Better draw every god damn day | Patonki's Sketchbook

[Patonki]

well, uh
here is something

[heix33]

I don't understand environments too, but I'd suggest making up some personal stories and doing some storyboarding type paintings, with environments, you don't have to draw them by memory, reference them, and other things, maybe you'll learn some new techniques.
Also, in my mind, knowledge is in line work, even if you start with masses, eventually you'll end up with lines when rendered out. So these last 2 paintings are neat and awesome in color, but you wont learn much, maybe you removed the line work, I don't know.
But great stuff, keep going.

[Patonki]

@heix33
Sounds good! I've been thinking of this little tale, but its not really focused on environments. I always do linework, but I'm not very good at it. I've also tried to lead myself away from relying on lines so much. Thanks for the critique!

Here is a study of a still from that tumblr in your SB C:

[Patonki]

um
i dont know

I need to do more studies

[Patonki]

I've been drawing daily! But haven't really saved any drawings, and done some traditional

(inspired by the IOW)

[Patonki]

Part of a commission

[Patonki]

[Jephyr X]

Mmmm...tasty! Dig your painterly style. The bear in #134 is quite cool and I love the cat commission above!

[Patonki]

@Jephyr
Thank you! C:
I really enjoyed making the bear, and I still got to paint the cat in watercolors.

[Patonki]

[Patonki]

cat commission done

[Patonki]

Christmas was neat.
Here is a study

[LastGen]

You're doing great, man! Very nice!

[Patonki]

+ doodles and stuff I haven't saved

[Patonki]

sketching while sick

[Elkishly]

i love your colors and sense of atmosphere... ur rendering skills are truly superb. however i suggest you keep pushing in terms of anatomy. cuz i find that area to be the most lacking in your work. but above all that i find your arts to be quite amazing. c:

[Patonki]

@Elkishly
Strange, I feel p.much entirely opposite. Anatomy is my least concern at the moment, as I loathe my use of colors, value and composition lately. But thank you for the encouraging words!

And so, I've been feeling unmotivated. Everything I do seems to get me frustrated, like this thing that I left unfinished because of how flat and plastic it is!
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1302126/test/shit.jpg

Edit: Linked the picture so I don't have to look at it

[Patonki]

+ silly little doodle

[Patonki]

went a bit overboard with the saturation, got a new monitor and the colors on it were a bit dull

[Patonki]

value study

(i left the hair out, as this was an example of head planes i made for one guy)

[Nyoron]

I saw that comment! It was really helpful thank you for posting it

Also nice portrait very nice!

[Patonki]

[Patonki]

[Patonki]

woah! got very very sick for a couple of days, and hardly ever got out of bed!
But hey, here is something I whipped up.

[Patonki]

my mental process for this was weird

[Patonki]

Things I've learned from commissions: draw cats

[Patonki]

cats cats do drawings for money

[blindshot]

value study

(i left the hair out, as this was an example of head planes i made for one guy)

Hey, no way! I totally did a study of that same image of Annie Clark! Excellent work here, though. Really diggin' on the cat pictures.

[Patonki]

Yeah I remember seeing it in your thread!

Here is something

[Voodoo_Mama]

nice updates. Loving the colors as usual. The cats look great specially the one in post 207, he has a lot of personality. I like the contrast of warm and cool colors on the last piece.
My only crit would be to work abit more on the anatomy of your characters. you make really good faces but their bodies look a bit off, for example the character in post 203, and the arms of the characters in the last piece of post 202.
Keep up the good work!