Lazy's Sketchbook

**Recursive_End** · May 11th, 2006, 02:42 PM

OK, these look good.
About the shading, the good point is that you're not afraid of shaping the guy.
Now, try to make the shading more smooth. Dont hesitate on doing one really dark area, then from (on) that area, make the brighter layer over then go progessively to the highlighted zone.
I hope you understand what i just wrote...i gotta stop wine

Keep it up!
D.

**The Crazy Dude SRD** · May 11th, 2006, 03:12 PM

Not that bad...

I would still recommend that you work on you anatomy a bit more, some of your drawings seem to have some problems with the ankles and wrists. I would also recommend that you don't pencil in everything, just like in some of your colored drawings and paintings, the highlights make a big... BIG difference. However for someone younger than I, I must say that you have great potencial to being a great artist.

**Lazy** · May 18th, 2006, 11:51 AM

Now for some life-studies, i really needed this, i think i will fall into a life drawing period now.

Recursive_End : Thank you as always for your kind comments!
About more soft shading, i dont want to make it to soft, then im afraid it will all blend to much and it will become boring, but i should try!
About starting with dark areas and going light, thats pretty hard on paper, i dont want to do it all with a ereaser.

The Crazy Dude SRD : Im starting to do more anatomy studies now so i hope i can fix the anatomy problems better. Thank you very much for your uplifitng inspiring words, it really motivates.

**Xavvaniv** · May 20th, 2006, 11:59 AM

Thanks Lazy, for your reply in my sketchbook.
I like your sketchbook. Some kick ass stuff here. Show some more of your life studies, they are good.

**Dile_** · May 20th, 2006, 12:24 PM

Thanks for looking by my sketchbook

*Swedish*
Grymma sista tecknigar

bra stil, och du får fram en bra form genom skuggandet! bra jobbat

Keep it up

**Lazy** · May 21st, 2006, 10:59 AM

Some more studies

Xavvaniv : Thank you very much, i will be doing more life drawings now for a period.

Dile : Tackar!

**P E N Ricklund** · May 21st, 2006, 11:26 AM

Woo, nice. Are they from a figure-drawings session?
You handled the light really good on these last ones. Thumbs up, serious progress.

Hugs!

**gmags** · May 24th, 2006, 01:25 PM

Hey Lazy, sweet stuff you got here! Really like your speedpaints. Gotta say that pirate ship and the manga pieces are my fav. Keep postin your good stuff!

**Lazy** · May 24th, 2006, 02:19 PM

Pencilator : No they are not from a figure-drwaing session, made at home with a high quality photo as reference, thanks man!

gmags : Thank you very much!

Tomorrow i will leave for Shanghai and stay for 9 days, ill bring a sketchbook and see if i get time to scribble something down, cheers!

**P E N Ricklund** · May 24th, 2006, 04:10 PM

I wish you a safe and enjoyable travel

Draw some kewl environments for me (a guess a photo will do as well

)

Hugs!

**Lazy** · June 6th, 2006, 07:30 AM

Whew! Back from Shanghai, man what a trip, amazing city with amazing people.
Didnt get to do any drawing there.
But once i came home ive been trying to draw purely digital using different methods using referens with no luck. Since i need to use more combined traditional and pencil art, but i would like to go purely digital. Atleast i did a portrait of a cool little kid my dad photographed in Shanghai.

Pencilator : Thanks man, and a safe and enyoyable trip i had

ill some spit out some more enviros!

**hurricane** · June 6th, 2006, 07:34 AM

wellcome back and can't wait to see the digital stuff

cheers !

**Lazy** · June 12th, 2006, 05:21 PM

Now for a very small update, been much schoolwork and such, will draw more now i hope!

No Reference!, kinda proud of the face.

hurricane : Thanks man! that means very much to me, especially since you are so talented, means much that you look down on me.

**Lazy** · June 20th, 2006, 07:18 AM

Here's a concept sketch which popped into my head when i was reading a book.
So i painted the scene as i saw it in my mind.
It's a scene from "Grass for His Pillow (Tales of the Otori, Book 2)" where a couple of people travelling gets attacked by thieves.
Not much small details, the overall mood is the point.

**Lazy** · June 27th, 2006, 01:49 PM

I have started my summerjobb so less time for painting, but i pressed out a sketch which i rendered a little but i have to studie rendering cloth and clothes.

