My Lonely Sketchbook Q.Q

[KateTheTerrorist]

Restarting my sketchbook. Its been a while since I posted, but Im ready for the critiques and suggestions.

Getting ready to go into an artschool. Improving otherwise.
Im probably going to post whenever im stuck or in a rut. But everything helps.

[KateTheTerrorist]

Something I did "really quickly".
Just a study of a random bust.
Im glad I changed some bad habits, so I got to finish this faster than I had before

[Linzwinz]

Really nice work on that bust! What kind of habits did you kill off?

[KateTheTerrorist]

gI kicked myself to make the shadows grey (first) instead of black I also chose to highlight with a light grey instead of white.
doing so made my life super easy because I could capture the midtones more accuratly than I had before, and I always had the option to add a darkershadow when I was done with the midtones.

[Little Auwnja]

Im probably going to post whenever im stuck or in a rut. But everything helps.

Err .. I think you mean you will not be posting when your in a rut? Pardon my grammar Nazi tendencies, but when I'm in one I can't paint or post 'till it's over =P

The bust is really good for "really quickly" (How quickly is that, anyway?) and the others look interesting also, I'd like to see more works from you!

[KateTheTerrorist]

No I definitely mean when Im stuck in a rut... Like now >.>


THE OTHER SIDE SUCKS FOR SOME STRANGE REASONNN!!( self portrait)
Wait.... Never mind... I just saw my initial sketch and its in proportion. Im pretty anal about stuff like that. (for some reason the right side looks perfect but the left is retarded....)

Really quickly means about 2 hours
I remember I did a painting which lasted 6+ hours and >.> yea.
Yea I really want to count on feedback from others to help me improve. Also I try to finish all my paintings in one day >.< (bad habit)

[kevin_]

nice start! make sure to watch your contrast and saturation. anyways hope to see more!

[PNate]

Nice! I thought the cut off portrait was a design choice haha anyways it looks pretty cool like that. Looking forward to seeing more

[KateTheTerrorist]

Well my internet got shut down (becuase im in charge of the bill xD) but its back, and heres some of the work I did in the meantime.



Ive seen that practice makes perfect, so a few days ago I had decided that I would digitally paint every day
I need to work on shins and feet more, the most overlooked places (to me).
Any crit would be appreciated

[KateTheTerrorist]

ALMOST FORGOT!!!
Im doing some animation thingy in my spare time.. It took me 3 days to do this...

[KateTheTerrorist]

Something I did for someone else non commission..
Check out his deviant art page...
http://h-voltage.deviantart.com/

THIS IS NOT MY CHARACTER!!!

Finally getting around to do the teen challenge

[KateTheTerrorist]

I keep on doing this... And I definitely see the difference.
(Im so tired, its 9 but ima keep the party going)
Slanted WIP for the teen challenge.


Some thoughts:
Ive been browsing more on the forums than I have before and what Im seeing about learning illustration in general is a little bit frightening.
I never really expected to get spoon fed, but I have to really go out and find those drawing techniques myself

So im taking the initiative (again) and buying myself some books to study from.
Im planning to go to a state school for illustration and animation (if I dont get into Cooper Union first xD) and I guess im excited that I wouldn't have to depend on the school entriely to get the skills I need to develop.
I welcome any thoughts and suggestions.

[KateTheTerrorist]

image thingy is broke

[KateTheTerrorist]

http://www.kalmanmaklary.com/data/do...15e004f14d.jpg

Study from this... I quit because I wasnt really learning anything...
Ill try a live object next time instead of a pic.

[KateTheTerrorist]

Ugh. Im having trouble coloring my work. Im constantly getting art blocks. I feel as If I cant draw any more .
My work is always sloooopppyyy.

[KateTheTerrorist]

This took alot longer than it should have.

[chevy28360]

Great start here! Nothing much to say other than keep pumping work out. And do as many studies as you can stand. Nothing will push your skills further than doing studies.

[KateTheTerrorist]

Agreed.
Another study
I have no idea how long this took me. I have to get used to how photoshop works. >.> I do desperately need more studies....

[Black Spot]

New SB eh? I think it's always nice to see the full journey.

Now that hand study on the first post is sweet. More like that please.

[Linzwinz]

I love that guy on the couch with the dog. Good stuff. There's a lot of character in what you do, and that's really important as far as I'm concerned.

[xiw]

nice quick sketches I like it a lot keep going :-)

[KateTheTerrorist]

Holy hell, I cant draw the right side of faces....
IM GOING TO FIX THAT!
I wonder why though.

[KateTheTerrorist]

Ok yeh I did it!
Im going to finish the rest of the body...
I should probably post more sketches.

[KateTheTerrorist]

I GOT INTO COOPER UNION FIRST TRY FUCK YEA!
T.T omggggg omggg
Let me be happy before the criticisms come.

[KateTheTerrorist]

>.> Im having a hard time coloring again...
I can say though that my imaginary poses are getting better
I seem to have a really bad artist block. SO yea.

[KateTheTerrorist]

:/
Well I forgot how to draw in realism, so I found out again.
I always had my brush opacity wayy too high when I tired to blend.. so
Problem partially solves.
Oh yea and the picture might be dark because I drew it on my higest brightness setting... i should fix that.
(And I see I do have an obsession with everything bald, and head turned at 3/4, I promise, I know how to draw hair!)

(the front page of CA makes me sad)

[KateTheTerrorist]

CLOWN SPAHH!!
This took not alot of time to do surprisingly :_)
I had a process! Yea! thats the thing I was lacking.
Played with photoshop a bit, I want to use textures more, they are so cool to useee!

[LtPlissken]

You are smashing the oranges toward the waterfall in a correct way, and I admire
how you are handling colors. You also have some very good ideas, you just keep
on going. I don’t know about the old sketchbook of yours, but as I noticed here
that you don’t have any greyscale studies. That would be my suggestion to try
to work greyscale a bit, so you could master values even more. Take care
and we will talk more later I hope.

[kamikazel33t]

You've got some cool stuff in here! , I'd love to see some sketches and studies from you(I'm practically a sucker for sketches )! Anyway keep posting and I'll make sure to keep your sketchbook company !

[KateTheTerrorist]

Yea Ill put more sketches up since they are usually not half bad.
And I will post more greyscale sounds like a good idea.

HERE YOU GUYS GET YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT TOO!
http://forums.conceptart.org/showthr...3#.UYLhm732RYw
Link to my old sketchbook which im not too fond of (for obvious reasons)
(Well yea now I should really work on my greyscales now that I havent been, seeing them practiced in my old sb)