The long journey to the magnificent world of M'Imatination

**Luconi** · September 24th, 2007, 06:38 PM

Oh well...o kinda stucked in the second drawing......im posting it so anyone might help....
image progression
Image 1 (text reference, Bible, Judges Chapter 13: (1) And the children of Israel again did evil in the eyes of the Lord; and the Lord gave them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years. (2) Now there was a certain man of Zorah of the family of the Danites, and his name was Manoah; and his wife had never given birth to a child. (3) And the angel of the Lord came to the woman, and said to her, See now! though you have never given birth to children, you will be with child and give birth to a son.(4) Now then take care to have no wine or strong drink and to take no unclean thing for food;(5) For you are with child and will give birth to a son; his hair is never to be cut, for the child is to be separate to God from his birth; and he will take up the work of freeing Israel from the hands of the Philistines.

Image 2:
(6)Then the woman came in, and said to her husband, A man came to me, and his form was like the form of a god, causing great fear; I put no question to him about where he came from, and he did not give me his name; (7) But he said to me, You are with child and will give birth to a son; and now do not take any wine or strong drink or let anything unclean be your food; for the child will be separate to God from his birth to the day of his death. (8)Then Manoah made prayer to the Lord, and said, O Lord, let the man of God whom you sent come to us again and make clear to us what we are to do for the child who is to come. (9)And God gave ear to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came to the woman again when she was seated in the field; but her husband Manoah was not with her. (10)So the woman, running quickly, gave her husband the news, saying, I have seen the man who came to me the other day.

**Luconi** · September 24th, 2007, 06:40 PM

**Luconi** · September 24th, 2007, 06:51 PM

**jdeegz** · September 24th, 2007, 07:27 PM

hey man, welcome to CA.org, we're glad to have yah.
your tablet stuff is looking cool, but i wanted to point you to some anatomy books because they are always helpful

Bridgeman's Complete Guide to Drawing From Life, or Andrew Loomis' books

the first comment on my sketchbook said the same thing, and i am very grateful of it.

I was also wondering if you have ever done traditional painting, oils/acrylics.
later!
-Jim

**Eon** · September 25th, 2007, 12:25 AM

I too spend a lot of time trying to draw Penelope

Looking at what you posted I’d just suggest you take your time when constructing figures (framework, shapes, proportions like the Cruz pic) from your imagination so you don’t have to go over the same area with so many lines making it quite thick.

Very dynamic lion pic! I think the lion’s head and open mouth should point towards the man though. As if trying to eat him. Would be awesome if you finished that piece.

**funfetus** · September 25th, 2007, 12:37 AM

Good start to your sketchbook -- stick with it, and you'll improve tremendously. Someone recommended Andrew Loomis' books. You can download them here -- they're all out of print. And I second the recommendation. Study hard on Figure Drawing for All it's Worth, and you can't go wrong. The Bridgman stuff is good, too.

One thing I'd encourage you to do is try to stay away from those "hairy" lines. Put down a few really light lines if you need to, then go slow, and put down one good, solid line.

Keep it up -- I'll keep an eye on you.

**The Crazy Dude SRD** · September 25th, 2007, 12:42 AM

Hi

A very nice start with the tablet... I would like to suggest that you try to clean up your line work with it... Just practice with drawing just lines before you actually get to crackin with any real drawing... doesn't have to be of anything, just lines that have no meaning yet they should be controlled so that you get a better feal for the tablet...

Keep it up and show us your analog stuff too... Digital isn't the end all be all of art!

And to help you out with finding some good books... Check the Fre(e books) link in my sig...

Later
-Shawn

**Luconi** · September 25th, 2007, 03:23 PM

humn...its very interesting to see your art being "judged" and far more helpfull...i thank you guys for everyword posted here...ive heard about those books ("figure drawing of all its worth" is recommended by Frank Frazetta too, so im going for both books)...probably on pencil & paper as i feel more comfortable.
posting the lion picture as requested...and as soon as im finished with the books, i will continue my work and show it to u guys...
thanks a lot

forgot to tell...the man is supposed to dodge and than kill the lion...but im still working on it

**jdeegz** · September 25th, 2007, 05:42 PM

straighten his arm so it doesn't look like he is punching it, and you're golden.

**Luconi** · September 25th, 2007, 11:01 PM

working on his hands and torso right now...
one last quick brush-test and im done today...
cya all

**Luconi** · September 30th, 2007, 09:44 PM

some quick sketches while practicing with Andrew Loomis....

**Luconi** · October 26th, 2007, 08:13 AM

humn...some studies ive made...
i will post some scans next week....

Those are from Idiot Apath tutorial:

These from another tutorial (i forgot his name but his art is trully marvelous):

These from Killing People tutorial (outstanding and disturbing art):

this one based on a photo:

and another tutorial, unfinished:

most of these are unfinished but teached me a lot...and studies continues

**Ganger** · October 28th, 2007, 01:56 PM

very good dude, i am a new member too, and i am from brasil. E ae vc tmb eh neh...

