Daily Speedpainting

[Zorn1]

this one 45 minuteshttp://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8fav-h.jpg

[TedNindo]

hey everyone

todays exercise is to draw/paint the male companion of this woman.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-13.jpg

[mxyzptlk]

this was quite enjoyable!

http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/8808/speedpaint01mo0.jpg

1 hour 30

[GaugeQueen]

this was a lot of fun to do ..
he'S blindfolded coz i just couldn't manage to draw his eyes correctly :/
looks a bit like a super ninja turtle *cough*

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/reita/skatercopy.jpg

[paraffinumLiquidum]

This one took me 90 min :/ I wish I could draw faster. I have to learn not to work that detailed.
However I am very satisfied with the result

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/Mausipuu/Speedpainting/Taucher_90min.jpg

[paraffinumLiquidum]

40 min

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/Mausipuu/Speedpainting/sunset.jpg

[ICeSoul]

Done with Photoshop 100%, no reference. In 1 hour.

http://icesoul.net/art/albums/userpics/10001/tah.jpg

[shapemaster]

30 min in photoshop

http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq356/flesh_dog/38_1-1.jpg

[aethalin]

Hiya,

Well done everyone, and it is great to see so many people busting out work. :) Well done indeed.

Shapemaster, I love the colours and the brush technique that you have with the fortress peice. I really wish that you pushed it farther. I would love to see, what you could do with it, using more detail. :) Nice work. I like the block use of colour more so than the "squiggly" lines texture, but I see what you were going for.

Welcome to the thread, ICeSoul. Nice colour and idea, but it seems like there is some issues with the anatomy, but I hope to see more from you.

paraffinumLiquidum, nice colour work on the man in the water and the landscape. I wish that you pushed the values more on the landscape piece and differentiated the shapes a bit more. Don't worry about your speed, as it will come. I still struggle with it as well. Some days it comes fast, but others it seems to so distant. Nice rendering for the water, but I would work more on the anatomy of the man, but overall nice work on the man in the water.

AnniDkH, nice work on the kazinczy, but even if you didn't like it. You should post the shaded version. :) I like the 'scratchbookesque' version of the piece though. it is a nice take on it. I hope to see more.

NoKiddingNewbie, nice start on the sketch, and you pushed out much of the shapes and forms. I do wish, if you would have defined the values even further. Keep it up.

GaugeQueen, even if you can't get the eyes right, give it at chance. You can do it. Sometimes just look at the shapes and and forms. You can also try using the negative spaces more. it will assist you with your anatomy. Keep it up. You are having some anatomical issues, but I think that you are coming along, so keep at it. The colours are a bit bright on your landscape, but I think that you started to get a understanding of the depth and texture. You should try to push that a bit more and mute some of your colours. I think that you will get it in no time. I hope to see more.

ironchicken, welcome back and happy new year. I think that your mouse turned out the best, and I like the idea that you had with it. The castle doesn't stand a chance. The anatomy is a bit off on your pieces, but it is good to see you at work. You captured the idea of the forest nicely, but I wish that you pushed the values a bit more.

mxyzptlk, nice colour work of the landscape. I like what you did with the water and the brush that you used for the grass. I wish that you enhanced the values a bit more, perhaps even uping some of the contrast. Nice work over all, and I hope to see more.

donom, nice use of colour in your landscape and keeping the tones simplistic. It has a graphic style, but I think that it punches still. I would have calmed some of the chroma of the greens and yellow though.

rabid1, good to see in the thread and nice work with the perspective. I like that you kept the form pretty close. Nice rendering on the post. I wish that you darkened the values just a bit more. Well done, and hope you participate more.

Zorn1, nice sepia tone for the landscape, and I like what you did with the foreground. The mountains in the background seem a bit flat though. I think that you could push their shapes a bit more.

Okay.. sorry for the long .. long .... long post. :) It is good to see everyone so busy. Here are a few pieces, as I still need to post the others. I am not completely happy with my work as of late, but I have been doing quite a few tests and learning some brushes. In some cases I like the techniques that I have found, but in others it seems to be slowing my process. Well it is all learning right?

The first is the cheetah, and I tried various brushes and techniques with this one. I wanted to do it quickly, but I did not finish it as fast as I would have liked. I am not completely happy with it either. I spent about 45 to 50 minutes on it.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/aethalin/cheetah1.jpg

On the woman with the sword, I tried to take a silly approach. Since many of the swords in games are ludacris in size and shape. I know that we have a sense of disbelief, but I think that sometimes the more realistic arms and armour has more of a punch and are far mroe aesthetically pleasing. This is the model trying to lift a sword that is far to much for her arms to bear. I don't completely care for the pose or the colours that I used. But I was relatively happy with it. I wanted to keep it gestural, so I spent about 45 to 50 minutes on it tops. I tried various quick gestures, before I settled on this one.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/aethalin/sillysword2.jpg

The bust was fun as usual, and I continued testing the technique that I have been trying more as of late. I did not work on a line drawing, but I went straight in with the values and differentiating the planes and forms. I am not completely happy with the results, but I had a lot of fun on this one, and I was able to keep it under 50 minutes.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/aethalin/malebust2.jpg

Okay I did what I hate to do on this one. I lost track of time, and I became lost in the detail. I fell into rendering the face and defining the anatomy. I spent over 2 hours on it. I think, and I know that it does not seem that I did. :( I learned quite a bit on it, and I think that I could do it better and faster the second time. My first gesture seemed to work the best, but I still went off and made more. At the end, I was not happy with the anatomy then I checked it again, finding that I should have used the first gesture. The anatomy bugged me for quite a while. I tried various clothing ideas on her, but I stuck with a sultry cocktail dress, since I wanted to show much of the form and that fabulous pose.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/aethalin/modelnewfashion2.jpg

As always take care, be safe, and farewell

aethalin

[TedNindo]

hello everyone first please excuse my low output. This week I started the CG Workshop Face and Figure painting with Don Seegmiller and this sucked me quite in and so I spent a lot of my time doing the exicise over there.

Anyway I'm very happy with everyones output it's looking very good and I'm sort of proud that this thread has recently had its 1000 post! I have learn so much during this time and I look forward to the next 1000 posts. Thanks everyone.

NoKiddingNewbie
I think you did well on the tennisplayer. For such weird poses try to whatch the negative forms very closely and you will have it much easier. For your shading I really would recommend going away from that soft bursh in the early phase of a painting. Try to set your colors and values down where they need to be. Soft burshes tend to take a way those decisions and wash out a painting.
Good job with the bust. One thing; the right eye is a bit to low or in general the features are not quite aligned correctly. Double check the angle of the eyes and mouth on the orignial.

Anni:
I think you did a nice job with the outlines. I think the mouth is a bit to far to the right. I would like to motivate you to post the shaded version even when you are not very happy with it and tell us why. And I'm sure you will get good feedback how to takle that porblem next time. This way noone will be able to give you some feedback.

GaugeQueen:
You had a good start with the diver. But I wish you would work in a more complete way. Even if you don't have to much time try to work you paintings in evenly manner. Don't paint details on the figure and forget the background paint on everything with the same detail. The surrounding allways has influence on the subject if you add the background at the end you will often be surprised how diffrently everything looks and it could be that the subject doesn't fit into the surrounding. As an example take zorns painting of the diver: It is rough but it is evenly rough that is way it still looks complete.

