Blazings study SB, Noahs art camp:goal TAD

[blazingdimensions]

some quickish enviro sketches (was thinking of gamelike designs), after studying perspective and lighting today.not used to doing environments really so ill probably do more environment studies.wow i almost started this sketchbook a year ago, hope i progressed a little in that time.

[Fallenangel]

Thanks for stopping by my SB.
Nice enviro. concepts, though some of them are quite hard to 'read' - one of the goals of concepts like these that they should easily convey a scene or a mood.

Keep working hard! and keep posting!
Cheers,
Fallen.

[Fallenangel]

sorry for double posting ...

[blazingdimensions]

thanks dude, i did them real quick, but ya ill work on mood and readibility definately.

[blazingdimensions]

one quick sketch before bed

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sketches

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sketches

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more sketches

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some blah

[Rhubix]

Hiya Blazingdimensions - Your stuff has been improving steadily as you go which is great .

You mentioned that you struggled with perspective, I can relate to that for sure. The best advice I can offer is what worked for me - to just do a stupid amount of different kinds of perspective studies. pick up a pad of newsprint or cartridge paper and do some old fashioned studies of one point and two point perspective.

Set up some simple still lifes and practice working out the perspective. Put some objects above you, below you, and in between and explore how the perspective changes.
You can also examine existing illustrations or photographs and figure out the perspective of the image. Where is the horizon line, where are the vanishing points?
There's no good quick solution for improving your perspective, some people have a knack for it, and the rest of us just have to slog through boring studies until something sinks in.

Pick the thing you hate to draw the most and draw a tonne of that. I used to avoid the stuff I didn't like- or the really hard stuff. I liked drawing people. Cars used to be my biggest vice- I just couldn't wrap my head around them. Finally I just sat down and drew tonnes and tonnes of them- until I saw them in my sleep. Now, not only can I draw a car, but it taught me a tonne about drawing curved forms in perspective. - like people! /face palm moment.

In general, the most valuable exercise for me is my sketchbook. I carry it everywhere and keep a bunch of pens handy to doodle, capture ideas and most importantly draw from life. I try to always use a pen, unless I can't find one- then I draw in anything I can get my hands on. But I prefer pen because erasing is wasting sketching time. It forces you to work with your mistakes, or move one when something isn't working and try again.

Sketchbook isn't about pretty- it's about learning, so it's my safe space to do some really dreadful work and not feel bad about it. The day I learned that every drawing doesn't have to look good - and that I could make a total mess, the quality of my work went up overnight. Sketch to LEARN.

I want to be able to draw anything and everything- so I just go out and draw everything .

The toughest thing about learning on your own is going to be finding the patience and discipline to sit down and do some long, boring studies. But there's no better way. Art doesn't have a magic bullet, there's no single book or project you can do to become a rock-star.
Those 1 hour value studies show you've got a bit of stubborn in you - That's how you get it done! just keep pushing and you'll get where you want to go

happy sketching

[blazingdimensions]

thanks rhubix that really helps! by the way i was bored so i made a crappy video of my silhouette sketching process
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLVKE...ature=youtu.be

[blazingdimensions]

thanks rhubix that really helps! by the way i was bored so i made a crappy video of my silhouette sketching process
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLVKE...ature=youtu.be
double post..

[blazingdimensions]

quick sketches from silhouette. posting more 1 hr studies soon.

[blazingdimensions]

ay.

well the good news is im working on an indy game called serenity wars, not really top of the line stuff (low reimbursement) but im trying to get some experience so ya.

by the way the mario sketch is just to relax in between studying lol.

[blazingdimensions]

sketchy sketches

[Izene]

Ooh very grim, I like it!

[blazingdimensions]

thanks izene i should do more scary stuff, its what comes easiest to me., gotta do more studies lol later

[blazingdimensions]

some traditional stuff, when im done scanning gonna post tons of pencils

[blazingdimensions]

heres some of the pencils i promised, scanners f-in up so ill have to post the rest in a little bit. most of these are 6 months old lol

[blazingdimensions]

scanner keeps pissing me off, last sketches for today

[blazingdimensions]

heres a better pic of my acrylic frazzetta study i did a while back.

[blazingdimensions]

idk heres a quick sketch after studying,(no reference) looks kindof abstract in a way.wow i just noticed i put 2012 in the signature ,oops.just a basic idea, i started experimenting and made this entire thing by starting out with inkblots.

[blazingdimensions]

pure experimentation, trying things ive never tried before.arranged textures and photo stuff around and manipulated it to come with a cool design, then painted over., its blah but looks interesting.used some of my old artwork and placed it duplicated/flipped it for different parts. was really quick but seems like a great way for coming up with different ideas fast that you didnt even mean to make.

[ForScience]

There are things I like about your painted work. It feels really visceral and violent, but it also feels unfocused and messy which is not so great. I would recommend trying to control your saturation and values a little better to force your viewer to look where you want them to look. Establish a strong focal point. Good Luck.

[blazingdimensions]

Hey thanks ForScience, i really do need to get better at those things, for some reason im never sure where i want the viewer to look so i dont put as much range/contrast in my saturation and values, im definately going to work on that. thanks again i have no way to go to art school so crits like these really help me.

[blazingdimensions]

30 minute morning warmup sketch.watched some gnomon feng zhu vids recently.dont really have the time to scan in all my pages and pages of studies so just posting my digital work for now.

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Heres some miniature car thumbnails in pen.allright time to ground in some foundations. my weakest point is freehand perspective drawing and cars. so im going to work on them, as you can see im pretty sucky at both but thats allright, working on it will help all my drawing skills.time to work on all the hard boring stuff cause itll help me improve .

[blazingdimensions]

some more quick thumbnails.trying to sketch them out with a midpoint at first, which i adjust later then add mass on both sides, itll take a while to master though.

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some more quick sketches in regards to construction for things.trying to find a good book on animal anatomy also. i know almost nothing about composition and i was wondering if there are any good resources for that? can't seem to find much info about it.

[blazingdimensions]

some 30 second gestures in pencil.