Maxetormer 2.-D-Sk-T, CLOSED THREAD (--Time to shed the skin-NEW SKETCHBOOK THREAD--)

**Groover McNab** · May 4th, 2006, 03:00 AM

Nice man! The ink studies, especially the ones of your family, are looking really good. I like the energy of the last one too. It looks like maybe too much of the far side of your nose is showing though.

**lloorrdd** · May 4th, 2006, 12:37 PM

Nice!

**Inkfish** · May 4th, 2006, 04:01 PM

The graphite and water experiments look promising, i really like the last sp you posted.

**dCepT** · May 4th, 2006, 05:23 PM

That last SP is killer! That and the one called "furia"! Seems to suit you to work with those mediums.. love to see more of that stuff!

d-C

**young paddy1** · May 4th, 2006, 05:39 PM

You've got a great sense of movement with an island of stillness at its core in the last SP, it looks fantastic.
I really love lookiing at other peoples' anatomy studies and your's are no exception the linework is great, nice and fluid with the odd bit of scritchiness for interest.

p.s. Groover is right about the nose though it is definitely twisted toward the viewer

cheerio

**liam.c** · May 4th, 2006, 05:50 PM

wooooooooooooooooohohhhh fukin sweeeeeeeet! awsum maxe i want a poster of it )!

**MattGamer** · May 4th, 2006, 06:05 PM

sweet stuff bud! the stuff with the graphite are way nice and make me want to do some stuff like that.

those anatomy sketches are sweet too - keep it up man! i think i'm in the same boat as you with finding the path of art that suits me.

**staylor** · May 7th, 2006, 12:12 AM

Awesome! I'm really liking some of the recent concepts, lots of cool ideas!

**maxetormer** · May 7th, 2006, 01:49 AM

Groover McNab: Yeah I complety agree I fkced the nose,
one more thihng to keep in mind for the next time I do that
angle of my face, thanks for the props on the inks man, Im
really happy wit that one bw

lloorrdd: sweeettt, I love your thread thanks for stoping by man!

Inkfish: hey ill surely will keep those up, no doubt!! thanks for
droping around its time to make my criticing rounds!

dCepT: hey ill give it a try I had fun wit that one it was very
relaxing Ill do more for sure mate, thanks droping around
those last eviros of yours are looking sharp man!!
keep those up!

young paddy1: hey!!! thanks for the analizis Im really happy to
read you some satisfaction form my doodling

and yeah
I agree the nose is croked gotta wach that stuff closer

liam.c: he he if I eve get the money ill mail ya a prind

thanks so much for the support man, YOU are da MAN!!!

MattGamer: Im glad Im not alone on this dam existencial troubles,
Iv been waching your thread man, and dam your doing some
amazing progress, KEEP AT IT!!!

staylor: DUUDDEE thanks a lot for the props,
I hopefully things will get even better

Ok SP, some monsters, and inks done on the street,
ill cach you up later fellas!

**kingcoyote** · May 7th, 2006, 07:56 AM

Holy Shit! You found a working stargate to draw yourself walking through?!! Looks like you broke your nose between dimensions! Ha-ha!

That's great man! I've got no crits that haven't been said before... Lots of energy there, and a great technical, media experiment. I've been really enjoying seeing your SPs progress... Have you considered adding more of a narritive to them? That would allow you to practice your technical/observational skills and conceptual/illustrative skills at the same time...

Great works man... Keep 'em comin'!

Your friend
KC

**maxetormer** · May 7th, 2006, 11:39 AM

kingcoyote: ha ha yeeah gotto work more on on my noses

illl add more narrative stuff for sure,

count on it!!

Ok now Im gonna be doing more ungly imagination experiments,
its not gonna be all merry, but ist gonna be fun!!!

**AndreasM** · May 7th, 2006, 12:24 PM

Sup! I like that last drawing of yours, allthough his head is too small. How far did you go with the prelim before detailing?

Also, i agree that you need to work on your faces. You don't have to go all over analytical, some skull, muscle and construction studies will beef up your knowledge base.

...I discovered that beeing to anal on that area can lead to
an incredible amount of stiffness, (at least that was my reaction to
makeing to much analizis, but I do agree that I need far FAR more work
to make my faces sing, (and well all of my anatomy for that matter)...

I think your problem was relying too much on the 'skeleton' without fleshing out the rest on your own. (Did that make sense?) I still think your drawings suffer from the abrupt white-to-black transitions. Try using more subtle grays and then fill in the contrast in the places you want the eyes to go.

Geez, I don't make much sense theese days..

**Andy P** · May 7th, 2006, 10:33 PM

Damn dude, I'm super jealous of your inks, so much energy! I love that you can reign it in where you need to, like with the pencil stuff. Do you enjoy the ink or the pencil more?
This is all damn cool, I'll be sniffing around here plenty I'm sure.

**maxetormer** · May 8th, 2006, 12:03 AM

n0fish: hey man thanks for the critics, I agree on mot of your points
and yeah I need to study more heads, and welll I need to draw MORE
above all things, getting there, Im swiching gears as fast I can

thanks for the props as well, you to keep that studing and having fun!

Andy P: DUUUDEEEE Im jealous of your crazy incredible inks!!! you
really know how to compose you pages, thanks for the props,
and well I like both tecniques equally I fell that one supports the
other you know shade is nothing with out a good linework, and a
line work without a sence of light and weigth is nothing, so
they are both complementary and one of hell of fun to do

Ok charcoal nude from ref
Ok, back to the drawing table!

