No pain no gain

[latigid]

Hi Erdbeer really enjoyable SB to run through your masters studies are beautiful and i am jealous of your pencil work something i am trying to master myself but with naff results so far keep posting i wanna see more!

[erdbeerfeldheld]

latigid:Thanks =) I'll return the favor and visit your sb soon!

Two enviros and a film still from Rome.

[nurraymjo]

Beautiful sketchbook... Your traditional and digital work is fantastic. Awesome.

[miycko]

i like your rpg character looks like the quiet type that knows everybody's secrets, the lighting's really well placed though i think her neck's a little long & the glass study's great i really like that second environment, you can tell what it is even with just the few brush strockes & those helmets rock, you really render metal very well

[erdbeerfeldheld]

An update on my RPG character before I'll leave for home =) I'll fix the neck later! And I'll also make her dress somewhat more interesting ...

[miycko]

the custom brushes don't seem to work for the image IMHO. i like the higher saturation though, gives her more life

[p sage]

Not sure what's going on with the speckles (freckles?) If they're supposed to be on the face, they don't look that way... it just looks like the canvas had spots put on it.

Good work, though. I like the classical composition... and those eyes are spooky

[erdbeerfeldheld]

miycko:Thanks for the input! She's the quiet type indeed and I'm happy I managed to get that across with her design. I wanted to give the impression of traditional painting because the RPG setting is Victorian London. Is it better now that I've worked on it a bit more? As you can see I've also shortened the neck =)
p sage:Haha, you got me there sage! I did the freckles on a separate layer with a custom brush. But I will integrate them better once I've finished painting the skin =)

Any thoughts on her dress and the changed hair?? Give me your crits~

(Rest: Sargent study and tin foil study from life)

[miycko]

i'm afraid i wouldn't be much help with the hair (typical male ). For the dress i like the top, i think it would be more suited to have a zipper instead of buttons but it's probably just a matter of preference, also at the angle which her head is turned we wouldn't be able to see her left earring. The cloth on that tin foil study is very well done but i think the foil's a bit too reflective , i would imagine more silver in there. Very nice work on the Sargent study

[erdbeerfeldheld]

miycko: I don't think they had zippers around 1860 =P I checked with the earring ... we actually can see it just a teensy tiny bit. Thanks for your feedback! You're right about the foil ... I was too lazy to render it properly O.o

Figure drawing time! And a few ds colours sketchings!

[erdbeerfeldheld]

And it's sp time yet again. Man the skin colour's so off XD I'm pleased with my brushwork though =3

[Lateman]

hey, thx for stopping by.

neidisch? warum? machst doch anständige sachen und bist richtig gut dabei. naja was soll ich dir jetzt für tips geben? aufjedenfall figures!! das ist immer wichtig! mach massig ... 1000 stück husch husch! achja und ich hab noch eine frage ... wen hast du in post 38 gemalt? oder war das einfach irgendwer?

cheers

[Cyprinus]

I totally love your sketchbook! Your digital studies are really good. Please keep up the good work!

[erdbeerfeldheld]

Lateman: Wird gemacht, siehe unten!! XD Vielen Dank für den Tipp =B Der Typ is ein Mitbewohner von mir ... habs von einem Foto abgemalt (böse böse ich weiß), war auf unserer letzten Xmas on the beach party.
Cyprinus: Thank you kindly~

[erdbeerfeldheld]

An update, yay! Worked some more on the rpg character portrait.
Also decided to paint over the pencilsketch of Elika, that one's completely from imagination (I think it shows ^^. The enviro is from ref ... I think I'll try to finish it! And some more ds colours =)

Please feel free to criticize!! I need some harsh criticism to get my butt into gear!! TELL ME HOW MUCH I SUCK~

[p sage]

Well I can't harshly criticize your butt; that would be borderline bad ~~

I still think those freckles look sprayed on the canvas.

When thinking about the freckles, you almost have to think about the structure of her face, so that the "plane" of the freckle (if you will) is shown pointing in the same direction as the skin it's on (if that makes sense)

For instance... think about the distribution of the pocks on her nose.... ones on the left of center should point to her right dimensionally... the ones on the bridge should point slightly up in the same way, etc...

