Sketchbook Thread of Slux

#81

Hi guys
Uff I haven’t had much time lately because I have got a job to do some webdesign which is fine because I need some money … weeeeeeell who doesn’t right ? :slight_smile: But I don’t have much time now because they want it to have finished ASAP. So don’t worry I haven’t quit :slight_smile:

Ok to make my post at least little bit useful I have some interesting link for you guys.
I was pointed to some thread on conceptart.org and wow there is a lot of informations for traditional artists … don’t worry I won’t leave you guys lol :slight_smile: I just lurk there and try to absorb somethink useful.
Because I’am very serious about my work I take notes everytime when I find some useful advice, tip, pictures whatever …
And I have found there some very useful advices and pictures from Kevin Chen. He is (or used to be - dunno) teacher at Art center/Gnomon and he posted there some sketches from classes and also some useful advices - really great stuff :slight_smile: (btw its about figure drawing/sketching). Well but its not available because links doesn’t work there anymore but luckily some guy save it to his website so you can download it from there :thumbsup:
Have fun

Here it is
Kevin Chen stuff

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Ehmm who knows :slight_smile:

#82

Hi
I was away for a while but I’am here again.
I have decided to make my study little more interesting so I have started to study horse anatomy and no I haven’t quit to study human anatomy … no way there is so many things I have to learn …

Anyway here are some of my sketches … I have drawn much more of these but I post only better examples of my work lol …

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#83

Slux,

Nice work!!! It’s great to see you do these anatomy studies ~ any studies like these are really useful, and will help you grow as an artist. Beautiful work on the lower jaw bones particularly!!! Looking forward to seeing more. :slight_smile:

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

#84

Hi I’am glad you like it :slight_smile:

Ok here is another skull … it was just a little experiment :slight_smile:

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#85

Slux,
Hmmm, I think your “little experiment” turned out beautifully!!! :bounce:~ Wow, when you really focus on an object, you really focus on an object! :thumbsup:

When you’re finished with this, I would just suggest cleaning up the borders digitally and presenting it well for inclusion in a portfolio. By the way, I hope you have your Skull which you did for the Anatomy Review backed up and such, and that you regularly back up all of your work. It would be such a shame for your beautiful pieces to get lost! So please, make sure to keep copies of your digital work on cd or external hard drive. :slight_smile:

Great to see you working so hard on your thread, Slux! You are an inspiration to many. :slight_smile:

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

#86

Hi
Thanks for kind words :slight_smile:
Backups?.. of course I … don’t back up anythink :scream: yeah I know I should
that reminds me I should start with that asap …
I guess people don’t backup until they actually lost some important files well and thats too late for backup … :slight_smile:

Ok here are another skulls

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#87

Slux,

Wow, more nice pieces from you! Impressive! :slight_smile:

With respect to backups, at the VERY LEAST email yourself a jpg version of your piece/s, so at least it’s SOMEWHERE besides your hard drive. I hear too many horror stories of work which has gotten lost ~ and the time spent is irreplaceable! Enough said. :wink:

Are you working from photo reference for these, or do you have this skull in your possession? Do you have, as they say, skeletons in your closet? :slight_smile:

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

#88

Good stuff, Slux! :thumbsup:

Which reminds me…
Must focus…
Must draw…
Must not be distracted…

Whoops, too late. :smiley:

#89

C’mon CBee! You can DO it! :thumbsup:

Cheers, :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#90

Hi Rebbeca
Oh I wish I would have a real skull :slight_smile: that would save me a lot of time because actually I’am still not sure how exactly it looks in 3D … if you know what I mean … especially those areas around eyes are quite tricky … So I work from photo references but its not easy because its hard to find any good photos and there are usually only front and side shots which is fine if you want to get some sort of idea how it looks but its not enough to really know how it looks in 3D well at least not for me :).
So if anyone have some good references pls let me know.

