Hi Vincere,
Good work so far … uhm… on the potraits… do you have a mirror or anatomy book for heads? The lightning on your potraits / heads is sometimes very inconsequent and wrong. I don’t know how to tell you right what I mean so I think it would be the best to take a mirror, place a light in front of you and look where the shadows are … if you don’t have the chance I think I must find a way to explain it Oo
Keep it up 
Thomas
Spiritdreamer, I will make a study on a painting, although wouldnt it be better if i did a study out of a statue? since I’m working on greyscale for the moment, or perhaps it doesnt matter at all?. Thanks for the sugestion and your support, I’ll work on the eyes
Trunks, TuT thanks! D: I tried to fix the face lighting using a photo reference. if you want you could do a paintover.
here more hand sketches again from burne hogarth (gee these are so hard D: and I should do more)
a sketch …help!
I tend to do these horrible messy lines DX
and my “realism” pic so far
Hi…Vincere…
You are better off doing a master copy from a painting to learn values to start with because the color values in the painting will translate to grey scale values when turned into black and white/grayscale in your computer…making it easier for you to study the value transitions.dark to light/light to dark in the painting…If you do your study from a statue, you will be working with just photographic shadows and lighting, which is not the same thing as a painting WITH VALUES which is what you are trying to learn by doing the study…Hope that helps some…
TAKE CARE
Glenn
o_O
I really dont know what is better, to use hard brush or soft brush, the master study I did it blending the hard edges with the soft brush, this one I did it the otherway, I started with the soft brush and blended with the hard edged one…
maybe this belongs to the wip thread…
Hi Vincere,
I’ll do a paintover maybe later this day … but I think on this last one you have captured the light better ! Now try to use more brither values also for the nose … the nose is the part on the face where you have mostly some of the brightest reflections. Also the upper part of the top lip … you should put some light there … sorry I have not the time for an overpaint yet so I can only explain it to you 
So I use both, hard brush and soft brush … it depends on what you need … the hard brush is for hard edges the soft brush for soft edges … you should use them where they are needed … and just use both But I think it is better to start with the hard edge brush to block in the basic forms then blend the soft edges
Keep at it!
Thomas
^^ I understand! well I tried to make it lighter, these was such a pain I really ruined the drawing (I thought it looked fine in the beginning with the soft brushes only) DX but I think I kind of fixed it now, I used both brushes like you said
I know there’s still somethin wrong with him but i can’t tell what DX!
I know i should post more anatomy studys, but this painting is really driving me crazy DX
Also i got eye surgery yesterday… :> I can see!
Hi …Vincere …
I like the brush work results you are getting on that last one posted…
You might now go back and try that out on the DaVinci head study…kind of bounce back and forth between the two,…refining and learning from each as you go along…just a thought…
KEEP GOING…YOUR SHOWING GREAT AND RAPID PROGRESS…:applause:
Glad to hear that your eye surgery turned out ok… Don’t go straining those new eyes now…break them in a little at a time…
TAKE CARE
Glenn
Hi vincere,
I think you got it Yes I would say all the shadows and light reflections are not totally correct but for me it works a lot better now! I think you should give the upper lip more shadow … the upper lip is mostly in shadow when the light comes from above Also inside the mouth should be some shadow, don’t you think? 
Keep at it!
Thomas
the face looks wonderful, i think the highlights helped drastically… i hate that when you cant tell whats wrong with a picture! drives me nuts lol. i do agree with the upper lip shadow, that will help out a lot, the only other thing i could name that may make it look funny is the width of the nose, it seems a bit small, either that or we need to see more of our left nostril, make it look like we really see the underside of it like we do the rest of the face :)!
Spiritdreamer, thanks! I’m so happy to hear that I’m progressing X) yeah I think I got the hang of the brushing, I’ll apply them to my master studys like you sugested. Thank you for caring about my eyes by the way :D!
Trunks, thanks ! I’ll work on those areas, also do you think I should shade more the cheek (his right cheek)? I think there may be something wrong there because it looks so diferent from the first sketch with fixed lightning that I posted or maybe is just me?
Auria, Thank you for the critique, a lot! I’ll work on his nose then.
More master study sketches now from michelangelo, traditional this time ( I can’t spend too much time in front of the computer D: )
I learned today that shading with mechanical pencil isn’t very good, yeah these were done with that
this girl is so hard to draw, it’s like the 4th time I try and still doesn’t look like close to the original Dx
I tried to do God from the creation, it is hard it’s not finished yet, the face doesnt look good, but at least I got the pose xD
hehe my never ending sketches of hands:
an original drawing, I’ll call him a prince
practicing face shading:
no reference
with reference:
you say its your 4th time sketching her and it still doesnt look like her, but i recognize the piece! the eyes look wonderful! fantastic structure on them :D!! the hands are extremely inspiring and look real good, makes me want to go and draw some of my own!
great sketches!
Hi Vincere,
Yes I think you should give the right cheek some more shadow … as long as you are drawing digital you can also just try it our and no piece is going to be destroyed So just give it a try
Very good updates! I like all of the heads! Keep up doing this studies, I think they will help you to understand the human head better. It is great to see you thrwoing things without refrence in because this helps you to train your imagination and to see where you have to learn more
Keep it up!
Thomas
Auria, thank you so much for your kind comments
Trunks, Thanks, and thanks for the guidance
I have “finished” the pic, I’m not going to keep working on it DX I’m just tired of it.
so I started another one, this time in colors…to work on skintone o_O, this is a girl from japanese cartoon, not done yet of course but i apreciate critique
Hi Voncere,
good work on your “finished piece” I still think you should have made the upper lip a litte darker Guiding you was quite a pleasure No problem
On you new one … I think you just have to do some more work … I could tell you like thousands things but maybe you are planing to change them so I’ll wait and check again when you update this piece. Just one thing: The right iris is not round … its an elipse in your piece.
Keep it up!
Thomas
I see
well yeah I changed some things ,here is the “finished” pic. if there’s still something off name it and I will try to do it right ^^.
Hi)
Concerning the last piece i can see a few minor points. First of all there is a lack of colour. It seems you used only the yellowish skintone with no reds purples blues to give life and form. I still have problems with colour so i draw in b\w, its hard to get your head around) Also the anatomy around the place where the neck connects to the chin is looking a little off and maybe you could texture the lips a little. Other than that its great) You really captured the character well.
Cheers)
yo dude. I really like your studies, they’re very accurate, keep working on them, do at least 4/5 a day and your ninja/worrior people will look even more cool. Already I can see this developing in your sketch book posts.
About colour and lighting, check this link out, its invaluable:
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=53517
it might take you a week or so to read through it all and put it to practice but just when you think you’ve really tried and you don’t get it you will notice a difference in your work when you use colour.
Keep posting!
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