Sketchbook Thread Of Ha-dou-ken - 2D/3D

#41

lol, so , so true, THANKS intervain! You rock!

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#43

Nice to see crap like this, Hadouken :thumbsup: Great skintones. One little crit I have is about the baby’s hand. Even though I’m not sure I’m correct I think they’re more fat. It could be more chubbier. You know, they’re all fat when born. But I especially like the skintones on it. Great looking.

Do you paint traditionaly?

#44

Heh heh, thanks Razz. I know the fingers are too long and look more like a young girl than a new born infant right? That’s why I said it sucks. I was on it for about 5 hours and still havne’t slept through the night(it’s 10:30 am here now, EEK!)I got tired of fiddling with it. Youa re absolutely right though. more fat, less length. Maybe I’ll go back and fix it when I wake up. Thanks for looking.:smiley: I’ll get some more up tonight heh.

I don’t paint traditionally unfortunately. I wish. I jsut recieved some pencils and pastels as a gift and have yet to try them out. Just scared I guess. I know, poppycock. Everything I learned is form the internet and trolling observantly in life.:slight_smile:

#45

Hi…Isaias…:thumbsup:

BEAUTIFUL and GREAT concept for a painting…One of those pictures that is worth a thousand words…:thumbsup:
If you were to to change it at all, I think that if you just shortened the two middle fingers,
by getting rid of the last digits on them, and then putting the fingernails where they end, and reposition the knuckles…you will have the right proportions…just my quess though…:slight_smile:
GREAT JOB ON THE RENDERING by the way…really like the colors, and the way you painted it…:thumbsup:
TAKE CARE
Glenn

#46

I think it’s better? the fingers are a little better at least. MOVING ON!!!

#47

I’m going to post some speed painting exercises. I have never tried so…yeah. 15 minutes each is my goal. Here’s the first one.

#48

I love the hands portrait. She has a short hand like me. :slight_smile:

Babies hands can actually be thin when they are born. Just depends on the baby.

You have some great work in the thread and it’s really nice to see the progression from start to here.

Look forward to more.

Cris

#49

Thank you so much Cris! I appreciate the view.:slight_smile: I have learned so much in the last few months abour art…to think, all of this could have been naught. What a scary thought. I do admit that I have improved. I can at least say that!:smiley: “Good” is another story altogether.

Here is another quickie. I’m useless when it comes to speed painting. But, I will get better, just need a little time. This was over the 15 min limit too, half an hour! I promised myself I would post it anyways, at least as a reminder to track my progress.

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#51

Hey your speedpaints are really good!

really like the last one.
soon you’ll find yourself having captured the essence after just 10min and you will be wondering what to do with the remaining 5, because you didn’t expect it :smiley:

we want more! :slight_smile:

#52

Heh, thanks Johan. The encouragement is invaluable, really.:slight_smile: I will post some more today. I need a nap now though, then off to work. Whew! Insomnia is a tough day job.

#53

Hi…Isaias…:thumbsup:

Like the way you handled the babies hand…came out GREAT…Really like that one…:thumbsup: :applause:
Like your speed paints also…Great way to develope an expressionistic style…imagine if you loaded that big brush up with some colors that really express emotion…red …anger//violent
blues//calm ect…colors can spark emotions in the viewer…which is an art in itself.
You might want to take a look at some of the great works of the expressionist painters, …will
have a big influence on your speed painting I think…just a thought…:slight_smile:
Keep up the progress…GREAT SEEING IT…:thumbsup:
TAKE CARE
Glenn

#54

Glenn, you always have the prefect advice. It’s always when I’m ABOUT to feel comfortable with my painting. As far as I know, one of the worst things and artist can do is become comfortable and complacent in their style. Thinking about it now, I can see how that composer guy would be so nice in splashes of yellow and blue…Like a sunburst of music…You have really sparked my brain. Thank you so much!:scream:

I fixed the hand, yeah, thank you. I still think his middle fingernail is a bit too long, but eeh.:shrug: I’ve realized it, and that’s the most important thing I think.

I said I was going to sleep a couple of hours before work, but I’m so inspired (and hopped on coffee) that I want to go to the park now and paint until I go to work. If need be I can always take a nice nap under a tree on a hill. AAAhhhh. :slight_smile: More soon…work’s going to suck.

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#56

:slight_smile: Hi…Isaias…:thumbsup:
LOOKS LIKE YOU HAD SOME FUN…:scream:
Now that you have the initial energy in your paintings, you might consider refining , adding to the escenual, and subtracting the non escenual…with the use of light and shade ect.
You might even change brushes, to add variety to your strokes, change mediums ect.
You never know what kind of nice effects you might stumble upon, when you just cut loose, and start to experiment, while at the same time having fun…:slight_smile: …ALWAYS KEEPING GOOD DRAFSMANSHIP IN MIND OF COURSE…:scream: :slight_smile:
The key, is keeping that initial energy in the painting, and refining it, without loseing the underlying energy of the painting in the painting process…:slight_smile:
Nice start to some very expressive work…:thumbsup:
TAKE CARE
Glenn

#57

Thanks Glenn, again. I start nice, then get really sloppy because I get nervous:eek: haha. I look at the clock and think “Holy crap! 12 minutes already!” Then all hell breaks loose and I end up “tripping” through the painting.

I don’t know if I’m going about this the right way. Do you think I should continue to force myself to stop after 15 mins? Or does it really matter, in terms of learning I mean…I don’t know. I’m just doing what I think might help me improve my understanding of composition and form and gesture. Maybe I’m completely wrong though…:shrug:

Thaks for the advice. You are like a never-ending fortune cookie…but with actually USEFUL advice!:thumbsup:Thanks as always.

#58

Hi…Isaias…:slight_smile:

I never wore, or even owned a watch in my intire life…pressure does not belong in painting.
Time is a man made illussion, just as painting is…be the master of both.
When I paint, time evaporates, and is meaningless.
The key, is to know when to bring forth the energy in your painting, and when to let it subside
in the painting…PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT…NO EASY WAY AROUND IT…:slight_smile:
KEEP GOING, YOUR ON THE RIGHT PATH…:slight_smile:
TAKE CARE
Glenn

#59

That’s some damn fine advice Glenn. I think I’m going to toss my clock out the window, just have fun and get lost in time instead of worrying so much about it. It’s just that I heard from somewhere that to improve, it’s better to draw 50 quick sketches than to draw one really long one. Now, I don’t know if the same holds true for painting or not though…

#60

It’s just that I heard from somewhere that to improve, it’s better to draw 50 quick sketches than to draw one really long one. Now, I don’t know if the same holds true for painting or not though…

why not make a couple of quickies (it’s not really important how quickly exactly… 5min, 10min, 20min max maybe), pick out the one you like best and try to develop that one to a further stadium?
Combining fast sketches with a longer study every now and then works best for me personally.
The fast ones make us focus on the simple forms “the essence” of which Glenn is talking about above. Once you have that, it’s just a matter of adding detail. What you want to avoid is spending hours on a drawing or painting only to notice that some of the basic forms or lines are not the way you wanted them…

All rightie,
hope to see more work from you soon

Edit, just remembered TUTORIALS - Digital Painting Video Sketchbook - by Bobby Chiuwhere he explains about his daily exercises. I think they would really help you making up your mind on how exactly you want to plan your learning journey.