generic sketchbook thread #48

[CoMPLeX]

Normaly im content to simply spam the daily sketch, but i figure its probably better for everybody if i start putting this crap somewhere that people aren't forced to look at it- before i do somebodys eyeballs some permanent damage and get sued
(warning fairly large post, you still have time to turn back now but you'd better be quick)

[C0mBineD]

did you ever try blending the colours in more? I like your style but you could smooth it out a bit more.
also your drawings are kickass and full of energy!

[Katatafisch]

did u seel your soul to the devil or how come you have made such a great improvement, im stunned dude, awesome scetches, nice volumes and shapes and shadows, the only thing you could change a bit is the flow of the lines, its a bit too scribbly...really nice, i also like the painting
keep it up man! cant wait to see more

[CoMPLeX]

Well i thought i might post some of the crap i have lying around, instead of just criting other people's (superior) work for a change







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[Rvd]

great sketchines dude...done with a pen?   i like the droopy crying slug thing.  your color choices are nice man,  i like the guy with the branches on his head.  do you have any finished polished work?  massive improvment guy,keep posting.

[Espen]

Hey Dude!

i like the master chief samurai helmet and the clock study a lot!

keep on developing your style, magical things will happen the next few years!

[CoMPLeX]

Thanks guys

great sketchines dude...done with a pen?   i like the droopy crying slug thing.  your color choices are nice man,  i like the guy with the branches on his head.  do you have any finished polished work?  massive improvment guy,keep posting.

yeah i always draw in pen, and creating finished work is against my religion 

[Katatafisch]

against your religion huh? would be awesome to see some fine rendered work of yours nonetheless
i love them all, especially that deer-skeleton-hat guy and that clock, awesome stuff, post more
cant wait

[Bugaloo]

Hey man some great stuff, it'd be nice to see your talents applied elsewhere though.(i.e. try working on something other than creatures you've created)
You have a beautifully loose style which is a great thing. I think my favourite piece is the clock because of the flow of light on the gold.

[CoMPLeX]

Well i was sitting here with my thumb up my ass as usual and i got the urge to actually post some of the stuff currently polluting my room( i know weird right?) and yeah Bugaloo you're right about branching out with the subject, ive tried to do a bit more of that lately. So here it is, dont say you weren't warned:








Im actually up to my eyeballs in stuff to post but ill do it some other time, man needs his beauty sleep 

[Katatafisch]

really nice paintings tom! i love your style alot

a small crit on the frog, somehow the silhouette gets lost, its flowing into the background somehow, maybe you should add another light source on one side to put emphasize on the contours, plus the green of it looks really dark, maybe brighten it a bit up, i would also use brighter highlights, since you have pure white on his lip and chest

the second painting is really cool, did u draw it from life or imagination?

i am so in love with your choice of colors in the third one!!! it looks awesome some kind of pastel and oily color sheme
nice warm-cold contrast some more refined rendering and some details here and there could be good on this one...what did u paint this on? looks like a photograph underneath...

i like the last one too, but pure black in such a mass makes the pic heavy in some way, maybe use a dark blue for a color contrast or add greens, idk, i would also change the composition a bit
increase the perspective and diagonal lines much more...lol but thats some minor stuff the painting itself is really nice!

really like your stuff, you improved alot! you should definately post some more!
hope you dont mind my crits, your paintings are really good...im a bit weird with my critting behaviour 

nice to see you here again mate!

[CoMPLeX]

thanks for the crits kata- all very valid points. And you got sharp eyes- that third one is painted on a photograph- i orginally painted it in traditional media and then played with it in corel a bit.

So i might as well post some of the stuff thats going in my portfolio (i reserve the right to censor out the truly shitty stuff)







luckily for me i have a few weeks to make these less horrible to look at and hopefully produce some decent work before i have any interviews

[Katatafisch]

awesome stuff, im really digging your style

i had to laugh about the mantis pic, nice idea

i really like the house too!

about the last nude, its really nice, i like the style of it but composition wise i think you shouldve worked a bit more on the background, im doing the same mistake but even more than you do...i normally dont spend a line on the bg..but i have to change that ^^
i was told not long ago that i should put the same effort in every single inch of the scetch/painting or whatever, not concentrating too much on a single object or so O.o but thats me...youre on the right way, keep it up...are those some of your portfolio works?
that would mean id have to upload mine too

 

[CoMPLeX]

thanks, and yeah I'd like to flesh out some of the life drawing a bit, but they give us a time limit i think that one was 20 mins so its difficult to get all the detail in. So yeah thats some of the stuff outa my shitty portfolio- now you're pretty much contractually obliged to post some of yours 

just some random doodles ive been accumulating for some time: 

[Katatafisch]

im really digging those 2

especially the last one, its really fascinating coz of the big variety of hues, the colors are really working together and with your loose style the whole pic starts moving somehow, coz of the strokes and the clolor flow, amazing work, you sould do that in your other pics too
i should do that more often but i dont dare...i need to start on a more loose and messy style too, i can add my fine rendering alter on too bbut somehow i cant...well i gotta practice i guess

but enough from me...aweseome stuff....i will make pics of my stuff today or tomorrow and will post them up, but be aware, the stuff is really boring