Soja's Sketchbook Vol.2 [LU 06.05.09]

**Soja** · March 28th, 2009, 07:52 AM

Hey! Decided to open a New Sketchbook since the other is too old and lot's of the links are gone!
So here's some new crappy stuff!!! Blahhh!!

**Soja** · March 31st, 2009, 05:49 PM

some portraits i did recently and a character design for a pen and paper rpg

**Call0ps** · March 31st, 2009, 08:27 PM

man you started a new book and you said nothing?!! well let me tell what i think of it.... i LOVE IT

since the last time i saw your work, this shows a LOT! of improvement, specially the last ones. keep drawing matte =)

**Leonor** · March 31st, 2009, 08:30 PM

Awesome work. Am I right to assume that in the first post the drawings in grey are from imagination and the ones in blue are from life?

Are the portraits people from CA? Some of those faces look familiar.

**rambolin** · March 31st, 2009, 11:55 PM

you really a pencil master!!keep posting!!

**Izer** · April 1st, 2009, 12:43 AM

Really nice start for sure, great line control and flow.

**IanE** · April 1st, 2009, 12:45 AM

Maaaan! Glad to see a new sketchbook from you. I actually did a double-take while scrolling through the forum when I saw it!

Those life drawings in blue look fantastic!

Starred you up to start you off and subscribed! Looking forward to what's comin'...

**Lyno** · April 1st, 2009, 05:12 AM

Great volume in that girl's (the first one) portrait, keep posting

**Soja** · May 6th, 2009, 05:19 PM

@Jens! Thanks dude! U showed me a lot in Dorsten! Thanks again for that!

@Callops!! Sorry dude!! Im sooo lazy posting and i lost my msn password!!
We need to catch up again! I will install msn again in the next days again so we can have a chat and maybe a collab!

@Leonor! Thanks a lot! Well the guy in blue with the axe and the pirate are from ref. Then most of the pencil stuff is from imagination and the portraits are from life but no one of them is a ca member they are all friends from my hometown.

@rambolin! MAnn that's a really nice comment! I still have a long way to go for mastering pencil i think. Still having lots of issues with values! But im workin on it! Thanks a lot!!

@Izer! Thanks dude!

@IanE!! Ohh cool really appreciate that! Thanks!!

@Lyno! Thanks a lot Dude!

At first here's my Logo I did for myself and my new homepage called www.ismilealot.com ! Yeah i called it like this because i smile a lot.
And I also made a T-shirt for the webpage. The Brain full of smiles!
And im posting some more portraits, sketches and value studies!
I would be really happy about every critique i can get! Thanks a lot!!
And Keep Smiling!!

**Wasker** · May 7th, 2009, 11:53 AM

cool sb pages and studies man

**Texahol** · May 8th, 2009, 09:50 AM

line drawings are looking real good

do some value studies tho... and really think about your light source when rendering

**Quinn Simoes** · May 8th, 2009, 11:37 AM

Really nice portraits Soja!

Keep up the great work man.

Quinn

**Tec** · May 25th, 2009, 08:00 AM

sorry, i haven't been to CA for quite some time ^^.

nice start with your new SB. your portrait skills have really improved a lot and i love you ballpoint pen sketches....they look really spontaneous and lively.

like texahol mentioned, this sketchbook lacks a bit value and color artworks......it's always best to work in a lot of different ways, because it helps to transfer experience from one field to the other and to broaden your spectrum.

looking forward to some you in autumn at the workshop

**kischi** · May 25th, 2009, 12:27 PM

Man super pencil work, really like you figures.
Keep on rocking!

**Jamesy** · May 25th, 2009, 02:38 PM

I didn't know you started a new sb! You should have said something! Great start dude, just keep posting now!

**Jabo** · September 4th, 2009, 06:34 PM

Hey Soja. Alter, unglaublich wie gut du in so kurzer Zeit geworden bist! Hoffe du updatest mal wieder, die Sachen auf deiner Website zeigen, dass du immer noch aktiv bist. Cya!

**Riddimensaur** · September 4th, 2009, 07:43 PM

Really nice stuff. Figure drawing constantly kicks my butt so I have a great deal of respect for anyone who can do it like that.

**Dibujio::Guru** · September 4th, 2009, 11:03 PM

Really great studies and drawing's in here digging you shading a lot.Keep studying man and let's see some more figure drawing and character's.

Also are you human>LOL

**Jabo** · September 10th, 2009, 04:11 AM

Berlin? Was geht da? Und wann?

EDIT: WOW! Hat sich erledigt. Klar komm ich

**Rushlord** · September 10th, 2009, 04:17 AM

Great sketchbook. I love your work. The quality of your lines is great. Keep it up. I don't know why you started a new sketchbook.

**KingElvis** · December 19th, 2009, 04:11 AM

give us more paintings doode! I see smth there...
ant btw, your portaits are very nice! I allllways seem to get smth wrong with the placing of the features and the forms in general...and i didnt see that happeing with your stuff...you gotta tell me your secret man.