§ the Infinit Sketchbook §

**Infinit** · August 31st, 2006, 04:43 AM

yeah about the hatching ...
I have to get some new pen feathers mine are RLY old and kind of big ...

thx for the encouraging words

the thing I like most about it is the toung

**Infinit** · August 31st, 2006, 10:30 AM

heyhey kids! Do you like updates? Heyhey!

a demon cult member jumping over a wooden fence (sounds 3CH but isn't)
done with pencil and black ballpen a

combination imo

**Kan Muftić** · September 3rd, 2006, 05:40 AM

Hello,

I find your anatomy skills on human characters a bit weak, there's a lack of proportion in the area of the feet and hands. Muscles seem to bend and stretch correct though.
But your creatures are awesome.
Keep the good work,

**Infinit** · September 4th, 2006, 11:13 AM

Hi I'm trying out gimpshop right now and I want to present my first work with it

@Chupacabra: thx for stoping and criting but could you show what you mean more precisely?

**Kan Muftić** · September 4th, 2006, 11:26 AM

Hi,

I'll take the swordsman as an example, where you have hands a bit too small, lacking parts of the right shoulder and the forehead exaggerated.
But somehow, you manage to get it all work well together so:
nimm's mir bitte nicht über, kumpel.

Best regards,

Khan

**Infinit** · September 4th, 2006, 01:25 PM

alle np

danke

**stine** · September 5th, 2006, 04:57 AM

hey manuel! how could i miss so many updates here? sorry!
really like your monsters, especially the one in post 20. has a very nice sense of weight to it. and the "catch me if you can" character is really dynamic, like that pose a lot. although my favourites have to be the quick and loose sketches like "oblivion". they are your strongest pieces so far, i think. keep them coming, great sb! tschüß und bis demnächst,

stine

**Johann de Venecia** · September 6th, 2006, 12:17 AM

Hey dude, fellow doo-er (that came out wrong). Youve got a lot of cool ideas here. Liking the catch me if you can demon, nice head silhouette. One advice i could give is to have more variety in your lines. I notice you go for a lot of thick, dark lines especially around the figure. This is good, but in some cases, it helps to break it up some. Add more values inside the outline too, and maintain long, sweeping strokes with your pencil. Hope to see more from you!

**Infinit** · September 6th, 2006, 03:05 PM

hi stine dear
no 20 was inspired by a plant sculpture in Kristiansand Norway which supposed to show the upper half of a dragons head - not much of that shows in my drawing ^^ only the outer shape
the loose sketches were an assload of fun :]
bis denne Manuel

hey lukavi I'm glad you like it

thx for the advice
I'll update well ... at the weekend, work eats me (I'm not used to it yet)

**ElDavisimo** · September 13th, 2006, 02:36 PM

For someone who is quick to judge me and my work, I would recommend you take a few lifedrawing classes. The people are out of proportion on most of your work.

Your line work is very stiff and lacks a variance of weight.

**incolorinred** · September 15th, 2006, 03:25 PM

hey man. you have some good sketches here. I particularly think your handling of drapery looks good.
However make sure the forms below the clothing is still apparent. In post #11 his bent knee is confusing and unclear. Just something to think about.

**Infinit** · September 15th, 2006, 04:51 PM

hey incolorinred
thx for mentioning
that knee gave me a hard time but well it's ink so I got no easy way to correct it ^^
thx for the kind words too

**Infinit** · September 15th, 2006, 05:03 PM

some updates
pics I doodled at work during breaks
I've got to get used to all this working to get more active in my freetime (I use a lot of it to sleep right now)

**stine** · September 16th, 2006, 08:09 AM

hey there! so, how's the "zivi" (except exhausting) ?
nice studies, reminds me that i really have to practise feet.

yours look really good, especially in the first sketch. that's my favourite of the batch. i really like the slightly more dynamic pose of the second female figure, but there are too many lines for my taste in that drawing. i really like the small face on that page, though. keep them coming, hope you find a little time inbetween your work again. see you!

stine

**rorke** · September 19th, 2006, 07:17 AM

Originally Posted by ElDavisimo

For someone who is quick to judge me and my work, I would recommend you take a few lifedrawing classes. The people are out of proportion on most of your work.

