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

[hurricane]

WOW !!!

give me your cover !!

i love it!

[maxetormer]

Lewis: yeah that one was a rendering from my mind that turned out beeing
one fraking disater, I got confused as wich planes to lit and my whole
values when to hell, and well the construccion wasnt very good
to beging with but ya know some times one cant help it

hurricane: DUUDEEEE, to bad we did not got to OC, we ougth to make
it happen he he if I that one would be a skech from the inside
of the book I would mail it to ya thanks for the complement I means
a lot to me!

I wont get as how many errors I made on this one, but hey! gotta
scramble some eggs to make an omelet, once again my pretty ugly face!

[maxetormer]

some more doodles from life except for the tortured christ on the botom
see ya later!!

[Carnifex]

dude! that cover is the shizznit!
acrylics and watercolour?

[dCepT]

Chiming in with everyone else... Love your SBCover!
Good lookin' out on the rest of the sketches as well, but that cover is delish!

d-C

[maxetormer]

Carnifex: thanks well actually its indian inks and acrilics with some
colored pencils, Im glad you liked it man, ill drop by to yer skb in sec
-Daddy Smurf-

dCepT: THANKS cabron!! yep I kinda diged it as well, I mean is far
from looking as good as I want but hey I experimented and had
fun doing it and that freaking count aint? your doing some
asum stuff lately I need to drop some criticing at your skb damet!

Ok this is for a comision me and some other drawer in of my city
(wich I dont know) are gonna compete for; if I get this one ill be
doing a 1 meter by 60 cm drawing with this same compo,
Im not much of a fan of religious stuff but if the guy is willing
to pay Im willing to draw, plus ill be a nice anatomy practice

[maxetormer]

Jens: he he heck yeah, good call man, I completly fcked up my
values relationships and well it was to late to change it, u know
i got to that moment were you just cant figure out what went wrong
so you just keep hammering the page, thanks for the clear
objetive view, I need that!! I hope your ok in Belgium, are you going
to montreal? I wish I was, I would love to hang with ya with a beer
in my hand and a skb on the other, take care and for the love
of mike post more often would ya

Ok some updates Im not in the mood for typing to much
ill see ya guys later!

[monotony]

great work maxetormer.
your pictures are so impressive, good anatomy and everything else.
but to give at least one idea and not go into raptures:
i think the nails through jesus' hands should go into the other directions.
at least thats what i think he was hanging there.
must sound very nitpicky....
keep on posting

[rodrigo!]

GReeaaaattttt update mannnn !!
good stuff glad to see u back! love the life drawings especially that single portrait and your sp! keep up the kickass work!

[maxetormer]

monotony; ju ju ju, rigth you are!
dam I miss placed the dam nails on his hands,
oh well, the client wasnt happy with the skech so
Im not all that worried about it, still thanks for the
heads up, youv got a keen eye man!!

rodrigo!: he he lets hope it stays this way its hardly kick ass
but I fell Im finding my indetinty the more i experiment,
Im glad to see you back posting as well bro!!

Ok going for the dinamics and rendering this time!!

[maxetormer]

Some life doodles not very happy with the old dude or the
nude ones, but whats one gonna do Ill keep trying

[Carnifex]

heh,that last one is cool. typical child behaviour.

what the hell am i doing here at this time? i should be asleep! damn alcohol...

[dCepT]

Awesome pencilpages, man! I think the lifestudy at the bottom there is the best of the batch (even though the one with the tattoo on her back rocks as well...)

The page with the dude with a tattoo of a tree on his chest is awesome as well.. good twisting of the anatomy! Looks really dynamic!

Keep 'em coming!

d-C

[Inkfish]

I'm loving the new stuff. The ink landscape and the croquis(is that spelled right?) are really kickass pieces. The portrait of the old dude has some proportionl issues in the face, like the lenght from his jawline to his nose compared to the lenght from his nose to his brows.

I hope you get that comission you are competing for, the sketches look promising.

[staylor]

The new characters are really cool. And good luck with the commission!

The latest skinny girl is rather creepy. She needs to eat a cake or something.

[maxetormer]

Carnifex: he he yeah I loved this little girl, I drawed her on the bus,
I just was amazed by the expresion on her face Im glad
you diged her man!!

dCepT: Yo hombre chingaos!! good to see ya around!! Ill keep the
stuff coming, yeah that model had one asum tatoo I hope
she returns to the life drawing seccion the next time cause
I had a blast drawing her, thanks props man I need it that

Inkfish: Well actually the guy kinda disliked all my proposal
from a style and composicion poit of view, and when he started
to tell me that he wanted to pay me 100 bucks for a 120 meter
by 1 meter oil painting, in wich I was not gonna have not even
the sligthes artistic freedom I decided that this was a client
I could live with out at least I learend a few tid bits
about what to expect form some ppl, thanks for the props
man Im glad you liked some of the stuff Im pulling lately,

staylor: he he yeah I agree ill feed my wimen better for the next time
thanks for the props and for the good wishes (even if this comision
was not meant to be i apreciate the support a lot!!)