Your skater has good forms I would say the board is not quit in the correct angle and length but the lens used for this image distorted the subject strongly so I guess that made it quite difficult. Don't get frustrated with the feautre of the face. Most often two dark zones are all you need for the eyes in the face. Most of the time there is no need for too much details.

For your landscape painting you allready said it. The colors in the distance are to strong and vivid. Look at other landscape images. The farther you go into the distance the more color of the atmospheare takes influence onto to objects. Normaly the stuff gets more blue and washed out.

Zorn:
Good job on the diver. Rough but good. Good use of highlights to describe the form of the diving gear. You could have gone a bit lighter on his head though..
Nice idea on your landscapepainting. It is still a bit monchromatic and I would say that for such lighting you would need stronger contrasts between light and shadowside.

Ironchicken:
Wow lots of paintings. Good! I like your bust It has a good feeling of form, good values.
Good effort on the wet guy. This one was quite difficult. i think the featurs are not close enough together verticaly. The head is angled backwards so the features come closer together.

A Cheesecastel? Funny idea ^^

The jungle is nice. I think you could have used much darker values on this one but nontheless I like it. The Diver is has good colors but you could have gone way darker in the dark areas. More contrast!

Rabid1:
Hey nice to see you back and I'm glad you liked the ref. Good colors on this one but i feel that some of the shapes are a bit to sharp compared to the rough way you painted it. Sometimes it helps to stay on one layer so you are forced to "cutout" with the brush and everything looks more uniform. The head looks a bit strange almost as if it is not really pinned on the head but floating somehow.

Donom:
I really like your effort. Thats a rally nice landscapepainting. Nice colortransitions. And an nice colorrange in the foreground.

Ajay:
Welcome and what a nice painting. Nice color selcetion, good feeling of distance. There is not much to say about your painting else then it is really good.

ParaffinumLiquidum:
Very nice work on the diver and on your landscape painting. I really like how you put the right colors on the diver that one looks really good. The landscape is very nice as well I like how you painted it in a totaly different lighting. Looks really moody. Nice work on the cloud they the form gives even more the feeling of distance. Good job.

IceSoul:
Welcome to this thread, I hope we will see you regularly in the future. Since your image is your own creation there is not much I can say about it. Maybe the upper part of the head is a bit to small compared with the rest of the face. She has a lot of hair so I guess the upper head shoud be a bit bigger.

Shapemaster:
Nice brushwork on your painting. It has your destinctiv flavor wich I like. But I think you could have pushed it a bit farther. I think the contrast is not strong enough compared to the original.

aethalin:
Wow! What an effort. I really appreaciate how you take so much time to comment on everyones paintings. And I know how much work that is. :)
I really like the colors of your cheetah. The are very warm and fits the image pretty well. I had a very hard time painting this one and in the end photoshop crashed and it was all gone. Anyway yours is pretty good.
Nice approach on the woman with the sword. It is exactly what I was thinking about. Nice formed leg you gave her. I like that. Good expression on the face. Two things I would critic: I would have liked to see more from the second leg to make to pose clearer and better readable. And I think that the face could have used some of the highlights the leg has. But overall nice painting.
The bust is great. And I think your way to get rid of the sketch is a good one. It is something I started some time ago and really like it. And it is one of the main points of the workshop I'm doing at the moment. Most of the students work with an inital sketch and the tutor is motivating everybody to get rid of the sketch and start with the form from rough to details. So I guess we are on the right track. :beer:

You last piece has really nice warm colors for the skinn and I am amazed about the likness you achieved. The dress looks abit flat compared to the skin. I think you should have use a biger range of values for the dress.


WOW that was quite some text :eek:. I guess it took me longer to write that stuff then to paint my three paintings for this week.
As I said before I don't have to much time and I think I won't have more time the comming 7 weeks until the workshop is over. But I still try to do some work for this thread. Anyway here are my three paintings they are all a bit rushed. But this was a interessting experience to really speed them on the canvas.

11 minutes

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/6uh9-45.jpg

15 minutes
http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/6uh9-46.jpg

15 minutes

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/6uh9-47.jpg

[donom]

Everyone's works have been so great here.

Thanks for critiques, Ted and aethalin. The colors ended up too strong because I used a gray too bright in the values layer. I only noticed it when I was working on the color mode layer and I got too lazy to go back and fix it..

The lady's companion. 40 minutes.

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/5813/090131hk2.jpg

[TedNindo]

Hey everyone
I hope you had a nice weekend. Lets start with this painting:

ANDREA DEL SARTO
Portrait of a Young Man
c. 1517
Oil on canvas, 72 x 57 cm
National Gallery, London

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-14.jpg

[GaugeQueen]

i just couldn't help but think of a dragon as a companion
bit more than an hour

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/reita/dragoncopy.jpg

[TedNindo]

Hey everyone

here is the reference image for today:

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-15.jpg

[TedNindo]

hi everyone.

GaugeQueen: I like the idea of the dragon.
One advice think about where your main light is comming from and set it into your figure. Use stronger contrasts between light an dark.

Here is my image for today.
There are a lot of errors in it but non the less
I really enjoyed it and it went rather fast.

26 minutes.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-17.jpg

[AnniDkH]

here`s mine for today. maybe 45 min

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/9c7w-3.jpg

[TedNindo]

Hello,

Todays exercise is to draw/paint here as a ghost haunting something.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-18.jpg

[Irandy12]

(http://s138.photobucket.com/albums/q270/1r4ndy/?action=view&current=8ypk-15painted.jpg)Here is mine, 50 mins
would appreciate to receive comments for my self improvement coz i study painting by myself T_T
@Anni great one one made

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q270/1r4ndy/8ypk-15painted.jpg?t=1233761917

[AnniDkH]

So here is my ghost-girl ... but I cheated a bit on this, because I used a ps filter and changed some layerstyles to make it more creepy :P Unfortunatly I have no idea what I`ve exactly done.

Maybe 10 min for the scribble

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/9c7w-4.jpg

[aethalin]

Hiya,

Thank you,TedNindo, and I enjoy discussing others work. :) Yeah I realized that I botched the dress, and I should have worked more into it, but I became so lost in the face and celaning up the anatomy. I did learn quite a bit from it though. I should have put more folds and the like on the diaphanous parts of the dress. *nods* I think that I will work more into the woman with the sword. I have the rough beneath the dress, so I can easily show the leg more. The dress seemed to obsfuscate much of the right leg from it's construction. I missed the highlights. *whistles innocently* I will try some tests on the face later. I am starting to remove the sketch more often now. It is still pretty hard for me to do. It must be the OCD part of me. I am enjoying it though, but sometimes I have to force myself not to do it. good luck on the class, as it sounds a lot of fun. Nice gestural paintings on your very quick roughs. You captured much of the forms. My biggest problem is some of the pieces seem off, but with as fast as you went. It is bound to happen. I think once you have time. You should clean up some of the pieces and spend a bit more time on them. I think that your Sarto piece turned out the best so far. I like the used of colour and values. I think that you could have made the face warmer and fixed some of the anatomy, but it was only 26 minutes, so you did quite a bit in that time. Well done. :)

donom, nice idea for the woman's companion. I like the expression as well. if you cleaned up a bit of the anatomy and perspective, I think that it would be ever better. Well done indeed.

GaugeQueen nice idea on the dragon. I think that would be a apt companion for her. I would check the light sources a bit more. The dragon seems a bit flat as well. Maybe, you could work it further for your own? Keep of the good work, and I hope to see more.

