N-Man's SB: Updated April 23rd, 2010 (two guys, one post)

[N-man]

old stuff...go to last page



hello everyone here at CA if you dont recognize my name its because i just registered and figured id put up a sketchbook of my own. hope you like

i just started delving into photoshop recently to start building up skill in it. this is what i have so far. once i get a scanner ill put drawings ive done.


studies i did based on idiot apathys mentoring.


this is a work in progress i started 20min ago and im still working on it

[Moftah]

N-MAN,welcome welcome welcome
good start
and get that scanner


Moftah's Sketchbook

[N-man]

heres a small update.

this took about an 1hr 45min so far and still working on it this is from idiot apthy's mentoring too.



i did some more work on the portrait. still dont like it especially the crappy nose

[N-man]

another small update...i need a nap.

[N-man]

finally found my scanner and ill be updating with more pencils soon

just started this a couple hours ago and i really like it so far. still working on it though.

[N-man]

some more. would love to hear(read) your thoughts



this is about a year old but i still like it.

[Ash888]

Very nice job with the portrait of the girl. Thanks for posting the progress.

[N-man]

Very nice job with the portrait of the girl. Thanks for posting the progress.

thank you

[N-man]

update! i also put this in the critique section if someone wants to critique it

[thesadpencil]

off to a nice start, i like the studies, they are coming along nicely. i think you could use some more work on your anatomy. so maybe try doing some bridgman or loomis studies, and some life drawing wouldn't hurt either. keep it up.

[N-man]

off to a nice start, i like the studies, they are coming along nicely. i think you could use some more work on your anatomy. so maybe try doing some bridgman or loomis studies, and some life drawing wouldn't hurt either. keep it up.

thanks for the response yea i gotta get back to doing more studies. sadly though i wont have my next life drawing till fall

[N-man]

just experimenting...i kinda like the wood

[N-man]

to much extra crap not enough art this week. started this about an hour ago but i plan on doing more studies.

[N-man]

been gone awhile, but im back(for now ) haven't practiced much digitally so i thought id try to make a female from memory. hopefully you guys like it.



from start to finish



ill probally work so more on her but im tired

[N-man]

this was intended to be a quick study to help me learn color and get better at photoshop painting. well it ended up turning into maybe 8hours. needless to say my eyes burn so hopefully i did an alright job anyways this is the first color study i've done in photoshop besides the pear so hopefully it came out well.

[Arsenopyrite]

I love your most recent piece. You may want to work on your faces..they're the hardest part of realistic art. I love your colouring and digital skills. Keep up the great work!

[N-man]

did a quick mountain scape painting today for some environment practice.

[mugen1]

nice digital painting n man. i like the mountain one

[N-man]

something i'm working on now but still in the works. i'm thinking i may change the coloring of her completely.


edit:i changed the hue/saturation and used a color doge layer...im still not sure if im happy though

[N-man]

finished! or close to it. i might go back and spend more time on it. who knows.

another try using no ref's hopefully it turned out well

[kelly x]

Hi and don't be afraid to continue to use ref. they will really help you with anatomy. Look at ref for these last two especially for the crotch area, not correct, the faces out of your head seem to be beautiful on the other hand. It is not cheating to use ref. at all especially when your learning. Very good start here - also the limbs are very extra long - I'm still learning too, fyi! Thanks for posting.

[N-man]

i did use a little reference on that pic for the hips, but it was a picture that i wasn't happy with while i worked on it and i kept screwing with it when i should have scraped it. the crotch does look likes its folding over thanks for the comments.

edit:my friend pointed out a good number of mistakes so ill go back and fix those and work on the face some more.
another study hope you like

[Merlin]

Hi, nice studies. Reminds me a bit of my own photoshop studies, trying to copy it exactly as the photo ref. Learned a lot from doing that. I think your main problem at the moment are faces, so also keep studying faces separately.

You did a pretty good job at the last one you made, but there are some things to point out. The one you painted seems to have a sort of bump on her head. Also her crotch should go a bit more to the right, so that it's right under her navel. Also the shoulder area should be a bit more wider.

You are definitely on the right way, keep on studying and you will get better and better.

[N-man]

thanks for the comments. i like the idea about doing just face studies ill keep that in mind

i worked on this some more and hopefully it turned out better. i thought it would be cool to make a before and after animation so i did so.

[kelly x]

just bring out the eyes a bit more and shade under the chin and cheek line, this is amazing work! now your going to animate?? cool!

[N-man]

thanks kellyx and i meant animate it like i did in the post above with the before and after so people could see what changed.

i've been working on this for the past couple of days, and its been way to long on one study so i'm calling this finished and moving on. hope you guys like it

[meltface]

good stuff... as for guidance all I have is 2 things on the photo study

for faces make sure you have the big shape first...the outline of the face....
if you compare yours with the photo it seems a little tall. If that initial shape of the face is wrong its never going to feel completely right.

also the eyebrow on the right is looking strange, mainly because the value of the area just underneath is brighter than in the photo, if you darken that and maybe soften the edge of the eyebrow just a little it would help.

[N-man]

thanks yea i'm probally going to re visit that guys face in the future.

this next one made me really happy when i worked on it and i think it came out really well. i think its my best piece so far hope you guys think so too. this took about 3hours i think. and by the way am i scaling these down correctly? i save the the high res version as a jpeg then create new documents of lower resolution and scale them down?

[Peetaer]

the one you did in post 24 is awesome. keep doing stuff like that for realistic lighting, form, and color.

keep it coming. you've got a promising start!

[N-man]

thanks Peetaer i appreciate your kind words. ill probally have so more work either today or sometime soon.