Shyam's Sketchbook (04-11-2012)

[Gloominati]

whow, really cool stuff!! I am loving this portraits and the hands, simply awesome! Thanks for sharing this cool shit with us,man!

[sve]

Hello, Shyam! Thank you so much for the link to your sketches on CGTALK Sketchathon. I looked and looked and your and other people wonderful motion studies and got so excited. I want to do this too. That's my most admirable stuff, figure in motion. and I just was so amazed to see those caught on paper running, flying, falling from above, dancing, catching a ball, hoping, bending. And for such a short time. I felt so great being there. Sometimes I felt a pleasantly shocked how real and expressive it looked, and felt all the emotions I would've felt if it was me falling from the sky or bending in circle in gymnastics. Great assignment and and great artwork there. Thank you so much, yours are ones of the best there.
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Thank you for posting your photos, I would like to try to draw you. Very good similarity with your own SP.

And in the last portrait the expression of the woman face is wonderful, so fine, so rare. Those squinted eyes grab my attention right away.
If you want to hear some crits I cant add, that depicting some human imperfections, defects, irregularities make a portrait more interesting, breathing, shows a soul of depicted.
That's not my words, van (an artist from this forum said this, I totally agree). And as I often repeat, in my opinion, broken lines, dots, noise, textures add a huge emotion to the image. The portrait of that fat kid was wonderful because of these little details, above all other things. And I agree with SirGreenSock comment, that sometimes your figures don't look dynamic because your lines are slow and calculated. But in links from the above I chose the ones that are great in a catching motion and very smooth. I saved them, thank you very much,
Sveta

[vigostar]

fantastic stuff in here.. love the portrait...

[SirGreenSock]

Nice portrait, it was good to see how you construct the face.
Only thing that stands out to me is her left shoulder seems wider than the right and seems to droop down pretty low. Havent seen the reference, but this area seems out of place to me.

[incolorinred]

that portrait is really good from what I can see. On my place on the learning curve, I still find it really hard to draw very well from picture reference. The drawing always come out flat looking. Yours has got some volume. It could pass as from being from life. Good going!!!

Nick

[chr!z]

Thats clearly 5-Starkwork doode! Just lovin' it

[gmags]

Shyam those are awesome hand sketches. That last portrait rocks. It's been a pleasure to browse your SB. I will be following your progress.

[shyamshriram]

THANX A TONNE for the feedback EVERYONE will reply soon...

UPDATE..

[nickzucc]

Very niiiice!

[neoknocker]

Cool update. Real nice work

[vigostar]

damb thats dope!

[Matt Smith]

you really have an enxcellent sketchbook and I am diggin your newest piece of the girl alot, keep up the good work.

[Hiipi]

G´day!

You have a really good sketchbook here. I am enjoying the hand studies tremendeously! You have a good touch to your linework and all your sketches look really fluent. Natural I would say. They are pleasing to look at.

On the other hand, your vectors always seem to lack that looseness. They are not half as good as your more traditional looking pieces, in my opinion. If I am allowed to suggest something I think you should do your illustration jobs traditionally from now on!!! For example the calendar things (with the girl and flying pages etc) are really heartwarming and beautiful. And the woman on the last one also (she looks hot otherwise too ).

I will sit here and wait for more updates. Cheers!!!

[darkgenius]

Hey man, I love that girl you posted yesterday. Just looks so awesome. BTW thanks for stopping by my sb. I've updated a lot since you've been there.

-darkgenius

[codakromek]

Hi shy,,,,,

That lil' portrait just ate out my soul,,,,, devastatingly nicely done,,,wowo!!!! You are so fluid and loosy goosy,,,,, I am so jealous of the ease of you drawings..... Anyway, just wanted to tell you how much it scares when you do things like that.....haha,, keep it up, you are awesome, man....

ps,,, did you paint it from a BW pic or was it a color one???? if it was color, are you gonna do a color version??? hmmmmm,,,

[WARHEAD]

Hey Shyam !

Saw your stuff ages ago on gfxartist.com and been watchin your thread here as well - nice to see you here as well. As always great stuff, thanks for your comments in my sketchbook by the way.

[powerman_x]

You're officially one of my fav. Conceptart.org artists. Your work is truly very admirable. Theres nothing I can criticize or anything I think needs more effort.

Keep it up.
Orion

[OBX]

i liked being able to see the construction lines that u used in the initail stages of that painting. seeing stages in the process makes me enjoy the picture even more. Thnx for sharing it.

