Jens' Sketchbook

[kevlar jens]

Hi,
my name is Jens, I'm 17 years old guy from Norway and I'm currently taking Media and Communication classes in High School.

In the past few years I have grown an interest for 3D art (3D game art to be exact).
Now I'm setting foot into 2D in order to get the understanding of form, color and anatomy that I need before I can carry on over to digital sculpting.

Constructive criticism is incredibly welcome!
I plan to update regularly- weekly at least.

[ayoub66]

nice work jens .. love metal gear sketch

keep it up

[Detlef]

Very nice start Jens, I expect you to be at my level by christmas

[kevlar jens]

ayoub66: Many thanks. Yeah, can't go wrong with Snake.

Detlef: Heh thanks, sounds pretty unrealistic but I'll do my best.


Loomis' Drawing the Head & Hands doesn't really go very in-depth on how to draw the mouth, eyes and especially the nose. So I would be forever grateful if someone could link me to some guides or tutorials on the subjects.

More head studies.

[VoLtAgE]

great studies jens, keep at it!

[^_^]

Aye having a strong 2D foundation is the key for 3d art. Thought I'd drop some 3d sites, plenty o' nice work on them and tuts.

http://www.gameartisans.org/forums/index.php
http://boards.polycount.net/
http://www.cghub.com

Keep up the practicing.

[kevlar jens]

^_^: Cool. Thanks.

No school this week thanks to winter vacation, which means more time for practice (and faffing around in my bathrobe).
I think understand the general proportions of the human head now so I decided try drawing some noses.
Constructive crit and any helpful links on how to draw and understand noses is welcome.

[Detlef]

Finally you can understand the nose Jens. I am so proud

[Greeneyes]

Nice work!

[Fiskepudding]

Good work Jens!

It'd be a good idea to use a bunch of different photo references and draw a lot of different noses. I'm sure you already thought of that though.

[kevlar jens]

Many thanks for the motivation

I've been quite busy with schoolwork and mindlessly browsing the internet the past two weeks, so much for "updating weekly"

Anyways, here are a few more noses followed up by a bunch of mouths.
Feedback is welcome as always.

[Fiskepudding]

Those mouths look very good. Like VERY good.

[kevlar jens]

Many thanks, Fiskepudding.

ZBrushing- two mouth studies + a dog with an eyepatch smoking a cigarette.

[kevlar jens]

More mouth studies + peeps in profile (and two upfront)

[kevlar jens]

some zbrushing

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Two more studies
The first one is sculpted from a squircle while the second one is from a plane.

[kevlar jens]

Taking a step back to 2D as I have come to the realization that my 2D foundation is way too weak.

Here's a rough value study I did of Blade Runner's Rachael.

[kevlar jens]

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two charcoal drawings I did today.
i got no proper fixative spray so I had to use hairspray.
my sketchbook smells like cherries now.

and a sculpt I'm working on

[kevlar jens]

a painting of everyone's fav chemistry teacher

and a sculpt poop

[kevlar jens]

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stuff

[Detlef]

very kawaii work jens, keep it up

[kevlar jens]

thank you, detlef

[kevlar jens]

stuff

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stuff:
a bunch of anatomy studies, a digital sculpt, a series of Saul Bass- and Olly Moss-inspired posters, and a t-shirt design that will be available on TeeFury in the near future

[Velocity Kendall]

lots of good work going on here but what really caught my attention was your amazing likeness of me after ive just puked my guts up at a house party last year (see below, far right)
you even caught the haggard expression and greasy hair..the only thing you missed was the spattering of Havana Club and partially digested hot dogs on my shirt
are you psychic??

[Wheeljack18]

SNAKE! You got me with the solid snake Avatar. I am a Metal Gear nut , what can I say.
So your 17 and looking to improve. Well, you found the right place and seem to be on track. Keep up with the studies and don't quit. By the time you are 19 you are going to kick so much ass it will be awesome. A is such a great resource for you and all you have to do is use it and put in the mileage and you will achieve your goals for sure.