Mythtaken and his training collage

[DK]

Good anatomy studies up there, keep those up.

Man bear pig came out pretty cool, but I wish it had a better pose. Maybe like comin outta the bushes or somethin, haha.

[Mythtaken]

Thank you! Yeah I probably could have pushed it farther with the pose, it actually started out as just a sketch and I thought it would fit the CGhub challenge. I would most likely do some pose sketches and such if I had planned it.

I think one of my weaknesses are that I just draw static poses :/ no action at all. I will work to change that though!

[Jamesxwu]

Love the Manbearpig, looks cool, and quite humorous

[Mythtaken]

Thanks, yeah those skinny legs would never hold that body lol (I just assume that's what you mean, correct me if I'm wrong)

[Mythtaken]

aaand i'm back again, here goes!

[Purblindd]

ah man you should post more environments, i saw some and they look amazing indeed

[Mythtaken]

Thank you for the kind words!

I had some fun doing those, even though they never came to any use! But it's good practice, and I should indeed do more of them.

[Warburton]

Really cool stuff you got going on here man, i really like those creatures and stuff on the previous page and how you handle lighting and values. keep it up.

[Mythtaken]

Thank you!

Ok here's a sketch from tonight's session, it's for CGHub Creature Forge challenge: The Nectar Creeper, far from done though!

Here's a link to the challenge CGHub Creature forge

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Maybe I should have colour balanced it before posting, that's just raw colours up there, no editing what so ever

[Mythtaken]

Here it is, it feels a bit odd.. but i finished it at least, and I did learn a few things on the way. So the outcome was positive even if the piece isn't that strong.

[Mythtaken]

Warm up sketches, took a bit longer than expected. Number four (4) happened to become way too similar to a piece that Noah Bradley did, so I won't continue with that one.

[Mythtaken]

Warming up with some colors before starting with thumbnails!

[malan]

Man, your sense of light is great! You really know how to make use of it! :) great style, great color, great rendering and those environments look very interesting! Keep it up! :)

[Mythtaken]

Thank you, I'll try my best to become even better in all aspects!

Some thumbnails for an idea that I will develop further. I'm interested especially in numero 4, I think it suits my idea best. I also got some other ideas for number 1, 5 and 6.

[Mythtaken]

Swamp dragon. Well, I feel like it doesn't convey the feeling of it being a swamp dragon. I might actually give the topic (swamp dragon) another try. Anyway, it was interesting to work on this piece, and I did learn a lot, going from small grayscale thumbnail sketch to full illustration.

I'm going to let it mature here until tomorrow before I post it on my blog, if there's anything that needs to be fixed, I'll be able to see it after a night of sweet sleep.

[Mythtaken]

aaand there we go.. ..gonna let it sit for tomorrow, then make some changes if necessary..

[deerandfox]

Your characters are great man, like the last guy you posted, keep it up with those! If i could offer any advice on your stuff i suppose it would be to get some more movement into everything, but yeah good stuff man!

[Mythtaken]

Thank you, yeah I need to practice more action poses, I think I've entered a safe zone with these static poses I normally draw. I'm currently trying to change it though. Started a piece with bit more movement! We'll see how it turns out :p

[Gabriela Birchal]

Wow nice sketchbook. You have some great things and I like how loose and natural some things are. Good job! =)

[Mythtaken]

Thank you!

Here's something to distract you guys with, one of three paintings om working on at the moment. Playing around with perspective. It's far from done though

Wicked duelling