Xcarbon's Sketchbook

[rem92]

Im digging the still lives.. they look nice and the reflections came of very well. The book you are using to study the figure is very good, just keep at it, and i notice massive lack of color knowledge on a couple enviros i saw up there, you should work harder at those and try to anylize better those greens.

[Xcarbon]

rem92 - Thank you !! im taking one step at a time.... right now im focused heavily on improving my linework and just get the basics in my head....then will be value and then color


some ears this time ... ears are fun










and a quick sketch.... just for fun

[Xcarbon]

took this day off from daily practice to just draw something else

draw from photos







and something just for fun
some kind of spaceship or something i dont know

[Xcarbon]

today was a busy day.... all i could draw was just 2 pages..of not so god stuff ... but still i drew something ...that counts



this was drawn without reference... makes me a lil proud.... but still that leg looks wrong

[AeonPhoenix]

It certainly does. As long as you keep on trying, it doesn't matter if you end up drawing for 8 hours or 8 minutes.

[BlackDelphin]

Good values on that rock you painted on page 4! Those are some nice values, i think it's one of your best on values.
Good thing you're doing construction, more! What i'd suggest is taking your time more with the linework, to get it clean looking.

[Xcarbon]

AeonPhoenix - thanks ... im trying to keep up the "DRAW EVERYDAY" thing!!

BlackDelphin - thank you.... and yes im focusing heavily on my linework after that will be value and then color!!


so after doing all those arms and legs i thought of trying out my brain for once
these are done without any reference.....

[kamikazel33t]

Been a while since I dropped in, I notice a lot of improvement! One thing I might suggest is constructing the legs as cylinders then adding the extra masses on top of it. That way you don't get these weird proportional errors.

[Xcarbon]

kamikazel33t - thanks ... i'll try that and see how it turns out :]


damnit missed yesterday....i was being too lazy .... have to try harder in order to post everyday

so i was playing dead space 3 and suddenly i thought i should paint something that goes in this type of mood
so this is what i could do ..now that i look at it .. it feels a bit empty!!

[Xcarbon]

not much stuff.......been slacking off past these few days.. i need to step up my game!!

[Mewball]

really liking the lips. Also pretty nice improvement so far! Keep it up!

[dawidowicz]

Keep it up

[Xcarbon]

Mewball - thanks

dawidowicz - thank you


so went back to gestures today...

finally started 30 second gestures
began with 30 second gestures















took a break from gestures and did these .. aproxx around 4 - 5 min.





and then some 60 second gestures








and something else

[ninaren]

Hey! Its been a while since I logged in. Been sick for a while, my immune system is acting bad towards me >< but wow page 5 and u still keep pushing out nice studies mixed with imagination art.
Im sorry if I cant give you so much feedback this time since I still feel abit pooped out. But I really like that u start adding some value to your figures and features. Ears looks good and I love to see how u tackle every thing u want to become better at. Ill hope to be more active this week and thanks for the excellent feedback from you Take care now!

[M.Calza]

It's been a while since I came here, wow man, you're destroying, the "draw everyday" thing its paying off, the 4/5min drawings are great.

[Xcarbon]

ninaren - oh .. i hope you get better soon..... it feels a lil empty here without you
thanks and get better soon :]

M.Calza - thanks man... i hope i can keep up the "draw everyday" routine ...coz im really starting to see what "THEY" mean when they say its all about the pace!!


NOSES .... FREAKING NOSES giving me a hard time








AND this time again a rough design page just for fun

[ill_Buny]

Like your futuristic designs, painted spaceships and costumes, they are really eye-catching, red&blue&dark are so nice. And it's very inspirational to watching on your studies, I like a lot girl from post #124, nice work.

[Xcarbon]

ill_Buny - thanks :]

this is yesterdays .... my pc started having some problems (AGAIN) last night ....so i wasnt able to upload this yesterday!!

some moar noses






these were done in sketchbook pro just for fun

[ninaren]

Hey! I guess Im back not feeling shitty sick anymore and its great How are you? I did miss being here and Im really happy to see that you are pumping out art as usuall high five!
I found this site and I wanted to share with you http://cgcookie.com/concept/
I checked on some and I bookmarked it for sure, thought they had some cool things
Seeing some good improvement especially on the nice art you did in sketchbook pro. the pose on the last one is really nice imo and the face features looks sharper, the only thing I can say for now is to make the edges around the face abit more sharper.
the noses are really nice, u pumped out more noses than I could do I think ^^ really impressed.
Keep punching thoose areas you wanna improve like you have so far, if I can ask for something maybe u could do an enviroment again btw on that cgcookie site I saw a nice tutorial on shapes http://cgcookie.com/concept/2013/01/...value-shading/
Thinking of doing that aswell.
Have a nice weekend now and dont forget to have fun drawing
cya soon

[Xcarbon]

ninaren - welcome back .... im good ...high five back xD
and concept cookie i amlost forgot about this site .....nice they put up new stuff.. thanks
oh are you talking about the blurred edge of the face.... that was done on purpose was trying out the sharpen and blur tools ..also chromatic aberration like anthony jones

hmm i'll do some environments soon.... thanks for the tutorial!!
and you have a good one too!!



so eyes this time







Denture Sphere from hampton's






trying out perspective ..damn perspective is hard...but it gets some nice and interesting results



also tried to do something for fun and it came out "not how i would have liked it to be"



but it also reminds me that i cant just do a single good drawing and think of myself as a good artist!!

