That fat kid's a lonely, old man on these boards.....

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Recent images on last pages.

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I'm a little anxious to see how you guys respond to these, C&C would be more that appreciated, it'd be revered....


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(God damned Photobucket)
I hope these aren't too big or anything....have a good one all you inspiring artists.

[Nutter]

This is a good example of something I need to do more of, and that's anatomy studies. I just don't have the patience for this kind of drawing. You are definetley going down the right path with these drawings, it will be great to see how you progress through the months.

cheers.

[Badger]

Nice stuff, i like you work on anatomy.
I would say build up more line confidence, a lot of these are quite fluffy. Try working with a pen to build up confidence.
Some longer studies would also be good for getting a better grasp of form.
Keep going, you are completely on the right track, much more than me.
-B-

[Tigermilk]

Hey man!
Great start on your sketchbook. Especially liked the eyes in the centrum of the last pic.
Keep on studying, it will pay off greatly later on.
Tiger

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My foot

Pepper and potato chip

Conte on black paper from life

these were from class today



I'll post til my scanner melts.....

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[That fat kid]

some recent scribbles...

[staylor]

Neat stuff you've got here. I'm particularily fond of the inked hand in the above picture. You're headed in the right direction, so I can't really offer any advice other than to keep at it.

[hurricane]

very interesting view, cool sketches, nice variety!

got more?

cheers

[Pixeldragoon]

Great stuff man- Nice start!

[MikeDunbarr]

Thanks for the boost of confidence.... I'm going to go out now and sketch some people right now! ... Well, maybe not right now, but soon! Thanks!

[armando]

The lightsource is wrong on the guy holding the pole with the big stomach, the shadow's on his shoulder somehow but the light's coming from above right. On 11:05 today this occurs again on the picture of the hand holding a book(?), the light's coming from above right but then the index finger is lighted differently than the others. Your also making the reflected light too bright which is seen on the pepper from Today 2:03. To give your lines more purpose they've got to have specific meaning: Depends on the person, but to me the first thing line represents is contour. I mean 3 dimensional contour, all those lines are moving in 3D within the picture plane imaginarily touching specific points on the form of the object. Having said that there's tons of stuff I dig in here: The charcoal and chalk on colored paper, conte on black paper from life, mass drawings, you don't repeat or reuse poses(which is rare as hell). Your going in the right direction with this here, I can't wait to see where this goes in a few months.

[That fat kid]

hey armando, I really appreciate the critique, this is the nectar of the artist, the life blood of our breed. I'd like to clarify that I didn't render the rope, so the shadow is going to be all screwy without that visual reference. That fat guy drawing is all screwy anway, the head is too big and so are the hands. I agree with you about the reflected light, it should be duller, but, if i remember correctly, i had the light source about 1 foot away from the damn thing. You're right about the pointless construction lines, I oughta make sure my lines have delibrate intent. Once again, thanks man, hope to see you back in here.

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Thought I'd try my hand at some sort of character...

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All from life, but i dunno why the last one decided to scan all gay...

[Steve-I]

Now THESE are sketches.
Great gesture works, keep up with figure drawing.

-Steve-

[Teigrob]

Great stuff going on here! I particularily like the one of the 'old stuff' with the large study of fingers - very well done. Keep up the mad pace, and you'll be rivaling Fellah in no time!

[armando]

Ha ha. I thought you spelled advice wrong on purpose. Who is that fat guy? I've never rated anyones sketchbook, it seems weird. As long as the sketchbooker is practicing and learning then it's good. For practice with light sources get a box, block or whatever, light it from different angles then draw it.

[That fat kid]

Steve-I: hey thanks man, I will.
Teigrob:Thanks, and I'll keep the pace up and hopefully get faster.
Armando:Hey thanks for stopping by, I think I will do that box thing, except with crumpled up brown paper bags.

Here's another dump of some of last week's stuff, I'd post more, but the d/l...

[TGping]

WOW, I'm really diggin those color pieces! seriously very good stuff.

Critique time-
although, your pencil studies of people could be better. the figures seem a little short, maybe the legs aren't long enough... take all this with a grain of salt

I'm not big on those life drawings, but I will be

btw, thanks for checkin out my sketchbook...

[That fat kid]

TGping: thanks man. are you talking about that guy with his hands in the air or all of them? I was trying to do a weird perspective, but it turned out all wonky...I'll be dropping in on your thread, so keep it updated.

Here's some more, keep checking me out, I need advice....

[TGping]

about legs I was talking about them in general, but in the last update it seems everbody is at a better proportion.

and I really like page 12 of your last post. it seems more refined... that's what I like.

just keep it up!

and I updated!

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Another new post, because that's what I do...

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All right, yet another update

[Zachx]

nice stuff ~

Do you study from any of Lee Hammonds books? I can tell the pepper you have looks alot like one of the tutorials she has in a book of hers.

[Teigrob]

That last one, with the bare-chested dude writing something is very nice! I like the face, and the over all rendering.

[Undefeated]

Yeah, that writing guy from the most recent update is sweet as hell. For some reason, I'm really drawn to the composition in that sketch of the pepper. Whats that thing beside it?

Also love the gesture sketches, hope to be seeing more of those!

You're off to a great start, keep it up.