Sketchbook Thread of Abu Amir

#1

I hope that posting my sketches will help me improve by the advices and critics of senior members. Cheers!

#2

Hello everyone!
I post my first sketch in this thread. They are 2 quick studies, one of my own hand and the second of a skull from BoneClones site.
I sketched in pencil the main volumes, then i fixed the detail. After that with an inkball pen i gave more contrast and details. For a volumetric look i used a marker to overdraw the contour in shaded areas. I’ll try to make a routine of drawing daily and I count on your support for this. I doodled since childhood but I never took art instruction. Even if I’m very busy I want to make this in one more serious manner so criticism is more than welcome and required. Cheers!

#3

Being very enthusiastic about this forum I found the time to try some other 2 sketches. They are poor quality, obviously, but i found it normal/ The problem I have when i draw human faces is the hair. I don’t know how to do it in a proper way. So please, leave me some advices. Thanks!

#4

Hi there Abu, I like your skull study it’s pretty nice. What’s your eventual goal with your drawings?

From what you’ve posted so far I don’t have much critique to offer. Your first sketches looked better than the second batch to me. The mannikin you made shows that you’re looking into how to do a quick shorthand pose but you will need some more practice to get it to work. The way it looks right now it is hard to tell which way they are facing and how they are standing exactly. Do you have any drawing books? I will pass on the recommendations that were given to me and I have found extremely helpful-
Andrew Loomis’ “Figure Drawing for All It’s Worth”
Vilppu’s drawing manual
Burne Hogarth’s- “Dynamic Figure Drawing”

These books can be very helpful. Also looking through the forums is very educational. I spend some time every day looking through people’s posts, they are inspiring and you can learn a lot from studying them.

Keep drawing, practice every day and you will improve!

#5

Hi Tasp! Thank you for your kind reply.
First of all, my goal is to improve just for my pleasure. I love to draw but I don’t do it on a regular basis. Often I find myself doodling on little pieces of paper for the simple pleasure of drawing.
Second - i have some books but I didn’t try until now to follow a strict study of them. As I said it is a hobby but I want to push it further.
Concerning my 2 posts - for the first one I had references and I spent a little bit more time. The second was intended to improve the capacity to quickly draw without references. Anyway, thank you for the advices that I’ll try to follow.
I do the same as you do - I browse the forum and I watch other people works in order to understand how they do some things.
Cheers!

#6

Hello everyone!
This is an older image for which I used as reference an image from an adult site (these sites are great for anatomy learners).

#7

This is a quick sketch of my son struggling to reach one of his toys. Done in pencil in about 3-4 minutes. Edited a little bit in Photoshop mainly to increase the visibility of the line.

#8

The gesture of your son is great! My only advice is to avoid drawing the elbow so 90 degrees like that. And the tricep area of the adjacent arm doesnt need 3 lines to define the form. One line would be just suitable. =) Keep your pencil on the page as long as possible, and keep up the practice!

#9

redpandfire: Thank you for the great advices! Cheers!

#10

Yes, the gesture of your son is really cool! Nice one. My only advice is to start stockpiling reference images that you like, and keep the drawings coming!

#11

jabuhrer: I already do this. My goal is to achieve speed and skills necessary to draw from life.

#12

I also like the image of your son, well done. I am curious what the toy is - is it a fish?

#13

DriftingEmber: Yes. It is a fish. Thanks for your appreciations!

#14

Since in the last time I was too busy to work, I try to catch up now. A WIP in SAI of a woman’s face and chest. No references were used.

#15

No critics or suggestions for the last one? :slight_smile:

#16

It’s a bit hard to critique what you have so far. You mentioned yourself it was a work in progress and from what I can see it has a long way to go. If you would like some critique this is what I think needs work-

If you are planning on doing a bust along with the chest I’d suggest adding the shoulders. The breasts need their nipples so we can properly read which way they are facing. The forehead on the left side seems like it is being pushed under the hair instead of the hair laying over it. The cheeks are bulging quite a bit, giving her a look like she has her mouth full of something or is blowing out her cheeks on purpose.

#17

Thank you Tasp. It is exactly what I was expecting - some feed-back good enough to see which way this drawing should go. Thanks again for your advices.

#18

This is the digitally painted WIP (traditionally inked) of a quick sketch i posted at http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?p=6598364#post6598364 .

#19

Here are 2 old stuff of mine (old means around 1995). I hope you’ll like it because at that time I enjoyed a lot to draw them. Made only in traditional media. :slight_smile:

#20

I was absent quite a time. I’m back with the wip for a challenge on another site. Crits are welcome. The battle have as subject the confrontation between 2 organic entities (at least 80% organic). No mounts or companions are allowed.