**maxetormer** · May 8th, 2006, 04:25 AM

Ok working on the inkies design excersisces,
me finding out my aesthetics mostly
the skulls and hands are based upon refs

**AndreasM** · May 8th, 2006, 06:14 AM

Haha, dude this is awesome! Your recent pages look joyful and you seem to have more fun trying out different things. Keep your pace up, and you'll pwn in no time.

**rodrigo!** · May 8th, 2006, 09:46 AM

great work man, really well done with the self portrait pencil one, i think youre doing well so far plenty of hard work here

**loomer** · May 8th, 2006, 09:57 AM

Looking good, and I agree with rodrigo! - one of your best self-portraits. All this hard work is paying off..you are improving man!
keep it up!
cheers

**hito** · May 8th, 2006, 11:00 AM

really dig ink pages and studies max!

**hurricane** · May 8th, 2006, 02:50 PM

B E A U T I FU L L !!!

man, i love it that you just "fuck it all" and kill the paper!!

i love it, just keep a leveld head and see the light of the tunnel hehe
thanks for being a source of inspiration my friend !

salute!

**Kian** · May 8th, 2006, 03:25 PM

i LOVE the updates bro. It's weird, but the text gives it such a depth which really works!

**maxetormer** · May 8th, 2006, 09:08 PM

n0fish: yes sir fun is the key, That and loads of anatomy and
piles of crappy drawings he he, thanks for droping by it was loads
of fun to chat with ya!!

rodrigo!: Hey mate thanks for the props on the SP I liked it as well

loomer: Thanks man!!! really I apreciate the vote of confidence a LOT
lets hope I keep improving, the faster the better!!

hito: hey thanks mate,

inks are my most newly discoverd pleasure and
Iv havent even begun to understand em, gotta keep experimenting!

hurricane: Hey so glad that you get some inspiration bro, you know
I get loads from you! and YEAH!!! kill the paper!!! trash it, rip it, bash IT!!
hell that was a lot of fun, and for today I made one more charcoal
frustration NUDE! ill keep my head hight, thanks for the ecouragment my
friend, I wish I could be drawing with you right now!

kian3001: I agree, Im gonna try to pushy my typo and desing skill more
Iv need a lot of pracitce not just on my anatomy and dinamics but
in my desing sence and aesthetics, Im real happy to hear you dig my
experiments!!

Nude on charcoal over gessoed recicled gray paper,
I still need a lot of more drawings on my SKB for
todays cuota so back to drawing table!
see ya later!!

Crappy photo, ill try to take a better one later

**cotron** · May 8th, 2006, 11:16 PM

the ink pages are really nice, I'm a sucker for that stuff... and the last figure's nice as well, good mood to it. cool!

**maxetormer** · May 8th, 2006, 11:59 PM

cotron: hey thanks man, just for you some more dodgy inkies

Im really dig you inks bw, HUGE inspiration you are!

**Carnifex** · May 9th, 2006, 06:40 AM

damn,that title made me click instantly.
gotta draw more girls myself again.

**Summer Pudding** · May 9th, 2006, 12:12 PM

Some really sweet work here man, and your colour theory is shaping up nicely.

Puddles

**hurricane** · May 9th, 2006, 05:33 PM

wonderfull updates!

**maxetormer** · May 9th, 2006, 10:50 PM

Jens: No, YOU kick ass my friend!

Carnifex: Yep girls are the shizzle he he 8)

Summer Pudding: hey thanks for droping around, Im always waching your
thread, your eviros are top stuff, I hope I can do mine half as
good some day

hurricane: thanks bro!!

I got into a rather glommy mood today
non reference doodles except for the cat
he modeled for me for a few minutes

still lots to do, and little time to do it!

**kingcoyote** · May 10th, 2006, 02:51 AM

I'm sorry 'bout your gloomy mood man... I hope things brighten up soon.

Love the updates man! I was at the art store today picking up mat-board, and bought some brush pens... Was thinking of you... And Zebs...

You're killin' the inks lately man!

Nice cat... I usually don't say that unless I'm looking at porn, so... Ha-ha! I don't know, that joke probably fell flat. Sorry, I'm really tired.

Dead eating dinner? That's great! Real Frank Miller feel to it... I really like the dimly lit alcove in the background. That was a nice touch.

Sorry I didn't have anything more constructive to say today... You're doing great man. I can tell you're still struggling with the same ole stuff (mainly stiffness of pose), but you're working through it hard-core, and I gotta' give you major props for that. I love seeing your work, and really admire what you've done so far, and look forward to seeing what's to come!

Take care and be good... And cheer up to!
Your friend
KC

**maxetormer** · May 10th, 2006, 03:41 AM

kingcoyote: thanks for the analizis, Im really happy to read your comments
yeah, possing models from my head is still hard, but the more I do the better
they look (I hope he he) at the very least Im having more fun with my
drawings and that can only be good, funy you mencioned you were thinking
of me as I thought fo you guys a lot, beeing this forums probalby my
main influence, that and life ofcourse he he, I would love to be on te same
school as you guys, as It would be asum to be near my peers in real life,
but I guess that the forums is as good as it gets, thanks for the cheering
up man, I can always use some of that.
One final thought, Frank miller is the shizzle,
I hope I get to be as good as him some day!!

In the middle time, heres me in inks chillin in my flying bed

Ah!! I almost forgot, i will start doing criticing again tomorrow, time to reply to the SSG!