BAMeyer digitalstuff

[BAMeyer]

Hey guys ive been around CA for a while now thought I would make a sketchbook to hopefully improve my skills. I dont have a scanner right now so im just gonna upload digis for a while until I get one. Also im a forum noob so if I upload this image and its too big youll know why.

newest value study

[BAMeyer]

Got a few warmup sketches out before I do some more paintings.
First page is just a few poses from imagination and the second is some bammes cheetah studies. too many things to learn!! Expect some photo studies a little later tonight.

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A quick frog study


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Quick question does anyone know how to upload images so they dont say their attachment name its just the actual picture I did it the first time but it doesnt work now I guess?

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A quick 30 minute study tried a different approach with this one I tried to avoid blending altogether and just dabbed color everywhere. It was more enjoyable and a little faster. So lets cross our fingers that it uploads with the actual picture and not a link.

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Whew this one smells bad I didnt hit likeness and its super dirty. Whenever I paint someone with fair skin it always turns out dirty... hmm. ill start uploading these in batches so I dont get in trouble

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Alright last update then off to bed gonna post the other images that got deleted I think I know how to make it work now man playing with colors is so much fun its too bad im terrible at it =S

[BAMeyer]

Hey guys sorry cant update today I get home and my monitor is flashing from working to black every couple seconds but double the updates when I get another monitor which will be soon

[BAMeyer]

Alright im back gonna update like crazy today I have a few 10 min environments and ill update with something later. all of this talking to myself will be worth it when someone comments =P

[TessTickles]

Looks like you have great potential! Keep on truckin' away.

[BAMeyer]

tess - thanks for the comment =) my first one.

Alright here are some more 10 minute environments these ones were very hard because not only were there a lot of different colors but a lot of the colors were almost the same as each other I learned a lot and im gonna keep doing em for a while. I did a lot more but left a few out because they were turrble. Also here is my entry for this week chow not the greatest.

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A few crappy photo studies and my chow wip I think im gonna scrap that pose a few people pointed out some pretty major flaws and maybe start again with some actual ref =P

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A few master studies, a naner, and a mau5 in progress.

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still life from today.

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An orc WIP from imagination im thinking of maybe adding an environment and making it into a full blown painting let me know what you guys think (if anyone is actually looking =P).

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different faces trying to diversify what I know about faces these are from imagination as you can probably tell they arent the greatest.

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A skin tone study that I had some trouble with and a still life wip im prolly gonna work on more skin tones. This was the first time ive painted a figure without linework I think it turned out decent considering

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A 1hr figure study no lines.

[JoaoPedroFonseca]

I liked the sketch of your black man, woman with the black dress (the sparkles on the dress was well played)

the last post is good, but I think you should define more the shapes, trace more the lines that make the body...

[BAMeyer]

JoaoFonseca - thanks for the comment really appreciate it.

So I pretty much give up on this still life but here it is anyway.

[Spreggo]

I think if you work with the background in the still-life you could make it a lot more interesting. Try cooling down the colors in the background too to make the warmer objects stick out nicely.

It can be hard to get things to look right if you aren't looking at the whole context. A lot of times objects or people sort of dissolve into the shadows of their environment. Otherwise they look sort of like they were cut out of a photo.

[BAMeyer]

Spreggo - good point I shall to backrounds/shadows in my next still life and thank you for the comment buddy im still kinda confused about cool and warm and all of those fancy words I have soooo much to learn its overwhelming at times.

Alright a quick photo study(no blending) didnt finish it as usual.

[BAMeyer]

A couple torso studies from imagination these are better than the usuals so I will post em.

[ryan mcshane]

hey, what your doing is great, don't stop doing it!
watch your edges and i'd like to see more traditional work please
keep at it!

edit: just taking a closer look at your paintings, alot of your proportions are completley off, for example start by paying close attention to how big torsos are in relation to legs and such, in the madame x study her torsos way too big it's really awful ;_; not meaning to offend you but just trying to help you, fix your proportions, clean up your edges, try to throw some soft brushes in the mix also and start making some nice art! and do moaar studehzzz

[BAMeyer]

ryanoir - thanks for the comment

Ive been doing a lot of pencil work but unfortunately I cant scan in it so here is a little something.

My chow wip

[BAMeyer]

Bleh I feel like crap today but heres a photostudy I used the soft tip brush for once and I went a little overboard.

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A quick concept might paint it probably wont

[Kungfoowiz]

Hey bro

You don't seem motivated in your study, I'm not sure why, but I think you should adopt a more positive attitude toward your work. =)

Work on the things you feel you need to improve on. =)

Keep well for now bro. =)

[BAMeyer]

kungfoowiz - thanks for the comment you caught me man I need to find a way to get motivated about digital work I prefer pencil right now to be honest.

I painted that concept but didnt finish it I need to work on skin, armor, chrome, metal, everything?

[BAMeyer]

Playing with daarkens chain mail brush I totally failed but I learned a ton doing this.