House of foux du fafa

[JS Neo]

Oh gosh.. another ship load of studies.. U are certainly stressing us out.. haa. They are great studies... Btw u know about the singapore sketch group thread. We might be going out sketching this saturday. Join us if u can make it.. unless u are busy churning out more studies

[Pixie Bergman]

Mydrako - haha! nah i really want to improve, so i gotta work hard. Ok cool will let you guys know if im coming. Thanks for letting me know!

Ok more colour studies from movie stills.




Then quickly a crappy girl painting from memory. I started with colours, not grey scale. Super hard.

[seetsy]

awesome karen, that 2nd film still is really impressive, the values on the mans skin are just great.
What do u mean crappy?! that painting is really nice! maybe add some highlights in her hair will make it pop a bit more. good stuff

[Pixie Bergman]

Thanks Matt! Thats very encouraging!

Ok more studies



from memory


This is one of the tasks for my interview. I have to do some characters and a model sheet as well. Please.. wish me luck!

[P]

holyshit how many studies, great sketchbook and inspiring, keep up

[JS Neo]

Huge truckload of studies again !! How can do so much without totally destroying ur hands and brains... ha The composition looks good You can create more atmospheric effect though with the colors getting less saturated as you go further away. And i think u can enhanced the glow effect of the mushroom by spilling the red light into surrounding objects. Cool stuff !... Hope u get the job

[Freddy Scribbles]

Looking good! As always, love your figure studies. What's the job you're applying for?

Best of luck!

[Pixie Bergman]

pijus - Thanks!
Mydrako - haha thanks mate. Yea ive been drawing so much lately that my eyes hurt but im loving it. Am i crazy? Thanks for your suggestion too!
Freddy Scribbles - Thanks!

More studies


Quick paintings from memory. Not quite happy with the first one, but its a good warm up.

I really need to practice hair..

[seetsy]

wow, as i told u already that last painting is awesome.
your skills are multiplying!!

really dig the value study with that tattoed guy as well

[JS Neo]

Wao.. ur latest update is really good, especially the tattooed dude.. The lighting and shading is perfect.... The gray/white hair girl looks really good too. You could improve on the other dude though. The neck is too much to the right and the lower jaw as well.

Keep churning out ur crazy volume of anatomy studies and awesome portraits !...

[Chaser226]

awesome studies! Are they from Bridgeman?

[P]

great ur doing so many studies again, those last portraits kiiiiiiick soooome aaaass man!! yeah the hair looks a bit unrealistic though.

[Pixie Bergman]

seets_ - THANK YOU matt! I really appreciate it!
Mydrako - Thanks! Yup you're right about the neck and jaw, thanks again for the crits!
Chaser226 - Thanks! Yup they are bridgman studies.
pijus - Thank you!

I caught the flu bug few days ago, havent been able to do much..
Hands studies



Crappy mindless sketches from memory


Muscles studies in photoshop with a quick face painting from my head


I need to work harder than this!!

[Emil_J.]

wow the amount of studies are impressive!

I really like the 2. head in post #99!

Yea having the flu sucks. was sick awhile ago too - i drew my left hand alot (like 100 times or so). You could try that.

[Reject-D]

great job these are lookin great! keep up those studies!

[JS Neo]

Sorry u fell sick. Nowadays the weather is like shit. Have to take care of urself. Nice update again. Even when sick, u are churning tons of studies. Curious, how many hours do u draw a day? I am very envious of ur imaginative poses... They look so good. They kinda remind me of drawings by openanewworld. He live in Brisbane so maybe u know him?

[meticulous]

You have some really awesome looking studies here! Keep up the hard work and dedication - it's already paying off! *Really like your poses from your head too!* Keep em coming!

[Eon]

Wow literally a kick ass amount of studies! I'll definitely have to pop back in here whenever I feel a lazy spell. You're seriously rocking it and the improvement shows!! Subscribed!

[Rodimus25]

Wow Karen, u churning through your studies, ll be a master in know time How did you task for interview go? Hope you're better now from the cold. Great amount of work Kaz, very impressed. So was Hansen.

[Pixie Bergman]

Fumble - Thank you! I saw your hands studies, very cool!
Reject-D - Thank you!
Mydrako - Yup the weather was really shit last weekend! Anyways, hehe i draw for many hours, almost like full time working hours, sometimes longer. Thank you so much for your kind words.. i struggle with poses alot tho. Herman u mean?! He is seriously awesome man. We went to the same uni and he was really, really good back then already. We also met at the NZ workshop, his portfolio is rocking hot, even Marko said its the best he had seen all day!
meticulous - Thank you!
Eon - Thank you for the encouragement!
Rodimus25 - Sup Rod! Thank you and Hansen for the kind words! The interview went well

Been sneeeeeezing so much... sucks. Ive been listening to Bobby Chiu the whole day, i feel so.. inpspired! 10% talent 90% effort, with that in mind i will work really hard!

Hands studies



Muscles studies, trying to paint 'skin' over the muscles there too..


Doodles from memory


Portrait from memory

[seetsy]

geez ur working hard lately, is that girls runny nose inspired by ur cold??

like the portrait, remember hair has volume, when u paint in those highlight strands it goes around the form. maybe try and break the hair up a bit, it seems at the moment like one big mass and a bit stiff and plastic like. Even if it is super straight hair there are still noticeable clumps, and i think the band of highlight is thinner and more concentrated in straight hair, since it is flat against a light source,and so the highlight should be stronger/lighter. Also a few variations in the hue, and push the values lighter and darker in areas will make it look more natural, as well as indivual strands around the place. build it up in layers.

[Pixie Bergman]

Thanks Matt for the very constructive advice!

I have reworked the hair and did some finetuning too.


Some quick paintings from my head, trying to lay down the values using the minimum amount of brush stokes, didnt work very well..


More studies


memory crap

[Gloominati]

you've got a great sketchbook going on here, amazing amount of studies!!! Keep on pushing those and you will kick our asses in no time!!

[Janos]

The last post is very nice and shows, that actually you are already quite good at all you areas. The sketches form imagination are very good. I also love the new pink hair, looks so much more realistic.

Cheers

[JS Neo]

That's a very creepy picture but great so far. The face is rendered beautifully but the body seems to have some thing not right. I find her left shoulder abit awkward but i am not exactly sure how. The top she is wearing look kinda flat at the moment, maybe u can give it abit more form and i think the light rim at her right arm shouldnt be there. That arm should be blocked by her body from the rim light and if u want to indicate bounced light from her top, i think it is too strong now.

Your are too modest. That three portraits looks great. Interesting design and good rendering. Nothing to say abt ur anatomy studies.. Tooo overwhelmmminggg.... Keep it going...

[Teundeboer]

Damn you do a lot of studies , if you manage to keep that up, there's no stopping you.
Love your last piece, try smoothing out the jaw to neck area. And some definition in the shirt area and it will be even more awesome.

[Dan Valkar]

really good stuff in here!!....keep it up!

[Bagg]

Really great sketchbook here, so inspiring to see the amount of studies and work you are doing
your anatomy skillz are out of this world keep it up, can't wait to see some more updates.

[Jonas_J]

Holy Shit! The amount of studys is incredible! Keep rocking!

[Danuh]

excellent sb