Daily Speedpainting

[TedNindo]

I would love to see some critic or/and some other speeds. My attempt: 28 minutes again
I didn't hit the proper angle
http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/76rc-j.jpg

[leno780]

a 1H 15min piece :bounce:
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk101/leno780/femmenb.png

[TedNindo]

awesome, really nice leno! Perfect perspective, nice shading! Just great! :drool:

[fischkopf]

Have fun with the pic of today!

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/79k1-b.jpg

[TedNindo]

hey everybody, here's my attempt. I stayed in grayscale to make it a bit easier. (60 minutes)

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/76rc-k.jpg

[MadMatix]

photoshop and/or the wacom drivers are being really awesome at the moment, and so I cant use the pressure sensitive function for the brushes like normal, so unfortunately, here is my result with just 100% brushes.....around 15 minutes on each one

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk279/madmatix/060708_speedPainting_Toren.jpg

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk279/madmatix/100708_speedPainting_Toren.jpg

[MadMatix]

So after restarting the computer, the wacom and brush settings were back in action. Well, this one does not look like the reference image at all (portrait from the previous page), but actually I sort of like it!

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk279/madmatix/100708_speedPainting_Toren2.jpg

[MadMatix]

@TedNindo

(RE: Your most recent drawing) Wow! Yours is fantastic! The face, her hand on the leftside of the picture, and overall composition is wonderful! Keep up the good work :)

@Leno

(RE: Asian girl portrait) Simply amazing man! As always your work is very impressive!

[TedNindo]

hey matix: thank you! But please point on wrong spots as well, as for example the missing eyebrows at the asian girl :argh:. I simply forgot them, maybe I gonna correct that.

And I' am happy to see you back with full force. In general you hit the poses very well and for 15 mins thats an achievment. Why don't you take some more time, just once? Dont forget my painting took me 4 times the time. Your asian portrait lacks a bit of contrast but I like the loose stroke and I think its a good idea to use a wider brush as you did. What I would recommend is turning up the opacity of your brush to at least 80% so you get more defined values. As soon as you got the main shape and structure you can refine it with a lower opacity bursh. At least that works for me..

As for the problem with your WACOM-Driver. There's a easier solution then restarting the computer.

leftclick on the "my computer" (arbeitsplatz)-->administrator (verwalten)--> Services and...(Dienste und Anwendungen) --> Services (Dienste)--> In the list stop and restart "TabletServiceWacom" sevice.

Thats it. Most of the time that works ... if not restart your computer

[Satzer71]

with a little delay, my attempt on the "birdy-image".

I got lost in painter working on the man so I switched to photoshop which was a bit easier. I am still thinking about to many details...

any critics are welcome.


http://www.creative-contacts.com/speedpainting/20080707_michael.jpg

[Satzer71]

somehow she became fat :curious:

gonna call weight watchers for some corrections on her hips... :rolleyes:


http://www.creative-contacts.com/speedpainting/2008_07_09_michael.jpg

[fischkopf]

I guess this might be quiet interesting.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/79k1-c.jpg

[MadMatix]

somehow she became fat :curious:

gonna call weight watchers for some corrections on her hips... :rolleyes:



lol! But actually, I think if you moved the lips down and to the left, she wouldnt have the appearance of weight as it currently is. Also, reshaping the chin and the area of the neck that leads up to the chin could help a lot too.

Your bird and man painting also is very good, I like the brush settings from painter, it has a nice feel to it.

[Satzer71]

I like that picture :love:




http://www.creative-contacts.com/speedpainting/2008_07_10_michael.jpg

[TedNindo]

here's todays attempt around 40 min:

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/76rc-l.jpg





Hey Satzer71, nice to have you back, very motivated :thumbsup:. The colors in the last one are very good. The front leg is a bit short though. Keep on painting :arteest:

[leno780]

hi, every one , / madmatix : thank u for the comments, i admire your motivation :bowdown:/ this is my attempt fvor today pic about 58 mins C&C are wellcome :wavey:.
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk101/leno780/Ouvrier.png

[TedNindo]

For to day a really cool picture:

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/6uh9-p.jpg

[leno780]

hi:wavey: , today's attempt done in 18 mins ;)
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk101/leno780/snowboard.png

[TedNindo]

here's my attempt 37 min:

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/6uh9-q.jpg



leno: wow again. Super fast and still looks very good. Your worker picture is super as well. Clean and as many details as necessary! Awesome!

[TedNindo]

And here's todays image. Looking forward to anybodys attempt:

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/6uh9-r.jpg

[TedNindo]

hey everyone this is my attempt 35 minutes:

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/6uh9-s.jpg

[TedNindo]

I invested 3,5 additional hours . As allways my self defined colors were to soft and to low in contrast so I startd to use the eyedroper to get the right colors. Critics and comments are appreciated, as allways :)

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/6uh9-t.jpg

[MadMatix]

Lots to catch up on, comments-wise.

Leno:

Your welder painting is just terrific. Very clean feeling to it. If I had to nitpick (be picky) I would say the perspective needs to be more as if your drawings "camera" was lower, so the perspective is sharper. However, your not far off from what the photo has.

The colors on your snowboarder are very accurate, and its good to see a <20 min from you. The only critique I have, is that your canvas and drawing need to be "widescreened". Basically you see that your proportions are a bit squished, because you drew on a less wide canvas.

TedNindo:

Your snowboarder drawing is really actually quite nice, you even added the lens flare in! The only thing that bugs me about it, is the sky color. I know your a firm believer in not using the color-picker, but sometimes, you just gotta do it ;-)

Now, to the girl drawing. WOW!!! Great job man! It gets really interesting with more time, dosent it? :-)

Only crits, is that the back leg is off, and has a different angle than the photo. When I look at the face, something seems odd, but I cant really identify it. I think I have decided its the right eyebrow, it just needs to be moved more to the center of the face and then down closer to the eye. But really, these are not huge problems, and only noticed when comparing directly with the photo. I really do like the quality of the work, keep it up sir!

[fischkopf]

Hope you like that picture.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/79k1-e.jpg

[TedNindo]

TedNindo:

Your snowboarder drawing is really actually quite nice, you even added the lens flare in! The only thing that bugs me about it, is the sky color. I know your a firm believer in not using the color-picker, but sometimes, you just gotta do it ;-)

Now, to the girl drawing. WOW!!! Great job man! It gets really interesting with more time, dosent it? :-)

Only crits, is that the back leg is off, and has a different angle than the photo. When I look at the face, something seems odd, but I cant really identify it. I think I have decided its the right eyebrow, it just needs to be moved more to the center of the face and then down closer to the eye. But really, these are not huge problems, and only noticed when comparing directly with the photo. I really do like the quality of the work, keep it up sir!

Thank you for your crits and comments. And you are right, the sky is to blueish but for me these speedpaintings are like training, and I train to pick the right colors without the eyedroper, sometimes/most of the times that does not work propperly but with more practice I will hopefully get more experince. If I work longer or on a more important piece I surely use the eyedropper.