Ok this one is the lastest charcoal SP I made I learned quite a few
things on this one and fell I succed on most of the goals
I seted up for this drawing, and some life inks, still a long
way of doing life studies before I comprehend volumen properly

See ya in the next update!!

[dCepT]

Sweet Sp, bro! You got the values much better down in this one than the last one!

Cool idea with the thick black line running down the page on the quick sketches! Even though some of the lines in the sketches could've been a bit more defined... Might be me, but the line is a bit distracting seeing as how it's so hard compared to the rest there.

peace

d-C

[Carnifex]

hmm not sure if your face as a whole isn't abit more "pouty" than you portray yourself. atleast from what i remember from prague,you seemed to be "fleshier" in the face.
hmm...but generally very good setup of volume and lightning.

[maxetormer]

dCepT: yeah Im still figureing out how to handle the line weights and compos
for my pages, ill consider your critic for the next ink experiment for sure!!
thanks for droping by

Carnifex: thanks, well some times my beard make me look more fleshy and
some time is makes me look more lean, perhaps it due that, I cheked
on my mirror several times and i think that proporcion wise this one
is very close as how I look this days, thank for the critics keep those coming!!

Ok so some graphite practice, dam I still puzzled as how to shade
with the dam mechanical pencils!! no ref except for the girl on
the upper left and my face

---Daddy Smurf---

[AndreasM]

hey man, I'm just going to write a messy suggestion before I head off to bed.
You need to work on your edges. When you render, you still seem to have this "over defined" plane thing going on, with those sharp, abrupt light\dark transitions. Take a look at Llevellyns/Puddnheads' drawings. The one thing that makes his drawings pop out, is his constant commitment to the shapes. For instance, if he wants to draw a rounded shape, his pencil strokes will follow the surface, in order to sucsessfully describe it. I think your drawings are suffering some slight stagnation; you constantly want to create blocks out of everything, each with their core shadows and what not. The result is, i think, stiff figures and wonky faces. While blocking things in is a great way to gain insight to the substance and volume of your subjects, it can also turn into bad habits if you completely incooperates it as your style.

So, in short, what I'm trying to say is:
Commit to the shape, not the representation of the shape.

Hope that helps

[maxetormer]

Yo dude after reading your critic I decided to this drawing,
I must have stared at Llevellyns pics for nearly a decade, then
I felt the urge to make something, this was the result, thanks
for the kick in the nuts, I need that, no refs this time

[Inkfish]

Dude! that's such an improvement! i really like how the face turned out. That said i think you still have some "blockishness" going on in the torso area, if you'd work that out this would be a real killer piece. Like the other updates too.

Sorry about that comission, but i think 100$ for that type of comission is way underpaid.

Keep on rocking

[hurricane]

awesome updates!
i love em all!!

cheers mi amigo!

[kingcoyote]

Wow! That is a really solid piece! It's great what a kick in the nuts can do for our outlook on things sometimes, innit?

You do fantastic work M, I always enjoy looking at your book! Keep it up!

Later.
KC

[maxetormer]

Inkfish: yeah I kinda liked this one too, I learned a few really
usefull stuff this time around, I dont know if ill work more on her
but I defenitly see the torso thing and ill keep in this in mind
for the next ones, thanks for the ecouragment man!! you too
keep the experimenting UP!

hurricane: amigo! bro I hope your felling better!! thanks for droping
around and for the ecouragment, ill drop by yer thread later!!

kingcoyote: he he yeah I hear ya on that one thanks for the support man!

Ok I decided I need more practice on my coloring, specialy when it comes
to makeing armonious color combos so ill be doing speed paints to
find out my pallete a futuristic castle-compound

[maxetormer]

meh some ugly experiment with alcohol inks... man I wish my intution was better

[maxetormer]

e zombie!!!! among other things...

[Recursive_End]

Beautiful pages man!
The life drawings look more than good, and your shading pushes me to go draw :o . Though it be cool to see some more enviros.
Keep posting anyway, your doing some very good work D.

[Carnifex]

alcohol inks? that explains the subject choices.

[mentler]

Always a pleasure!