Good luck and hard work!

[erdbeerfeldheld]

p sage: I'll have you know that my butt is beyond reproach XD Yes you're still right about the freckles, I'll adress that once the skin is finished. I just have that layer visible to see how the end result will look like O.o

Update taimmmmmmmm!!! Last one is a Sargent study ... It's Henry James, that old bastard.

[llex_paul]

hey! try to change the size of brush during the painting process. for me it was of great help! and, at pencils try to render more, details!

[p sage]

These are looking good.

[erdbeerfeldheld]

Just a little update before I leave for Uni ... Will reply later and also add more pics =)

First one is a portrait of a friend from life, ca. 2h. Second one's from my irl sb and completely from imagination.

[erdbeerfeldheld]

llex_paul: Will render more with pencils next time =)
p sage: Thanks!^^

Anatomy practice from ref ... Skin is difficult O.o Photoref from characterdesigns.com.

[Cyprinus]

I think the study looks really good!
And I particularly like the work from imagination of your previous post, you have such a beautiful pencil work!

[erdbeerfeldheld]

Cyprinus: Thank you~ I've got a long way to go though ... Still have trouble drawing landscapes from imagiantion >.<

Lawrence study wip ... It's coming along ok I think.

Sometimes I think I'll never going to be as good as I want to be because I simply don't have enough talent ... The thought of this scares me and makes me really sad, because the one thing I want to achieve in life is to become a really awesome artist and be able to make money with my art. =(

[Eddieee]

I like your sketchbook, some nice studies here. Are those portrait studies from the Sargent Dover book?

Keep it up, maybe do a couple anatomy studies from Bridgman and/or Loomis.

[jordyskateboardy]

THanks for dropping by! You got a good bunch of work in here. I really like the latest sp you did. It's gorgeous. Some solid anatomy sketches as well.
In some of your work you tend to have a very minimum range of values. For exmaple in the latest portait and especially in the one before. You can check this by setting the saturation of the image at 0 so you can check the greyscale image. It's good to check whether your images is reading or not.
Also mind the texture your using. In the last anatomy study the skin has a pretty rigid texture. While skin is a lot more soft.
ANyway keep up the good work!

[erdbeerfeldheld]

Eddieee: Thanks! Dover book? I think it was, but I don't know for sure, I got it from the library and it's been a while ... I do anatomy studies every day but I'm too lazy to scan them ...

jordyskateboardy: Thanks man! You're probably right about the texture. I would've blended the skin more, as you can see the study is unfinished. I don't like the plastic super blended look digital art sometimes has - so maybe I tend to overuse textured brushes ^^; I agree with you on the values. I'll keep it in mind for my next paintings!

Among other things, an update on the Lawrence master study. FYI that orange thing is a carrot ... when I showed it to a friend she thought it was a dildo O.o''

[erdbeerfeldheld]

Today's practice ... about 2 h.

[a la bapsi]

you're working hard, and it really shows in how
much the quality of your work's improved since
your first post. 8D Keep it up, there's tons of potential here.

[erdbeerfeldheld]

a la bapsi: Haha thanks ... I'm not convinced about the potential but I'm stubborn so I'll keep on working no matter how much I hate my art =)

Finished the master study ... Or rather got tired of working on it. I have huge problems with finishing stuff and so I thought I'd rather focus on finishing original stuff than studies and let it be. So here's a friend's character I drew. Now that the pic is finished I kinda really hate it =/ Crappy hand and toy gun LOL. Ugh. At least now I know what I need to practice next^^

[jordyskateboardy]

WOah that carrot is like super awesome. NEver knew carrots could be awesome ehe.
That portait study is awesome. You're not over exaggerating your texture brushes and keeping more of a balance. That works great! Be sure to add some hue shifts in the coat and play with temperature a bit more.
Last one looks cool too. Though the eyes aren't facing the same direction. Only thing that's really bugging me. And I think you're overdoing the texture on the coat a bit. Coats dont have such an obvious texture. Anyway awesome stuff keep it up.