Forrest's Sketchbook of Wondercanes and Dreamsicles.

[Forrestimel]

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[Forrestimel]

Figures, a shitty portrait study and a shitty application of the girl. Lordy lord I suck.

[Forrestimel]

Kind of skipped ons studies today :P won't happen again! Tomorrow I shall have more figures to show and screencaps as well!

Here's a character concept I'm revisiting after an awful attempt at it 2 years ago.

[Forrestimel]

Finished revamp of the old character design and figure warm up from this morning and yesterday's junk too. Tomorrow there will be more screencaps :)

[Fincks]

Well, the shity application of the girl isn't that bad.
And the one you drew in 2010 is wayyyy better than the one in.. I'm kidding.
Huge improvement since 2010 in colour/light and design !

[Forrestimel]

Thanks Fincks :)

Another screencap, less rendered out as the last one, just trying to get an ok understanding of the lighting and color. Also a work in progress :)

[Warre]

How long did you work on the cockpit studie?

[Fincks]

I think you should add some roots on the right.
And put the left side more in the dark (background and character)

It's just a point of view but, generally, necromancer/priest are wearing tissue, they don't have "heavy armor"
Looking forward to see the final piece !

[Forrestimel]

Warre not as long as I should have, my next screencap I'll take more seriously, that one I spent maybe an hour on.

Fincks thanks for the suggestions! And I understand about the armor but World of Warcraft doesn't roll that way ;)

Figures and my finished warlock piece.

[ramalooke]

Tons of improvement, good studies and love here <3

[Warre]

I could not do that sketch in one hour.
Keep up the good work.

[Forrestimel]

Thanks so much guys :)

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Here is some crap that I call studies

[Forrestimel]

So I've always liked hearing stories about how different artists got started and why they started trying to become a better artist. Some I've read have been very inspirational, Dave Rapoza, Jason Manley, Brad Rigney, they have some pretty interesting stories on how they got started. So I figure I'll post mine and hopefully some of you viewers will share theres too.

I remember I wanted to be an artist since I was born, I went into kindergarten knowing my career would involve art. For awhile it was cartoonist and then there was comic artist and so on. Well growing up all the way up till 6th grade I was the shit at art in my schools. I was widely known among my class members that I was top artist and no one better fuck with my pencils. Then around 7th grade an old friend of mine from 3rd grade shows up again, him and I both loved to draw. Only problem was now he was better then me, and a lot of people knew it. I, being very jealous and competitive when it comes to my artistic skills, would not stand for it!

What really made me snap was when I lost a drawing contest to him that year after I had entered my greatest creation to date (back then). After that I started to ask myself, how do artists get so good. I'd been drawing and doodling in an anime style ever since 1st grade, but I always loved the artwork in games like Magic: The Gathering. I looked at the cards and thought, "Good god how could people get this good?" One artist that stuck out to me among the others was none other then Todd Lockwood. I searched him up on Google after seeing a few of his pieces and saw how incredible his work was. And after drawing his card art over and over I decided there had to be a better way to learn. That's when I discovered... Dah da da daaaah! Conceptart.org!

Back then when I made my sketchbook I was the wee age of 14 years old. I had just started getting into the idea of digital art after discovering how it was done. And unfortunately... I still thought I was the shit -.-

Soon after I'd created my sketchbook I realized how much I sucked. This quickly became realized after looking at Miles Johnston's and Sam Carr's sketchbooks. I realized what I needed to do from then on and got cracking on anatomy. At this time I still didn't think I was better then my friend from before and I was not satisfied. I gloated about me studying to build up the competitive fire. I was retarded.

The next four years I was off and on with how much I studied, it was about the end of Junior year of high school when I really started sticking to constant studying. And as time grew so did my studying habits, I now attempt to post every single day (when I don't forget :P ) and am studying more then ever before. I still have that competitiveness when it comes to my art, but I find it helpful and motivational. It keeps me wanting to get better, luckily I'm no longer egotistical, I can't go anywhere on the internet without finding someone who is better then me.

Anyone else wanna share how they got started? :)

Self portrait and figures

[Lumens]

Ahh nice self portrait! it's nice to hear your story.

I got started much the same way as you did, that one guy who always draws in highschool.
I knew i wanted to do digital art when i found deviantart like 10 years ago when i was 12 years old.
Didn't know about tablets existing so i painted with a mouse for 3 years like an idiot haha.
The smudge tool was my primary weapon in my arsenal then i discoverd CA and tablets.

and the rest is history.

[Forrestimel]

I used the smudge tool a bunch when I first started digital too ha, I still use it to help with smooth rendering though :)

Couple new illustrations and a commission

[JakeB]

the facial expressions in those latest two illustrations are great man. Keep 'em coming :)

[Forrestimel]

Thanks Jake :)

New junk, not happy, must study more! >:O

[EduardoGaray]

your last works looks baddass, the penguin specially.
Also be sure to do more gesture studies like the ones in your last post, your facial expressions are great but your poses could be more dinamic.
Keep this thing rocking!

[Forrestimel]

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