Crimson Daggers — Art forum

Hello ladies and gentleman, welcome to my sketchbook!

So here are some pictures I did in the last few weeks (click for full-size):







For general information or questions you can visit my "Introduce Yourself"-Thread: .Budi

Great start, man! Keep going!
As a small tip for starting out: Try to study some form.
Why does that sphere you see look 3D, why is it not just a circle? That's form. Try to experiment with contrast, rendering, values, and all that. Maybe do some fundamental studies, because they help you out big time, no matter at what level you are!

Stay strong!

Yep, think about the general form. For example, the second one, instead of shading every little part of the armour the same way, think about the biggest form it is enveloping, some parts won't be reached at all by the light source.

The last one is looking a lot better though, keep it up!

Thank you both, for the comments and help. These are literally one of the first paintings I did. (The glass one my first study; the female warrior piece my second character design; the environment my first colored environment).

I actually planned to work on more fundamentals this week, but got sick so I only managed to do some quick sketches and the undead pirate one. :(

This is some older stuff.



and a quick scene sketch:

T_T was sick for almost 2 complete weeks... still managed to do some stuff.

Photostudy
Reference: http://elandria.deviantart.com/art/Soar-6-217736949



Also changed my undead sea pirate piece.

Movie screen study: Hara-Kiri - Death of a Samurai



In the mood of undead-ish creatures, apparently.

Exams everywhere. Probably least productive month (in terms of just painting stuff) since I started to draw/paint.


finished 04-04-2013


finished 15-4-2013


finished 27-4-2013

Master Studies:

Color:




First 6 paintings by Kekai Kotaki, last one by Syd Mead.


First eight paintings by Feng Zhu, 9th painting by Syd Mead, and last one by Kekai Kotaki

Composition:









Full Study:



Personal Work:

Color Sketches:





Compositions:

Personal Work:







Studies: