My Sketches/Serious Art (1 week or more)

[ktimekiller]

getting much better

 

[Sparta]

Nice stuff. I noticed you tried drawing like that Harrdcorre guy from conceptart.org. Not bad.

 

[nofx]

Beerdude: Thanks

kttimekiller: Thanks again Ive been trying harder to draw more from life problem is im shy and im fearful of failure which ive been slowly over coming that its okay if the finished from life work does not look exactly like what your were trying to draw/illustrate.

Nice stuff. I noticed you tried drawing like that Harrdcorre guy from conceptart.org. Not bad.

Sparta :
A little art history para ti:

I find this comment offensive, im not trying to draw like anyone else. The difference between my art and their art, im guessing youre talkin about "their" as in artist like, Wes9000 http://www.wesleyburt.com/ and Marko Djurdevic(sp) is that they have loads more experience than me in anatomy and vast other art subjects such as live model drawing. I m not trying to copy them they are great conceptual artists of the day but in no way am i trying to copy them. Then again theres nothing wrong with copying so im not offended by that.

It seems liek youre trying to say that im trying to copy another persons style and failed. Which ive done neither im still learning my style, ive never been a fan of the blending stump, and eraser. Doing the cross hatch method is easier and allows you to get more tones without losing the over rall texture which you lose alot when using a blending stump.

Many a great artists use this method also such as the Northeren Ren. Artist Albretch(sp) Durer for you to deem this to a couple of artist on conceptart.org is pretty lame. I believe cross hatching got big when Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press allowing the art to be distributed now in a form of a book. And Durer made good use of that with his etchings: For example
http://spaightwoodgalleries.com/Media/Old_Masters/Durer/Durer_St_George2.jpg


I got a wacom for christmas still trying to get the kinks out. Here are some 1st to finish if anyone else has a wacom and can give me any advice please do so.

2nd attempt:

Third I hate the the last one but o well:

 

[CrazyHarij]

Depth, work on depth! Everything is so damn flat. Are you working at a bad angle? Draw from life. Sketchyness is good but work on making more confident and clear lines. "Nailing it in the first shot"

Proportion flaws in all your anatomy work. Study from life!

Draw, draw draw. Don't cover your people up in clothes, draw the naked form.

Lighting/Shading is excellent in some pictures, but the flatness deducts from realism alot.

Keep up the good work, don't give up.

 

[nofx]

Depth, work on depth! Everything is so damn flat. Are you working at a bad angle? Draw from life. Sketchyness is good but work on making more confident and clear lines. "Nailing it in the first shot"

Proportion flaws in all your anatomy work. Study from life!

Draw, draw draw. Don't cover your people up in clothes, draw the naked form.

Lighting/Shading is excellent in some pictures, but the flatness deducts from realism alot.

Keep up the good work, don't give up.

Thanks alot Ill keep those in mind and to heart im currently beating my self about it. The reason i tend to draw people in clothes more is because im 16 most people would probably account that as a minor in florida so I dont know if its totally legal and ill have to ask my art teacher about doing the live nudes, also im not sure if I'd feel totally comfortable about it either.

Ill go for it none the less.

 

[*~Alex~*]

Wooo lush! Some really amazing and interesting stuff! I enjoyed looking at it all, keep working hard !

 

[baron insig]

i h ave a wacom, gd ideas is to practice line drawing, as well as getting used to pressure enitivity, its your friend

ways to help with general aiming of tablet include, generally usinga pc with it instead of a mouse and using work with a pena nd keyboard,( will improve menu use a lot, i sitll find it hard to navigate menus

 

[Beerdude26]

Thanks alot Ill keep those in mind and to heart im currently beating my self about it. The reason i tend to draw people in clothes more is because im 16 most people would probably account that as a minor in florida so I dont know if its totally legal and ill have to ask my art teacher about doing the live nudes, also im not sure if I'd feel totally comfortable about it either.

Ill go for it none the less.

Just don't do female live models if you're 16

Well, not just yet :naughty:

 

[ktimekiller]

great new stuff, im extreamly impressed.

 

[Fletch]

Wooo lush! ...

A fellow Welshman?

 

[Asuka]

Just don't do female live models if you're 16

Well, not just yet :naughty:

Then dumb people will think he is gay. lol

 

[Sparta]

Sparta :
A little art history para ti:

I find this comment offensive, im not trying to draw like anyone else. The difference between my art and their art, im guessing youre talkin about "their" as in artist like, Wes9000 http://www.wesleyburt.com/ and Marko Djurdevic(sp) is that they have loads more experience than me in anatomy and vast other art subjects such as live model drawing. I m not trying to copy them they are great conceptual artists of the day but in no way am i trying to copy them. Then again theres nothing wrong with copying so im not offended by that.

