to see the steps.

[xinranliu]

skMOP: thanks man, good to see you around here

Praying Mantis

[xinranliu]

A little silhouette/design exercise. I start the first one with a photo reference, and the rest is just extrapolating and mutating based on the first.

[xinranliu]

Ballpoint Characters!

[lenzerwin]

Nice sketchbook, Xinranliu. That old gal with the shotgun is fantastic.

[a la bapsi]

yyyyyayyyyy

[xinranliu]

lenzerwin: thanks!
a la bapsi: wooohoo

So glad that the forums are back online! Now let's proceed to catching up the last month...

Bunch of portraits, all from life except the digital one (aka derpy study).
Oldest one dates from 2011 I believe.

[xinranliu]