[TedNindo]

here's my speedpainting for todays topic short before 30 min:

I created some custom burshes for the leaves and the grass, but I'm not that happy with them. But there was not to much time to tweak the brushes.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/76rc-n.jpg

[fischkopf]

This wood carving was created by Fred Zavadil. I guess this a nice posture for our speedpainting.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/79k1-f.jpg

[MadMatix]

30 minutes

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk279/madmatix/130708_speedPainting_Toren.jpg

[Da_Ul]

...als nie :D

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/7694-3.jpg

Time, pretty long, first I have to make the acquaintance of the Photoshop-Brush (thx to Roman)
Uli

[fischkopf]

@da_ul

very cool da_ul! i like the brush you used. so i get the feeling as if the painting has some textures on it.
you caught the composition of the picture very well in my opinion. nice colour choice.
the very left tree could have some more shadow on it.

want to see more from you in future! : )) keep it up!:thumbsup:

[TedNindo]

hey da_ul, very nice! It's cool to see you putting some effort to 2D-painting. And it pays off as seen in your picture. Really nice mood and color-selection! Keep on painting.:arteest:

[TedNindo]

Here's todays image: enjoy.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/76rc-o.jpg

[TedNindo]

here's my attempt of yesterdays image. First I had the idea to make a real figure out of the wooden one, but right now the time/motivation is missing.. maybe later. around 45 min

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/76rc-p.jpg

[fischkopf]

it took so long... had a blue day

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/79k1-h.jpg

[fischkopf]

Interesting pose, hm?. : )

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/79k1-g.jpg

[MarciahL]

I think you are giving a little to many hard poses. Im a newbie at drawing and Ive been drawing a couple of these speedpaints (on paper though), the hard poses I almost always have to give up :P
I tried the one from today and I almost got it right :P
just an opinion that it seems to be too many hard poses :)

otherwise on a positive note, I love this thread and I drop by every day..

[TedNindo]

hi MarciahL,

thank you for your comment I appreciate that very much. And please understand it is very hard to find a good picture everyday and it is impossible to find one that pleases everybody. Our goal is it to take a picture where you can learn something by analysing and drawing it. About anatomy, colors, perspective, composition and so on. On the other hand the picture has to have a certain appeal. Thats why we take more interesting and sometimes also weird poses.

But what I would like to tell you is that no mater how bad you think your drawings are, you are allowed to post your stuff, and and I would love to see someone giving you, me or anybody else tipps how to handle certain problems. Because thats an other focus of this thread: shearing knowledge and helping each other with constructiv critics.

And if there is a picture that you don't like or you find to hard to handle, you can go back and take an older one, its no problem to post it weeks later...

So I hope we'll going to see some pictures of you soon and keep on practice. Don't get intimidated by pics of some other painters. Everybody started small.

[TedNindo]

around 60 min

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/76rc-q.jpg

[fischkopf]

just a quickie. 5 to 10 minutes. i didnt watch the clock. she is a bit stretched... a tortue victim?

(traditional media. japanese brush pen)
http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/79k1-i.jpg

[MarciahL]

thanx for the reply..

I do try to draw every picture that has come out since I started hanging on this post.
the issue is that I feel it is much easier to draw on paper than with my wacom tablet in photoshop..

and I dont want to stress with scanning in pictures every day :)

so therefor I havent uploaded any work yet, Ill try to get more over to my wacom.

[MadMatix]

i think this was about 1 hour and 10 minutes, I actually only intended to do the line drawing, but after 20 minutes, it just looked like peanut butter smeared on a dark piece of construction paper, so I had to put much more time into it, and define the shadows and highlights. After about 45 minutes hope had returned that I could possibly save the image, and turn it from looking like peanut butter into something else, so here is my result after much stress:

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk279/madmatix/150708_speedPainting_Toren.jpg

[goatrape]

My attempt, time was 20minutes. Fun exercise!
http://i341.photobucket.com/albums/o371/jcolvinmr2/pose.jpg

[fischkopf]

Maybe a difficult perspective, but a very interesting one. You can read the silhouette very well. Negativ spaces are well to read.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/79k1-j.jpg

[goatrape]

Here ya go...20 minutes
http://i341.photobucket.com/albums/o371/jcolvinmr2/rhino.jpg

[TedNindo]

hi goatrape welcome to the thread.
Really nice picture you have. I really like the rino one. In very short time you captured the image very well.

[TedNindo]

20 minutes

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/76rc-r.jpg

[leno780]

hi every one ;), this some quickies between 8 to 12 mins each one,
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk101/leno780/karategirl.png

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk101/leno780/dancer.png
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk101/leno780/rhino.png

welcome to this thread goatrape (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=11000) the rhino is so good.
tednindo i adore your karaté girl veryamazing pic :cool:

[TedNindo]

This is it for today:

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/6uh9-11.jpg

[TedNindo]

pencil and paper about 15 min.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/6uh9-12.jpg


@leno: thank you. Nice fast scribbles you did I especially like the rino it has a good sense of depth.

[TedNindo]

Since there are no replies to yesterdays image lets take it again for today and move on to a new one on Monday.

[fischkopf]

Have a nice week guys!

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/79k1-l.jpg

[MarciahL]

fischkopf :

luring guys to paint since 2008.

:)

[fischkopf]

yeah... well... :p

[TedNindo]

Took me way to long around 70 minutes.. its allways like that if I like the referenceimage :rolleyes:. Well anyway here you have it.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/76rc-t.jpg

[TedNindo]

Here's todays image:

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/76rc-u.jpg

[TedNindo]

So here's my attempt of todays image. It was a lot of fun (53 minutes)

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/76rc-v.jpg

[MadMatix]

about an hour with several breaks in between:

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk279/madmatix/210708_speedPainting_Toren.jpg

[TedNindo]

@matix. You hit the pose well. And I like your arms much better then mine. yours are not so stiff. But you may should take more care with the face. Don't just use the features how you know them but try to look carefully at the image and try to paint what you see, and not what you know that you see. You know what I mean? You could try to put both the reference and your image upside down while drawing the face to get rid of the preset features your useing.

[MadMatix]

You could try to put both the reference and you image upside down while drawing the face to get rid of the preset features your useing.

cool idea! I will try this out next time! Yeah the face isnt so great, your right, I wasnt looking at the photo enough.

[fischkopf]

Hi guys!

Today, we want to give you a small different task to make the speedpainting
more interesting. So, it could be a bit more creative.

Draw or paint the two boxers in the moment before the impact. Imagine what they must have thought and show the thoughts in their expressions.

Have fun!

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/79k1-m.jpg

[TedNindo]

Hey there... This is really difficult. Completly different then just drawing what you see. But I guess with some practice this will be really helpfull to work without reference.

Here's my attempt 30 minutes:
http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/76rc-w.jpg

[MadMatix]

TedNindo, I mean this with as much respect as possible, but when looking at the boxer on the left, I cant help but think of:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/136/318122045_4f135f95f6.jpg?v=0

Anyway, I think both figures could use quite a bit of proportion work.

[fischkopf]

this is my attempt... not easy to think in new poses. but funny.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/79k1-o.jpg

[TedNindo]

TedNindo, I mean this with as much respect as possible, but when looking at the boxer on the left, I cant help but think of:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/136/318122045_4f135f95f6.jpg?v=0

Anyway, I think both figures could use quite a bit of proportion work.


Well your right... Its not a really good work of mine. But It,s the first try.. So I guess it will get better and better.. I have to getting used to the new requirements. And I guess I should take a bit more time for this kind of exercise.
But your right proportion is way off. :eek:

[TedNindo]

Ok back to the standard for today... Just copy. We try something different tomorrow.
Heres the image of today:

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/76rc-x.jpg

[TedNindo]

this is my attempt... not easy to think in new poses. but funny.


Intresting approach. You pictured both character in a different position which must have been seconds before the reference. While I tried to picture the scene a super short moment before the impact. I'm looking forward to the next exersice of this kind.