AnniDkH, very nice work on the flower. You kept the chroma and values quite well. Yours almost has a watercolour feel to me, perhaps even gouche. Well done, I really liked that one. Your ghost is a nice idea as well. Don't worry about using filters to achieve a desired effect. I think that many in the industry utilize the same. It is different than tradition, in that you can add various effects and alters your brushes in ways that you never could in traditional work. I would spend a bit more on the woman, cleaning up the anatomy a bit further, but I like the concept. I am almost getting a 'raver' feel for the piece, and I think that fits with the persona. Well done.

Irandy12, well done. I think that you did well on the piece. I do think that you made some of the colours a bit to intense, especially in the green area of the plant. nice brushwork and keeping the colurs consistent. I think that you captured the overall form quite well. When you have any questions feel free to ask them. I think that all of us would love to help. I am still learning and re-learning techniques as well. it is what we are all here for, to increase our skills and learn new nuances to add to our repertoire. Well done, and I hope to see more work. :)

Well I didn't get to finish as many, as I wanted this week. Here are a couple so far, and I need to clean up the others, before I post them. Yeah I know, but they turned out so bad that I am hesitant to post them. I loved the assignments lately, but here are the ones that I have to a completion. I am not completely happy with them, but I learned something from each.

The first is the man in the scuba suit. I went at it with no line drawing again. I tried to feel out the shapes and forms as quickly as possible. I am not overly happy with it's execution, but I still enjoyed working on it. I spent about 45 minutes on it. I don't think that I rendered the water or the character, as realistic as I should have.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/aethalin/scubaman1.jpg

The Sarto, I love doing, and I think that I might bring it to more of a finalized piece. The colours and ambience of the piece relaly grabbed me. I learned quite a bit on it, and I spent about a hour and a half. A bit longer than I wanted, but it came out easier than I was expecting. Perhaps, it falls to the piece inspired me that much. I used the same technique as usual lately. I went straight for feeling out the planes and forms, instead of focusing on a sketch of line drawing.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/aethalin/Sartorepaint1.jpg

As always take care, be safe, and farewell

aethalin

[paraffinumLiquidum]

This one took me 45 min. I guess his head ist to small. Or... are his arms to long? idk O.o"

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/Mausipuu/Speedpainting/sarto.jpg

[paraffinumLiquidum]

~ 15min
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/Mausipuu/Speedpainting/flower_01copy.jpg

Well... it's more a zombie than a ghost. I had a few problems with her right hand. I call it "Hiroshima Zombie"

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/Mausipuu/Speedpainting/punk_zombie.jpg

[TedNindo]

Hello everyone,

ok todays painting reference is:

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-19.jpg

[fischkopf]

@AnniDkH

Hi AnniDkH. I really like your ghost girl and I like the idea that you tried to push more the pose by drawing her while she walks instead of just standing there. In my opinion
that makes her more interesting.
If you don't mind I did some suggestions by drawing a stick figure beside your ghost girl to show how you could push even more your pose to make her walking pose more dynamic. Look to it that the most of its weight is on one foot so that its shoulders and arms twist off-axis from the hips and legs. The standing leg pushes the hip a bit up while the relaxed side falls down. I gues the sketch will makes it more clear what I want say. Keep at it!

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/6wvw-18.jpg

[TedNindo]

aethalin: really nice efforts agian. I think the valuerange could be higher on the diver. But I really like the facial features of the Sarto.

paraffinumLiquidum: I like the zombie somehow. It's simple but cool.

here is my pilot.

took me almost 90 minutes

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-1a.jpg

[AnniDkH]

today I was really fast, for my standarts ;P 20 min for this:

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/9c7w-7.jpg

[MadMatix]

Quite old, but Im far behind....

Im starting to get annoyed with my shading technique/style, but dont know how else to do it.

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk279/madmatix/ref-girl-copy.jpg

[MadMatix]

Two more oldies, both were good exercises, as I have trouble with the full body pose drawings.

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk279/madmatix/punkGirl-copy.jpg

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk279/madmatix/runwayModel-copy.jpg

[TedNindo]

Hello everyone,

I'm a bit late today but here is the exercise:

Paint this scenery during a beautiful sommerday.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-1b.jpg

[TedNindo]

Hi everyone here is this weeks start.

A very nice painting from Francesco HAYEZ


Meditation on the History of Italy
1850
Oil on canvas, 90 x 70 cm
Private collection

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-1c.jpg

[ChrisGreyknight]

My Flower. Something under 2 hours

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ye4-c.jpg

[Zorn1]

think something about 1.00 h...http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8fav-m.jpg

[Picaboo]

about 30 min
I messed up with the head position and the hands/book/cross but i think its quite ok.
May be i will go on later
http://img88.imageshack.us/my.php?image=meditationri1.jpg%5D%5Bimg=http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/945/meditationri1.th.jpghttp://img88.imageshack.us/my.php?image=meditationri1.jpg%5D%5Bimg=http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/945/meditationri1.th.jpghttp://img88.imageshack.us/my.php?image=meditationri1.jpghttp://img88.imageshack.us/img88/945/meditationri1.jpg
(http://img88.imageshack.us/my.php?image=meditationri1.jpg)

[TedNindo]

Hello everyone,

here is todays image.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-1d.jpg

[Zorn1]

Lil bit over 2 h. Tried 2 paint rough without many details.http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8fav-n.jpg

[Zorn1]

maby 40-50 min...looks strangehttp://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8fav-o.jpg

[Picaboo]

took me about 1 hour
didnt want to make all the details of the skin
http://imgcash2.imageshack.us/img87/7498/echsesk9.jpg
(http://imgcash2.imageshack.us/img87/7498/echsesk9.jpg)

[ChrisGreyknight]

Damn the scales, damn them all. I don´t know how long it took me, because of several interuptions. Few hours I gues. Could have been three or so. I got fed up with the scales, so this Iguana is unfinished.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ye4-d.jpg

[mxyzptlk]

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/2438/hayez1nw0.jpg

spent way to long on this but had fun!
3 hours

[TedNindo]

hey very nice efforts everyone.

[TedNindo]

Hey everyone,

todays exercise it to get this guy really into trouble and paint him afterwards. Think about Bruce Willis in Die Hard. How he looked at the beginning and at the end of the movie. Pose and what ever you do with him is up to you. If you can try to tell a story with that image, what happend to him and so on.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/8ypk-1e.jpg

[Zorn1]

he lost his lovely fam and his house...but they were not able 2 take his life...now its payday...and he got guns...many guns...1.30hhttp://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8fav-p.jpg

[ryokun]

tradtional sketch =) with pencil... wacom in color... about 40min..

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

[TedNindo]

hello everyone here is the image for today:

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-1f.jpg

[fischkopf]

hm, I'm not satisfied with the belly. The volume is not that clear.

around 40 mins.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/6wvw-19.jpg

[TedNindo]

hey Fischkopf,

really happy to see you back around. I think you did a good job on the guy. I like the head.
Just one thing I would like to recommend. Decide on what side you want to put the details, lightside or darkside but do not put them on both equally. It is a natural thing of viewing either it is dark an your eye is adapted to see the details in the dark and the lights get very strong, or you see the details in the light and the dark side goes much blurier.

For this painting I would leave a way the stong contrast in the darkside.

