><((((º> Ismah's Sketchbook [Updated 03-06-2009]

**Ismah** · June 10th, 2008, 10:51 AM

Hi everybody, first post on CA^^

Here are few things i did the past weeks...
I'm currently working on "bigger" illustrations for my portfolio so these are "side works" i did to take my mind off...

Critiques & comments are obviously welcome ^^
(Sorry for my english...)

PS: I don't know who is the girl of the portrait below. The picture was taken in a C.A workshop i suppose but i can't remember where i found it...

**forgeman** · June 10th, 2008, 01:15 PM

Great work! Very strong thread. I like the lighting and atmosphere in your work. Look forward to seeing more.

My site: www.alexlopezart.com

My sketchbook: http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=127781

**erinel** · June 10th, 2008, 01:20 PM

You're art is mesmerizing, I just want to stare at the first and last ones forever. I love the contrast and shine you have on the first girl, even though it makes her look a little metallic or oily, it's still beautiful. Thanks for sharing these

**`rawr** · June 10th, 2008, 02:06 PM

Loving that last portrait, can't wait to see more.

**HyperGiant** · June 10th, 2008, 02:14 PM

Originally Posted by Ismah

Hi everybody, first post on CA^^

Here are few things i did the past weeks...
I'm currently working on "bigger" illustrations for my portfolio so these are "side works" i did to take my mind off...

Critiques & comments are obviously welcome ^^
(Sorry for my english...)

PS: I don't know who is the girl of the portrait below. The picture was taken in a C.A workshop i suppose but i can't remember where i found it...

great stuff! those pencils are really nice. excellent definition in the form. i gotta go back and find an error

**Dan Valkar** · June 10th, 2008, 04:39 PM

hell of a start mate, now we wanna see more! btw the portrait looks awesome!!!

**Danuh** · June 10th, 2008, 04:46 PM

Its a little surreal how smooth everything is but I'd be damned if the colors weren't awesome. I love how everything is so saturated, especially that portrait at the top of the first post.

**Dreln** · June 10th, 2008, 04:49 PM

Some damn fine work here Ismah! I really love the pencils of the girl reaching, love all the fluid lines and how clean it is. Teh first pic is now my wallpaper too

If I was to crit anything I would say there seems to be something odd going on with the barbarian dudes rib cage above his abs. It looks kinda of like a thick rope in between his abs and pecs. Might want to tone down the definition there. Laos the lady barbarian legs seem overly thick. I think it is because we can see no clear lines where the inner legs end and where the cape begins.

Can't wait to see more man! And yeah, that last pic of the girl is pretty sick!

**Ash888** · June 10th, 2008, 05:09 PM

My god that last painting is unbelievable. your work is great.
the face in the first portrait seems flat, but the coloring is great.
cant wait to see more.

**Ismah** · June 10th, 2008, 06:23 PM

forgeman: Thanks!
lufiamanaelf: Thank you, I'm working on doing my characters skin less glossy and more texturized...
`rawr: Thank you ^^
HyperGiant:Thank you, I saw many errors but correcting them is another story ^^
Dan Valkar: Thank you, I'm a bit busy actually but I'll try to show some stuff sooner as I can ^^
Danuh:Thank you ^^, as i said to lufiamanaelf, I'm working to do my characters skin less glossy and smoothy.
Dreln:Thank you for your critiques.
Ash888: Thanks!

**BohemianChaos** · June 19th, 2008, 07:28 PM

haha... wow, yeah, you totally painted from a photo of me at the workshop in January.

Michael Hussar did a great piece from the same pose and gave it to me, so I feel especially lucky. The painting you did looks great.

thanks for stopping by my sb

keep up the good work!!

**Ismah** · June 19th, 2008, 09:38 PM

Originally Posted by BohemianChaos

Michael Hussar did a great piece from the same pose and gave it to me

BohemianChaos: Nothing to compare with mine I suppose

...but I love it because I found a lot of cool things on PS the night I was working on ...

Thanks for posing and for stopping here too

**Ismah** · February 2nd, 2009, 04:10 PM

Hi !
Long time without posting something here so I scanned few sketches to feed my thread

@+

**Felida** · February 2nd, 2009, 06:57 PM

Your art is so beautiful and the last sketches are mindblowing. I especially adore your hatching style. Just want to see more

**towy** · February 2nd, 2009, 07:05 PM

wow bon boulot :]!!!

**voxmortem** · February 2nd, 2009, 07:22 PM

girl portrait is photo-quality to me, sketches look tasty too

**Helltroll** · February 2nd, 2009, 09:06 PM

Oh my sweet, drunken god Dionysus. Everything here is amazing.

**SalOnimaruRem** · February 2nd, 2009, 10:13 PM

woooho ho ho hoooo awwesome sketches X)
post MORE!!!

**Kim_bot** · February 2nd, 2009, 10:56 PM

Umm, I'm a little confused...were some posts deleted?
Anyway, lovely pencils, though I will say that the second girl (the one next to the digital portrait girl) seems to have an overly round butt. Her butt should sort of flatten out where her weight is resting on it on the ground.

Everything looks so glossy and pretty, wow. I'm wondering if you shouldn't tone some of those highlights down a bit...but that's just personal preference.

There should be more posts in this thread!

**Ismah** · June 3rd, 2009, 10:34 AM

Small comic render test and pencil sketches...

**HumbleEgo** · June 3rd, 2009, 12:32 PM

Wow. This stuff is fantastic!

More, please!

**RedSquirrel** · June 3rd, 2009, 12:42 PM

You have such a beautiful way of sketching. I see you made a good improvement over the last year comparing your newer sketches to your older couple of pieces there..but have you deleted some stuff? Don't delete stuff ;_;

**_Mr_M_** · June 3rd, 2009, 01:14 PM

Woho, those pencils. Man they're awesome, but I'm sure u already know that fact. Kepp it up, wanna see more.

EDIT: Do you use any references or are those sketches all from mind?

**Jaytea** · June 3rd, 2009, 01:22 PM

Wow yes... @___@ your sketches are just beeyuuteefulll.

**Ismah** · June 3rd, 2009, 04:12 PM

HumbleEgo: Thank you !
RedSquirrel: Oh I did'nt want to remove some stuff... when I deleted pictures from my first post to change the thread's thumbnail I just forgot to re-post them all

_Mr_M_: Thank you! For the last sketches I just used photo reference for the guitarist (a friend of mine).
Shalite: Big thanks ! ^_^