my totally, utterly, random, pointless sketch book

[Rebecca]

hey, ppl,

This is my lil sketchpad, and ill be posting my best stuff first, then they get more and more sketchy as you scroll down!

(you can critisize and slag-off my work as much as you want, by the way, i can handle it )


this is just a kinda mid-class doodle

i done this for school (high school)

just more...doodles

this is one of those picture-within-a-picture things

really messed this one up

tried-didn't suceed

portrait of kirk hammet (the guy in my avatar)

[IronClad]

The one of the guy staring out the window has great potential and that last one of Kirk Hammet speaks for itself, it rules. The rest is not really my thing. The third from the top is a bit to anime influenced, and incase you didn't know (whisper) Anime style is like signing a death warrant here on CA (unwhisper) Or at least I get that impression.

But hey keep it up, i think the realistic style is more your thing though.

Peace...

[Rebecca]

tqa ironclad, yeah i think portraiture is my thing, and the guy staring out the window is my dad! heeheehee i will eventually make this into a painting,

problem is i caant paint to save myself

[Crane]

hey and welcome!

I'm loving the abstract weirdness here.
and you draw better portraits then i do, thats not sayin much but still. yours are good, great potenial.

And from scotland too! yay another uker! have you checked out the uk thread? do so do so. !

And just for the record, i'm a boy, and my gender bending avatar is my girlfriend lol. been a little confusion.
and my names Tony *hold out hand to shake yours*

[Rebecca]

most welcoming handshake, tony cool ure a flying scotsman/woman too, right on!

im actuall quite crap at cartoons, i just posted it cos it was my only succsessfull cartooon ever, i i probably wont do anymore, its no my thing

[Rebecca]

HERE ARE SOME MORE PORTRAITS

this is a self portrait



another kirk hammet



cristina aguilera




another cristina aguilera, but this time i made it up from two different pictures, and the hair i did myself



yet another cristina




this is a picture of one of ma mates

[Xpose]

Holy shit! Keep at it! The more life drawing you do the easier it is to do stuff from your head. Post More!

[Rebecca]

Xpose- thanks alot, i will do

here are some ones i did

[Ni*]

felt i should drop a little note for a fellow scot, there's no very many of us on here, at least thats what it seemed like when no one responded to a scotland thread in the 'local sketch group' threads :-p

anyway you show nice control over shading and you're getting some nice likeness in some of those portraits, but as everyone on here will point out, nothing makes you better faster than drawing from life. Although drawing every day will help you get better with whatever tool you are using.

and it is worth remembering that if it is hard work, you're probably learning something, draw more of your friends, it takes guts but it helps.

btw that tommy cooper is terrifying!!

N

[wazzup]

i think u stilll need to work on ur hands ... there good but there still some problems like on how some of them bend and the proportions ... i like the girls........ like it all though good job

[Rebecca]

yeah i really need to practise more on the hands, and NEED to study, i never study, actually i dont think i have studied at all, i cant find time

more updates

this is my wee brother, daniel, i done this a long time ago with metallic pencils, but i've improved since then



Goddammit, im so crap at figure i neeeeeeeeed to study, man
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this update is a disgrace

[Rebecca]

the arms are too skinny, and the hands are too big, in the sword woman one, and the portrait of my brother's nose is just...wierd, and also it doesn't LOOL like him.

CUT ME SOME SLACK I DONE THAT WHEN I WAS LIKE 13, MAN

[Rebecca]

I'm soo crap at typing, and i post waaaaaay too much in my own threads

[Ni*]

hey dont be down on yourself, the pics show confidance and developed skills that you can build on. I'm not going to tell you to do studies because you wrote that yourself earlier in the thread, just draw every day and enjoy it :-)

I've done 3 sketchbooks now (with the aim of enjoying drawing more) and i can see an improvement when i look back but i dont look for an improvement too much, i just look to enjoy it. studies mean progress means enjoyment means progress means enjoyment..... you get the idea ;-)

keep drawing

N

ps, post all you want here but adding a drawing or painting to each post is the best way to do it ;-)

[Crane]

Ya know i swear i posted more than once here. o well. losing it...again..
that cristina aguilera one is really good tho i really hate her but ya. its damn good actually, apart from the nose.. one nostrel..or however ya spell it..

No, sadly i'm not a scotmans, more sadly scotswoman. sigh... i'm not english lol. well i am, but i'm not if ya get me, which most people don't. anyway, great work, keep it up! looking like a pro already.