[Zorn1]

Dont like the motive...maby 2-3hhttp://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8fav-q.jpg

[fischkopf]

@ted
Thank you. I really appreciate your words. Next time I will try to transfer your ideas into my next painting.

[paraffinumLiquidum]

Didn't watch the time. I guess 2h or a bit less. I set the focus on his head.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/Mausipuu/Speedpainting/shadowman.jpg

[TedNindo]

Hello everyone,

really nice stuff is going on here. Good to see. Too bad I have allmost no time to do some of the stuff myself.

Anyway here is todays exercise:

Paint/Draw her cleaning something.

Have fun.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-1g.jpg

[ryokun]

sketch pencil, color photoshop.... about 45min.

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

[fischkopf]

Hey, Ryo. Beautiful drawing and very sexy ;) I like it a lot. The bubbles in the background look like dust. Cool work!

[paraffinumLiquidum]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/Mausipuu/Speedpainting/kitten_maiden.jpg

[donom]

I don't really recall how long the next two took.
http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/8423/090204ug3.jpg
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/2043/090205zs4.jpg

40 minutes.
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/4279/090213ks1.jpg

[siiilon]

Hi guys, my first post here, cca 1 hour

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/8325/speed1gm5.jpg

[siiilon]

Another one, something above 1 hour
http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/5809/speed2za2.jpg

[TedNindo]

Hello everyone

I hope you had a nice weekend. Here is todays reference image.

NOLLEKENS, Joseph
Laurence Sterne
1776
Marble
National Portrait Gallery, London

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-1h.jpg

[Zorn1]

this is mine...njoyhttp://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8fav-r.jpg

[paraffinumLiquidum]

This one was realy hard. It took me around 2-3h

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/Mausipuu/Speedpainting/echse_01a.jpg

20min
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/Mausipuu/Speedpainting/Nollekens_Lcopy.jpg

[TedNindo]

Hi and very good work everybody! Welcome Siilon and good to see you here.

Here is todays reference image:

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-1i.jpg

[suspects]

I am new here and this was a double post!

[suspects]

I am new here and this was a double post!

[suspects]

My guy died during the painting ^^

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/9u3x-5.jpg

[Zorn1]

30 min i guess...this wasnt fun http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8fav-s.jpg

[suspects]

Incomplete -.- if i had the time i could do more! Who knows maybe I work on it later ...
What you can see here is that the plane was in the future race wipeout :P

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/9u3x-6.jpg

[paraffinumLiquidum]

20-30min

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/Mausipuu/Speedpainting/flugzeug2.jpg

[Zorn1]

this one 30 min...http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8fav-t.jpg

[TedNindo]

Hey everybody,

todays exercise is to take one of the 3 perspectives to create picture with a figure doing a something. These pictures should help to get an idea about the pose. I was thinking about a fishing men. But if you can come up with something else then thats fine too. And feel free to exagerate the pose.

Sorry about the lighting and render quality... I'm working on it.:D

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-1j.jpg

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-1k.jpg

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-1l.jpg

[submit127]

Is pencil work accepted?

[TedNindo]

Is pencil work accepted?

sure! What ever you like!

[paraffinumLiquidum]

circa 80min

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/Mausipuu/Speedpainting/angler01copy.jpg

[TedNindo]

very nice work ParaffinumLiquidum! you captured the pose very well an put the subject into a good surounding. Good composition.

[Zorn1]

1 hour work...metalcore style 4 realhttp://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8fav-u.jpg

[Zorn1]

ParaffinumLiquidum...very nice work...i love it...the water looks awsome..simpy but nice...
well done lady:)

[suspects]

1 hour work...metalcore style 4 real

Hehe, great! :D

[Zorn1]

thx suspects...

[TedNindo]

hey Zorn1, very nice idea with the rockstar and well executed.

[TedNindo]

Hey everyone,

here is todays image:

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-1m.jpg

[fischkopf]

haha... funny idea zorn! : )))

[paraffinumLiquidum]

At first I want to thank everyone for the comments on my angler ^^
Thank you!

And here is my Painting for today:
50-60min. Do not know why it took me so long...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/Mausipuu/Speedpainting/army01.jpg

[siiilon]

paraffinumLiquidum: nice one, it has a lot of motion >:)

This was quite fun, almost 2 hours
http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/9325/speed3mj2.jpg

And this was real pain, I do have to do more of technical drawings, damn
http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/9418/speed4io6.jpg

[paraffinumLiquidum]

And this was real pain, I do have to do more of technical drawings, damn


I have to agree with you. That's why my prop airliner bursts into flames....

[TedNindo]

Hi everyone,

todays exercise is to draw/paint this cow in a completly different enviroment.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-1n.jpg

[siiilon]

Not longer than 2 hours
http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/2320/soldier.jpg

[aethalin]

Hiya,

Very well done work, everyone. :) It is good to see so many doing art and so many new ones joining in.
paraffinumLiquidum, nice work sir, I like the idea of the ghost/ zombie and the execution is nice. It has a movie poster feel to it. Her left arm seems kind of disproportionate though. Nice colour and light and shade on the male model, the anatomoy seems a bit off in the shoulder area, or at least seems to be, but over all well done. Very nice work on the maid, it brought a chuckle from me. The kitten looks very cute. nice pose for the woman as well. Your iguana looks nice as well, but it seems to be floating. You capture the gesture well enough though. Amusing work with the plane. *laughs* I like the water for the fisherman, but forshortening on the figure seems off. The movement of your sniper is nice, but I wish that you differentiated the colours and shapes more. I think that you could have defined the elements better, but the movement is very nice.

TedNindo, thank you, and i agree on the swimmer. I think that I really need to push my contrast and values more. I am wondering, if it is because my monitor. I have a couple extras, so I may try that along with testing my values and chroma further. Nice colours on your pilot, but the figure seems disproportionate. The arms seem a bit small for the figgure. You caught the pose though and the posture.

MadMatix, what about your rendering style do you not like? If you can give a idea, I figure that many here would like to help. You do need some help on your figures, but the more you draw them the easier that they become. :) So just keep on practicing. I would say grab some good anatomy books and draw from life as well. Bridgeman, Hobarth, and Loomis books are always great to sketch and learn from. You should try to do gestures of people, whenever you can.

ChrisGreyKinght, nice work on the lighting of your iguana, for the scales you might want to try various brushes and settings. I would just try a couple variations. Scales and fur canbe a pain, but with the righ tools , brushes> you can accomplish quite a bit. The lighting and colour of your flower turned out nice as well. Well done keeping the chroma consistent.

Zorn1, on your Hayes, I wish if you would have pushed your value and colours further. It seems pretty drastic in colour and value. You did capture her expression well. The colour and lighting of your iguana turned out rather well, but it seems to be floating a bit, and I think that the value could have been pushed a bit more. Well done though. The landscape does look a bit strange, but it is nice to see you playing with various brushes. I think that the chroma and value is part of the issue. nice work on the Die Hard Homage... It seems very much like a comic panel. The cartoon style works well. Nice colour and lighting on the male model, but his core seems off anatomically, the abs area especially. The maid brought about a chuckle and a groan at the same time. I am not sure what to say. *laughs* Nice work though on the plane, you captured the idea of it well enough. I like the metal singer as well. The idea is pretty neat.

mxyzptik, well done on the Hayes piece. I think that you caught the style and colours well. I like how you worked with the value of the piece. A nice reproduction, and I hope to see more from you.

ryokun, *laughs* nice work sir, and I really like how your Die Hard guy turned out. The maid is also nice, and they both have a nice character and aesthetic to them.

fischkof, nice value and form on your male model. I concur with TedNindo's assessment. the values of the abs seem rather drastic in form. I think that they could have been subdued further. You should post more though.

donom, I like the graphic style of the pieces, but I think that your maid turned out the best. The anatomy is off on the arms, but I like her pose and character. Well done.. and hope to see more.

siiilon, I like your landscape, the snow and mountains truned out well. I do think that you could have pushed the shadows a bit more, but very well done. You caught the over all gesture of the male model well also, and I like the value of the piece. Some of the shapes do get lost though. nice work on the iguana, but it does seem a bit subdued. I do like the style that you used, and it does seem consistent colour-wise, but I think that the highlights could have been more vibrant, very nice work though. The same with your sniper, very nice gesture and movement. You have nice form, and I like the way that you showed the grass, without becoming to complex. I hope to see more work from you.