[Xcarbon]

yesterdays update

[Xcarbon]

Todays update

VALUE STUDIES .....coz its been some days since i did something digital

the two arms on the left are done from mind and the one on the right is from photo REF [ DA ]




This is also from Photo Ref [ DA ]

[JonoKoi]

Hey man thanks for drop in on my sketch book before, greatly appreciated.
I can see you have improved massively over time, so good to see.
The last two reference paintings are great, and the body's in perspective really good start. if you haven't already I advise looking through some basic anatomy drawings even if its cartoon anatomy, understanding what's there and what it's 'there' 'for' is so useful to a painter.
Anyway good luck and keep painting. Cheers

[Xcarbon]

Jonocoy -thanks .. im studying from hampton's book and i just reached the anatomy part so im hoping to improve in that area!


so update of the past few days [still drawing everyday...im finally starting to enjoy drawing rather than worrying about "what if i draw bad" ]














finally readched the anatomy part of hamptons book .... starting to understand how these work ..also getting familiar with major muscle groups











And this was just for fun ...names are already written down on paper so you know where they are from!!

[Xcarbon]

this is yesterdays update ..... i couldnt do anything today coz it was my best friends birthday so we were out the whole day.... but i did buy some copic markers and DAMN THEY ARE EXPENSIVE O.O

so these were done yesterday
some sternocleidomastoids





and muscules study .....they are all done from models from deviantart





and so today i bought 3 copic markers and seriously they are expensive. one marker costs Rs. 300 and now i understand why!! they are just soo good!! the control is amazing

[ninaren]

hey again! Tried to reply to you for a while but the latest days Ca had some server moving and everytime I went to check I couldnt load or there was a 404 error.
anyway really great to see you update, and to answer your question about my still life, yes I do set them up at my home, I have to battle with space so thats why if I dont finish quickly enough the risc is that Ill move it eventually like the pot and onions ^^
I have also worked from photos both taken by me and others for practise, but I gotta say that working from life really shows more color than a camera. However if u really cant do that, set up a still life at home, photos are good too
Somehow the pictures of the 3 first posts dont show up but I guess its because of the move of the servers.

Perspective can be hard..or no it is hard >< I remember first time I tried to learn it was more like learning latin to me. Scott Robertsson have alot of good tutorials and I even have a book from him called liftoff (but thats mostly because of the pretty pictures) ^^
I highly recomend him I also have a book from Koos Eissen (it cost abit but its a nice book) called "sketching". Now there are loads of free information out there and I also think that you can preview both of them. Great information on this page even http://www.conceptart.org/forumdisplay.php?f=146
so before you go out and buy expensive books, check that out scott robertsson also have a youtube channel, cant remember the name tho. I think its just scott robertsoon?

Sorry for my endless blabber, I did notice something on the papers where u did alot of sternoclido mastoid drawings, I dont know how accurute iam but I think that the neck there came out abit too angled. Sorry for the bad quality ><
Otherwise really nice drawings.






LOL u updated already I see before I even had chance to reply. So I see that you are getting better on the things I pointed out
Glad you had a nice time with your best friend
yeah markers can cost pretty much. But I bet u will have a fun time with them. cant wait to see some of your marker drawings if u upload

Keep kicking ass

[AngeUnge]

love those ears and rough designs! man i gotta get on some practice pages too >:U

[Xcarbon]

ninaren - yea i was getting that same error 404 but it ran sometimes!! lol i guess im just too lazy to setup for still lifes
yea i uploaded those when they had the sign "OUR SERVER ARE MIGTRATING TO A NEW SYSTEM CONCEPTART WILL BE DOWN FOR A LITTLE WHILE"
i hope it clears out by itself!!

im subscribed to scott robertson he is a god..... his DVD "Basic Drawing" or something like that from gnomon is REALLY good for people starting out in prespective!!
OMG i've never heard of Koos Eissen i just looked it up the book is AWESOME ...thanku thanku so much!!

and thanks for the critique :]

AngeUnge - Thanks...
then do it


update for the past few days
moving forward with anatomy first comes Pecs









These were done from ref deviant art and google imgs







and something just for fun!!



forgot to upload these past week

[Xcarbon]

update
more pecs
and some studies no how fat works



















and just for fun

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also did a skull [value] study!!

[ZeroBeat]

these studies are amazing dude. you are really talented.