Fallen's SKETCHBOOK...lil update 29.4.13

[Fallenangel]

Ramalooke

skMOP Thanks i"ll try to check it with a ref or something

here is an overworked doodle from today...trying to concentrate on values.... and boobs

[Ludic]

...I'm sorry, what?

The boobs are distrac-

[Creusa]

На котлеты эту бабу, на котлеты!

[Ramalooke]

I like boobs

[LtPlissken]

can you say;
HUUUUUUUGE

[Blade Jones]

What a wonderful variety of work! Love the stylized hair in post #841

[Fallenangel]

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[Fallenangel]

Thanks guys ....

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[Fallenangel]

Studies and sketches from today...trying to concentrate a bit more on clothes cause i suck at drawing non naked gals

[Rustveld]

Nice clothes studies! You might want to have a look at some Mucha, he has some amazing clothing design, sometimes a lot of cloth but still half nude, the best of both worlds.

[p sage]

Well Fallenangel, the last two hours or so have been a treat. Your sketchbook is a great playground for the mind... very inspiring, especially near the beginning with all those crazy ideas.

And lately you've really upped your game, improving all aspects of proportion, anatomy, color, values, etc.

This one rules, btw, it must be said

Ok i gotta admit that i haven't been drawing much recently...had really no inspiration and no will to draw/paint and had other problems...i managed to make only 3 sketch pages last month!
But the most frustrating thing i understood today, when i wanted to make some pencil sketches...I FORGOT HOW TO DRAW!!!
No really, i mean it, it was so hard for me to make even a simple full body sketch.

That quote cracked me up because I had just been through your whole thread to that point, and you turned out the best pencils you'd done.

You understand the point, tho, right? Better is relative.

Your digis have really come along ever since an admittedly frightening start. Best advice there is to try to work in layers; and if you can't do that (because you use Painter and don't like how the alpha-blended pixels look (they're white)) then at least use a process where you go about your painting with a kind of workflow.

For instance, think about the local colors of your objects first (the color that they actually are) (and lay the colors in). Then determine the locations and strengths of your light sources, and what color those light sources are. Render those in separate passes, if possible. Then render shadows (form & cast shadows) on a separate multiply blend layer. Then go for highlights and extra details.

That's just one possible workflow.

Then there's the composition issues. This digi of yours got much better when you added the smoke to the sky... the lighter part of the sky framed your subject (the girl's face) very nicely, and it provided a good focal point.

Read up on the Windmill Principle; it should help your digi's edgework, and even the edgework in your pencils.

Finally, I'm just a hueg <== (4 chan influence) fan of your work, and am gladly subscribing and dropping some stars here. Your heart and desire and abilities are artistic and you do interesting and fun things.

Ciao and good luck.

[Nele Klumpe]

The clothing studies look great! More of those please
I really noticed that some nice folds add a lot more interest to a characterdesign, so I guess it's worth some extra studies
Keep up the great work!

[Fallenangel]

Rustveld: Thanks man i will

p sage: Thank you for all the praise at some point i started to blush, i still have a very long road ahead of me in my art "path", and there are so much things that i want to "master".
If i"ll make it one day to a full professional career, partially it would be thanks to your and other support that i received over the years, so, thank you again.

AvisNocturna: Thank you...the inspiration for 'em came from your own studies

here are the first two pages of "The Last Days of Io" project....both still need work...and better scans





EDIT: here is something .......

[Ramalooke]

Booobies! And about the piece. Looks pretty cool. My only sugestion is that you could try to more control your values to convey space between objects better.

[n1frit]

Sick pencil render! O_o stunning!

[Liberty]

Ah Alex, your pencils are breathtaking. It looks like you are using softer pencil, but pages are so clean, incredible.

[Fallenangel]

Ramalooke Thanks for stopping by man, can you explain what you mean with an example or something? :p

n1frit Spasibo

Liberty Thanks, i actually use the same HB 0.5 mech. pencil for all my drawings.

Here is something from today...no refs and a really small image size...trying to force myself not to zoom in every sec.

[Fallenangel]

Okay couldn't sleep and totally reworked the witch wip to try and enter the "Riot Shell" cover contest... still no ref...and the pose is weird.

[Ven S]

Your digital is coming along quite nicely! But I gotta say, I AM A BIG FAN OF YOUR PENCIL! They are lovely.

[Fallenangel]

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[Fallenangel]

Ven S Thanks man

Here is a lil update on the "Riot Shell" contest pic...

[Ramalooke]

Damn, I've missed so many updates xD Oh well, I did you this paintover a while ago, just didn't have the time to post it. Your pencils are pretty sweet, love them :3. But ammount of detail simply makes my eyes go nuts xd. I don't have any usefull crits about the contest piece. I love it xD. Maybe I'll participate to. When is the deadline?

[Fallenangel]

Thanks man

Here is a lil update from today....

[Joseph_Silverman]

This is super impressive work. How do you keep your pencil work so clean and precise?

[Creusa]

u cant really mess with that woman i think QvQ

[Fallenangel]

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[Fallenangel]

Suprore Thank you , i dunno how i keep them clean, i actually think they aren't that clean and i want to make 'em cleaner /
Anyways all i use is a 0.5 HB mech pencil and a simple eraser.

Creusa

So anyways i didn't need to go to bed in the end, cause i got a call that i don't need to be anywhere tomorrow morning...thus.... 3am and i'm still drawing.....

[Sushy]

/barely can see her pupils.
And you are good at rendering metal I see

[Fallenangel]

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[Fallenangel]

Some stuff from today....