[TedNindo]

hey here's my attempt of todays image..tried to work more lose and faster. (23 minutes)

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/76rc-y.jpg

[fischkopf]

Hey Ted,

nice attempt! The posture is not as strong as on the reference but it looks good. The left leg could be more straight and both legs could be a bit longer.
You miss a little the glow in your painting. The colours in the reference look more saturated.

But anyway, good work!

[fischkopf]

Hi guys!

Today we would like to give you another "extra" task for the speedpainting. Try to paint or draw the girl with opened eyes and with a smile on her face. Also try add the back of the head.

Have a nice weekend!

Cheers,

fischkopf : )

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/79k1-p.jpg

[TedNindo]

another difficult task. and I didn't really come close to her face. But very interesting experiment. Sorry don't know how long it took me but somewhere between 30 and 45 minutes.

I would really appreciate tipps and your comments because this is not very easy for me and I would like to get some crits to get better at such tasks.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/76rc-10.jpg

[fischkopf]

my attempt. about 20 minutes.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/79k1-q.jpg

[TedNindo]

hey fischkopf: really nice. Your girl really looks like the reference and the smile you put on her face looks belivable. Really nice work.

[TedNindo]

Hello here's todays image:

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/6uh9-15.jpg

[TedNindo]

and here's my attempt: 20 minutes

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/6uh9-16.jpg

[NR43]

I would really appreciate tipps and your comments because this is not very easy for me and I would like to get some crits to get better at such tasks.

About constructing a human head:
Get "Drawing the Human Head" by Burne Hogarth and read it.
Don't make copying the drawings from that book your main priority but reading the text.
Studying what he explains and experiment with your own sketches to try out his explanations.

About drawing and painting from ref:
You should come to a certain state of mind when drawing and painting, in which you ask yourself questions. Questions about distances between certain points on your reference (be it a picture or from life)
Examples from your ref:
What's the distance between that ear and the nose?
How tall is that ear?
What's the angle of that jawline?
How thick is that upper lip?
How long is the distance between the bottom of the lower lip and the bottom of the chin?
Things like that...
Most importantly, I think you should take your time to observe your reference.
Don't keep one eye on the clock, throw it away (or turning it off may be less drastic :) )

Hope it helps

[TedNindo]

Hey NR43, thank you for your good tipps. And your right somethimes while I try to be fast or something else I forget to observe properly.

I'm not a huge Hogarth fan but if you say this book is a good and valuble read I'll give it a try. I just don't like his anatomical drawings that much.

[TedNindo]

As todays reference let's take THE HULK! Enjoy.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/6uh9-17.jpg

[Hectorlp]

hey, yesterday I started using my graphic tablet( I want to learn XD), and this is what I have done in 20 mins more or less:
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm59/thehrb/hulkcopy.jpg

i used the original image to support my drawing, because if not, I would have spent a while until I had that decent proportions XD, if someone could share some links with some techniques would be great, thanks

[fischkopf]

I guess this is a good to read silhouette.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/79k1-r.jpg

[TedNindo]

i used the original image to support my drawing, because if not, I would have spent a while until I had that decent proportions XD, if someone could share some links with some techniques would be great, thanks

Hi Hectorlp and welcome to the thread. It's very nice to see you taking part and dooing some practice. But I would recommend you not to use the orignial as you did it. If you have problems getting shapes right try to use a raster to get more orientation points.

Here an example:

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/76rc-11.jpg

With this technic you learn to observe and to see use the same skills as you would use without the grid. As time goes you can use a grid with lower resolution until you don't need it anymore.

[Lunas]

1 hours work today, I just thought id share. Comments and crit welcome please :

http://www.imagewasp.com//uploads/615penguinspeedpaint.jpg

[Lunas]

accidental double post, sorry

[Hectorlp]

thanks tednindo, i will try it in the next illustration:beer:

[TedNindo]

about 12 minutes... really intersting reference! Really good.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/76rc-12.jpg

[fischkopf]

This is the reference of today. Take it easy, panda! ; )

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/79k1-s.jpg

[Vyse-soa]

What a cute little fellow ^______________^
~1,5 hours both

http://homepage.hispeed.ch/welkesblatt/pics/speedpaints/04.jpg


http://homepage.hispeed.ch/welkesblatt/pics/speedpaints/03.jpg

[TedNindo]

gruezi vyse-soa. Nice to see you back on this thread. The ship you did once is still one of my favorite pictues here.

Your panda pic is really nice as well, nice details on the leaves and rich colors. What kind of brushes do you use, are they cusom made?

[Vyse-soa]

Grüezi wohl und merci :)

For the panda pic I used a some custom brushes of some users here (goro, Tahsa, barontieri etc.) and a bunch of selfmade brushes.
By the way, making them was pretty fun. For example, scattering some ink on a white paper and smudging it with a toothbrush.
Its a great acitivity when one is bored :arteest:

http://homepage.hispeed.ch/welkesblatt/pics/speedpaints/brushes.gif

[TedNindo]

merci für dä guät tip!
I never thought of creating digital brushes manually but its a very nice idea. I'll give that a try.

[fischkopf]

yes, really cool idea! i have to test this. : )

[TedNindo]

here's my take it easy panda (30-40 minutes):

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/76rc-13.jpg

[TedNindo]

For today we would like to get somewhat more creative. With this little exercise:

Give this beauty a nice beach outfit. Take the pose but render her with some cloth on . Think about what she could wear in a beach scenery and about how light and her bodyforms would influence these cloths.


http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/76rc-14.jpg

[fischkopf]

Hm, tasty bamboo... It took me around 40 mins.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/79k1-t.jpg

[MarciahL]

I promised I would post one day..
here is my first one :) ive done several others on paper..
not he best though.. hehe

good work guys, great thread.

http://www.3dhue.com/files/daily01_196.jpg

[Ash30]

Hi guys, back after a long spell of absence, due in short because of holiday breaks mixed with the usual laziness that tends to set in when there isn't a deadline within view.

As a photo stream, this thread is really interesting as it's definitely beggining to show improvements in people.

As always the diverse selection of references used makes this a very rewarding experience as it offers us a chance to experiment much more than usual. Currently I'm trialing the Wet edges effect in Photoshop. What I'm trying to reproduce is that thick impasto stroke possible with traditional media and also that quirky and random chance involved with tone production. Has anyone got any Ideas on this?

+ Vyse-soa could you explain some more about the custom brushes, it seems very interesting and I love the the effect it adds.

C&C very welcome as always. These new creative challenges are very challenging, and admittedly it takes me considerably longer to paint these. I gave up on the boxing one :(
How does every one approach these?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3090/2715821589_10ff6f2a8c.jpg?v=0http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3247/2715821319_3a3ab568b9.jpg?v=0http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3101/2715820969_190b4e0dcc.jpg?v=0http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3051/2715820641_c3e0abd25b.jpg?v=0
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3147/2715820483_84433cfeb4.jpg?v=0

[TedNindo]

here's my contribution to todays exercise (about 40 min):

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/76rc-15.jpg

[TedNindo]

to everyone: thanks for stopping by and giving so much effort. To see this makes me happy.

And I would like to comment the new exercises. We (fischkopf, oliver and I) were thinking about how we could enhance this thread and came up with this idea. We still need to figure out what works and what not. But after doing the boxers we saw that that was to hard to beginn with. So we will take some easier ones and take one step after the other.
And for sure it takes more time then just "copy" something. But as I said before. Speed is not the main target of this thread.
If somebody has an idea please contact either fischkopf or me.


