im new ! :)

**joelle** · March 7th, 2011, 09:58 PM

hey, so heres some of my latest drawings on photoshop (and painter), i'm still fairly new to illustration (i have a contemporary art background

) , so any tips and tricks are welcome

thanks ( lets hope this time the pics will show!

**PsiBug** · March 7th, 2011, 10:36 PM

Hi,

(((edit: As suggested by jeffx99 I really should have advised you to use the attachment manager instead of hosting them at external links.)))

Welcome to the forums! You might want to consider starting a sketchbook thread if you haven't already!
Here's a link to the sketchbooks folder: http://conceptart.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=41
It's more of a "everything book" than a sketchbook really

Mike

**joelle** · March 7th, 2011, 10:58 PM

hey thanks !! hahaha yeah im really having trouble with posting these pics go figure...

ill start a sketchbook soon on the treads thanks for the info.

**joelle** · March 8th, 2011, 09:55 PM

anyone has a clue why the pics arent showing up though? .... i uploaded them twice from a free image hosting website and both time didnt work... hmm

**JeffX99** · March 8th, 2011, 10:01 PM

Use "manage attachments" under "go advanced" to attach your images.

**joelle** · March 9th, 2011, 12:38 AM

omg thank god for your help... really! ( i'm usually not that dumb i swear...! hahah)

**Falchion** · March 9th, 2011, 12:58 AM

Er, try not to use that much black, especially for shading.

**arenhaus** · March 9th, 2011, 05:00 AM

Best thing to do now is ditch Photoshop and practice structural drawing with a pencil. Intuitive drawing at this level is promising, but if you manage to back it up with solid knowledge of the basics, it will open a whole new world of possibilities to you.

**wunts** · March 9th, 2011, 11:33 AM

lookin' good, i love it.

**joelle** · March 9th, 2011, 12:47 PM

thanks guys, arenhaus you're right , although I had plenty of drawing courses when i was doing my art degree , I still feel like I lack some basics especially in the architectural department...

**arenhaus** · March 9th, 2011, 04:21 PM

Content of courses tends to depend on the college... not all of them focus on structural drawing, to put it mildly.

**joelle** · March 9th, 2011, 09:15 PM

true. in fact in my drawing courses our teacher were telling us to stay as far away from illustration as we could... doing illustration = bad... kind of generated a frustration with me , hence i started developing two totally opposite practices! one that fitted what my university wanted me to be and one that was the total opposite( illustration)...

just to give you an idea, those two picture is my «latest work of art»

here you have it my personal minute of self pity hahaha!