It seems liek youre trying to say that im trying to copy another persons style and failed. Which ive done neither im still learning my style, ive never been a fan of the blending stump, and eraser. Doing the cross hatch method is easier and allows you to get more tones without losing the over rall texture which you lose alot when using a blending stump.

Many a great artists use this method also such as the Northeren Ren. Artist Albretch(sp) Durer for you to deem this to a couple of artist on conceptart.org is pretty lame. I believe cross hatching got big when Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press allowing the art to be distributed now in a form of a book. And Durer made good use of that with his etchings: For example

I wasn't talking about cross-hatching at all, and i wasn't implying that you failed at copying someone else. I was simply trying to compliment you and you read into it a little too much. Since it looks like you didn't know what i was referring too, it looks like i was wrong then and you weren't trying to copy anyones style (which is part of the process of learning).

And in the future please dont give me a lecture on art or the history of cross-hatching or any of that jazz while you're still in high-school.

 

[Danimal]

I can see a sense of improvement as I move through each pitcure. I really like your style of abstract art too.

 

[nofx]

I wasn't talking about cross-hatching at all, and i wasn't implying that you failed at copying someone else. I was simply trying to compliment you and you read into it a little too much. Since it looks like you didn't know what i was referring too, it looks like i was wrong then and you weren't trying to copy anyones style (which is part of the process of learning).

And in the future please dont give me a lecture on art or the history of cross-hatching or any of that jazz while you're still in high-school.

Sparta: No offense taken. Youre supposed to be able to learn anything from anyone, afterall this is an art forum geared at honest critiques, and how am I supposed to know what your credentials are; you could be an art history major or an archaelogogist so Living by the rule of dont talk because youre younger blah blah really doesnt work, or back up the argument.


Danimal: Thanks
Joims: Do you have any works or sketchbook with your wacom usage?

 

[nofx]

Got bored so I decided I would update.

I am bored so instead of waiting a month or so ill just put these up now. Ive been trying to make them POP. Im probably gonna start using a .5mm mechanicl=al instead of my usual .3mm 3h.

Did this yesterday in photoshop It was the base line for the one below it.. for a Winter break project. It came out really lame tho

hAVING some fun, my scanner freaked u the values on this one though :frown:

trying to pop

 

[satch919]

You've got creativity and talent, you just need to refine it.

It seems you have a thing for drawing eyes. I love drawing eyes myself. I don't know what it is about the eyes of a character but, IMO, it's one of the more important parts of the human form.

:cheers:

 

[nofx]

Reawakened

sorry i havent posted in a good while; i have been busy with track and life in general hope you enjoy acrylic/watercolor

 

[nofx]

Springdate

Drawing some chick at lunch eating away.

Some dude in gym playing a baskeball.

Travis Barker from a magazine

Kelly Clarkson Blender mag cover

A protester from a pic in china

Protster Polic

People in class kind of screwd up the arm

Chick in a mag i love this one how it came out

WEEDOO WEEDOO

Got kind of lazy/tired

Snore

enjoi

**edit

two bonus paintings

not sure how to paint in photoshop that well but im trying
and painter ix i mean wtf

 

[Shippi]

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[CptStern]

use references when drawing real world things like humans and animals ..some of the proportions are odd/distorted

 

[nofx]

Thanks Shippi I got really fed up so I quit like 30 minutes into it ;/

CptStern Thanks alot Ive been trying more to draw from life but Ive had no real formal education in the figure besides the face and i tend not to follow the half half and half rule but Ill start putting more effort into it!!

Here some paintings I did.

Watercolor depicting violence I did for a contest didnt win but I put about 25 hrs into this piece and I like what I learned and how it came out.