@MarciahL:
Hey, cool to see your first post with a picture. And I think you did well. Your panda looks a bit mean though, I think its because of the way you shaped its eyes. While looking coloser at the referenc I saw that I did my panda eyes totaly wrong :argh:. I hope from now on you'll continue posting your stuff. If you don't like to scann in your pics you could also take a photo of it and post that.

@fischkopf
Hehe, nice! Your panda is really relaxed! I like that. Very good skill of yours to get to the mood of a picture and "stress" that in your painting. I really like that. And Its good to see you experimenting with other brushes.


@Ash
Welcome back. It's really cool to have you here again. And as it seems the vacation didn't hurt your skills. Really cool pics. I especialy like the panda and the boxers. In the panda picture there are not much details but you nailed the mood of the reference perfectly. And in the boxerimage I like your colorselction. A few colors but it looks so good!
The smiling face doesen't look that happy though but I had very hard times with that image as you have seen for sure.:cry:

[Anisi]

Hi first time posting in this thread. I've always been a perfectionists so these speed painting things are a whole new concept for me. I keep wanting to add more and more details to this but I stopped myself. Hehe. Hopefully this is the first of many, I've always loved lurking around the speed painting boards. Your works are great!

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii133/Anisi/Speed1PandaSmall-1.jpg

[TedNindo]

hey Anisi,
welcome to this thread, good to have you. And I think you started with a really nice piece. Your panda looks very cute and relaxed. Good vibrant colors too. Really good. Would be cool to see your work here frequently.

[fischkopf]

@all

It is so nice to see a lot of wonderful new paintings here in this thread. Always a great inspirational resource.

It is a great pleasure to see from new (you're all very welcome!) as well as from previous contributors loads of new stuff here. I hope we can continue this thread with you all together. Good on you! See you tomorrow.

It's not a great change in clothing... around 60 minutes with a pause.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/79k1-u.jpg

[fischkopf]

@anisi
I like a lot your painting! Nice colour choice and I like that you mostly painted in a rough way. Want to see more from you : ))

@ted
You set your colors very well. So saturated. I like that! Good idea with that clothing.

@Ash
Welcome back Ash : )
The most paintings I love from your last post are the boxer and the hulk painting. The way you work rough and blocky is really nice. Although you work with reduced colors it looks very good. It tells the whole story.
The way you painted the boxer reminds me a bit on the Rocky Balboa paintings in the end of the second movie.

@Vyse-soa
Nice to see you back!
Your panda painting looks awesome! The way you interpret the plant is fabulous.
The little creepy paintings is good, too. Very strong in color.

@MarciahL
That's cool. You're posting your paintings! : ))
Nice painting. I like that wet brush you used. The panda is a bit out of proportion. I miss the background. Keep it on!

[leno780]

hi, this is a contribution for today's topic about 45 mins.
tednindo i'admir ur perseverance keep working like this, :bowdown:
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk101/leno780/beachgirl.png

[TedNindo]

ha fischkopf.: you changed the color of her bikini :beer:. No just kiding. I like the overall feel of you image although I think you could had gone more creative with the beachoutfit. You changed her body form instead. Your face looks very nice and friendly. Good use of colors strong and vibrant really by FAR better then a month ago!

leno: Thank you. This thread is a great motivation for myself.
I like your beachoutfit. And I think it was very clever of you to pronounce her leg with that skirt. And I like the idea with the sunglases too. Her left arm is a bit to skiny though.

[fischkopf]

@ted

damn, and i thought you wouldn't see the difference...hehe :)
i was trying to be more creative, but I would have spend a lot of more time just to get an idea. i wasn't very "creative" this day. anyway... thanks for you kind words!

[Hectorlp]

hey, here is my attempt, took me a lot more than 20 minutes and isn´t finished XD:
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm59/thehrb/piva.jpg

tednindo, thanks for your help the other day, i did it by myself without using the image as a vase, although some parts are not exactly as the picture, one last thing, in a future, i would like to give it a realistic touch, some clues?thanks

[TedNindo]

tednindo, thanks for your help the other day, i did it by myself without using the image as a vase, although some parts are not exactly as the picture, one last thing, in a future, i would like to give it a realistic touch, some clues?thanks

Hi Hectorlp, I'm glad I could help you. It is not important to get a 1:1 copy of the reference. More important is to get a belivable coherent image. Although a close observation is key you should always allow yourself to make things your own way. And I think you are on a really good way. Just be patient and keep painting and pregress will come. In your last painting there are only two things I would point at. First the legs seem a bit short and the transition from knee to calf to foot seems not correctly shapes. Second keep the hair transperent where there is fewer hair. If you paint them on a single layer you could achiev that by using a mask. Doing that the hair wouldn't look attached.

[TedNindo]

Here's todays reference image. I'm looking forward to your contributions.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/76rc-16.jpg

[Hectorlp]

tednindo thanks again, yesterday I was tired and i did the hair quick,next time i will try,today´s image is a bit harder, ill have a try later:beer:

EDIT: where can i find some brushes? thanks again XD:p

[Vyse-soa]

About an hour and 20 min.

http://homepage.hispeed.ch/welkesblatt/pics/speedpaints/frog.jpg



Vyse-soa could you explain some more about the custom brushes, it seems very interesting and I love the the effect it adds.


For the most of my custom brushes for scattering I use the settings,
that Linda uses in her tutorial (but without the textures).
http://www.furiae.com/index.php?view=gallery
Tutorials - Textured Brushes

To find a cool brushform, you just have to play around.
You can paint your own brushes directly in photoshop and define them afterward as
brushes or you can do crazy things, like smashing some cereals on a paper and do
a digital picture of it. After that you have to edit the image in Photoshop in a way
so that you can use it as a brush.

[TedNindo]

So this is my last posting before my vacation. Thisfore I decided to do this step by step. Don't know if anybody cares though. (70 Minutes)

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/76rc-17.jpg

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/76rc-18.jpg

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/76rc-19.jpg

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/76rc-1a.jpg

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/76rc-1b.jpg

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/76rc-1c.jpg

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/76rc-1d.jpg

[Vyse-soa]

Whoa, great.
Your paintings, especially this one, have a pretty strong consitency of brushwork and detail.
And if you like, you can post your step by step work into this thread.
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=31&t=364771

[fischkopf]

WOW! Great work guys!

Ted, thank you for sharing your work in progress with us!

That pic wasn't easy. I had to play a lot with colours. So many colors in it...

Took me around 80-90 minutes.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/7mrp-1.jpg

[Hectorlp]

hey. i´ve been working a bit on the frog and i hope to continue tomorrow, i hope i have finished it for tomorrow, wip :

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm59/thehrb/ranita.jpg

tednindo have a great holiday:applause:

EDIT:
thanks fischkopf, I worked a bit on the top part(mostly),and tried to add some textures,here it is(not finished):
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm59/thehrb/ranita2.jpg

[fischkopf]

Hectorlp, I really like your frog! You caught the right colors. I guess you just need some kind of textures on the frog and he'll looks great. Keep it on!

[fischkopf]

Okay, this is the little task for today.