I have not had much time to devote to the thread, even though I have enjoyed much of the references with moving, again, and various other time stealing things. I am not very happy with the work either, but I would rather post it and learn from all the mistakes as well as the ones that work.

The first is the barn, the idea was a type of holographic museum. I don't overly care for the execusion, adn I think that the perspective needs work. I spent about 30 to 35 minutes on it.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/aethalin/barninmuseum3.jpg

The next is the fort in the red rock canyon. I really enjoyed the subject matter, and I do want to go back into it again later. I tried a couple different brushes and techniques on this one. I know that it still has a long way to go, but it was really informative. I spent about 40 minutes on it.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/aethalin/redrockfort1.jpg

The next is the pilot, and I am realyl not happy with it. I botched the suit, and it doesn't feel cohesive. I spent about 30 or so minutes on it. I might have spent more fiddling with it later, but I just didn't want to look at it anymore. *laughs*
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/aethalin/jetpilot1.jpg

The maid piece was fun, and I tried to go at it lightheartedly. I tried a couple variations, but I just went with her "cleaning" out the safe. It was a fun enough piece, but I am not quite happy with it. I wanted it to be loose, but I think that I left it to loose. I spent about 30 to 35 minutes on it. I wanted to goof off more with a chalk style brush as well.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/aethalin/maidcleaning1.jpg

I really enjoyed the bust, but I find myself loving them more and more. I spent longer on it that much of my pieces as of late. I am not completely content, but it was fun. I spent about an hour on it.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/aethalin/headbust2.jpg

The final I really want to clean up and make into an illustration. I liked the idea of coming up with a new piece from a pose. I altered the pose a bit to feel more anatomically correct. I still think that I need to clean up some anatomy issues. The final stroke has been done before, but I still enjoy it everyonce in a while. :) I spent about 30 to 40 minutes on it, as i tried various stances on the pose.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/aethalin/Mercy.jpg

As always take care, be safe, and farewell

aethalin

[TedNindo]

Wow very nice contribution aethalin.

Here is todays reference image:


HAYEZ, Francesco
Portrait of Alessandro Manzoni
1841
Oil on canvas, 118 x 92 cm
Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-1o.jpg

[Zorn1]

this one 30 min..try some new technicshttp://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8fav-v.jpg

[TedNindo]

Hey everyone,

here is the image for today:

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-1q.jpg

[Zorn1]

maby 40-45min...not really happy with it...was difficult 4 mehttp://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/9xsk-1.jpg

[paraffinumLiquidum]

Good job with the clouds

[TedNindo]

Hey everyone,

todays exercise is to paint/draw a stranded seafarer.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-1r.jpg

[Zorn1]

They should get more contrast and lil more red and orange...but thanks lady^^

[Zorn1]

i think i spend 1 h and lil bit more because of the man.http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/9xsk-2.jpg

[submit127]

Whoah i suck. I spent 50mins on this crap. I dont know why am i posting it here anyways

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/3269/vasara.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[TedNindo]

Hey everyone,

today lets take this very interssting picture.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-1s.jpg

[paraffinumLiquidum]

45 minutes

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/Mausipuu/Speedpainting/moderndancecopy.jpg

[vicmonty]

20 min on this one. i got a wacom and some extra time at night. is it ok to start from the begining? please give me suggestions. i really want to get better at digital painting.

[TedNindo]

hey everyone and hello vicmonty; so you took the very first picture -

Thats a very good idea so lets do this for today. Take the very first speedpainting you did for this thread and redo it to get an idea of your progress you made over the last few months. Might not be to interessting for newcommers but you still can take a random picture from the last few months.

[donom]

02/23
30 minutes.
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/2821/090223r.jpg

02/26
1 hour.
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/4229/090226n.jpg

02/27
35 minutes
Reference: http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=5324222&postcount=434
Original: http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=5325047&postcount=444
Today: http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/3105/090227a.jpg

[TedNindo]

Hey everyone here is todays bust:

Bust of Lucius Verus

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-1t.jpg

[TedNindo]

ok, these two where quick and fun, but I the first one was pretty though too.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-1v.jpg

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-1u.jpg

[Zorn1]

30 min...nothing morehttp://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/9xsk-3.jpg

[TedNindo]

very nice Zorn1. Good rendering. You missed the upward angle a bit. the left eye should be a bit lower then the right one. But still a nice one

[TedNindo]

Hello everyone

here is todays image:

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-1w.jpg

[Zorn1]

true..the left eye is out...but thx

[ChrisGreyknight]

My first speedpaining, redone the second time. Still way to go with facial features, but neither the less a slight improvement.

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

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

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ye4-e.jpg

[TedNindo]

hey Chris, cool to see you doing that little exercise. It would be cool to put the link to the other image so comparing is a bit easier..

Here is my image.. I still struggle big time on structures like this but experimenting with some brushes still was fun. Around 30 minutes

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-1x.jpg

[Zorn1]

40 min...raw style...http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/9xsk-4.jpg

[TedNindo]

hey Zorn1 very good feeling of depth. I like it a lot.

[TedNindo]

Hello everyone

today lets turn the first car or if you wish a car of your choice (Please post images if you use others) into a toon version of it. Like on the second image.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-1y.jpg


http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-20.jpg

[TedNindo]

haha that was funny. Mine is not so much over the top as the one given as example but still I hope you can see where I was heading.

I would say around an hour plus - would still would need a lot of time to make it cleaner.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-22.jpg

[Zorn1]

This is mine...was fun 2 do it...dont know exactly the timelimit. Zorn1 says fff** Police!..TedNindo... nice one...this exercice was really cool...u should often post stuff like that 4 more fun .[/url][url="http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=328403"] (http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&p=thMx..&search=exercise) http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/9xsk-8.jpg

[johnsmith-MD]

my 1st post (here). 50 minutes - only with the mouse!!!http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/a2km-1.jpg

[TedNindo]

Zorn REALLY NICE! You nailed it.. I stayed way to conservativ with mine! Good work!

[TedNindo]

Hello everyone,

here is todays image:

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/8ypk-23.jpg

[ChrisGreyknight]

[The flying polyps were a] horrible elder race of half polypous, utterly alien entities... They were only partly material and had the power of aerial motion, despite the absence of wings... [They exhibited] a monstrous plasticity and ... temporary lapses of visibility... [S]ingular whistling noises and colossal footprints made up of five circular toe marks seemed also to be associated with them.
—H. P. Lovecraft, "The Shadow Out of Time"

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ye4-g.jpg

Don´t ask. ;)

[vicmonty]

forgive me if i'm wrong but i thought green was in her hair too.

