Sketches & Stuff! Updates daily for a while! :)

[Diphallia]

Oh! Oh! I found your thread! I'm the best, (been figuring to start an own thread) and you're still better. You've become Soooo much better since you started! .

Dennis, fan att du är grymm va! Vi får starta en liten sketchbook-group, du, jag och karl. Vare sig du vill eller inte!

Tycker bättre om dina pappermålningar än dom digitala, dunno why.
Men i vilket fall så skall jag fan tvinga mig att måla nu, och ha en egen sånhär lustig bok () Så att folk kan störa sig på mig och be mig dra åt helvete .

Du har gjort en hel del snygga saker faktiskt! Fast jag kan inte se något särskilt bra, sitter i skolan nu och skärmarna är helt värdelösa så allt blir typ svart och jobbigt .
(har börjat måla med mus i Gimp och Paint nu som desperata akter på rasterna ) (Och jag blir galen på mössen! Inga musmattor!!! Och det är lasermöss eller kulmöss, kulmössen är typ söndersmusade, och lasermössen ligger på en vit och typ gråfläckig uta, vilket är värdelöst för röd laser >:C)

Sorry for the swedish, but it was just gibberish, nothing you others would like to read. (hope that dennis will)

[yungks.ae]

you know Dile, I've seen you progress over such a short period of time, and I really need to congratulate you on all the hard work and effort you've put in to get to the level you are at now. I feel really honored to have you as a sort of forum-friend, in a sense that you challenge me to progress in my ability to paint.

[.max]

Hah! Another 15 year old posting after a 15 year old in a 15 year olds sketchbook . Or did you turn 16 already?
I really have to say, Dile_, you're a monster. Your progress is fucking awesome. Keep it up and you're going to be the next Craig Mullins . No, really, I'm serious.

[ATAnderson]

The metal texture one is really nice, I will try to learn something from it. One thing I miss in this book is any big WIP's or personal projects, you must have thousands of ideas for big images and finished pieces?

Anyways, you know what to do, and how frequently to do it. Keep up the good work man.

ATA

[jedininjaman]

yo dile looking good mate! I look the texturing on the soldier's helmet man, nice new brushes too
hey man well I did what you said in my Sketchbook so check it out mate... I think you will like
but anyways keep posting man, you have lots of support

[Creatinity]

Hi there i've been passing from the first pages of your sketchbook to the lastone and obviously there is improvement...you are not wasting your time...
i feel awkard commenting on other since i'm not pro or anything but i would say your human drawings still retain some stiffness and misproportions...obviously it's far less marked in your last pages...

i have the feelling you should include more curvy lines in your first approach of the drawing...you know, defining the differents masses of the human body with loose oblong shapes...stuff like that...i hope i'm clear...it would be easier to say in french

anyway keep up the good work you're getting somewhere

[Darktwin]

Hey Dile, good to see you working hard to improve, your sb is looking good man, keep the pencil alive also, I would like to see you draw more faces from different angles, also ,keep drawing your cyborg/robots, put more detail in the masks, but then again, I like the simple design of the flat blank face. I would like to see some more variety though. I know your busy now working on the project, keep up the hard work Dile, I'll always be here to step in here and make suggestions. Cheers mate,
oh yeah I've also noticed your combined all your books together, nice. now keep this one alive!!

[Ashrumm]

Hey Dile whats going on man I really have to say
that this piece really speaks to me I love the texture the
austerity the everything about this piece very cool man!!
You are really coming around!! keep up the good work bro.

[SirGreenSock]

Heluva improvement Dile, the digitals are amazing!
Thanks for the inspiration and a kick in the butt!

[timpaatkins]

Hey there Dennis, you got some real good stuff in here. I see you have a nice feeling for dramatic lighting, and thats coming through in you digital sketches. Goblinshark gave you some good advice a few pages ago, never apologize of put your work down! You should come in here with your head held high, after all, you work like hell at it! And you can only go one way but up! Every single line you put down is a step in that direction.

Now don't let those tubes of gouache go to waste! Give us some more traditional stuff, fill your Moleskin with it, (well maybe not FILL, but a dab here and there...)

Using traditional color will only help you in the long run with digital.

Now keep it up, and lets never fight again!

Kram Tim

This last one, the robot head, now there is something going on there. Very mysterious. Put that sucker in an environment, let us know what hes up to!

Do you take any lifedrawing? If not, see if there is any way you can. you'll love it, and you get to be in a creative environment. Same with any classes actually. I used to go to a few classes at Folk universitetet, they are in the evening. may be you have a local one you can check out. I don't know where you live.


Now don't let those tubes of gouache go to waste! Smother your SB with them, well maybe a dab here ant there...


Keep it up and lets never fight again!

Kram Tim

[Dile_]

Wooow ! Seriously, thanks sooo much everyone! I love you all for your time and effort you've put into your thoughts!!!

Thanks! I'm sorry for not having the time atm to reply to everyone.. I might have something to show next week, and i promise to get back at everyone til' then , either via PM , or here

I just wanted to share a speed paint that I saved as an AVI file.. Its nothing
great , but still, one of the few things i've done that i can show !

