anything beats nothing... sometimes...

[Dan.v.D.]

since it´s critweek and all that i decided to swallow my pride...


for once!


old. face values are kinda off, took a while to figure that out


i totally burned out on this one so it´s unfinished


something sloppy i kinda like


this update is exclusively for you ilja ;]

[Dan.v.D.]

another old concept thing. thought it was better back then.



random fun

[Robolus]

Wow Dan, the last one is great! I wish you would finish "dood.jpg".

[Karim M.]

damnizzle!
it's funny to see the improvement from post one to your last push.
Dude!
Ok you prolly heared that like 100000 times so here's some crit.
The white shirt the thief guy is wearing is.... too white ^^ Shouldn't be cause the rest of his clothes is kinda darkish.
But i really really do dig mister skull Do you play Thief? Looks like hahaha
Karim

[Dan.v.D.]

thx guys i really appreciate your feedback!

robby: hmm i honestly don´t know where to take that dood.jpg
i mean i could finish it but i´m kinda considering it just a study.
the problem is that i had nothing particularly in mind when i started it,
so there is no real idea or concept behind it and trying to make something
out of it now is like the same amount of work that it is to start something new.

karim: thx. i´m happy that someone sees some progress. that´s why i had a longer break inbetween posts.
i want to make every post better than the last instead of posting tons of shit.
it´s challenging for me and interesting/inspiring for others i hope.
btw do you still draw at all? i wanna see something!
and yeah i played thief recently and loved it but never never
thought of a connection between the image and that game myself haha.

[Jokisalo]

nice stuff here,, i like the most your digis
keep on drawing pal

[Dan.v.D.]

i got a problem! if i just start start drawing something shit will end up croocked.
but if i attempt to plan stuff beforehand i always come to the same conclusion: "i can't draw that shit man!"

so here we go with whack. still better than nothing i guess.
thanks jok!

[Dan.v.D.]

some random figure sketches. as much as i hate them compared to the stuff i did a year ago they don´t suck that much. also i feel like i was giving only like 60 percent or something until lately

[emilpaun]

as much as i hate them compared to the stuff i did a year ago they don´t suck that much

They don't suck at all, in fact the improvement is huge. great job

[Robolus]

I see progress (again)!
Now work on more poses and variations.
Let me see Back muscles and some Haircuts!

Weiter so!

Main Crit: POST MORE!!!

[JokingClown]

You are much better than I am, at least at figure studies. I need to work on that. Sense I know nothing about muscles I cant critique your muscle placement etc. But I always try to critque something, especially if the persons work is better then mine.

Try to do some studies of the hand. Scroll up through every picture of yours, and you can see that you have avoided drawing the hand.

I presonally would love to see a few peices that are finished. And some more enviroment peices. Mainly because Im partial to them.

Biggest thing is the hands though.

[Karim M.]

hahaha so you're a guy ritchie fan are you?
I like the way you play round with perspective in some pieces. Nice!
so i really should spent more time drawing and not just doing random art class homework.... ok enough learned for today. Keep learning
Catcha later

[Dan.v.D.]

thx guys. you keep me going. yeah i´ve actually drawn a hand or two lately but unfortunately no backs

here´s some kinda old (few months) stuff i got pissed with and never posted.

[Dan.v.D.]

3:45 am. me tired

[aesir]

That last paint kicks ass, and your figures have been significantly improving over the course of the thread. Keep it up!

[PeggyChung]

Hey Dan, looks like youre on your way with the drawing. I really like the first painting from the 2nd to last post. Dang, keep it up, hope to see a lot more

[mos667]

Just wanted to say that there is an amazing progression from the first post to the last. I absolutely love it! Will definately be following your progress. Keep it up!

[Richorb]

I noticed a few magic cards in there.

mogg flukies. and some other ones.

magic rules.

[p4b10]

Hi Dan, good luck man ! Three weeks to go!

[grisalisan]

wow great stuff! your last one is really great! And I like your dark skelleton (spelling?) guy with bow among your earlier stuff! I want to see more!

[blog]

They're not that great, stop exaggerating. But they're getting better.

[Johann de Venecia]

Hi Dan,

Sweet SB you've got here. A lot of cool pics. This: http://www.vilestyle.com/ca/brom002.jpg , being my favourite of the bunch. The silhouette is well done, and all the delicate lines beef it up even more.

I like your color choices in the gladiator dude. Reds and blues are used well. If I can toss a crit, it would be on that same dude, particularly the outline of some parts of his body. Like the thighs, they seemed to have been trimmed off almost, making them look flat. Try adding some back light to the edge, if just a little. Im sure it would improve it.

Had fun browsing through your SB. Keep filling it up!

[Sunny]

wow you can really tell that your studies help you. you are improving a lot. im going to start making studies now

[Dan.v.D.]

hey guys! i´m just posting my td entry and some cd artworks i did between early '02 and mid '04 to have an opportunity to thank you for your replys!

aesir, LadyLioness, mos667 and Sunny: i´m happy to hear that you see progress. at times it's soooo tempting to start a new sketchbook to get rid of some of the old crap, but then again it makes me appreciate your comments more because i know you had to wade through quite a lot of crap to finally see the newer and better things haha.

Richorb: lol i had to look up "mogg flukies" at google. to me it´s just brom haha.

p4b10: it seems the luck was rather on your side this time. good job!

grisalisan: yeah i'm kinda happy with how that guy turned out given that he has taken much less time than most of my other pieces.

blog: word! haha

lukavi: thx³ i even added some backlight on my td pic because of you!

and now some visuals:

[mentler]

Saw your entry in TD did not comment there because I was just browsing through <> it is very strong and you should feel pretty damn good about it!!! Good Luck

[Robolus]

Good luck from me too my friend!
It´s great to see that you are constantly getting better.
You are one of those rare guys that really work hard every day to improve,
and that inspires me.

[jfrancis]

Nice work, and improving, too!

I think you have an occasional tendency of making the upper arm too short, and the lower arm by comparison too long.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...r/profront.jpg

http://www.tsofa.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=25

The elbow generally fits below the rib cage but above the pelvis. On some of your drawings the elbow (if the arm were dropped to anatomical position) would fall too far above the points at the bottom of the rib cage.

The upper arm (humerus) is about 2 head widths (not lengths, widths) -- the forearm from elbow to wrist is about 80% of that

[Dan.v.D.]

damn 3 masters in a row!

thank ya'll very much!

jfrancis: you are totally right. but while that stuff seems soo simple in theory, i usually fuck up trying to get shape and proportion right. if you now what i mean. if i look for proportion too much i loose the feeling for the right form, and vice versa. i'm sooo far from "driving all horses at once" or how hale said so well that i could start crying any time of the day haha.
btw your stuff rocks.



man besides hands and such i´m having trouble drawing feet that don´t look too hogarth or marvel but still feet looking. err

[hurricane]

sweet stuff man, and a killer progress

just keep on doing what you're doing !!

cheers man !

[Dan.v.D.]

thx hurricane!

piece from that jetpack vs teh world td:



and some studies. nr 1 and 3 are direct copies and for 2 i used some ref later on. nothing fancy but a good practice.