[Rebecca]

Yep, I actually hate Christina aswell they were done for ppl in my school , y know NEDS, yll get what i mean, bleuch

anywaaaaay, updates, WAAAAAAY!
I tried my hand at these, geddit, tried my HAND!!!

no no, that was wierd, <ahem>

i even spelled it wrong,yep






enough hands now





self portrait, great likeness, thats not a good thing

[MisterJC]

that last sp is nice. great likeness is a good thing! yup yup. good.

the only problem is the neck. since the neck is pretty much a cylinder, shade with the contours, more side to side. use the lines of the shading to fill out the form of the neck.

[Badger]

You got some talent here Reb, being so young and all.
Really nice sensitive hand studies. I hope to see more drawings soon!
Your fuzzy friend
-Badger-

[Rebecca]

Thanks Mr JC

im doing some figure studies ill post soon, thanks all

[MoP]

Indeed, some great stuff going on here. Those hand studies are invaluable, I don't do nearly enough of them, and they're great practise.
The faces you're doing are mostly turning out very well too, Tommy Cooper, wahey!
That self portrait is lookin' good also. I like the way you throw colours in here and there, it definitely livens stuff up... if I look through my sketchbooks from last year, it was all pure pencil/pen stuff, no colour, and page after page of that just gets so boring. I'm doing a lot more colour stuff this year, it's fun

Keep at it, I wish I could have drawn that well when I was your age, I'd probably be much further on than I am now if I had! And as I say, doing figure/face/hand/foot studies is really really good practise, after a while you'll be able to draw stuff like that from any angle in any pose, without reference - and that's when stuff really starts to go wild!

Oh yeah, and Kirk Hammett ain't all that. If you've seen the Some Kind of Monster DVD, take a look at the Special Features, look for some extra footage called "tricky riff" or something like that, the guy can't play guitar!
Yeah, he looks the part, but he doesn't bring anything to the table when it comes to music. Draw Hetfield instead, he rocks so much more

Keep up the good work, lassie!

-Paul

[dadamafia]

i liek a couple things in here. there are a few flaws here and there but nothing hard work cant reserve.

[Midnight]

Great hands - now incorporate them into a drawing!

You look like you need to work on ref-free faces and bodies - the woman with the katana (?), for example, looks serene, possibly hypnotised\drugged, but the angle at which she's holding that sword is painful to hold (and that's without the weight of a weapon). Again, both this and the girl walking a dog are lacking decent hands - considering the other sketches you've posted, there's really no need for this.

Also, look at the drawings done with photo ref. Now, look at the others. Incorporate what you learn from reference in your no-ref images, otherwise it takes away much of the value of using it in the first place.

Good stuff, all in all - keep it up!

[Rebecca]

midnight good advice, will the thing about the woman with the dog, that style was deliberate, just so ppl know
yeah, i do need to work on my hand (I've just recently started them, and those other drawings were befor i studied hands but thanks

dadamafia Thanks, i know there are flaws, i AM a flaw, and i looked at ure stuff, i love the contour lines...there so.....NOW!! aha! i'm trying to adapt that style into my hand studie i think that would look SO COOL

mOP Thank you! Yea, Im a reeeel fan of our Cooper, he fantastic.
And I totally agree!! kirk hammet is the worst guitar player, and he in METALLICA!!..... how does it work?

i just draw him so much cos love his face!!

and ure name is Paul, man that is a coooool name, *ahem* sorry i just had to say that, i just like that name and james hetfield is my new hubby No2!! so he's on my to do list!!!!!

[Siobhan]

He he, you like Kirk Hamet don't ya? I see so much potential with this. I love the hands most of all, (you saw my thread..I'm an anatomy freak.) The portrait of Kirk has to be the the best one but the coolest (in my opinion) is the girl you drew in purple pencil with the short hair. The angle of the head and the expression is just way cool. But dang girl! Quit slammin yourself! You draw people like you were born to do it. I think you're really gonna get somewhere with this. Please keep working! --Sio

[jona_DR]

Your work is good and fantastic!! Keep it up!!

[Crane]

Its great to see such young people with great talent. especially from the uk! lol
Either your hands real hairy, or ya need to smooth ya shading a bit there hehe. good work!. keep it up!

[Rebecca]

This is my first ever painting, OH I'm so proud. Even though it doesent look human


bits of leftover paint


Getting better, although the upper arm is too short.


My little sister


and just a wee thing I did in ps cause i was bored

[Rebecca]

Another

[Badger]

Hey, Great improvement!
When painting try to avoid outlines, just block in the colour straight. I say this because the most recent painting has bits of black outline, which disrupt the harmony.
Other than that, Good paintings, nice use of colour
More more!
-Badger-

[Su]

..................this is good stuff!

more please!