[Diphallia]

Godis!! That's great Dile!!
AhhH!!!

Vad är det för musik egentligen? Och är det bara jag som jobbar med solida färger till en början?
Aja, whatever floats your boat som man brukar säga.

Kommenterade innan jag riktigt hade kollat, men jag visste att det var till NG!!
Nu har jag ingen chans, så jag låter bli att måla en sån gubbe!!!

Nice, you rule.

[Hive_minD]

my goodness...that was so much fun to watch...!
wouldn't mind seeing the image a little larger though!
I'll back! -with critique next time... gotta go!

Chris

[atmos]

Nice SB, i had a good time browsing it

[m0uS3r]

nice work dile.... you are emproving fast ... keep on working

cheers

[Rist]

I really love the shding one this:

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...eedpaint_3.jpg


The clip was awesome! Any chance to see it at 2x the rate? nah? ah well, fun all the same

[Rolo]

Dile, haha!! Dude have you gotten far! 71 pages! Wow I don't remember so many! 6 years from now you better come by my house for some coffee or something cause you are gonna be a hell of conceptartist!

edit Dile you never get on msn anymore?!

[Miles_]

Nice speedpaint vid, that one really helped me thanks man.

Oh and rolo, he's always on msn.

[undergroundsean]

lot of amazing stuffs !! nice brush ~ and texture ..

[Lake]

omg how u draw so fast?!?!?111?

any chance you could put up that avi. for dl?

[frostsnake]

nice video dude. looking forward to see ur next piece

[Beelow]

What I think...

Improve the knowledge, anatomy,color thoery, perspective, the works. Then apply it. I think you should consider drawing straight from life and from ref and make it stick. record what you see. draw things over if it is not right. Get crits keep drawing. You're pretty much going about things the right way, just gotta keep doing it until it clicks. Color needs some work, you're playing it safe by staying with neutrals and muted colors. Try to get some more saturated colors into your palette. Get a color wheel if you have to. Axe your barriers dude, fight fight fight your paint and get control of it. Its gonna be a struggle dude, get control of what your trying to do and start doing more narrative oriented stuff. I want to floored. Give me something that will blow my socks off. You're good enough to do it, technique is already there, its just doing that something with a good sense to not only design, composition, color, etc. but also making me laugh, creeping me the fuck out, or seeing something beautiful, anything that evokes emotion. Digital tool is very flexable and I am pretty certain you understand that dile. Show me something, step it up, I am calling you out. I dare you to make better art, how about that.

[Rolo]

Aperantly he got a new msn and did not tell me. I have it now though.

[~Faust~]

oiiiiiiiiii prettay, you reallt have talent as they say Damnit, seeing putting all this effort in your craft is truely inspiring. I should reurn more often to this place!

[Dreamworker]

Very nice updates! I found very interesting your speedy paint video, good work.
Cheers

[kischi]

Great vid!!! Whant to see the picture of it
Keep up the good work.

[Dile_]

wow shit.. I didn't expected so much feedback on this little video! hehe. Thanks everyone!

Uhm.. Some people here, and on another site requested the fulltime / fullsize video..

And as lazy and broke I am ( at least on Internet credits ) I choosed to "host" it via torrent..

So if anyones interested here is the torrent file!!

( just unzip with WinRar or WinZip or any other unzipping software , and open the torrent with your Torrent Software! How logic lol. )

its 1 hour, 4 minutes and 18 seconds long.. so theres a -tend - to - be -boring - warning out to you if you download this



Dennis

[Dile_]

Uhm.. Thanks to a great guy.. Texahol.. Who doesn't give a crap about asspats and shit.. and goes straight a head on the critique.. And gives VALID critique.. I think i changed my mindset somehow.. lol. Yeah its lame, but something clicked when i was painting on this "doodle".. And I think it was because of what he said to me on IRC. about my progress !

Thanks a lot dude.. Even if this painting isn't so progressed, i think that the changed progress and the way i've built it up is better then what i've tried before. Thank you! if you read this hehe.

Also thanks to all people who have (began) to download my video.. Over 20 people!! I'm so honored that you are even interested!

Anyways.. heres the piece.

[Kresh]

The legs are off here i think. The leg on the right should be more straight on , probably see more front of the knee cap(forshorteing?maybe). Right now it looks like the leg that is kneeling is more closer than the other leg . Just my 14 cents here.

BTW man AWESOME SKETCHBOOK 10 stars ftw!!!

[AlexC]

Last one is definately progression, the lighting gives the impression of form and musculature.
The arms look stiff, I think redrawing them a few times might help.
Legs look weird, seriously I think it would help if you looked at yourself in a full length mirror to see the foreshortening.
Face area is bland, if you think about the silouette then it becomes even more apparent.

Your recent work has definately been a step up, I know your contact stuff will be looking excellent.
you know how much i love this one http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...eedpaint_3.jpg
It really looks like it has a sense of scale, it looks really big.

Im very impressed how your attitude is, very professional.
Good luck with your work, I am very jealous but extremely proud, keep it up
Alex
5 golden coins for you