Sketchbook Thread of HladekStepan

#33

Hey

Nice work HladekStepan

One thing I might suggest is when you draw a head, skull or anything else, to try to see it as a 3D object. Try to create mass, almost as if it can be touched. It is up to us artists to create the illusion towards the viewers they are looking at a real object/person, not just a sketch on paper or (digital) canvas, which is only 2D

Why not draw a few real life objects as an exercise? Use traditional media if you can. Pencil and paper is ideal for this. Carefully observe, then simulate where you want your line to be drawn a few times, then draw the line and move on to the next part of the object you want to draw. This will show you what I am trying to explain above.

you’re doing great, keep going!

edit: forgot to mention… I think you would benefit from doing some perspective exercises as well… think about it… no work/studies you do are a waste of time… they all come in handy later on… :wink:

#34

hi nr43
yeah,guess you’re right - it all looks kind of flat. I think I got spoiled by 3d sw :D. Really, haven’t done anything like stilllife study or anzthing with a lot of perspective in it for ages… well that’s next. as soon as I finish this one:scream:
and I’ll straighten it up a little…promise. :slight_smile:

I hope for the lightning to save this dull interior a bit too.

Thanks for droping a line.

#35

worked on them skeleton guys a little :slight_smile:

#36

worked some more on the background, I guess I want it less smudged out (and more sci-fi, yes:D)

#37

this is what i did for the OFDW20.
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Choice 04:
[size=2]Lord Frederick Leighton (1830-1896)
Clytemnestra
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#38

Your OFDW piece came out really nice
well done. (I still have to finish myself argh and i only have a couple of hours on jan 10th left )

#39

hi Johan
thanks, guess it’s not all I’ve expected to be :smiley:
I’m looking forward to seeing yours finished, looks a lot more elaborate than mine. :drool:
Anyway, no more effort till the deadline from here, bussy :beer:

#40

still quite a lot left to do, but I’m finally done with the basic layout. :arteest:

#41

you know the girl’s legs seem awefully short… you might want to fix that :wink:

#42

hey, thanks Johan, haven’t noticed that…oh well, I’ll try to fix that later.
for now I’ve experimented with lightning a bit - how about some spooky green light? :scream:

#43

Hi there. I think your proportions are off on the girl. And on her right hand, her finger that you kinda colored brown, you should make it the same color as the rest of her skin tone…maybe only slightly darker, right now it’s really darker and it doesn’t look like her finger.

You might also want to check out Steven Stahlberg’s paintover thread:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=199&t=359226

He can help you get the right foot on the ground especially with regards to anatomy things & lighting.

Good job on the master copy! It really does help to learn more by copying and using photo references :slight_smile:

#44

You should think about composition as well. I’m missing a focal point. Right now my eyes don’t seem to find their way… donnow where to look first, if you know what I mean.
the skeleton on the right, having it’s head cut out of the image partly really disturbs me.

It’s good that you experiment with different lighting situations.
Think about where the light is coming from, why is it coming from this or that certain direction and not from another? Which elements in your scene will be affected by it?
For example, the chairs are lit from a light source coming from the viewers direction, but positioned very low, just above the ground. I think part of the skeletons should be affected by that same light.
It is always a good idea to plan your light sources at a very early stage.

Anyway,
there are a million things to say about using light.
There is a lot to find about this on these lovely forums. (use the search button :wink: )
Also there are some interesting tutorials on www.imaginefx.com

Each and every one of them will talk about light at one point or another…

Hope this helps and you will keep pushing yourself :slight_smile:

greetz,
43

#45

hi Roja and nr43
thank you :slight_smile:
Of course there are masses of errors in this piece - and yeah, I’ll keep on pushing it :thumbsup:

the composition: yes you’re right. kind of bleak. I was thinking like putting a falling torch light somewhere bottom right of the girl - it would change the lightning and give the scene a focal point…
the right skeleton needs to be completed - perhaps I should change it’s pose as such? His head seems rather disturbing, not just the clipping but proportions as well…good point.

the light: supposedly coming out of that litlle green dot that looks like being pasted there:D
thanks for tips nr43, I’ll give it more attention, update coming up.

Roja, I think the thumb really got too much shade - shall fix it right away. the proportions - could it perhaps be that her legs are too short? :scream:. Thanks for the comment, I really appreciate it

later
Stepan

#46

okay, I finally managed to get back to this…

#47

guess I need to study some more :argh:

#48

hi,

I like the wip so far! nice expression and movement.
There are some problems with the lightning. The only lightsource is the flashlight,
So her body is only lit from that source. The lightning on her hair therefor is nog good…it seems like the light comes from above. What NR43 said :wink:
Also I can not see whats going on in the dark place…is that some kind of electronics?

Keep it up, you’ll learn a lot from it.

Cyanid

#49

Hey I like your anatomy studies! I hope to see more of those soon!

Your painting is a lot better already!
Much more tension now… sure it still needs some work, but definetely a huge improvement… only by changing the light… Imagine what would it will be like when you improve on the other aspects of digital painting :slight_smile:

Keep going you’re improving a lot!

#50

hi Cyanid
thanks for dropping by. I’m glad you like the wip, though I only recently realized it needs to be started over again. So I’m back on pencil sketch now. Yeah, the strange stuff back in the shadows is supposedly some sort of futuristic high-tech whatever :D. But I think this time I’ll just draw the whole thing, no cheating with Photoshop :scream: It doesn’t look good anyway and feels weird with those figures. And, I hope to get little bit more space and 3d in there next time…we shall see.
Yes,learning is what I’m here for :thumbsup:

hi NR43
well, no more studies yet. just a little 3d enviroment attempt (the theme comes from a czech novel). Perhaps I’ll learn something about lightning that way? :shrug:

#51

alright, I started over on this one. hope I got rid of that flatness in the composition. :twisted:

#52

a few ballpoint pen sketches I did on train:)

the dragon looks kind of dumb I’m afraid :smiley:

skulls, skulls and more skulls