Miles' sketchbook- D:

[~KJK~]

I dont get how this thread is only 4 stars, it should be 5! Awesome work mate! Feel free to drop by at my SB if youve got time!

-Noodley

[Mikko Voipio]

Forget nobel prize. You're slowly climbing towards the greatest achievement in life one could reach: Five stars here in CA. So five stars from me too.

[Brushcommander]

I dont get how this thread is only 4 stars, it should be 5!

Liek srsly

[Sublimus]

Five from me, dude. Wouldn't have it any other way.

Though, I will say, sometimes it looks like you slack off with drawing hands. Tighten up those graphics, son!

[lagreatman123]

LOLZ!!!!!11111 U R REAL GOOD now mannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnzzzzzzzzzz loving that shizz!!!!!!!1111!!!!!!1!!!!1!!!! What paper is this done onsss????!!!!!!!!1111

[Miles_]

Agh, you guys are insanely awesome!

Verehin thanks!

zelda_geek thanks man

Krato thank you

Cacodaemonia cheers, glad you think so

oren90 yeah, that would probably help with the undead-ness

courtyard ahah thanks, yeah I thought it had a kind of cool look to it/

algen thanks man, how are the hands? Get well soon

Snooby thanks man

Meissner gotta agree with you there haha, the composition sucks. Glad you think its well painted

Walidhahah I actually lol'd. Of course man, sorry for taking all the credit D:

JailHouseRock2 yeah thats a really good point, Would probably help the focus a lot. Cheers man

Teundeboerhaha I'm sorry man, too much time D: I need to move on to new things haha

Razorb thanks buddy

jackpot_anjr90 thanks

YihyoungLi A lot of really great points, and I'm still trying to explore how to mix more 'photographic' effects, like depth of field with looking for a more painterly style. Hopefully I'll pull it off better in the future.

Melfeyhaha to be honest man, any and all of those. The main thing is, draw as often as you can, and enjoy what you do. Make sure you have fun with your studies as well as imagination work. I'd say start with anatomy, perspective and values. and work from there. Theres so much to learn, and the great thing about art is you can always get better, so you can always keep it fresh and interesting. Anyway, I'm not really the person to ask, I'm too lazy and still pretty inexperienced. Just strive to learn something new daily.

Darkside thank you very much

Dekalyeah I agree, gotta stop taking the easy way out with blur effects haha :/

NoodleDoodlehaha thanks man:/ Check out the first 50 pages or so to see why its 4 stars :p

Placeboast lol thanks man, means a lot

Tugelbend haha, :p thanks dude

Sublimus haha yes sir! Yeah I'm lame with hands, I'll work on it

lagreatman123 you must be pretty bored fred haha :p




Well, been busyish the past few days, Went to see the Mars Volta live in London a couple of nights ago, who were mindblowing. Then, yesterday I went up to London again to check out the Summer Exhibiton and The J.W.Waterhouse exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts. The Waterhouse thing was so ridiculously insipiring. If you are in London check it out!


In the free time I've been knocking up this. I'll post the finished image and the little thumbnail I knocked up before hand as a comparison. The Final pic was painted straight to colour, using the thumb as a rough guide for values.


trying to do different types of faces and stuff,

[YihyoungLi]

So amazing! The lips are gorgeousness^10. And those eyebrows are kinda interesting haha. Awesomeness, especially with the colors.

I think her ear is a little strange--too small? Or maybe on the wrong plane? Also, her forehead seems kind of flat; perhaps pulling those cold lights on the left over a little more.

[Brushcommander]

Hmm, eyecandy

[DeKal]

awesome dude!

[Jovian M]

Fantastic portrait. I dig the lips.

[oren90]

looks awasome great portrait i really dig the colors you used
especially with the light and all
it seems like the lips attract the most attention
overall it looks fantastic

[archipelago]

mmmmmm...

miles..........

[Kvick]

you're good, btw cast shadow on the chin should star a little more to our right so it comes off the form shadow, other than that, it's great.

[JailHouseRock2]

Looking good man!!

[courtyard]

Good to see you pushing for different facial types--looking great! One thing worth mentioning is that in the thumbnail, she looks kind of sly and sexy; in the finished piece, she almost looks worried or nervous (which I think is a more interesting choice of the two, but I'm not sure if it was a conscious one...). Beautiful work, though. Really excited to see where this book goes.

[SamC]

I think the shoulder feels way to small compared to the head in the final. I notice that you often make the shoulder too thin compared to the head with your ladies. Loving the colours on this, keep it up

[Hipalien]

Just skimmed through your section here. Wow you have had some skill growth over the last few years! I like you dedication so far you seem to be taking in good info from the comments and creating some cool images! Just keep going and push yourself like we all have to. Keep drawing from like as much as you can to mix it in with the imagination type work. With art skills you can never stop learning and with the Internet it is a great tool for this. Later.

[Strassenpenner08]

oh sick .... this portrait looks sooooo awesome °_° i really like the eyes and the lips
the lighwaves are succeed

[Henchman 21]

face is coming out awesome, Miles. the colors and stuff are working well. awesome brush tech too.

woooo

[Peter Berkovski]

oh man, how can I miss this thread 0_o I saw almost all pages and I am way way way much more than impressed by your progress!!! keep rock on @_@

[Emil_J.]

your progress in this thread is amazing. The latest face is awesome.

[Cacodaemonia]

Damn, the lighting on her face looks great! I really don't see anything that needs to be fixed.

[Nele Klumpe]

Wow, the last portrait is gorgeous. The light in this one rocks! Keep it up!

[IvoM]

Man, amazing progress. Don't think I've ever seen someone as good as you on your age, on or off the internet

[lagreatman123]

would you think it was weird if i were to tell you that i masturbate whilst looking at some of your hotter pictures? xxx

[Dished]

That last portrait is great dude!

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Ah, that last one is very nice^^ Fun to play with strokes right?

-E

[Miles_]

Thank you so much everyone, I don't have time to write inidivdual replies, but don't get me wrong I read them all and take in everything you guys have to say

Basically been a busy week, been in hospital for a day and been out a lot. However I've just landed a freelance job that seems awesome, designing characters for a roleplaying board game. It pays pretty well and shuld be good practice for presenting work more professionally.

So basically, we have,

Unfinished personal work



sample of some pencils



And here is all the conceptart related stuff, from today and yesterday, of course posted with permission. I'll link to the project they are for when moreinfo is avaliable. All still W.I.P

[SamC]

Sample from the pencils?! That's all their was haha love the conceptart stuff, very different from your usual Cya tommorow

[Kvick]

cool update mang, with that colored concept you should really pump out some more hues, it's kind of general right now, you made a red stripe thing on the sword, you should include that color throughout the design!

page 78, you're nuts