**Luconi** · October 28th, 2007, 08:35 PM

sou sim =P...inclusive tem um forum br muito bom...to usando os dois...

Okay, i dont know if there is someone looking my art but...ohh well i need come critics here on these works....what i mean is not about color or ahh anatomy...it looks like theres no "lines" ... like its missing the sketch i dont know...if i could "personalize" the picture....hope someone understand what i mean...

anyway ... there it goes:

and the last one ... im having some dificult defining the anatomy and the light spot....its just the initial draw anyway:

**Grief** · October 28th, 2007, 08:43 PM

just curious, in your 2nd post, who is that a photograph of that you're referencing?

[edit] nevermind, i right clicked and saw the image name and figured it out.

keep on sketchin man.

**iMaiM** · October 28th, 2007, 09:47 PM

Some good studies and progress going on in here. I'd suggest you work on cleaning up your lines a bit when youre detailing or taking a drawing past a sketch, but otherwise just keep doing what youre doing!

**Luconi** · October 29th, 2007, 01:38 PM

finished the mouth and doing another one....keepin' this up:

**Luconi** · March 27th, 2008, 04:10 PM

well....its a long time since my last post so im posting some image progression...its a brand new style for me and was heavily inspired by one of those great artist that we can find here....i forgot his name right now but i will post it soon (sorry man!)....

ain't sure about those soldiers ... im thinking about hierarch and so the captain should be taller than the soldier...both smaller than the angel...anyway...im expecting some critics

**Jojomondag** · March 27th, 2008, 04:54 PM

This last piece was truely great! nice workflow too what was the tutorial you found?

**Luconi** · April 10th, 2008, 11:23 AM

Thanks Jojo...theres no tutorial at all...i just saw some images like that and tried the style...
2 more pictures to go

**Luconi** · May 2nd, 2008, 02:15 PM

litle update First Post...couldnt find a way to psot it on the Topic Title =/

**clanlord** · May 2nd, 2008, 02:50 PM

Hey man! My only crit is to open an anatomy book! Love the B&W drawings, but they also look very simple! Start with body structure, study the size of the arms, shoulders and other body parts, copy some some body drawings! You can develope yourself by putting some shadows! I wish you good luck and KEEP posting don't give up my friend!

**Luconi** · September 21st, 2008, 07:42 PM

u know i got those anatomy studies sugestion and tried to focus on that...since i dont have a scan and i prefer drawing with pencil and paper than digitally, i cant show u guys any progress...so im posting some old stuff here since its a loooooooooooong time ive posted....
anyway...hope someone can enjoy it

and ive finished my work with Samson at Delilah, got translate it to english and post, the big problem is that it is .pdf and i dont know a way to show to u guys...perhaps rapidshare or convert it to .jpg via photoshop....ohh well i will post it soon

and i would like to change my sketchbook title but dont know how !!!!!!!!!!
someone help plz?

**Luconi** · September 22nd, 2008, 11:00 AM

AHA
i founded out how to change my title yeah!!!

tried to make the cape based on the combat between Samson and the philistines where he uses a Jawbone to kill 1000 mans...went very simple and im dont like it very much but still...there it is....

So i will follow with the final result of my work...its based on Samson and Delilah, and the text is just the same u can find at Judges chapter 13 (the space between lines represents the versicles...so the first image is based on versicles 1 to 5)....

and for thanks i made another draw...giving thanks to my teachers and mainly to God...as u can read at the top of the page "For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen" Romans 11:36.

thats all

**Luconi** · April 3rd, 2009, 02:49 PM

some pencils to keep it alive
thx all

shadow studies:

color study (Lilo, used reference):

**Luconi** · May 15th, 2009, 10:40 PM

This is one image im doing with pencils for color studie purpose. The reference is well-know but I dont know the artist name. Hope u enjoy

thx

**Zorcron** · May 16th, 2009, 01:31 AM

i really love the concepts and striking line you have but i'd love to see some finished work with strong composition ! thanks for sharing your work

keep up the fight!

**Luconi** · August 20th, 2009, 11:27 AM

Thanks Zorcron, and everyone. I see what u guys mean but im quite lazy to finish an work or spend hours and hours in the same draw. Ohh well i will try something beatifull.

Some pencils jobs anyway:

ps. mostly with references, thx!

**Luconi** · September 28th, 2009, 07:27 AM

keep working...now with colors.
first with pencils, 2nd with photoshop

any critiques are welcome
thx all

**Luconi** · March 17th, 2010, 07:16 PM

so ive draw a little more. Both draws were inspired by reference, and both are "unfinished". Thought i will not finish the map right now, since the adventure focus the continent of Frossar. I would like tips of Frost/Frozen Texture and etc, to use on it.
The character is just a sketch and firt looking on colors...i may finishi him, but since he is already dead, im not sure.

Thx all