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c392/vicmonty/Sketch%20Book/cgdailyspeedpainting5mar09.jpg

[vicmonty]

hey chris, sometimes i feel like i got polyps in my sinus cavities just like that.

[Zorn1]

dont like the motiv...25-30 min....this wasnt fun...http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/9xsk-c.jpg

[Zorn1]

this one is from tanerhttp://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/9xsk-d.jpg

[TedNindo]

Hey everyone

here's another nude male figure. The exercise is to paint it in colors.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-24.jpg

[TedNindo]

Hey everyone here is todays portrait painting:

BERNINI, Gian Lorenzo
Self-Portrait as a Young Man
c. 1623
Oil on canvas

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-25.jpg

[Zorn1]

this one maby 1 h...sick at home but active http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/a4l1-1.jpg

[TedNindo]

hey zorn1 get well soon.

Here is my attempt of the fridays image. I use it as one of my workshop pictures. It's not finished yet. But I don't know when I'll be able to get back to it.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-26.jpg

[TedNindo]

hey everyone,

here is todays reference picture:

http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/4e11c10956.jpg

[TedNindo]

hey everyone

todays exercise it to paint the owner of this house:

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-28.jpg

[TedNindo]

Hey everyone here is the image for today:

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-29.jpg

[fischkopf]

Hi there. Here's my attempt.



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

[MadMatix]

Very good fischkopf, I like it! Would like to see the mustache more developed, but otherwise its nice!

[polyshaker]

Hi, im new here :)
U Guys made some Great work, i really enjoy watching that Thread :)
im posting my second, ever with a Tablet painted Image...
next time ill paint the daily given Picture :P
For this image, i spend about 50 minutes.. it was the first one i painted with realy good setting (Thanks to TedNindo (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=328403))
one tablet on 2 Displays is not the best Idea :D
So, here it is :)

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y262/sinex3000/skill001.jpg

[TedNindo]

We skip the exercise for today. If you wish just take one from the last few days

[TedNindo]

Hey everyone,

welcome to this thread polyshaker.

Here is todays reference image:

BRONZINO, Agnolo
Portrait of a Lady in Green
1530-32
Oil on panel, 76,7 x 65,4 cm
Royal Collection, Windsor

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-2a.jpg

[ChrisGreyknight]

I watched this shitty movie, but I loved how the light colored the actors:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/31/45409073_3dd91347f3.jpg?v=0

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ye4-h.jpg

[polyshaker]

What is the name of that Movie?
i luv that lady <3 :)

[TedNindo]

hey everyone here is the image for today:


http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-2b.jpg

[ChrisGreyknight]

I somehow lost interest in this image, while painting. So here is just an unfinished version

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ye4-i.jpg

[ironchicken]

Hello All,
Thanks for keeping on posting TedNindo. You male nude colouring was standout. How long did that take?
Thanks for the comments particularly Aethalin for taking the time to comment on all.

Here are some recent efforts all at least an hour ..

http://i322.photobucket.com/albums/nn429/ironchicken_photo/daily%20sketch/2dancerscopy.jpg

http://i322.photobucket.com/albums/nn429/ironchicken_photo/daily%20sketch/Untitled-1.jpg

This one was some fun
http://i322.photobucket.com/albums/nn429/ironchicken_photo/daily%20sketch/cowcopy.jpg

The arms on this one were revised still not right!
http://i322.photobucket.com/albums/nn429/ironchicken_photo/daily%20sketch/girl4copy.jpg

This one turned out more fantasy than I planned
http://i322.photobucket.com/albums/nn429/ironchicken_photo/daily%20sketch/sumlandcopy.jpg

http://i322.photobucket.com/albums/nn429/ironchicken_photo/daily%20sketch/stucopy.jpg

[TedNindo]

Hello everyone

this is this wednesdays exercise:

Draw/Paint the companion of this female pirate:

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-2c.jpg

Artwork from www.anry.ru (http://www.anry.ru)

[TedNindo]

Hey everyone here is todays image:

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-2e.jpg

[TedNindo]

hey everyone

todays exercise is to paint this guy riding though a river of glowing lava.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-2f.jpg

[Sparreholm]

http://asp.txl.se/survey/IMAGES/WOW/JH_SP_BIKER_30M.JPG


Done in painter, 30 min.

Regards,

/Johan

[TedNindo]

hey Sparreholm and welcome to this thead. Very nicely done

[ChrisGreyknight]

Well here I am again with my love for strange skin colors and bad movies. The last one was Gene Generation and this one ist Lesbian Vampire Killers. Took me 4 hours.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ye4-j.jpghttp://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ye4-k.jpg

[TedNindo]

Hey everybody,

too bad I'm sick the whole week. So there won't be any updates. Feel free to scroll back and take any pictures or exercise from the past days.

See you next week.

[Heozart]

Wow, I didn't know this section existed on CGTalk. How does this thread work? Do you just try to paint the reference image in 20 minutes unless you are given a special objective? Looking forward to participating here. I've seen and been impressed by the stuff in your anatomy sketchbook, TedNindo.

[TedNindo]

Hey everyone,

I'm back again and lets start with this bust.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-2g.jpg

[TedNindo]

hey heozart and welcome. Just try to paint the reference in the way you like or come up with your way to do the exercise. Time doesn't really matter but if you can tell us how long it took you...

ok, here is mine. I would say 30 to 40 minutes...


http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-2h.jpg

[stone cold ninja]

About 50 minutes.

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e184/stonecoldninja/romanbustcopy.jpg

[shapemaster]

Sparreholm - i like your choice of colors ... its very vibrant. a bit more details would have been nice though.



well i havent been on this thread for a long time ... in fact, i almost forgot about it. :|
luckily i didnt. :)

i tried a different approach this time, took me longer than usual, but im quite happy with the result.

the pirates companion. (i somehow read 'male counterpart' at first, dont know where that came from.)

http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq356/flesh_dog/71.jpg

[TedNindo]

hey Shapemaster your pirate companion is awsome. Really like your colors and that oily look. Very cool. I would really like to see a step by step work in progress of this or an other picture form you. If you feel like posting something I would really appriciate that.

[TedNindo]

Hello everyone,

here is todays exercise:

Paint/Draw a diver or a fish or whatever in this underwater cave. Sorry, about the bad quality of the referece material but since you have to repaint it anyway it shouldn't be to much of a problem.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-2i.jpg

[shapemaster]

hey Shapemaster your pirate companion is awsome. Really like your colors and that oily look. Very cool. I would really like to see a step by step work in progress of this or an other picture form you. If you feel like posting something I would really appriciate that.

thanks man! :)
too bad i paint on 1 layer only, so i didnt save any wips. i can post some steps for the next one though, shouldnt be a problem (if i dont forget during the process)

[stone cold ninja]

About 80 minutes.

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e184/stonecoldninja/underwatercopy.jpg

[Zorn1]

Very nice stone cold ninja...haha

[TedNindo]

Hey everyone,

sorry for the lack of update yesterday but here is the exercise for today.

Turn this house into a fort. With selfdefence turrets and whatever you can come up with.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-2j.jpg

[TedNindo]

very very nice attempt Stone Cold Ninja!

Here's mine for today. Would need more time to refine it.

But here it is as it is. 20 to 30 minutes:

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-2k.jpg

[TedNindo]

Hey everyone here is todays reference painting.