But I hope that at least I will get myself a human skull … not real one but on of those anatomical plastic skulls you know :slight_smile:

Hi CBee (Mr. Leonardo :scream:) …I’am glad you like it … uhh and I should draw more too. Good luck with your drawing :thumbsup: …

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#91

Slux,

Yep, I’ve thought of getting a skeleton replica also, but full ones are in the $3,000 range :eek: ~ plus, it would seriously freak me out to have a REAL skeleton in the closet! :scream: So…I will rely on photo reference for the time being. :slight_smile:

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

#92

Hi
So here is my another painting … well I was in mood for some painting so I painted you guess it horse skull :slight_smile:

And when I was finished with painting there was still some paint on the palette so I have decided that I will try to paint something very quick … and here it is … its painted directly with paint so no sketching with pencil or anything like that …

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#93

Slux,

The skull is quite nice! The figures have some problems, but I think it’s a matter of doing those anatomy studies. :slight_smile: I also think it’s better to draw from Master Copies at first, vs. model shots / live figure. You’ll definitely get a better sense of how to represent form in 2~dimensions that way, as well as be able to pick up shorthand ways for noting form on the page. :slight_smile:

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

#94

Hmm yeah I know these figures have quite a few problems mainly because they were painted quickly and directly with paint so I couldn’t fix any errors …

I will do some master studies later but right now I try to focus on anatomy … to understant how it works :slight_smile:

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#95

Slux,

You are really great at doing drawings of bones, I am surprised you don’t do more drawings of human bones! :slight_smile: Your renderings of objects is always really fantastic, and putting it all together in terms of figurative painting is only a matter of time, and of using a better medium than tempera. :wink: ~ I really think you would make big strides with using oil paints, but I know you are restricted in terms of space ~ I wish oils weren’t so ridiculously messy (not to mention expensive! :slight_smile: I often find myself wanting to use oil paints, then realizing that the time, cost, and mess is just too prohibitive…and without a studio, there is no way I am painting with oils in the winter!

At any rate, it’s great to see your progress!

Cheers, :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#96

Yeah you are right! I should focus on humam anatomy … I will try to do something with it I promise :slight_smile:

Ok here is my another drawing … It was something little more unsual for me. Mainly because its drawn on A3 so its quite large … almost life size :). Some wise guys said that its good idea to draw big pictures but I’am prety much sure that this isn’t that type of drawing they had in mind … because as I see it drawing big pictures should teach me do do nice long strokes/curves but this is just one of my usual drawings when I very slowly try to copy what I see … I should draw more loose I really have to train it dammit … ohh and I think that these never ending shading sessions aren’t very good way how to learn human anatomy/drawing either.

Hmmm so here it is …

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#97

Not bad rendering at all :thumbsup:. I guess her neck could be shaded better cause I call in question she has so visible sternocleidomastoid and clavicle (clavicle seems to be too sharp to me). I would say these are a little bit exaggerated in your drawing. Anyway great work.

#98

Hi
Yeah I know there are some problems with neck not that much with clavicle but with another areas … well the clavicles may be very pronounced it just depends on what you are doing and in what pose you are … in this pose the head faces forward but the body is turned quite a lot so thats probably the reason why its so pronounced … well its based on photo of course.

Hmm but anyway I have to stop to do this kind of pictures its too boring and it takes away all my passion to draw … and also I don’t think its very usefull … well its usefull if you want to have a really polished peice to your portfolio or a picture you could hang on a wall but thats all …

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#99

Slux,

I think you’re really hard on yourself :wink: ~ this is a really nice piece, and there are many directions you can go from here ~ rendering is not a ‘bad’ thing at all, it will teach you a lot! :slight_smile: Your renderings are always impressive, I wouldn’t underestimate their value at all.

I agree that the neck needs work, but that’s okay ~ it’s just a reason to study neck muscles. Learning drawing (a lifelong process, by the way) is a matter of going back and forth between more finished works, such as this, and studies / sketches, which are done for the purpose of improving our more finished pieces. If you find an area in a more finished piece which needs work, just break it down in a simple study / pen sketch ~ don’t worry about how ‘pretty’ the sketch is. If you look at a lot of DaVinci’s anatomy studies, not all of them were done with the most beautiful aesthetics in mind…they were just studies, done for the purposes of understanding.

Cheers, :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#100

Rebecca
Hmmm I think I will try to do more loose/sketchy pieces not that much probably but you know its quite a difference if you spend 1 hour on a drawing or 7 hours or something like that …

So as I have promised here is some human antomy :slight_smile: I will try to focus on human anatomy now. As I said earlier I’am trying to draw bigger pictures (this one is lifesize) and more loose pictures … so thats the reason why I have decided to try compressed charcoal for this one … and thats why its so messy but it was pretty quick

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