Training montage- Updated January 20th 2013

[turdo]

First off your progress from page 1 to now is awesome. Second I love your style, characterization and use of hatching. Fckin awesome, man. Sadly I've only caught you one streaming.

[SamC]

Luckers: Yeah this method seems to be working well! Cheers

tehmeh: Or a big ass gun Haha thanks man

Fetsch: Thanks man

fudgeloaf: Selleck Stacks!

rastaray: Yeah shitsketches Thanks dude

bogan: Thanks man

zryanart: Lazy ass. Thanks

thesimplylife: Cheers

turdo: Cheers dude

Thanks guys! Sorry for the stream breaking down this morning, better luck tomorrow eh I've noticed all my colours are getting muddy as hell from working dark, so tomorrow will be all about high key colours!

Latest piece, colours are so bad

Still life

Sketch before bed, moist lips

[Pixelhead]

You've got some amazing progress going on here. Sooo much stuff! I love it, dude, keep kicking ass.

[zryanart]

These are awesome! I guess I really should wake up early to see it, haha. The texture and color in the belt is awesome by the way.

[Cyberman]

great sketchbook! I really like your environments

[kimozabbi]

your art is looking great, man. glad your back, no homo

[lancer_idenoure]

i wanna be cool too, so: you're hot
but really...

[SamC]

Streaming in 10! Heres hoping it doesn't keep cutting off this time!

[SamC]

Pixelhead: Thanks man

zryanart: Cheers dude

Sean McClain: What environments? D: Thanks anyway haha

kimozabbi: Thanks man

J.Q. Dani: Ah I don't mind much, i like seeing other peoples improvement so hey haha Thanks!

lancer_idenoure: Get hot or die trying man

Laziest day evaahhh Just had a huge energy crash at about 2pm and never recovered, bleehhhhh Does anyone know how to get rid of having those. I get them at about 1/2pm and 6/7pm real bad. I get a good amount of sleep, barely drink coffee anymore etc


Still life

Some quick sketches, trying to simplify more. I always get too caught in other stuff and don't realise big stuffs wrong 0_0

[SamC]

Streaming, get some work done

[Luckers]

Hey SamC, killer work man!
In your dark still lives I am finding that you tend to keep them a little bit flat in colour.
For example the last dark one with the belt and the pencil. I think it can get more depth by looking at colour more.

And about your energy problem, the answer is all in the food you eat. You've gotta eat food wich keeps you going throughout the day.
Also, some sort of light excercise might give you more energy.

[Engor]

Very nice sketchbook, definitelly will go here regulary. I like your style and brushes you use

[Sebastian Gromann]

stilllife from the stream turned out very very cool dude

[SamC]

Luckers: Yeah trying to work on that Yeah apparently porridge is really good for energy, and I've started eating more fruit. I usually run twice a week but may do more often since I hate the slumps

Engor: Thankyou!

Sebastian Gromann: Thanks dude

Todays studies! I also believe I have some hands to scan too!

[wasabi89]

Sweet stuff as aways dude
keep it up that awesome work!

[zryanart]

Great studies as usual! I'm drooling over the color in the first one. Keep it up!

[SamC]

Push yourself this Monday morning with a studddyyyy

[SamC]

wasabi89: Thanks man

zryanart: Thanks a lot

Trying to sort out my energy levels D: Looking into slow release foods like nuts and stuff and eating less heavy meals that make me tired. Can't be dealing with falling asleep at 6pm D: Its taking me loads of time to do not a lot, and the stuff I do is turning out shit. Gotta sort it out! Also: wondering if its due to non-stop working? May be worth taking a day off?

Will scan the hands for sure tomorrow, when I've finished the 100

All I have to show for today

[John Silva]

looking nice the personal sketch!
Just watch out for the transition of light and dark, the stop its a little bit too sudden, usually there's a soft warm orange/red in the middle of the transition (that is, if you're not blocked by any object too close to you) and her head is a little bit too big (or her shoulders/torso area is too small).

it would be better to take a day break, both your body and brain need to rest in order to process all the things you learned so its actually better if you do stop for a day.
Chill and do something else besides painting

cheers and keep pushing!

[LA-Fairy]

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I need to learn how to use texture in that way and not erase it all away!
Great new updates!

[JakehC]

One good practice that i was told by John English is that when you do a sketch you should always complete the composition, even if the drawing isnt complete. Give everything a frame, a sense of motion, and create a focal point. If you do this in your studies consistently then you will always hit your mark in your finished work. A lot of people can create a good technical painting and completely miss the composition.

[SamC]

Streaming in 5 minutes!

[FUSHANDCHUPS]

Good work man. Take the day off

[SamC]

John Silva: Will probably scrap it, bit of a shit idea thanks

LA-Fairy: cheers

Aryeh: Yeah just not a well planned sketch, sorry

FUSHANDCHUPS: Thanks dude

Just a heads up, morning stream will be 2 hours early tomorrow. Thats 8am GMT, hope to see some people there

Morning photo study

Finished my 100 hands

Playing with pencil

[thirdeye]

This thread has a lot of tits, and I love that...what it could use though, is butts, more butts, for example in white panties

But on a serious note, top notch studies man. I love how you use work with edges. Looking forward to new updates.

[htkpeh]

boa cool anatomies,nice work man!

[PieMonster]

Really good work on the studies man! The girl in the last piece has giant hands though, especially the one on the sword hilt.

[JakehC]

i love your work and i think your are extremely talented. no 'pologies dude lol.

you are way better at this stuff than i am haha.

[Alexandria Rosales]

Great progress.
It was really neat to see where you started and where you are now. You have a lot to be proud of.

[tylerbsr7]

Sam, you've become an inspiration to me. I looked through almost your entire sketchbook (with the exceptions of pages 43? -50 something) and watched you grow as an artist. And I am simple floored. Your determination and the work you put into what you do, has motivated me to do the same. Thank you.

I hope to make the leaps and bounds you have.