Jean-Marc Nattier, Portrait of a Young Woman Painter, 1740s

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-2l.jpg

[TedNindo]

hi,

here is my attempt. Don't think that it looks much like the original but it has its own vibe... or at least I hope so.. ;-) around 30 minutes

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-2m.jpg

[Zorn1]

Nice nice TedNindo...

[TedNindo]

hey everyone,

here is todays picture.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-2n.jpg

[TedNindo]

here is my baseball guy.. the phot is so cool. Wasn't really able to meet that.. Pose and color wise... but it was a good exercise.. Looking forward to see your stuff.. 40-50 minutes

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-2o.jpg

[siksi]

Exactly 20 mins - no way I can tackle the background in that time.

http://paranoid.fi/%7Epasi/sketch/20090704.jpg

[TedNindo]

hey Siksi very nice effort and welcome to this thread. The 20 minutes is not a stiff rule its more of an proposal to keep the daily practice routine short and painless. If you wish you can spend as long as you wish on the picture.

[TedNindo]

hey everyone,

here is todays exercise:

take a human head and a animal head and do a combination out of it.

here are some examples to bad I don't know the artist that did those.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/8ypk-2p.jpg http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/8ypk-2q.jpg

[stone cold ninja]

I have a couple of paints here that are from the past week.

First up, house as fort. About an hour in PS, experimenting with custom brushes to get a nice industrial-looking silhouette. I might try and develop this more, and turn it into a matte painting or at least a detailed landscape--neither of which I've done before.

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e184/stonecoldninja/fortcopy.jpg


And then, the portrait. A frustrating 90 minutes trying to get the face right...and it's still not there. Blerg. It was the kind of thing where the more I worked on it, the further away I got.

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e184/stonecoldninja/portrait3.jpg

Also, I just want to add a note of thanks to TedNindo for keeping up with this thread and suggesting daily exercises. It's very useful to have this kind of structured format for practice. So again, thanks.

[andalusite]

It's been a while....thanks to Ted for maintaining this thread....

The form shadows in this have an odd hue...possibly picking up the colour of the ground?

40mins

http://www.kyanite.co.uk/images/baseball-player.jpg

[TedNindo]

Here is todays image:

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-2r.jpg

thanks to Vic Harkness for the image.

There won't be an update until next weeks thuesday.

Stone Cold and andalusite your kind words are very appreciated. Thanks.

[andalusite]

Trying out some different brushes.....

http://www.kyanite.co.uk/images/asian-wood.jpg

[andalusite]

There must be a smart way to paint water........

http://www.kyanite.co.uk/images/sea-cliff.jpg

[shapemaster]

hey everyone,

i enjoyed this one a lot.
if anyone's interested, tednindo asked me to do a step-by-step (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=5805572&postcount=197).
approx. 45 min

http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq356/flesh_dog/78-1.jpg

[Rabid1]

The Easter wabbit

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

[TedNindo]

Hey everyone this is today's picture:

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-2s.jpg

[andalusite]

Im going through some of the 'back-catalogue'.
This one caught my eye because the subject looked like something Vermeer might use.
40mins

http://www.kyanite.co.uk/images/vermeer-girl.jpg

[orijinn]

i am trying to better my drawing/painting skills. I just graduated from college i loved going to my drawing classes :sad: I want to keep growing as an artist.

Here is my 1st attempt at a speed painting here.


http://www.pixel-dapper.com/images/140420090a.jpg

[TedNindo]

Draw or Paint him visiting the south pole.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/8ypk-2u.jpg

[fischkopf]

Hi guys.

Tednindo has two days off. So, I will fill in for Ted.

This shot is from the movie "Lions for Lambs". I like the angle and the interaction between foreground and background. Hope you like the picture. Have some fun with it.

Cheers,

fischkopf

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

[fischkopf]

Hello there.

Here is the pic for today. I think the pic has some nice colors in it. Have fun with it.

fischkopf

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

[TedNindo]

Hey everyone here is today image:

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-2w.jpg

thanks to dralzheimer gallery (http://gallery.dralzheimer.stylesyndication.de/)

thanks to shapemaster for your step by step of the baseballer

thanks to fischkopf for your help during the last few days.

[ChrisGreyknight]

About 40min.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ye4-l.jpg

[TedNindo]

Very nice work Chris. This looks very good. Good colors, good shading and good proportions. Very well done!

[submit127]

Yes indeed :) When i tried to do it it was not even like a human :)

[johnsmith-MD]

2nd posting - its a "mouse-work"! about 45-50 minuteshttp://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/a2km-2.jpg

[TedNindo]

johnsmith: nice efforts. Good colors. I would wish more sharpness in some shapes. But I can't complain to much because I couldn't work with the mouse at all.

submit127: would be nice to post it anyway.

[TedNindo]

Hey everyone here is todays reference picture:

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-2x.jpg

[johnsmith-MD]

Mouse only - 7 minuteshttp://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/a2km-3.jpg

15 minuteshttp://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/a2km-4.jpg

[orijinn]

this took me 40mins
http://www.pixel-dapper.com/images/21042009.jpg

[MadMatix]

Havent touched a Wacom in weeks, AND IT SHOWS...... :banghead:

About 35 mins

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk279/madmatix/april-20.jpg

[TedNindo]

Paint him in another climbing pose of maybe in a falling pose...

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-2y.jpg

[TedNindo]

Hello everyone,

here is the image for today:

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ypk-30.jpg

[stone cold ninja]

This is a belated image, done over two lunch breaks ten days apart, cumulative time about 50 minutes. Also, done with only a mouse--I don't have a tablet at work.

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e184/stonecoldninja/filmstillcopy.jpg

[gsokol]

Hey guys. This is my first time posting in a 2d or painting section. I typically stick to 3d but want to expand my horizons so you should be seeing me attempting some of these every now and then.

This took about 40 mins.

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j203/white99stang281/flamingo.jpg

and yea, water with all kinds of reflections is probably not something I will be able to do yet so bear with me haha.

[TedNindo]

hey everyone,

todays exercise is to paint a head around this skull.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/6w2x-u.jpg

[stone cold ninja]

20-25 minutes, mouse only. The skull apparently belongs to Jim from The Office. I didn't mean to do that, but once it was going that way I slapped the wig on it.

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e184/stonecoldninja/skully.jpg

[ChrisGreyknight]

Didn´t liked the body of the flamingo, so I didn´t painted it. :D

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/8ye4-m.jpg

[TedNindo]

Hey everyone,

here is todays reference image:

Sorry but I don't know the name of the artist. Maybe someone can help me out.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/6w2x-v.jpg

[TedNindo]

hey everyone,

here is the image for today

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/6w2x-w.jpg

[TedNindo]

Hey everyone,

there will be no update until next week. If you like take one of the days before.

[vicmonty]

hey, i'm very far behind so i'm still taking it from the top...

second image posted...

still unsure about the whole speedpainting technique. i'm still trying to figure my tablet and photoshop out i guess...

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c392/vicmonty/art/speedpainting-strawberry-2may09.jpg

[TedNindo]

Hey everyone,

here is the image for today.


http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/6w2x-x.jpg

[TedNindo]

Here is the image for today:

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/6w2x-y.jpg

[fischkopf]

Even if there was no picture upload of a Churchill portrait here I did a study of hiim today. Actually it is no speedpainting because I took some time with it... ;) The skintone was really difficult to me.


http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7tcG75KR2Uw/SgB1ooLbBpI/AAAAAAAAARM/jM8DO73Oaq4/s1600/churchill_portrait.jpghttp://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/6wvw-1e.jpg

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/6wvw-1g.jpg

[Rabid1]

A little late but i really enjoyed this image...

