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[cdejong]

Hi tobbA, nice work going on in here since I've been gone. The girl has some issues though, you're rendering her body as if her arm, her leg, her torso, essentially all the forms are cylindrical forms. You should probably inject some anatomy in there to spice it up. Also the values are off on the skin, and the colors look a little funky. You may want to experiment with them a little more. Check out leather suit/rubber suit photos for reference as well, right now the way you are rendering it is a little strange for the material. Also her right thigh is really flattened out because the highlights are much too large, you want to make them smaller and more concentrated on a material like that.

That was a harsh crit, but I hope it comes in handy, at least to make you think more about your next character even if you don't feel up to applying some of the stuff I mentioned. Your work is looking nice though, and I really liked that gun concept up there. Keep it up tobbA, I'll keep checking in now that I'm back and updating daily again.

[tobbA]

Black Spot: The legs do need to be different lengths, posed, and fit better in with the perspective... But I just don't feel like redoing all that rendering again.

Cdejong: Thanks for the crits. Although I can't really say I agree with you on most of the points... I don't think her limbs should look less cylindrical, especially not underneath those clothes. Since she's a woman I don't think her muscles would be very visible. As for the thigh looking flat, maybe it's just my untrained eyes or something, but I just can't see it...

The material, I might need to look closer at that. Question is just if I feel like bothering more with the image ^^'

Enviroment thumbnails...

[cdejong]

You can always take what you want from my crits, I'm just putting them out there but it's your artwork so you get to make the decisions of course . The thumbnails look nice, there are some perspective issues but since they are just thumbnails it doesn't really matter. Are you going to flesh all of them out, or just one?

[tobbA]

Thanks. Well, the first one was sort of a failed experiment, but I fleshed out the lower right one...

And just a weird vampire doodle...

[Black Spot]

Sometimes too many comments pulling you in all directions can take the fun out of a piece of work. Just take what you need or can handle at any one time and ignore the rest. I do.

[tobbA]

Yeah. Heh. I kinda feel a bit like I'm trying to take in what everyone says and do something about it even if I don't really know if I want to. I guess I should just follow as much critique as I feel I'm up to. Do keep them coming though...

Anyway. I edited the landscape study a bit to give it more natural colors. It's hard to know if the colors work or not when I'm painting on my lap top screen.

[tobbA]

Here's a portrait of Spaztaztic from draw from what does everyone look like-thread

[CornMan]

Here's a portrait of Spaztaztic from draw from what does everyone look like-thread

Hey tobba! Thanks for the input in my thread. My turn to return the favor now.

Last portrait looks nice, moody and tight rendering. But I think there's something off in the eyes area, eyes look too far apart. I may be wrong but I made a quick edit and I think it looks more accurate. I hope you don't mind, if you do I'll take it away.
PS: If you're not doing it already, try flipping your canvas horizontally from time to time to easier spot anatomical faults and what not. I've made it a habit and I think it helps a lot.

[tobbA]

Thanks, yeah, I see what you mean

Decided to crank out the good ol' pastels... A bread basket still life and a ninja girl... Also a dog sketch from my sketchbook

[Black Spot]

On the landscape, the colours aren't that realistic as nature doesn't have flat colours; you need to bring in reds, blues, purples etc. It doesn't take much to make a big difference.

You should check out TAS's oil pastel landscapes; he's pretty good with them.

[tobbA]

I guess in that sense it's not very realistic. However the photo I copied had a pretty analogous color scheme that I liked and tried to replicate...

An evil DSG bunny and ninja sketches of people in school...

[ashess]

hey tobba! turning into new alleys I see! good job. and you're definitely getting better controll over your drawings. like the pastel girl; it just looks good and almost effortless!
you might want to look into shoulders and the neck-chest connection. some of them look a little weird. also, in that nice safe storyboard, the ovals don't add up. because of the depth you used, the save door should be 'thinner'; the door in the reflexion distracts too. not round enough?

[tobbA]

Thanks Yeah... The door should be much smaller, I somehow missed adapting it to the perspective. But I noticed way too late.

Got myself a medium sized Intuos 4. Big change from the A6 tablet I've been using

Edit: I think I'm gonna see to fixing these hands because they look kind of odd...

[tobbA]

Insane turtle man for Bobby Chius live stream... Too bad I didn't make it in time to the uploading.

[Black Spot]

Like the fierce bunny. Lot of fun work being done.

[tobbA]

Thanks

Self portrait as a pokemon trainer

Great skbook. Some of the bodies a bit off. (i know i get that all the time and it is no help). You can draw just take a bit more care with them. Hugh improvmnet from page one keep them coming.

[mustang_sally]

Pretty nice stuff! I like the portraits a lot Try more traditional stuff, you'd be surprised how much it'll help in your digital work.

[tobbA]

Thanks for the comments

Thought I'd upload some studies... These are Loomis, Bridgeman, Da Vinci and Rey Bustos. There's some variety for ya

Also a movie still study of Amy Pond from an episode of doctor who

[ashess]

tobba, you go!
good studies. could use a little more definition in sharp corners and edges though. you tend to make everything round.
lol @ pokemon ^^

[Joe777k7]

Yeah man, ice cold!!!!!!
Keep em coming.
I really dug the pokemon self portrait, im going to try that soon. Also, i like the sketchgroup picture did for the cowboy alien thing. I first saw that in the form thread forst then here.Great job man!

[Black Spot]

Great, another Dr Who fan - I'm loving this season. Nice studies.

[tobbA]

Ashess: Thanks.

Joe777k7: Thank you

Black Spot: Thanks. Yeah. It's started off really strongly

Here's a Meat Loaf in case you're hungry

Edit: Fixed the eye, because it looked a bit strange...

[Joe777k7]

Amazing man the skills with the pen that does not write. The digital work if off the charts. It's melting little babies and their ice cream. I need to work on my digital skills. I have tried it a few times and did not seem that hard to learn. I am focusing hugely on my foundations right now. I just got the Designing Creatures in adobe photoshop DVD from Gnomon workshop. Did you check any of those out yet?
Keep em coming man

[Black Spot]

Well I recognised him before reading what you wrote, so you're on the right track.

[tobbA]

Joe777 - Thanks! No. I haven't checked out Gnomon Workshop. I might though. I bought the Giancola tutorial from this site about a week ago but haven't gotten around to watching it yet.

Black Spot: Sounds good!

Here are three pages for the P.O.W. challenge.

Also three more Chiustream sketches that I don't think I got around to posting.

(I'm not even sure if blood sugar levels can be sensitive, but uh... It's the best I could come up with )

[tobbA]

Lolita

[ashess]

tobba, comic's really cool and very well-drawn. you could look at inter-picture relations a bit more. like on the first page, pan 2 and 3 face each other, that's good. 4 the girl turns away. 5(last). the dad still looks to his daughter. it feels a bit out of balance. try mirroring panel 5 for me.

[tobbA]

Oh. K. But that was sort of the idea. That she's turning away from him because she's angy...

[ashess]

I know that. she works fine. it's the father that looks funny.