Sketchbook Thread of David Riley

[TiranTiga]

Here are some more drawings

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/6083/mysteriousladynj2.jpg
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/8919/crotchlingcreatureca6.jpg

[Rebeccak]

Hi David,

Keep practicing - I highly recommend taking a life drawing or still life drawing class at a community college to get as much practice as possible. It's all about mileage! :)

Welcome aboard -

Cheers,

-R

[zishen]

If you`re having trouble with shading now, then simply don`t shade! Focus on getting the form and shape out. If you want, just hatch out lightly and quickly areas where you wish to indicate shadows.

If you don`t have time or something, you can take out a sketchbook and draw the people while you`re commuting on a train or a bus. Maybe during lunch, just fish out a pen and paper and start sketching what you see.


I`ve also just started my own sketchbook thread, but it`s under approval. ^_^

[TiranTiga]

Thank you for the replies. And thank you for the warm welcome, Rebeccak (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?find=lastposter&t=568747)

[TiranTiga]

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/6808/batpa0.jpghttp://img519.imageshack.us/img519/5299/roamingcreaturehz9.jpg

The second pic I tried my hand at cross-hatching. I think it will became my favorite method of drawing.

[Mu]

Hi TiranTiga,

I must say that I think your drawings are much too ambitious at the moment. There's so much involved in a successful drawing starting with a gesture over to perception of form and anatomy, line quality, understanding of lighting/shading and what not that it's overwhelming.

That's why zishen suggested leaving out certain aspects of a drawing and focus on getting mainly one thing right.

As I can talk only from my experience, I do suggest doing gestures. A gesture drawing contains no details. It shows the idea behind the pose or motion of a body or body part. You can even do those without hands or feet, definitely no face features not to mention shading.

Do them quick and a lot of them.

Check the tutorial out here:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=253289


Then, if you feel like exploring shading, follow this:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=259291

finally,
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=199&t=297229

cya
Mu

[TiranTiga]

I've worked on shaping the body, arms and legs in this sketcheshttp://img167.imageshack.us/img167/7086/sketchesei8.jpg

[TiranTiga]

I'm posting something totally different today, a clay model I've been sculpting. Actually it's made out of blu tack.

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/4663/claygreycolorvi9.jpg

[TiranTiga]

http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/4860/beautyfe7.jpghttp://img264.imageshack.us/img264/3358/jamesbondff8.jpg

http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/1084/quartermainoy4.jpg
http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/4153/mrfreezeow0.jpg

A few more of old drawings, all of them were from reference from photographs.

[TiranTiga]

Some more sketches of the hand
http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/7881/sketche3rz5.jpg
http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/6991/sketche2pd9.jpg
http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/536/sketch1no4.jpg
and some more characters
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/9951/charactersyl5.jpg

[anandpg]

Hi David!!... Great to see your work!... Your drawing has a kind of naive freshness that I like verymuch, and a good deal of personality.. Nevertheless, I suggest you should do live figure drawing to add depth and strength to your work. In my opinion, photo-referencing does not suit your style, and might spoil your individuality.. just my opinion, from what I have seen of your work. :)... keep up the good work!!:thumbsup:

[TiranTiga]

Thanks, I didn't know I had a particular style to my work really.

[fifty3dragons]

Hey, David. Took a look through your sketchbook here. I thought the portraits (especially the last one) were nicely done. Keep working on anatomy, perspective, etc. It'll all come together with practice (at least, that's what I keep telling myself).

[TiranTiga]

one of my recent complete drawings

http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/78/noblemen3ob8.jpghttp://img174.imageshack.us/img174/1941/noblemen2vz9.jpg

[TiranTiga]

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/2363/dragon1completejq2.jpg

Still a W.I.P., but like to receive some C&C at this stage

[TiranTiga]

http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/7593/dragonstage2oi7.jpg

Redesigned the head, and blended. The brightly colored things are flowery decorations.

[TiranTiga]

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/7069/seriousdragonstage3uu8.jpg

Getting closer to the finish. Worked on the shading

[TiranTiga]

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/9905/drawinghandoc5.jpg

Taken with my new digital camera, not my awful PC camera.

[NR43]

Hi there

I've tried the pose of your last sketch with my own hand (and my gsm) and notice some issues with your drawing:

It feels a bit awkward to hold my mobile phone at the same angle. When I take a more relaxed pose, the angle of the hand is different, more in line with the arm.
The thumb also needs correcting. The skin crease between the first 2 units is misplaced, which gives the thumb a strange look.

Have you tried a book on anatomy to study? If you read about how the body works, it will help improve your drawing a lot.

Keep practicing, it's fun!

[TiranTiga]

Apologies for the late reply, NR48. It was great advice.

http://img37.picoodle.com/img/img37/3/12/26/f_piratem_8a1f35f.jpg

[TiranTiga]

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/2325/femalebustxe8.jpg

It's much more crisper than it appears, the cinema I'm using makes it slightly blurry.

C&C are always welcome.

[TiranTiga]

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/5092/sereneamphibian.jpg

Did this using a 5H pencil

c&c always welcome

[TiranTiga]

Getting to grips with the facial structure of the face. Used the charcoal tool and the blender, type grainy blender 30
http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/7686/girlface.jpg

[TiranTiga]

Some info about Mary Carlisle

She was born in Boston, Massachusetts, portrayed by the lighthouse. As a side note, the lighthouse tower was constructed in 1783

Her birthstone is a Amethyst

Birth flower is a primrose

Chinese star sign the rat. Had a go at transforming her facial features into part rat.

http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/6321/picture158.jpg

[Cisc0]

Hi David, it's always nice to see new guys submitting their own threads in this part of the CGforum! The old but always good advice that I can give to you is: practice.. always, everywhere. When you have free time you just know what to do (of course without forgetting all the rest ;) ). And if you feel lost, just choose (for example) on which part of the human body (or something other) you want to focus your attention and start sketching it "hundred" of times, untill you'll got it, for minutes/hours/days/monthes, it will not be a waste of time. When you will understand it, then choose a new goal and start again.
Good luck with your work ;)

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