[shyamshriram]

I really hate to post replies without artworks.. but when i had work to post i dont had time..and now i have time but no artworks..sorry about that

Diego :: Thanx buddy
those sport ref. is posted on CGTALK (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=298699) and that portrait pic. is from Google..shes Izabella, an actress from "Golden Eye"..right now shes not looking like her but i m trying for that

Rebeccak :: Oustanding ? thanx for the encourgement Rebecca

maxetormer :: Thanx for the link but..ive seen that but its sad..no image is there anyways...thanx

Fellah. :: Thanx ..if u r saying KICKASS then its something good stuff is there i guess

Gloominati :: You r welcome buddy.. glad u like it.

sve :: Awww thank you so much sve i really appriciate ur feedback..always. i know what u mean about the imperfection..thats right...its very rare to find a symmetry in human face..someone pls correct me if im wrong. looking forward to see ur sketches too keep working !

vigostar :: Thanx

SirGreenSock :: yea im still working on the portait..will post the ref. soon,
thanx for the crit. buddy !

incolorinred :: thanx for the kind words mate..i also love to draw from life..but i dont know any pretty girl like this but i can understand what u mean..volume should be there..i m trying my best.

chr!z :: thanx buddy

gmags :: Thanx

nickzucc :: Thanx

neoknocker :: Cheers dude!

Matt Smith :: thanx buddy

Hiipi :: Thanx a lot for the feedback mate..i agree with ur point. yea im not that good with vectors..but i must tell u..i tried to make some loose stuff with vectors too..pls have a look at my self portait..i know its not THAT good..but still i tried something diff. with vectors. and that Calender thing is made in Painter 9 and i really love Painter and Photoshop. Painter 9 ROCKS Thanx to those ppl who made PAINTER AND PHOTOSHOP and all other GREAT GRAPHIC SOFTWARES...HATS OFF TO THEM !
anyways..thanx for the feeback dude..will try to post some traditional works too..thanx for the reminder

darkgenius :: Hey thanx buddy..will see ur SB soon.

codakromek :: Thanx a tonne buddy hehe u r jealous of me? LOL i saw ur works..and i had to try hard to grab my jaw from the ground..im not joking my friend..you r one of my fav. artist here.
about that portait..i m doing this from colour pic. but i wanted to study the values..thats y doing this in monochromatic (?) scheme. in the next one will do in colours

WARHEAD :: Hey thanx i didnt knew u r from Gfxartist..u've great skills dude Cheers !

powerman_X :: hehe thanx...yea more effort is needed Thanx mate!

OBX :: thanx buddy...will post more updates soon.

[Magic Man]

Shyam...you fucking rock bro. FUCKING ROCK! Amazing work again - who is that indian actress? she looks familiar.

[Icey]

Magic Man is right man!

[SprayNation]

Hahaha, nice painting of Natalya from Goldeneye! She's a babe. You gotta' paint Xenia now. Anyway, great updates. Truly talented you are. Will be back for updates. SprayNation

[Bojee]

That Portrait is smoking Shyam, great job.

[guggemmaneuver]

i'm amazed and humbled by the way you develop hands... so deft and masterfully. the rendering on her hands in the last portrait is so amazing! thanks. only ASS PATS and AMENS for NOW. maybe a crit later.

i downloaded your picture for a ref'd study... you can grab mine from my sb below! keep up the great work!

joel

[shyamshriram]

That fat kid :: Thanx buddy
btw where is my portait ?

Magic Man :: Hehe Thanx bro, i'd like to say same to u

Icey :: Hehe Cheers buddy

SprayNation :: Thanx mate...btw whos Xenia?

Bojee :: Yo ! Glad to see u bro..long time no see? how r u

guggenmaneuver :: Thanx for saving my pic. i saved urs too


Updates...Finshed(?)

[Diego]

hey man, thanks for the links.
that portrait is looking sweet, i think you did an excelent job, there's a nice play of contrast.
Anyways, thanks for sharing the process

[incolorinred]

the finished product looks great!! I like the color choice or lack there of. Is it in grey scale or is there a component of brown to it??

[Rebeccak]

Haha, shyam, one of our best Sketchathon artists ~ you do definitely rock!

I still think the body on this latest figure looks a bit rough ~ but the face is really great ~ always nice to see your work.

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

[mentler]

Last update is a beauty <> I would soften here Sterno Mastoid some I think you have it a little to prominent

[seth1]

Some really nice studys in herer! I love the way you draw hands! I have to agree with michael about the sterno mastoid it is very prominent! You could probably remove it completly. Cant wait for next update... here is an over paint to show you what i am talking about! http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/9088/dalala24jc.jpg