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

[fischkopf]

@Rabid1

Wow, that looks awesome. Very nice to see the little detail and structure in combination with some rough strokes. Very cool!

[TedNindo]

hey fischkopf lets just take the churchill image as image for today.

But where is your image?

Rabid1: VERY nice! Good colors man!

[ChrisGreyknight]

Again I found me a colorfull taned girl. Starting to develope a fetish here. ;)

http://images.starpulse.com/Photos/Previews/domino4.jpg

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

[fischkopf]

Impressive, Chris! Very good. Nothing to add...

[Rabid1]

fischkopf, Ted- thank you guys!

ChrisGreyknight- i love the colors and lighting on her good job.

[submit127]

i drew that old dude

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/526/photo0116r.jpg (http://img9.imageshack.us/my.php?image=photo0116r.jpg)

[Zorn1]

Tis one is from Taner...http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/9xsk-e.jpg

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/9xsk-f.jpg

[Zorn1]

Howdy...Here it comes...freestyle 30min

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/9xsk-i.jpg

[TedNindo]

very nice!

Zorn1 tell Tanner that he can create his own account.

[TedNindo]

here is todays image.

take a close look at the expression before you start painting.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/6w2x-10.jpg

[TedNindo]

here is my attempt for todays image. No likness at all though.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/6w2x-11.jpg

[andalusite]

I used a dark background which seems to have worked OK. Stayed away from the blur tool
20 mins

http://www.kyanite.co.uk/images/churchill.jpg

Rabid1 - nice grapes! you really got the translucency.

[Zorn1]

Nothing 2 say about...not good 4 me at all...
http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/9xsk-m.jpg

[TedNindo]

Here is today reference image:

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/6w2x-12.jpg

[Zorn1]

Quicky...stupid motive...no fun

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/9xsk-o.jpg

[TedNindo]

hey Zorn1 if you don't like the motiv just choose another one. There is no need to goof on the reference I have posted. Thanks

[TedNindo]

Hey everyone, I hope you had a nice weekend. Here is the image to start this week with.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/6w2x-13.jpg

[TedNindo]

Hello everyone,

here is todays image:

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/6w2x-14.jpg

[ChrisGreyknight]

My focus was the plastic look of her cloth, the rest of Bianca I styled cartoonish, because she remind me of Baroness from G I Joe. ;)

http://memetrics.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/29366_060503_e3_03copy.png?w=474h=1023

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

[TedNindo]

Hey Chris,

very, very nice. I like the glossyness of the rubber. Good job

[Zorn1]

nothing 2 say

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/9xsk-q.jpg

[andalusite]

Needs more contrast...

http://www.kyanite.co.uk/images/bw_spanner.jpg

ChrisGreyKnight - how do you render the highlights on the rubber. Is it all painted or do you use the dodge and blur tools?

[Zorn1]

New York, New York...Big city of.....whatever =)

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/9xsk-r.jpg

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/9xsk-s.jpg

[TedNindo]

zorn1, very nice.
Good use of texture in the wall.
Did you use any reference for that? If yes please post it.

[TedNindo]

hey everyone,

here is the image for today.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/6w2x-15.jpg

[TedNindo]

hey everyone,

here is todays image.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/6w2x-17.jpg

[TedNindo]

No update for today since there are two unused pictures.

[augizzle]

Hmm. I think I just speed painted the wrong image. x.x; Oh well. D: I always start off on the wrong size canvas too *shot*

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/augizzle/polarbear.jpg

[TedNindo]

hey augizzle no problems at all. Doesn't matter what picture you take. Older or newer. About the canvas size: Normaly I take the reference image, delete it and blow the resolution up so that the bigger size is somewhere around 1600 px.

[TedNindo]

Hey everyone I hope you had a nice weekend.

Here is the image for today:

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/6w2x-19.jpg

[Kageko]

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww309/sonnenkraut/20090518.jpg

27 min.. I'm not content because I couldn't work on the face expression anymore... and, and, and...

[vicmonty]

Here is one from today. Again, I'm starting from the begining on these. I hope to catch up to the current pic one day. This pic was a challenge and the fact that it was to be done in 20 min took it to the next level for me.

photoshop 20 min







http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c392/vicmonty/art/DSP4SNOWcopy.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c392/vicmonty/art/dsp5.jpg

[TedNindo]

hey Kageko and vicmonty. Nice efforts and good colors in both pictures.

Just as a side note: You don't have to restrict yourself to 20 minutes but that sometimes helps to keep you from spending all day on this exercise.

[TedNindo]

hey everyone here is todays image:

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/6w2x-1a.jpg

[TwoListen]

Hey there fellas, as a bit of advice - don't be afraid to use harder, more jagged brushes.

Might also want to try creating some custom brushes of your own, particularly with environments - they can help to cut your painting time down exponentially.

Keep it up.

[saint-max]

am joining this thread to keep me painting from time to time :D and here is my 20m speed painting for the last photo http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/uu336/noobovich/23-5first20.jpg

[charismaticgrl]

Hi evryone,
I am new to this ...so pls kan anybdy help me wit uploadin an image.

[pnyx]

Hi guys - hope its okay if i join you for a bit :)
I definitely hope that ill be able to keep at it, as i will need a lot more practice to get where i hope to go eventually :)


not sure how long i needed - forgot to look at the time before i started - but it was probably longer than 20 minutes ;)
http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk293/pnyx1/2009-05-24_LeiaType.jpg


edit:
and another one... 30 minutes ... couldn't get it looking right in 20 minutes so i gave myself a 10min extension ;D - hell 20 min go by fast ^^
http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk293/pnyx1/2009-05-24_beachVolleyball.jpg


@ charismaticgrl (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=379024)
you can upload your images at photobucket (http://photobucket.com/) or similar services like imageshack (http://forums.cgsociety.org/www.imageshack.us) etc. Thats the easiest way if you don't have your own webspace.
Or you can use Attachments i guess, although i prefer external imagehosts...

[charismaticgrl]

http://i635.photobucket.com/albums/uu74/charismaticgrl/Gl.jpg
This is my first try......m quite lost....bt still tryin ws fun

[fischkopf]

Painting done with iPhone. What a muddle to paint on such small display ;)

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/6wvw-1h.jpg

[TedNindo]

hello everyone,

have been away the last few days so please forgive the lack of updates:

here is the image for today:

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/6w2x-1b.jpg

[pnyx]

Thanks TedNindo for the great refs :) really appreciated that your keeping this thread so well updated :)


about 45 minutes:
http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk293/pnyx1/2009-05-27_clouds.jpg

[TedNindo]

hey everyone,

here is the image for today. haven't had one of these costumes for a while.

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/6w2x-1c.jpg

[TedNindo]

lets start this week with this picture:

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/6w2x-1d.jpg

[Vyse-soa]

Trying to get into painting again...

http://homepage.hispeed.ch/welkesblatt/pics/temp/20090602b.jpg

[TedNindo]

hey vyse-soa, very good to see you back.

Nice painting by the way.

[TedNindo]

'Here is today image reference:


http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/6w2x-1e.jpg