Draw or paint the guy from behind. : )

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/79k1-w.jpg

[fischkopf]

Okay, guys... don't laugh... it's the ultimate kicker! *lol* :)

Had a lot of problems as you can see.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/79k1-x.jpg

[keacy]

Hi guys,

I d like to join and enjoy your speedpainting forum, i am quite new in digital painting, i do little bit VFX, and i ve been study compositing in ESC studios, so i wanna get some painting skills and then use them maybe for mattepaintings in future

I am attaching 2 pics (i spent appr. 2 hours on each one) and i wanna carry on with u....sometimes i am busy , cause of study , but i hope ll find some time for this great topic

any comments and feedbacks are welcome !

and i d like ask anyone..how can i attach pics, here, in full size , without thumbnails...
i ve never attach here, anythinx....sorry for this stupid question.....thx



Keacy

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e115/keacy11/frog.jpg
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e115/keacy11/woman.jpg

[Hectorlp]

Hi guys,

I d like to join and enjoy your speedpainting forum, i am quite new in digital painting, i do little bit VFX, and i ve been study compositing in ESC studios, so i wanna get some painting skills and then use them maybe for mattepaintings in future

I am attaching 2 pics (i spent appr. 2 hours on each one) and i wanna carry on with u....sometimes i am busy , cause of study , but i hope ll find some time for this great topic

any comments and feedbacks are welcome !

and i d like ask anyone..how can i attach pics, here, in full size , without thumbnails...
i ve never attach here, anythinx....sorry for this stupid question.....thx



Keacy

hi man! i´m also new here, i started a few days ago, if you want to attach pictures at full size, you should upload them to a server, such as www.imageshack.us or a similar web, i recommend www.photobucket.com then you copy the link and paste it here in between this code:
[IMG ]here the link[/IMG ] without spaces.

Another thing, i have been busy this days so i couldnt practice, in few days i think i will have finished my frog.

cheers:applause:

[fischkopf]

Hi, Keacy and welcome to this thread. : )

Your frog looks good. I like that your frog has this kind of wet looking skin. It looks realistic. Very nice painting.

The girl seems a bit out of proportion. The upper part of the body is out of proportion. Means that she is too long. The head is too small and her fist in foreground is big as well. The wrinkles on her hip doesn't look like wrinkles, they look just like lines. The fist in background looks good.

Keep it up, Keacy! Wanna see more from you, if you can! : ))

This is the picture for today. Hope you enjoy.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/79k1-y.jpg

[fischkopf]

My attempt. Took me around 30 mins.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/79k1-10.jpg

[fischkopf]

Old looking bonsai.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/79k1-11.jpg

[fischkopf]

well, the good bonsai isn't easy to paint. a lot of problems. didn't know how to convert all these fine patterns on that tree. what kind of brush should i use? how would you paint that bonsai? any suggestions?

here is my attempt.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/79k1-12.jpg

[Rabid1]

Just found this thread, so the point is to copy the photos right? Here is my attempt with the bonzai tree, took about 50 min.

http://www.methodartz.net/Sketches/Bonzai.jpg

[fischkopf]

Hi Rapid,
and welcome on board!

Your painting looks very nice. It's very interesting to see how you interpreted and painted these fine patterns on the tree as well on the basin.
Good work! Like it alot.

[fischkopf]

Hey guys,

you're welcome to take part in this little task if you like. Here it comes...

Draw or paint this figure with a drapery or cloth around the arm and think about how the rest of the drapery could be attached on the body of the figure.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/79k1-13.jpg

[keacy]

Hi guys,
this my little attempt of bonsai...its quit tricky picture.. so any comments are welcome




http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e115/keacy11/bonsaj.jpg

[fischkopf]

Hi Keacy!

Your bottom of the basin looks a bit too flat. Could be more rounded. The colors look a bit too grayish. I think some warm colours could do a lot. Maybe a few highlights as well as shadows on some areas to get more the feeling of deep.

[keacy]

hi,

yea, i see, its too de-satured, , but on my Mac monitor,was much better color space...better fresh colors, probably i ve got settings of color temperature more for video and vfx than painting and photoshop,..i can see it now on PC monitor. i have to have a look and check that

Kc

[fischkopf]

This is a nice smooth reference for today. In my opinion the composition is not so complicated...

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/79k1-14.jpg

[fischkopf]

A sweet fairy...

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/79k1-15.jpg

[TedNindo]

here's my attempt of todays subject:

felt not really comfortable with this one. Don't know exactly why (45 Minutes)

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/76rc-1e.jpg

[Vyse-soa]

Damn it, why is painting so difficult, I mean, we see the world, as it looks, every day for hours, since years, we know how it looks like, why we can't just paint it then.

http://homepage.hispeed.ch/welkesblatt/pics/speedpaints/05.jpg

[TedNindo]

hehe, funny that you had your problems with that picture as well. I had a hard time.
But I like your scribble. I mean there are some problems like the left shoulder or the right arm. But in the end I like the way you made the pose more dynamic and in my eye more sexy.

[fischkopf]

that was easy! :thumbsup:

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/79k1-16.jpg

[TedNindo]

that was easy! :thumbsup:



Ha, ha fischkopf, very funny. Your picture is not that bad though. But it seems that you approached it a bit light hearted. Which is not bad in general. But I know that you can give more effort. If you are in the mood.

I think the buttom it not well defined...because there is not much information in the ref picture. But you could have used some linework for her skirt to cover that.

[aftasardem]

i don't know if its just me, but some drawings seem like a big, vicious fight. in the end i feel frustrated and don't realy learn anything....feels like a void in your mind, as if you had forgotten how to do something. call it a bad day.

http://img7.uploadhouse.com/fileuploads/2368/23681479d4e14a04fa49bbf9381670d210c3e8d.jpg (http://www.uploadhouse.com/viewfile.php?id=2368147&showlnk=0)

[TedNindo]

i don't know if its just me, but some drawings seem like a big, vicious fight. in the end i feel frustrated and don't realy learn anything....feels like a void in your mind, as if you had forgotten how to do something. call it a bad day.


Welcome aftasardem:
Well I would say that you allways learn something. But I know what you mean sometimes it just seems just not right for a really long time. But if you continue you will see that it will come toghter nicely. It's just a question of patience sometimes.

[TedNindo]

Here's todays image. We haden't have a landscape as reference for some times now.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/6uh9-1b.jpg

[aftasardem]

Welcome aftasardem:
Well I would say that you allways learn something. But I know what you mean sometimes it just seems just not right for a really long time. But if you continue you will see that it will come toghter nicely. It's just a question of patience sometimes.

hey, thanks man!
i'll keep that in mind!

http://img7.uploadhouse.com/fileuploads/2372/237268780c62e0fe3578666948509bafdf89e0f.jpg (http://www.uploadhouse.com/viewfile.php?id=2372687&showlnk=0)

[TedNindo]

Here's my desert landscape 20 Minutes:

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/6uh9-1c.jpg

[goatrape]

Here is my desert 10minutes



http://joncolvin.com/daily_speedpainting/desert.jpg

[Vyse-soa]

As allways, looks easy, but it isn't...

http://homepage.hispeed.ch/welkesblatt/pics/speedpaints/06.jpg

[TedNindo]

wow vyse-soa: you put a lot of detail in that picture. Really nice. I think that it looks really good. Good texture, good colors, sharp and clean. Good work.

[TedNindo]

And this is the image of the day tricky perspectiv:

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/6uh9-1d.jpg

[soundwaves]

about 40 mins :shrug: http://a896.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/116/l_946603c16476415c4ccd09968c5fcc9f.jpg

[wind27382]

well after watching how some of u have really improved doing this exercies I fell it's my time to try. the only problem for me is my dog ate my wacome tablet. (literally chewed through the cord.) so i'm back to using my mouse for a week or so. but here it is nothing to brag about but hopefull I will improve over the next few weeks.




http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/8717/speedpaint1fu9.th.jpg (http://img107.imageshack.us/my.php?image=speedpaint1fu9.jpg)


http://img107.imageshack.us/my.php?image=speedpaint1fu9.jpg%5D%5BIMG%5Dhttp://img107.imageshack.us/img107/8717/speedpaint1fu9.th.jpg%5B/IMG%5D%5B/URL%5D

[TedNindo]

well after watching how some of u have really improved doing this exercies I fell it's my time to try. the only problem for me is my dog ate my wacome tablet. (literally chewed through the cord.) so i'm back to using my mouse for a week or so. but here it is nothing to brag about but hopefull I will improve over the next few weeks.