Your line work is very stiff and lacks a variance of weight.

What an ass...

Maybe he is trying to say you should study more How To Draw books and trace them? Cause I am pretty sure thats all he knows how to do.

Don't listen to him. Keep going strong... at least I can see you are actually doing the work needed to become better instead of taking the easy road and tracing others peoples work. -_- like some people

**Lee W** · September 19th, 2006, 07:29 AM

nice studies and don't let that Eldavisimo bother you, just continue on with what you doing to improve yourself

**JERI** · September 22nd, 2006, 06:34 AM

I reckon you're definitely on the right track with those hand/feet studies. would like to see more of those

**Infinit** · September 24th, 2006, 05:18 AM

Hi pals,
here is another pic I did at work

@stine: thank you a lot stine! I try to work … but it doesn't always work ^^
@rorke: thx for the support dude, I somehow felt that this guy wouldn't make it here
@oldie: thynk you, keep it up yourself, it's good to see you post so much art
@Jeri: will do *promise*

**stine** · September 25th, 2006, 10:45 AM

hey manuel, great to see you keep on sketching beside the job!
like the pose a lot, but somehow the left leg (his right) seems a little short. really like how you dre the knees, though. keep them coming! cheers,
stine

**MisterE** · September 28th, 2006, 02:08 AM

Your concepts are cool, but I think some of the proportions are off a bit at times. Something looks a strange with the shoulders on some of your characters, I think the pecs and the deltoid aren't matching up quite right. The creatures look awsome!
J

**JERI** · October 7th, 2006, 07:53 AM

I think the last one can still be tidier but it's neater and more proportionally improved than the previous ones I reckon.

**Infinit** · October 7th, 2006, 04:47 PM

stine: thx for showing up here

and for the crits

MisterE: thank you sir! thx for c&c
JERI: well it's ballpen only, which means you can see EVERY line
makes it quite messy
improvement? w00t!

here's a little update
I've been pretty inactive…
sorry about so little updates

**Tomato** · October 14th, 2006, 07:28 PM

i'm liking pretty much everything you're drawing dude

awesome work, keep posting

**purb36** · October 27th, 2006, 11:21 AM

yo man, sorry for being so long to come here. i really like this last one (even though its almost a month old...get some of your new stuff here, ok?

), good strokes on it for the shading. get some new stuff up here too, show us what youve been up to. thx for stopping by my book and showin me love. new doo from you, ok? take care bro.

**Infinit** · October 29th, 2006, 03:40 PM

HIHO
after spending a week out in the country with some spare time
I had time to draw again !!

thx purb for kicking me

I need that too from time to time

so here comes my scanned stuff

the last one was done while a game of bowling

hope you enjoy and sry for not updateing for so long

**Lee W** · October 29th, 2006, 03:47 PM

this one is nicely done

going to go further with this?

**Jokisalo** · October 29th, 2006, 03:52 PM

You have some very strong sketches here and I like to see more!!

**Infinit** · October 30th, 2006, 01:27 PM

@oldie: yeah maybe some digital redifining and shadeing

@Jokisalo: thx I'm working on it

**g.owen** · October 31st, 2006, 10:01 PM

I think you have too many lines in your work. I would like to see you do some pieces on a larger scale, and rather than making all those side by side lines, use a blending stump. That's just my preference there. I think your work would take on a new look if you did that. To me, all those lines were....well, too many lines. They seem to be as......bars....or fence wire......that keeps the viewer back, rather than pulling you in.

This is coming from a guy who is self-taught. If it makes sense, and others agree, try it. Otherwise, ignore it - I am merely trying to give you some meaningfull feedback.

Why was the Devil running? Who was chasing him? Don't really have to answer....I just sometimes wonder about the story behind the pic.

**Infinit** · November 1st, 2006, 08:04 AM

hi g.owen
nice to see you here

about the lines:
most of those pics are done with a ball pen, so I can't blend them the way you descripe
I do this because I love ballpen (and its lines) and cause it's a easy and quick way of sketching (since I don't have too much time)

thx for your thoughts anyway
you seem to me like someone who spends a lot of time for his art (which is definitly good)

the devil is running away from a little kid from which he has stolen a lolipop (the devil likes lolipops

)

cu Infinit