**Recursive_End** · June 28th, 2006, 04:06 AM

The studies look great !!
And yes study a bit more clothes =)
Also, don't forget balance ! The last character looks like he's gonna fall back.
Other than that, the enviros look great as always !

**Lazy** · July 2nd, 2006, 04:04 PM

Some studies on clothes!!

Recursive_End : As always thank you very much, it's nice to know that iv'e got someone pushing me with great advice

**-ThePenciler-** · July 2nd, 2006, 04:09 PM

i really like the jeans! Your painting seems stronger than your drawing

**Lazy** · July 17th, 2006, 05:14 AM

"and so the child,
who was cast down,
into a soulless realm,

with imagination and hope,
creates a way,
to reach the heavens again"

-ThePenciler-: Thanks man!, though the paintings were given much more time than the two pencilled works.

**Lazy** · August 4th, 2006, 06:56 AM

"The three explorer droids were sent from a dark future to find environmental solutions, only to be conquered by something called "mud"

I have been away for some while, aswell as taking a little more time on my works so i can buld some kind of portfolio.

**Recursive_End** · August 4th, 2006, 07:04 AM

Hey lazy !
Long time no see! Good work going on. You seem to work more on your colors. Good good good, the overall pic is nice and coherent.
The armor study is looking very good, the highlights are well done.
Keep working on your anatomy though. And i don't really see what's happening in the #140 pic.
Keep it up man !!

**Lazy** · August 13th, 2006, 10:25 AM

"In the latest news!
Two officers seized a trailer and found a young woman balancing her two parents decapitated heads one one arm and holding her baby-sister in the other arm, alive. She was shot two times in her chest due to her hostile stance towards the baby and slowly after she died the baby was brought to safety. The girl had bruises and marks on her body, but never said a single word during the the shooting."

Trying to balance my portfolio out that i am building at the moment, so now its something sicker and darker than "Droids Over Board"

Recursive_End : Thanks as always for your wonderful crits, yeah "Flite" is kinda dark but i think its to dark on some screens and mediocre at some, so thats a lesson i learned, will do anatomy soon, thanks as always.

**Lazy** · August 17th, 2006, 11:59 AM

Here are the sketches for Droid Over Board and Familt Matters if anyone is interested

Working on a new one, will post sketch when its done.

**Moai** · August 18th, 2006, 06:51 PM

Hey, Lazy! The improvement on your anatomy studies earlier on this page just blew me away. Those are some awesome torsos. Keep it up, and use reference!
Other things that impressed me:
The hand studies on the first page were well done, as were your many environments. I like that you did a page of rock studies. Rocks are surprisingly difficult to draw, with all their edges and planes. Your clothes studies are looking good, too. That's something I need to work on as well.
I like the irony in your robots picture, but I think the pencil rendering was more successful than the colored version. Everything is basically the same value, and almost all the colors are warm. My advice would be to cool down and maybe lessen the intensity of the colors of the surroundings while really brightening up the colors of the droids.
Great sketchbook! I hope to see more soon.

**Lazy** · August 24th, 2006, 09:47 AM

Whoa getting really rusty on figure drawing, so this is a quick study with reference, 30-40 minutes.

Moai :Thank you very much! I will keep it in mind with the colors.

**Lazy** · August 25th, 2006, 08:51 AM

Next lifedrawing!

Will try to squeeze out one once a day.

**White Rose** · August 25th, 2006, 09:47 AM

hey lazy, i see your not being lazy at all ^_^
sweet sb thread you have here... i see your working very hard.
my only thing i can say is that the nose is a little misaligned and the ear is too high up..watch those porportions. The ear is on the same line as the eye level and nose level.
I kinda wished you drew out the feet for this post..
other than that..the shading is totally sweet

**Jho** · August 25th, 2006, 09:57 AM

Nice last update, I really liked the jeans and armour pic (in post #138 ) too.
Keep on the good work. Being Lazy is a virtue

**Lazy** · August 26th, 2006, 11:25 AM

New one, still keeping it to once a day, will do a total of seven i think, then i can continuye with an original illustration. Used another pencil on this one.

White Rose : Thank you very much! Thanks i like to hear that i work hard but i dont think i work hard enough. Used photo-ref for the last life sketches so the anatomy cant be too far of, yeah i should have finished the feet.

[B]Jho[B] : Thanks man! Glad you like them, yeah i keep battling my lazyness.