Hi Wind and welcome,
Ha funny story to hear, first it sounded like the common school excuse. Theacher my dog ate my homework :scream:. I couldn't paint with the mouse this is for sure. So I'm currious if we will see a diffrence once your wacom is back. Thanks for stoping and paricipating.

[Vyse-soa]

Thx, TedNindo.
I had some problems with the colorchoice and the saturation, but I'm pretty happy with it too.

Man, but I really suck at drawing people...
http://homepage.hispeed.ch/welkesblatt/pics/speedpaints/07.jpg

[Chriz5]

Hello there, :)

following this thread for about few days now and it looks like a lot of fun. I have also tried to do a speedpaint of the current image and here is the result. (20 min)

She has really long legs, I should open a much bigger canvas next time.

[varius]

Hi there, decided to try some speed painting too. It's really fun but I see I have to work on my drawing skills, it took too long to draw lines that are only fairly enough:/

About 1:30. Ps cs3 & wacom.

Vyse-soa: Don't worry, I suck too:P
http://variusik.republika.pl/speed/variusspeed1.jpg

[TedNindo]

wow here's a lot going on, but since I have no time I just post my image for now. I didn't know where to go with it... around 35 minutes

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/6uh9-1e.jpg

[wind27382]

hey ted that one actually came out pretty close

[TedNindo]

hi varius and welcome. Good to see you participating. I think you nailed the pose pretty well. The only thing that bothers me a bit is that your storke is very short and uncertain a problem that I have myself. It makes the drawing a bit untidy. Try to make longer strokes. It doesen't matter if they are all 100% correct but it would help your drawing to get more dynamic and vivid. Hope we will see more of you.

@soundwave: really nice Image. You have not that stronge perspective but the style of the image is really fitting. Like a chinese brush or something. Looking forward for more of you

Hi Chriz5 and welcome. Good to see your effort. Why not just adding a bit canvas. Photoshop makes it so easy to do that. Maybe next time ;)

@vyse-soa: Hey I have really some problems as well with drawing peoples but thats one reason for this thread to get better at stuff. And I would say that you hit the pose pretty well. What I would like to see is a character from you but colored in the style of your dessert pic or the ship pic of you. Just try I'm sure that could be pretty sweet.

[TedNindo]

Ok, here another human figure for pratice.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/76rc-1f.jpg

[wildmax]

20 min :p could not resist to try even thu.. im not that good <3

http://wildmax.dk/jumper.jpg

[soundwaves]

25 min
http://a481.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/8/l_b1d5d641f7cf5380dd378f5cd3c89eb8.jpg

[Chriz5]

Hello,

here is my speedpaint of todays image. (20 min)

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/7rdg-1.jpg

@TedNindo
I use painter for the speedpaints, want also learn to deal with this software. ;)
But look, this time I had enough space. :)

[TedNindo]

cool all the attempts got the pose pretty well. Really cool to see so many participate and see how different everybody is approaching such an image.

@ Chriz... hehe I used to work with painter as well and I know that it is easy as well in painter ;), but never mind. I would like to go back to painter as well but right know I'm not in the right mood for that.

Here's my attempt took me 50 minutes:

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/76rc-1g.jpg

[Vyse-soa]

Hey TedNindo, I would say, thats damn good for a 50min Speedpaint.
Very clean and solid forms, but the dynamic of the movement is still evident.

[TedNindo]

Hey TedNindo, I would say, thats damn good for a 50min Speedpaint.
Very clean and solid forms, but the dynamic of the movement is still evident.

Thank you.
About the cleanness, thats what I wanted to ask you, how do you approach your paintings. Because you allways have very clean lines between colors. Do you work with layers or how do you prevent your brush from smearing. I have that problem a lot and would like to know how you do that.

[ryokun]

im not a painter, hence just a drawing...

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/7rfm-1.jpg

[varius]

Hi. Good stuff everyone!
Today's speed... 1:30 h:/ I'm not totally happy with it, not sure why... but I have to go to bad now... I hate getting up early, but one's need to earn for some food, right?:D
http://variusik.republika.pl/speed/variusspeed2.jpg

[TedNindo]

wow so many contributions. Really cool. Practice makes perfekt :applause:

Here's todays image:

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/76rc-1h.jpg

[Vyse-soa]

Thank you.
About the cleanness, thats what I wanted to ask you, how do you approach your paintings. Because you allways have very clean lines between colors. Do you work with layers or how do you prevent your brush from smearing. I have that problem a lot and would like to know how you do that.

Usually I work with three to four layers.
A background layer for the sky and stuff, a foreground layer and a middle one.
(A fourth is used sometimes for linework on the very top)
In the desert pic I used the middle layer for the high values and the foreground layer for
the shadow parts. In this way you can always erase the shadows, that went over the
light parts and define also forms while doing that.

Uuuh, many problems here, most of the muscels aren't definded right, some limbs
are to narrow, skin color etc. Well, at least im tryin
http://homepage.hispeed.ch/welkesblatt/pics/speedpaints/08.jpg

[Chriz5]

Hello,

here is my cowgirl speedpaint. (23 min)

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/7rdg-2.jpg

That image was not so easy for me. The legs are too short and I got problems to find the right colors especially for the jeans.
I tried to do some corrections but the 20 minutes were already over.

[wildmax]

seams im hooked abit.. so here goes again 20 min.. might try to make some thats abit longer next time :rolleyes:

http://wildmax.dk/cowgirl.jpg

[soundwaves]

a 30 min attempt
http://a609.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/112/l_2c891fd3ab6afbccff95bf5a53104bb8.jpg

[TedNindo]

woohoooo... I got lost on that image... and time passed without notice... good I had the stopwatch running 112 minutes:

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/76rc-1i.jpg

[wind27382]

wow great job chris5 you got the pose down perfectly.

[MadMatix]

Whoaaa you guys are getting good! I am seeing lots of improvement, its great to see!

TedNindo, your latest (cowgirl) is really great! Its very good because there are no outlines, and its truly painted. On another note, I would like to see you use a "harder" brush on some of the landscape paintings though. You notice on the desert one, when comparing it to Vyse-soa's for example, you see the potential when going for a more defined look (but of course, this needs more time, so its just an idea).

[varius]

Hi! I started paiting this and again I lost it when I was trying to make lines as accurate as possible. Took more than 1h:/ So I decided that that haven't beed speed paiting and started again. It took only(drums please...) 25 minutes:) I'm really satisfied with quality to time comparision:)
The first one should be good base for something better, maybe I'll do it if I find some time.
http://variusik.republika.pl/speed/variusspeed3.jpg

[TedNindo]

@Chriz5: Nice you got the pose. And had even time to start coloring in the 20 minutes timeframe. I like the long dynamic lines.

@wildmax. You have quite a few anatomy details in your sketch which is really good for that short amount of time.

@soundwav: I like your style. It's diffrent but really interessting looks almost like a traditonal painting.

@varius: cool, thats great. You did very well. the lower leggs are maybe a bit short but for 20 minutes really good pose and already in coloring mode.

