My Sketchbook

[ipranawake]

Kitana - Sorry for late reply coz I didnt vist 3dtotal for a while ... freakingly busy at office !!!!!

Im doing some portraits of course ... but still didnt come out nice enough to share in a community like this one ... heh heh .....

I dont do a detailed nude figure ... but i usually outline a one, erase it and then work on it .... and i time it for like maximum 3 hours .... maybe thats a mistake too .... But i should really work on nude figures ..... i have started some life drawing already which i will share with everyone soon for some good critiques !!!!! .... actually this figure thing is a big problem to me .... i think PRACTICE is the only answer .......

Keep up your arts too .... wish you all the best ... coz they are coming up really good ..... !!!! Thanks ......

[Kitana]

Don't be funny - share all you do ( maybe you will receive some useful comments).
The practice is the answer indeed and observation too. And it is a matter of time you know - with good detail and anatomy you will become really good artist.

And thank you about the last row Same 2 u

[ipranawake]

This is a warrior ...

[ipranawake]

This is yet another warrior concept ....

[washka]

You've got some nice attention to details on those, you should practice more real life posing, keep it up.

Oh, and some tip:
-A silence zone is an area where there is nothing (or quite nothing), an "empty" zone.
Exemple on your last girl: the thighs
-Contrast can be use in both ways.

[ipranawake]

Thanks a lot washka ..... Yeah working hard on life drawing and posing ...... Still didnt come up nice though ..... !!!

I understand the first tip (I guess) ... but can you please explain the second one a little more (Sorry for the trouble) .....

[washka]

Imagine one lonely big square and a lot of small squares, wich one are you gonna look at? => The big one.

Now imagine a lot of big squares, let's say a gang of big squares, and a small lonely square, wich one are you gonna look at? => The small one.

So here we've got two things: size and number.
But about size contrast, that's the main subject of my exemple, I wanted to show you that I could either point to the big one or to the small one, I reversed the size contrast just using numbers and groups.

There is plenty of other approaches like this, another exemple a black scene with a white spot, or a white scene with a black spot, see I can reverse da focus.
That's what I mean with "both way", hope it can help you.

[ipranawake]

Thanks Washka .... it really helped .... Ill see how i can apply it in future artworks .....

[ipranawake]

Here is another pencil drawing i did referring to a photograph ....

[sarrous]

ipranawake, love your art, especially the birds head. Great detail.

[ipranawake]

Thanks sarrous ........

[washka]

If you paint a white background for this eagle, with some nice outline work, and blend it a bit with grey tones on down part, it'll pop out more. Good stuff.

[M_Cederstrom]

Originally Posted by washka

If you paint a white background for this eagle, with some nice outline work, and blend it a bit with grey tones on down part, it'll pop out more. Good stuff.

i agree with washka

[ipranawake]

Thanks Washka ..... Ill try that out ....

[ipranawake]

Heres another sketch from the past .... its a raptor head .... a diffrent kind .... but still looks like a raptor i hope .....