MeTaL-Mikes's Sketchbook

[Niels23]

Your girl`s faces are very nice, I like`em a lot! Also you`re doing a lot of great gestures and studies. Impressive work, man. Keep on going!

[SMILEFACE]

really dig da sb love the ladies really like the studies portaits rock as well the painting of the womans back is off the hook lets see some mo 8)

[MeTaL-Mike]

Thanks a lot. some exercises. Man that rendering is not an easy task.

[Darktwin]

wow, your hard work is really inspirational, keep it up man, head studies are solid, I see lots of improvements all around, your line quality is really improving. The digi's also. Keep doing what your doing man, no real crits, very nice oils also, back to drawing for me

forgot to mention, I'm definitly going to be joining that gesture thread, looking forward to it and thanks for the link to it.

[MeTaL-Mike]

Darktwin - awesome man! looking forward to seeing more of you stuff there.

[Flipnastywebby]

from start to finish youve improved alot.
keep up the hard work

Slainte!

ps thanks for droppin by the sketch book, much appreciated

[MeTaL-Mike]

Flipnastywebby - Thanks a lot man.

small update...

Some creatures


Hands! man these are fucking hard to draw. will have to do a lot more in the future. This is for the Spartan gestures thread.

[Sirio_Brozzi]

Keep up those hand studies mate, they're looking good. They're a pain in the ass to draw for a while, but once you got them down, you got them down. Keep it up.

[Niva.]

Hey Mike, thanks for the good words, your studies are really good and motivational. I myself don't have the balls to post things like this one anymore:

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/50_gestures_02.jpg

Though I should...

I think you should work with color more, force yourself. I struggle with it myself but just forcing myself to post again and again eventually it gets better. Also outside of a couple of oil paintings most of these look unfinished... perhaps the lack of colors gives this perception too. Try to take one to a finished state. Looking forward to more updates.

[MeTaL-Mike]

Sirio_Brozzi - Thanks man. i intend to. they really bug me so have to do more of em. same with the rest of the body actually

n1va - you should draw what you feel like drawing. i personally just love those pictures of naked chicks. the poses are mostly the same but man what a bodies. Still have to do a lot of practicing to draw super sexy chicks so... your totally right about the color thing. i have to force myself to work more with it. i guess i'm kind of afraid of it. have to fight this fear so, we'll be practicing that as well

here's a very small update. arm studies for the spartan thread.

[MeTaL-Mike]

another small update. some studies.

[Howie]

Thanks for taking a look at my sketchbook. Your value studies are looking great and i think that spartan thread is really helping you improve. Keep up the good work.

[bumskee]

metal mike, spartan thread is great!, anatomy studies are so boring..hehe but important.. make sure you compliment it with some gestures too.. I think bridgman studies are really good in blocking anatomy.. and that also makes it the hardest too I think.. but definitely have a look at some of his books..

[TheGnoll]

damn you're hard working!

very nice studies, and i admire the way you're constantly pushing yourself

keep sharing!

ciao

[MeTaL-Mike]

Howie - thanks man. the spartan thread is totally awesome man. helps a lot to keep drawing these gestures.
bumskee - I know Brigdman's stuff. had some eBooks but not anymore. Have to download some soon
TheGnoll - thanks a lot man, appreciate it a lot.

Ok small update.
first for the spartan thread.

50 heads


The optional Back study


OTher stuff,
some more heads


Lips


Eyes


Thats it for now. Will put up some new stuff soon.

[Niels23]

I like your way of studying human forms, great work! Hands are my favourite!

[SMILEFACE]

damn mad skills

[Cold]

wow, nice work-flow of studies. Keep it up man

[S.C. Watson]

you've some really nice work in here. Love the studies and painting.

Cheers,
~Oreg.

[D-V364]

Cool anathomy studies, Michael. Also, your creature designs are very interesting.
Looking for more of your works! Greetings!

[MeTaL-Mike]

Ulver - Thanks man.
Grandmassa Mr. Spect - hahaha, thanks a lot
Cold - thanks, doing my best to keep it up. it's hard with all the other stuff you know.
Oregano - thanks a lot man. check out my latest one below
D-V364 - thanks a lot man. never really concentrated on creature design. think i'll try doing that more often. it's pretty fun to do.

ok a very small update here. i finished this yesterday. hope you'll like it. I don't know why but painting works much better for me in the traditional medium instead of digital. every time i try it digitally i end up with messed up results
guess i'll just keep on practicing

Crits very much welcome

[Anurizm]

that kind of looks like Danzig man your stuff is great, but it seems you just need to push your values a bit more. that's my only crit.

[Dan Valkar]

nice studies man...but watch out ur faces......the last one looks like a manowar cover hehe nice one...keep it up bro!

[Pigeonkill]

That's a great idea to paint the cropped eyes and just focus on an area. I'll think I'll give it a try one day. I like the clean muscle studies you did on the arm.

[Autumnal Dream]

Wow... your studies are inspiring! Last one is really awesome ^^... Danzig kicks ass ;D

[Buckster]

Love the last post here, a totally different level, awsome!
It might be hard to get used to the digital medium (it is for me) but try to work in the same way. I want to see more of that stuff you got there, keep 'em comming!

Cheers

[MeTaL-Mike]

Anurizm - Haha, now that you mention it, it does look a bit like Danzig Cool!! your right about the values man. i'm having a bit of difficulties with them digitally and traditionally. Colors are even worse man...
Dan Valkar - Thanks man.
Pigeonkill - thanks. i've stolen the idea with the eye studies from another dude on the forum, his were much better of course....can't remember his name though, his sb is awesome man. if i find it i'll let you know.
Autumnal Dream - thanks man, appreciate it!
Buckster - Thanks. Still struggling a lot. will keep on trying with this color. Hopefully i'll get he hang of it...

Here's a little update.

Gestures for the Spartan Thread


and the optional study


Didn't have a lot of time to practice last week. Can't let that happen a lot

cheers dudes!

[Alex Baer]

very nice studies man, although the waist of the guy in post 51 is way too small. other than that however, your doing hard work, keep at it

[marioucci]

whoa!! thats proper hardcore drawing compulsion!!

Love it all. 50 heads rocks and the bisley's back is awesome

cheers man

Mario

[MeTaL-Mike]

Dabaers - thanks man. just saw your sketchbook. WOW man!!! holy shit. awesome
marioucci - Thanks a lot man. appreciate it.

small update here. some quick renderings in Painter.


still need to do loads more of these...