After 20 minutes I just barely started coloring my sketch, but as I already said. I lost myself to fast in details and couldn't stop so I went a bit overboard. Which is nice now and then.

@matix: Thank you and Nice to have you back. I would very appreciate if you would continue participating in this thread.
your right the hard and clean lines everywhere thats what I admire in vyse-soa's picture. He has a very clean and sharp style.

[TedNindo]

Hi,
for today its a little exercise which could end up in a nice colorsketch:

Draw/Paint the sculpture as real human in color. Add the missing right hand.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/76rc-1j.jpg

[Skiatch]

Here is my first speedpainting in this thread. I began drawing from the photo and had to change the colors and add the hand after reading the briefing. took about 30 mins.

cheers,
skiatch

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/7sbb-1.gif
http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/7sbb-1-gif.html

[TedNindo]

Very nice Skiatch and welcome to the thread.
Good anatomy details. The only thing that looks mildly strange is his left arm. The lower part looks just a pit to long or undefinde... but that just a small detail.

If you use the "insert image" symbol while posting your image, it would show up for everybody without the need of a click.

Looking forward to see more from you.

[Skiatch]

Thanks for your comment TedNindo. I just took care of the link ( had problems with the imageupload-provider and the link he offered ( it was a html-link, no image-link))

[TedNindo]

I enjoyed that very much. Really interessting (38 minutes):

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/76rc-1o.jpg

[Chriz5]

Hello again,

thats it. (21 min)

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/7rdg-3.jpg

He looks more like a neanderthal man... :)

[varius]

Hi.

Skiatch: Awesome sketch!

Today I tried different approach. Instead of drawing lines I started to build up image from blocks of color... It's harder than I thought:/ Took about 1h.

EDIT: Changed contrast and blending mode of some layers.
http://variusik.republika.pl/speed/variusspeed4.jpg

[soundwaves]

1 hr
http://a577.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/82/l_9c82858fb1fc82a6f2fedbced548ea00.jpg

[stone cold ninja]

soundwav: I love the energy and abstraction of your sketch. It reminds me of Bill Sienkowicz (spelling?), comic book artist in the eighties and nineties.

A little over an hour on the Nintendo DS:
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e184/stonecoldninja/colors_slot0.png

[soundwaves]

alright!
Yeah Bill Sienkiewicz did a whole graphic novel about Jimi Hendrix,
good book.

[TedNindo]

Here's todays image. With a heavy focus on colors looking forward to your contributions

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/76rc-1p.jpg

[Chriz5]

Hi there,

this time it took some more time to complete this picture. (35 min)

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/7rdg-4.jpg

@stone cold ninja
I did not know that there is a painting software available for the Nintendo DS.
But it seems to work very well. :)

@varius
When I use the method to start up a image with blocks of colors, I often take a look at it with blurry eyes. On this way I fade out the details which are not of interest at the beginning and see only the basically color shapes which can be used to build up the image correctly.
Dependend on the picture it works very good or very bad.

@soundwav

Nice work. :)

[Vyse-soa]

@stone cold ninja
You did that on the DS? how? I mean, what Game/Software you have used? :surprised

@TedNindo
Do you know more about this statue/fountain from the last pic, maybe what its called or something. It's such a great piece of art.

[stone cold ninja]

@Vyse-soa: it's a homebrew application called Colors that makes use of the DS touch sensitive screen. It's a very stripped down version of Painter, but the interface is very intuitive and natural with the way you hold the DS. I cannot recommend it highly enough.

Check out my sketchbook thread that is--to date--all Nintendo DS paintings:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=31&t=662091

Also, a how-to-get-started with Colors and the DS thread originally linked from CGTalk by Valeno Sangue:
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=109672

[TedNindo]

@TedNindo
Do you know more about this statue/fountain from the last pic, maybe what its called or something. It's such a great piece of art.

I did some research and have found this page:

http://www.rome-tour.co.uk/piazza_navona.htm

[Vyse-soa]

Thx, I think That Nintendo DS Color thing is pretty cool for playing around.
I'll surely try it sometime, but I guess I have to check out stuff first about running homebrew software on the DS.

Roman, thank you very much for the link, the fountain is apparently called "Fontana del Nettuno".

Heres my try. I found it pretty hard.
I started a few times over, every time with a different approach (lineart, blocking, very thick lines...). The one, done with usual lines, came out the best I think, but it lacks many details.

http://homepage.hispeed.ch/welkesblatt/pics/speedpaints/09.jpg

[paddflask]

Hello!

I tried to paint the bridge it took me about 40 minutes to paint little too long maybe?

[wildmax]

Angle is way off.. but hey 16 min....

http://wildmax.dk/brigde.jpg

[goatrape]

Not bad for 16 minutes wildmax! :)

[TedNindo]

Here's my try.. really diffrent then anything of this week. Colors are hard to select. without picking them out of the original. 45 minutes

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/76rc-1q.jpg

[donom]

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/4004/140808ih6.png (http://imageshack.us)
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/4004/140808ih6.1350776b1b.jpg (http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=155&i=140808ih6.png)

It took me 35 minutes.

[Vyse-soa]

It looked kinda easy, but it was damn hard.
http://homepage.hispeed.ch/welkesblatt/pics/speedpaints/10.jpg

[fischkopf]

Wow! I was just 5 days on vacation and booom... so many new paintings... Amazing works! Just great. :thumbsup:

[TedNindo]

hey everyone and thanks for the participation.

For today it's a small exercies again.

Draw or paint the woman without her cap so that her face is visible. Add some space to the canvas so that her whole head fits on to it.

Looking forward to all your contributions

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/76rc-1r.jpg

[wildmax]

im not that good to humans.. need to make alot of those it seams.. :arteest:

anyways heres my atempt [26 min]

http://wildmax.dk/girl.jpg

[ChrisGreyknight]

Okay, this is my first atempt using the grafic-table for artistic reasons. Obvious I net alotta more practice and I "cheated" with a blured layer.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/7tc1-1.jpg

[ChrisGreyknight]

Okay, here I`m again. Basicaliy searching for a brush property that feel´s right for me. Haven´t found it yet and yes I suck at drawing faces. ;)http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/7tc1-2.jpg

[varius]

Hi, here's mine. About 50min. Started with linework, but at some moment decided to go without it, becouse it looks better.

http://variusik.republika.pl/speed/variusspeed6.jpg

[fischkopf]

my attempt. a bit longer ca. 120 min.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/79k1-18.jpg

[TedNindo]

hey this was really hard. Faces in generel. We know them so good and know instatly when somethins is wrong. That makes it harder to paint them, although it should be easier... I had a very hard time. almost 80 minutes ...The Shading was hard, because it had to be changed so much because of the missing hat.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/76rc-1s.jpg

[donom]

Had trouble with the nose. Around 45 minutes. Doesn't resemble her much..
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/9815/150808qx8.png (http://imageshack.us)
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/9815/150808qx8.74218df973.jpg (http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=141&i=150808qx8.png)

[soundwaves]

about 1 hr
http://a316.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/39/l_cdc2f80d499739c32f7ebbefed58c0bb.jpg

[Chriz5]

Hello,

oh dear... she is becoming a monster. (25 min) :D

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/7rdg-5.jpg

Just not my day. :)

[stone cold ninja]

40 minutes.

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e184/stonecoldninja/colors_slot7.png

[leno780]

hi, a 55mins attempt :rolleyes:
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk101/leno780/femmenb-1.png

[TedNindo]

eight reply images in one day thats a new record. Thanks to everyone!

Leno: good to see you back. Back with a really nice image, although she looks a bit older in your image, but non the less really nice.

