Sketchbook Thread of AlmostKungfu

#1

Yo everyone! I’m new to this, and I’ve been drawing seriously for a year or so now. It’s really scary to post my newb-crap in such a talented community, but I hope to learn a lot. :stuck_out_tongue:
I’ll just post be posting my sketches here, hoping I’m doing this right. :stuck_out_tongue:

So this is what I’ve been doing the last weeks… I’ll update when I sketch more!


Drew people I know… Don’t really know if they’d like their pictures on the net, so I won’t post reference. :stuck_out_tongue:


For the mixed masters thing!


Hmm, drawing from mind, practicing “overly muscular” characters. Drawing from mind.


Avatar image! Just drawing from mind…


Um, gesture drawings? Or no, not gesture drawings. Used 8-9 minutes on each of them, so I guess they’re more like, copies or something.


Heads! Again, drawing from mind.

Comments and criticism!? :thumbsup:

#2

almostkungfu,

Welcome! :slight_smile: Good to see you start a Sketchbook here. Some strong studies, and it’ll be great to follow your progress.

One thing I might suggest is to work against a toned / mid gray background. This is because all values are relative, and working against white makes all your values look dark by comparison.

You will make your life infinitely easier by filling the white with a mid gray or mid tone value and then working up in lights, and down in darks. Having an automatic midtone eliminates half of the work for you! This is a tried and true artistic practice that dates back to the Renaissance even. :slight_smile:

Gesture drawings can be anything from 1-2-5-10-15 minute drawings. The main purpose of a gesture drawing is just to get the main action of the pose as quickly as you can.

Looking forward to seeing more of your work!

EDIT: One thing that I recommend is that everyone keep their images for the web to 800 pix. maximum - then no one has to unnecessarily scroll. Thanks! :slight_smile:

#3

Thanks! Never thought of that!

Ah, okay, yeah, I’ll to keep to 800p in the future. :wink:

Hehe, gesture drawings it is, then. :thumbsup:

There! Tried a new image with the greyscale technique. Heeeeres johnny!

Hmm, it got a bit dark, hm? Well well…

The reference is obvious I guess, but here it is anyway:
http://surf4you.free.fr/Images/affiches_cin�/Shining.jpg

#4

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I really like that one, painting against the midtoned grey helped. I don’t think it’s too dark either. It fits the mood of the picture nicely.

#5

Hi there almostkungfu! I`m new at cg society too. :slight_smile:

You have some pretty charismatic caracters there :thumbsup:
I myself am pretty new to art, and Rebeccak advised me to do master copies in grayscale for a bit to get a feel for shapes and light and dark and the human figure. I`ve only done a couple so far and some sketches for the sketchathon(its fun! :slight_smile: ) but i can feel myself getting started at getting better. Why dont you try the same thing as your values in your last sketch seem a bit inconsistent.
All the best :smiley:

#6

Hey nice sketches, I especially like the last one, yeah it does look a lot better on the gray background :slight_smile:

#7

Odyism, Thanks! :slight_smile:

reaveress, Ah, it’s great to see I’m not the only one new to this. :stuck_out_tongue:
Yeah, I’ve also decided to do b/w master-copies now, as I need to get the hold of this anatomy stuff once and for all! I’ve done a few, 2-3 I think, sketches for the master copy workshop things, and I agree, it’s great fun! :slight_smile:

Haven’t tested this sketchaton thing yet though, a wild guess tells me it involves sketching a lot, I’ll absolutely check it out. :wink:

Yeah, the values kinda screwed up in the latest one, it’s very different to work from greys. I think i added too much shadow and too little light… After all, before, I never added light at all. :stuck_out_tongue:

However, I really think this method helps me think more about where I actually place highlights, and gives me more control over the light setting. Can’t wait to get jamming with photoshop again tomorrow! :bounce:

Thanks a lot guys, I finally feel like a part of CGtalk.com :smiley:

#8

Didn’t get around to do much real anatomy exercise today, but copied this from a game manual I had lying around on my desk. I really liked the result, so here you go. :thumbsup:
I guess I should have cleaned up the coat, but gwa, then I would have been sitting up all night, and I seriously need sleep now. =P

Hopefully, I’ll get around to do some real master copies tomorrow…


(Did some mirror studies as well. :slight_smile:

#9

More male anatomy… These are studies after Poser 7. :thumbsup:

#10

Moving on to female characters for a while. :slight_smile:
More is coming!

#11


#12

Argh, I went berserk with the POST button.

#13


Not really an anatomy sketch, rather a stylized doodle. I’m short on content though, so heck.


Male anatomy …


Portrait from mind, a little reference here and there. Proud of this!


Ack. This one got this … look. I don’t know what it is, but it gets this rather funny look. Looks wrong in some way. I get this on a lot of my drawings. Could anyone help me point out what’s wrong with this guy?


Another female!

#14

Hi almostkungfu.

Great to see your thread up and running.

few remarks:

  • are you using the coloring techniques introduce in nebezials tutorial thread for the colored male anatomy studies? They look a lot like you did. If not, do check out his thread in the tutorial section - it rocks and I think it would suit your approach. Those studies are looking good, anyway.

  • If you are “short on content” then check out the sketchathon reference thread (there are two threads for the sketchathon, one for the sketches and the other one for refs…) incredible ressource… and while you’re at it you could post your results in the thread.

Have Fun!

:thumbsup:

#15

Hahah, you noticed! Yeah, hehe, I’m a big fan of nebezial, and trying to go somewhat in that direction with my stuff. Practice makes champion. :smiley:

Aha, okay! I’ll check out the sketchaton! :thumbsup:

Thanks a lot Mu!

#16

I refined my blender today, reading through some tutorial threads again. I’ve read it all before, but now with more experience, I suddenly understand a lot more.

Back to work! :wip:

#17


Testing out this blending and coloring stuff.

#18

Great to see your efforts - keep going!

Gord

#19

Thanks! Great to see people are watching! :slight_smile:


Portrait 100% from mind…


I thought I shoul do some people from really weird angles, to make sure I really get the anatomy and don’t just draw like, um, symbolism…objects things. :stuck_out_tongue:
I find it really hard though, I suck at foreshortening. :smiley:


Just lines, this one…

#20

hey almostkungfu,

sadly one of your images got banned by photobucket. Check out the info threads on the problem around the anatomy forum… It’s a sticky somewhere.

Question: does your “refined blender” make use of dodge and burn techniques? Because while the gradations are indeed smoother, the values and the level of saturation was a bit more appealing in the previous image.