Floydian Slips: Updated March 4th (some NSFW!)

[floydshayvious]

One, two, three, o'leary!

- Head to the last page for the most recent updates
- Most 3D turnaround animations for ZBrush models can be found in my DA gallery.

Thanks for visiting!

[NickyBeats]

nice stuff man, those greyscale loosies look like they could be developed into some nice images. you planning on working on those some more?

[floydshayvious]

Nicky: Thanks! Sometimes I'll try and beef up some of my loose sketches if the shape is interesting enough. There are a few that I'd like to push - like the chick with two swords and the wolf-man-thing, haha. I checked out your SB - niiiiiice comics and lines, really cool Logan!

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Every once in a while I play with color to remind myself how much I suck at it. :p

[floydshayvious]

Playing with shapes is one of my favorite ways to get things going...

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Had a nice session last night with my two friends. Hope everyone had a good holiday.

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Now see - off to a nice start sketching some beavers while watching PBS with friends, and my mind trails to a beaver-hermit and a lone barmaid.

I think I have problems keeping focus...

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Playing with symmetry...

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Burny, burny, cut, cut!

[Abrodos]

Cool thumbnails, nice values and compo. They would be awesome if you took off that "scratchy" Try to save brushstrokes.
Keep up the work!

[MoKhi]

I really like the second image in post 1, it looks great. Overall you have really nice stuff here, but I think you need to crisp up your cg'd works. The fox head has great eyes and edges but everything inside it looks blurry. Try doing a few details with a hard edged brush over top of it to make it looks more in focus.

I really like that last painting. I hope your planning to color it!

Can't wait to see more.

[floydshayvious]

Abrodos: Thank you for the comments and visit! You're right, I do struggle with stroke and line confidence - always something to work on!

Mokhi: Really nice of you to stop by, thank you. I've always had problems focusing on detail, I seem to go into overwork overdrive often and muddy up my flats real quick like. I'll try and work on crisping up! I checked out your SB and DA page - awesome work!

Well, I couldnt seem to produce anything last night after watching Inglourious Basterds (great flick), so I got some sleep and tried a self portrait early this afternoon. I need to do more studies.

[NickyBeats]

nice updates! i really like that one with the chick holding the swords, very cool! keep it up dude!

[floydshayvious]

Nicky: Thanks a million!

Hey y'all! Sketched these out on an A4 sized document in Photoshop. Trying to use fewer strokes to define the forms in my head. Some light refference was used for the hands. Moved onto a little comic - I'll work on pushing that to incorporate more of a story (was really diggin' how it was goin').

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Kung fu fightin' - some gestures from imagination to ring in the new year.

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Studies from refference (http://www.characterdesign.com/).

Was in no rush with these to try and see value shapes more clearly - around 5 to 10 minutes each. I feel like I struggled with them too much - got to relax and keep going!

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Some stuff from last night. I really enjoyed the last two - was trying to conjure up memories of head plane tutorials and I think it worked some! Concentrating on using less strokes to define forms.

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Little runner doodle and a study from life...

[Dorkthrone]

I would definitely push your lines a little bit more. Right now, many of your pieces seem to be very grey.

[floydshayvious]

Ninja: Hey thanks for the crit and stopping by. My lines havent improved for years but I havnt stopped sketching yet haha - one day, with more practice!

Speaking of that I need to compile those sketches in a new update in the morning (sry!). Since I'm on dailup at a mates I'll leave you with an elf doodle, hur hur.

[floydshayvious]

Here're those crap sketches from yestreday (doodles and studies from ref.) in one post along with a gloomy self portrait for a gloomy me today - some attempt at color again to brighten things up in here.

I love digital painting so much more as Photoshop can be very forgiving and then some, but I've always fought with the fact that it can become such a crutch if I neglect traditional stuffs - got to keep at it!

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I had a little scribble of a mermaid from a month or so ago that I revisited last night with some amount of vigor. She was too Disney'ish originally, so I deicided to forgo the coconut bra and flowing hair for something... a little different.

Now if only I could swim down there and say hello to these people - I cant swim for shit though.

[floydshayvious]

So last night I was thinking about subject matter I used to enjoy drawing when I was a kid in an attempt to spur some creative energy. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles came to mind in a jiffy, so I decided to make a visit to the ol' friends - Leo was my favorite.

And what do I do for the poor guy? Place him in the middle of a pack of Foot soldiers!

It's trying to be a study in composition right now, but I'd really like the finish it when I can, so any advice would be awesome.

BTW - picked up a copy of Figure Drawing for Dummies, lol, maybe it'll have some good pointers for me (looked interesting enough anyway).

Peace!

[NickyBeats]

nice work on the ninja turtles piece! i think your getting good at the looser sketches, and comps., but i think you should try to push one of your favorite sketches into a finished painting. doing this every once in a while is good, every time i force myself to work on a painting longer than i normally would, i learn tons of new things. then these new techniques can be incorporated into your sketches, and youll be improving steadily.

youve got a good eye for design and are getting better at light and shadow, so just keep pushing yourself, and see where it takes you. keep it up man,

-Nick

[floydshayvious]

Nicky: Polish is something I indeed struggle with, but I try and push those limits with a single piece every now and then as you suggest. Thank you for the good compliments - they certainly help me stay positive about improving at my age.

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[floydshayvious]

Left my tablet at the mates last night, but I managed to get a study in before bed - and some pen doodles!

It's good though I think - need to do some more sketching anyway.

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More sketching...

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I think she's done... stuck really but I'm actually happy with her.

The book is going good too - getting some good advice in there that's got me sketching more than usual.

Hope y'all are good (and warm!).

[palladium]

Thx for visiting my sketchbook floyd I like whats going on in here dude. Nice studies in value and color. Your proportions are a little off from time to time, but you are steadily improving from the looks of it. Keep up with your normal studies, but throw in some anatomy studies as well. Should help out with the proportions. Here are a few links you might like
http://characterdesigns.com/index.ph...page=tutorials

http://posemaniacs.com/

Hope they help

[floydshayvious]

Palladium: Hi! Thanks for stopping by - and no problem on my part because you have really great work! I appreciate the links (recently discovered characterdesigns and it's a nice resource). I'll get to work on some more anatomy studies I promise you. Expect to see me in your SB again soon!

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Starting to get comfortable with pencils again - knocking off some more rust with a page of scribbles, a few studies from figure drawing for dummies, and some heads from imagination. Need to utilize my Bridgman books damnit.

ONWARD!

[floydshayvious]

Noses and mouths from refference and imagination - need to practice with noses from different view points but the structure is starting to make more sense at least.

It feels really good to be drawing daily in my sketchbook again.