Welcome stone cold ninja and donom to the thread.

Please forgive me that I can not comment every picture anymore and at the same time feel free to give constructive critic to everybody. Sometimes one can learn much while analysing others artist pictures.

[stone cold ninja]

A day late and perhaps a dollar short, but my bridge speed paint. 50 minutes.



http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e184/stonecoldninja/bridgespeedy.png

[TedNindo]

For today let's take "goldy" as reference:

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/6uh9-1f.jpg

[TedNindo]

Hello!

I tried to paint the bridge it took me about 40 minutes to paint little too long maybe?

Hi paddflask,
welcome and thanks for your attempt. Time doesn't matter that much. More important is that you spent time painting.

[LoneSoul]

This guy is angry at me because I painted him so badly... :shrug: I tried to stay within the time limit so the other guy only got some lines... :) 23 min with Painter X. My first speedpaint BTW.

http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t337/Kolaritestinukke/speedpaint16082008.jpg

[Chriz5]

Hi there,

this time I used the pastel tool to paint goldy. (20 min)

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/7rdg-6.jpg

[goatrape]

Fun project, done in 45min-hour, I used PS

http://joncolvin.com/daily_speedpainting/goldfish.jpg

[TedNindo]

welcome LoneSoul and thanks for your angry version of goldy :D

goatrape I like your image a lot nice colors in the body texture.

and here's my goldy 28 minutes

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/6uh9-1i.jpg

[TedNindo]

For the the end of this week let's take this beautifull image. Beside being really nice to look at it has a lot of "bling-bling" details and some nice warm-cold contrasts. So don't get to much distracted...

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/6uh9-1j.jpg

[TedNindo]

Okay, here I`m again. Basicaliy searching for a brush property that feel´s right for me. Haven´t found it yet and yes I suck at drawing faces. ;)

Welcome ChrisGreyknight!
I would say your on the right track, it's obvious that your used to draw with a pencil. I would recommend you to use a much bigger brush next time. Just give it a try.

[paddflask]

My attempt on the goldie (20m min)

[Vyse-soa]

I don't know, drawing feels sometime like having a fricking nightmare.

http://homepage.hispeed.ch/welkesblatt/pics/speedpaints/12.jpg

[Vyse-soa]

lol, here's my try painting with the Nintendo DS.
Its quite difficult to draw on such a small screen.
Maybe I'll do it again later with the graphic tablet and photoshop.

http://homepage.hispeed.ch/welkesblatt/pics/speedpaints/13.jpg

[goatrape]

Good job Vyse-soa, i havent tried painting on the DS yet, but i can imagine it beeing quite difficult :)

[Chriz5]

Hello,

I had problems with the legs at the beginning, so I used the time that left for some corrections and not for this strange tree thing on her back. (20 mins)

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/7rdg-7.jpg

[TedNindo]

Since I had time today I decided to go a bit beyond speedpainting. Somewhere between 2 and 3 hours.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/6uh9-1k.jpg

[Vyse-soa]

:eek: I'm Impressed how overall precise it is.
The pose you have painted, is as good as identical to the reference.

[goatrape]

Yes, excellent work TedNindo! Very nice, you have captured the pose very well.

[stone cold ninja]

Yeah Ted, it looks great.

Here's mine, about 75 minutes on the DS:
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e184/stonecoldninja/chickwithwingthings.png

[TedNindo]

Thanks guys... as I can see now, after beeing away from the picture for a while the legs are not as thin as in the reference but I think thats not so dramatic

[donom]

Kinda late.. 20 minutes.
http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/7050/160808sk9.png (http://imageshack.us)
http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/7050/160808sk9.dc4037c751.jpg (http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=118&i=160808sk9.png)
35 minutes. Didn't plan out the proportions well and it shows, haha.
http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/6454/170808wc3.png (http://imageshack.us)
http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/6454/170808wc3.7a4dbb310a.jpg (http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=379&i=170808wc3.png)

[fischkopf]

Meanwhile it's so great to see that so many people attend on this thread :applause:

As a counterpart to all these lovely girls we take this guy as reference today.


http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/79k1-19.jpg

[fischkopf]

something is wrong with his face... looks a bit dirty : )


http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/79k1-1a.jpg

60 minutes

[TedNindo]

didn't enjoy that one to much.. 35 minutes

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/76rc-1t.jpg

[LoneSoul]

30 minutes :)

http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t337/Kolaritestinukke/speedpaint180808.jpg

[varius]

My turn:) About 30min.
http://variusik.republika.pl/speed/variusspeed9.jpg

[fischkopf]

Varius
I like your sketch. You caught the pose very well. Just the left leg (from viewer) is a bit to thin. You should try to accentuate more your shadow and highlight areas so it would get more contrast and wouldn't look so flat. I still have a lot of problems with that. Good work.

LoneSoul
You too. You caught the meaning of the pose. The left leg looks really straight. While you sketch try to compare every time if you put right your lines. The upper part of the body looks right except the head which is undersized. Keep it up!

Ted
You caught the pose right. Just the proportion isn't right. He looks a bit broaden. But I guess you already saw this. You picked that orange in his face very well. The face was the toughest part to me.

[goatrape]

Sorry guys for the tardiness of this one, hurricane prep time down here in south FL.
I struggled a bit with this one, but enjoyed working on it.
Probably 3-4 hours?
http://joncolvin.com/daily_speedpainting/model_walk.jpg

[stone cold ninja]

On the DS, maybe an hour:

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e184/stonecoldninja/orangedude.png

[hackigel]

here's my attempt:http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/7utn-1.jpg

[TedNindo]

hey goatrape: I like your image. Nice Pose and the face is well done. But why do you use such a high compression on your images? I would recommend aiming for a higher quality (60-70%).

stone cold ninja: really nice. You got the facial expression. Very good attempt.

[fischkopf]

This is an interesting pose because she stands in classical contrapost... nice girl as well : )

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/7utx-1.jpg

[fischkopf]

stone cold ninja
you did that with the ds? hey, that looks really nice!

[ChrisGreyknight]

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/7tc1-3.jpg

Since I like the colour but the colour doesn´t like me. I decided to concentrate in getting handy with the digital pen and skiped the colourisation.

I noticed that the head is too small and the right leg too big. (took me 21 min.)

[fischkopf]

ChrisGreyNight
I like your loose lines of your sketch. Very fluid. I really would've liked to see more of your legs. : )

This is my attempt. Around 60 mins.
http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/79k1-1b.jpg

[TedNindo]

really nice fischkopf. I like the style! :thumbsup:

[TedNindo]

Here's my fairy.. bling-bling.... 22 Minutes

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/6uh9-1m.jpg

[fischkopf]

ted
nice fast sketch. i like that you used just a few lines to describe the story.

[TedNindo]

moin Hackigel and welcome to the thread. A really nice image! You nailed the dynamic and the anatomy of the statue very well.

[fischkopf]

hey, hackigel!

very very cool painting. the face looks so expressive. i really like your colours... that boost your whole painting : )

[LoneSoul]

I was struggling with this one. I'm not happy for the result at all. I even took 1,5 hours for it. :arteest: Didn't finish it because I got so frustrated. I have lot to learn :)


http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t337/Kolaritestinukke/speedpaint19082008.jpg
Thanks for comments fischkopf! :wavey:

[TedNindo]

hey there,

Today we have this little exercise.
Take a look at this picture and imagine what sport that women could have competed in.

Render here doing this sport in here sport outfit. You can keep it loose and simple if you wish.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/76rc-1u.jpg