Danny's First Sketchbook (Learning to draw)

[Danny_K]

jedininjaman You are right the wrist band and jewelry are a bit too harsh to the eyes thanks

I am so tired of living from paycheck to paycheck today I spent my last bucks on gas and food before the paycheck and I am sick of it!
I guess you can call me one of those starving artists well not for long!
I am intending to spend every free moment I have between work and sleep to do art and to improve and kick ass and get a job as a concept artist in LA and not worrying about money any longer!

anyway here's a WIP I'm working on and some figure from the head still sucks but a bit better then my usual scrap.

[Danny_K]

Figure studies, starting to get the hang of form and proportion.
Gotta learn Head and hands I am completely clueless regarding that

[Feil Magnus]

grat improvement so far, keep the studies and pushing the limit further

[Danny_K]

Feil Magnus Thanks buddy, I sure will

sketches from this morning

[Fallenangel]

Hey! You are really improving fast with the painting and drawing!
Your anatomy is getting better with every page- just don't forget about women and children anatomy - try o draw 'em too or you"ll quickly get bored with drawing naked men.
Try to draw close ups of different body parts: noses,eyes,etc. to relly understand how they are suposed to look.

Keep up the great job!

Alex.

[Danny_K]

Thanks Alex I know I know I'm not gonna draw naked men forever LOL, I am just getting the grip of the male form and then I will move to the females and I really need to study head and hands, it's all part of the plan just need more time! Can you burrow me some time please? thanks

[Icecold]

Hmm, get Vilppu's tutorials then, he teaches anatomy in a very good and understandable way. Plus it's always better to see how the drawing is actually
being drawn, not just images, cheers friend.

[Danny_K]

stupid 20 year old neighbor turned his Rap music at 11:00PM and that Sub woofer is gonna make my head explode. that idiot pointed a gun on some worker that came to do something the other day and he got 30 day notice to leave the apartment, so now he doesn't give sh!t about any one. I gotta move out of this neighborhood...

[Danny_K]

first one is from imagination = garbage
second one from ref about 2 hours

[Danny_K]

something quick from this morning, my daughter woke me up at 5:00AM so what better thing I had to do then paint?

[krel]

This is looking promising. Some nice improvement with the wacom since march.

[Fallenangel]

The twinter tree picture from refrence is looking really good, some more details and it would be great.
I like the trees on the right and left side of the background they look very realistic but the trees in the front looking like you didn't finish 'em.

The plane is good but look at the edges of the wings and it's body, they look too smooth- in real life planes most of them are sharp, some of it's body parts look bent- like the tail.
The colour seems uneven too.

Hope i wasn't too harsh on you.
You're getting better and better with every pic so keep drawing and painting!

Alex.

[Icecold]

You know hwat time is it Danny? Thats Right! ... Still don't know?

Some clues, it has...nose....lips...eyes! Yes it's a face! Your face! ;]
Make a nice self portrait, so we can see who's been hitting us with art for all this time, cheers.

[Danny_K]

Krel come back any time it's gonna be fun around here

Fallenangel hey man I appreciate your suggestions a lot! and you can never be too harsh that's why I started this sketchbook to hear others opinions criticism and to get better

Icecold Is it time already? OK I will try a self portrait in the next few weeks, I just gonna get a grip on some head studies and then I'll try Mkaay?

Sketches and a WIP of my fav Transformer Bumblebeeeeeeee

[Danny_K]

Sketch and WIP

[DiR3Kt]

Wow so much improvement in so little time. Impressive.

All I have to say is keep it up! keept it up! keep it up!

[jatherip]

wow, wow, WOW!

thats all i can say right now! that were some true words D: man,,,youre awesome
keep it up and do loomis studies

[AlexEh]

wow, wow, WOW!

thats all i can say right now! that were some true words D: man,,,youre awesome
keep it up and do loomis studies

Jaterrip said it nicely =) Thank you very much for the great post I'm gona save it

[vicker]

some realy cool work here keep it up

[BlackDelphin]

Danny hey! nice being here again, and like ice said, you have improvement on your forehead!! now even much from the last time he said it!

your landscapes are really starting to have a shape, especially this one.
Your strokes are getting better and that chick from the previous page has some sweet values!

i see you working on your anatomy too
so i guess, like you said, don't stop now!!

[jcpahl]

Wow, that robot is great! Good improvement; keep grinding out those drawings. You're definitely on your way up.

[krel]

Looking forward to the finished Transformer! Your doing great, buddy.

[Danny_K]

Wow! thanks guys! I'm glad you like Bumble bee It takes a long time to finish him but it's a big learning experience for me, you guys really motivate me to work harder keke I'll give replies later it's 2am here O_o

So here's a speed painting of a dark elf, I definitely need a lot more head studies baaah! I feel I over did it too :/




and some more progress with BB



and one of the more awesome things I've seen in a long time: http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009...ic-sculptures/

critique and suggestions are always welcome

[Spaggen]

Great improvement in here, me like! The studies are looking really good. Keep up the good work man!

[miycko]

i like the studies & waayyyy cool bumblebee i think he some relefctive lighting would look really good on him

btw the girl at the top of page one looks fantastic

[Cacodaemonia]

Oh man, keep going with the still lifes, anatomy studies, and environment! I can see a huge improvement from when you started this thread! GO GO GO GOOOOO!

[Icecold]

Whawaweeewa!


Hold on, ICEy has been scanning (thats right!) other people sketchbooks, and i see you gave some prof advices, now did you sign up for an art course? As your improvement is simply amazing.

Bumblee Bee is über, but didn't you use the color picker? It's not that good idea to leearn with it, anyways great studies.

I'm still waiting for that selfp portrait! Best wishes to You Your wifey, and your little lady.....now what i was going to to...oh right get drunk, cheers!

[AlexTooth]

Hey Danny, wows, you're a hard worker, good stuff! Some sweeet painting in here, you're excelling at some of the enviros man! Transformer looks great too. I like all the anatomy practice - though I feel you linework could do with some polish. This is hard sketching in digital I know - I've tried myself and it always looks messy, just try to feel the curves before touching the tablet and put down some bolder strokes. Anyways it's all practice. If you ever get to watch a Gnomon video by Bob Kato on drawing the head, and Feng Zhu on conept sketching - very useful I found. - they talk alot about line quality, which helps in all areas Keep it up mate.

[Peetaer]

Keep pushing man! You dropped some sound advice/wisdom in Jatherips SB a little while ago. Was super helpful! You are improving for sure.

[Slothboy3000]

Your enthusiasm is great.
I'd say practice the planes of objects first and establish a single light source, that way it really emphasizes the forms. Also, that Bumblebee is looking cool.
The movie TFs have very complex structures. Looks like great practice!