Did this 2 nights ago just having fun

Did this for a contest for the US house of representatives im about to turn it and I dont know how far itll go as I think the subject mattermay be too controversy but it deals with how patriotism was dead but as we intook the world trade center attacks out burst radical patriotism

 

[CptStern]

drawing from real life references can help tremendously ..best way to learn quickly is to take a life drawing class where all you do is draw live models ..in a month you'll see a huge improvement ..as a former art teacher it was my most effective way of teaching

 

[evil^milk]

dayum? you were teh arts teacher? cool

however i don't think this is the style he was going for in those last ones, i dunno. i liked the guy that looks evil :O

 

[nofx]

this summer if all goes well im taking a design course and drawing course which should have some figure drawing but im only sixteen so i dont know how comfortable ill be; but its going to fun

 

[CptStern]

heh you'll only draw nude figures in college/university ....they're mostly old men or not-so-attractive women

 

[nofx]

heh you'll only draw nude figures in college/university ....they're mostly old men or not-so-attractive women

Ya the class im taking is at a local community college but I dont know hopefully the instructor is really good and inspiring, but we'll see.

 

[ktimekiller]

Awesome new stuff, i like it

 

[Asuka]

Great update.

 

[nofx]

updating soon i promise

 

[nofx]

Ledgic Series S4

Ahh the moment you've all been waiting for... sike!
Did these in the car pure imagination from me, something when I did these I feel I am weak in:
Encouraging

Wildflowers

Dirty Dancing

Penstix from life got a contourish feel but they are not (if you look at my earlier hand studies; I am going to be doing them again this summer I cant wait im so excited to draw the complex hand)

Just an imagination collage trying something different

My friend Viki (drawn from life)

My shoe (from life)

I love the still life closet!!!!!!!!!

Watercolor life practice

Drawn from a Magazine

From Magazine

Imagination

 

[nofx]

Drawn form Life Hand

Acrylicks

Crude

Acrylicks²

Imagination Now

Experimenting Acrilycs

More Still life closet Love

MORE MORE AND MORE RATS FOR CANDY

Still life closet 1/2 finished

Could not finish this still ife

Couldnt finish but its a mug

We are on gesture drawings here are some of my gestures notice it goes from when i just started to more, btw in my sketchbook i havemore scribbles but i think these are the worthiest for the net right now.

 

[Hullu]

Here's my advice:

Do lots more of those 'gestures', you'll learn to get the proportions right, which is what I think is your biggest 'flaw'. First the overall lines and shapes, only then go to details! Just do lots of very simple, quick sketches without thinking about too much, try to express the human form in all sorts of postures with only a couple of lines. Then proceed to details little by little. Overall, you could be bolder, draw longer lines instead of numerous little ones, at least at first when you start drawing a picture.

Perhaps you could use a softer pen? Like 6b or something. Try to use more shadowing to create form in your graphics works, instead of strong contours. A softer pen will help with that. Well, I'm not a fan of cross hatch myself so that's also why.

Whenever you use colour, it's amazing! You have a really good eye for colour, there's definitely more potential and advancement there than in your graphics! It's probably partly because you are forced to do it more sketchily, not so much drawing strong outlines, as you do with graphics. I don't know how much you practise using colour, because even though there are quite few of those here, those few look really amazing, like you've spent a lot of time practising. If you have, I'd like to see more of them.

Oh and do you have ADD? Just looking at your avatar

 

[nofx]

thanks hulla m work come out tight because i use a .3mm mechanical i dispise pencil pencils because they dull to quickly, aND i have a sharp personality (artist context ehh ) here are some digital paintings

painter this idea behind this is basically the man in my dreams

paint over kind of lame did in photohop
another lame painter over:

 

[nofx]

Hmm like 40 new sketches

 

[nofx]

 

[Sparda]

Some of it is realy good i mean grate but some of it creeps me out.

 

[Hullu]

Amazing.

Did you paint the vials from a model?

I think you could use some drawing practise with nude models, because you can obviously draw cloth, but the proportions of people are sometimes a little off... you know you remind me of Leonardo for some reason.

 

[nofx]

Sparda: Hehe, thanks and sorry for freaking you out. If you dont mind answering which ones are freaking?

Hullu: Thanks, I painted the vials from these small bottles in the still life closet. I see now they are really off ellipse and axis of symmetry wise. I am taking drawing classes at a community college so my observatory skills are getting refined a bit, so next time I go to paint them I will definitely make sure they look better. The models are painted in acrylics; and I will be doing nude figure drawing next week I hope as long as I dont get shafted by this 18+ rule.(im 16) Also I found a Loomis figure drawing book off the web so I am going to give it a go, porportions are ehh. Thanks.

 

[nofx]

Heres a WIP for a thunderdome tell me what you think btw its in native resolution i think...

 

[Sparta]

Looks good. Can't really tell that much from a work in progress but its good. Keep using the bigger brushes. They really help heaps.

The proportions looks a little off though. the arms and the perspective of his face.