09-15-2012, 10:14 AM
Hey guys. Been watching all the Crimson Daggers videos, and browsed the forums a few times, but never made an account. Around the end of July when I started watching those videos it got me really pumped to try doing some photoshop work. I've always done more cartoony, 2D kind of things stuff using Flash and Illustrator, and only dabbled once in a while in more realistic stuff. Anyway I'll post some of my sketches from when I started and where I am now.
Started Late July:
Decided to get started with faces, since i figured it'd be the hardest thing for me. It definitely was really hard, I don't think I made much progress here.
![[Image: DLvG3.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/DLvG3.jpg)
August:
More faces, studies and stuff. Got the Loomis book on faces and that's definitely helping. Looking back i'm pretty disappointed with how little I actually did in August.
![[Image: GlDSb.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/GlDSb.jpg)
September:
At the start of the month I found that doing a whole environment is a lot more satisfying than drawings things in blank space, so I've been practicing landscapes. I'm not very good at sketching line art, I feel a lot more comfortable putting down values, not sure if that's something I need to work on.
![[Image: OAB2L.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/OAB2L.jpg)
Started Late July:
Decided to get started with faces, since i figured it'd be the hardest thing for me. It definitely was really hard, I don't think I made much progress here.
August:
More faces, studies and stuff. Got the Loomis book on faces and that's definitely helping. Looking back i'm pretty disappointed with how little I actually did in August.
September:
At the start of the month I found that doing a whole environment is a lot more satisfying than drawings things in blank space, so I've been practicing landscapes. I'm not very good at sketching line art, I feel a lot more comfortable putting down values, not sure if that's something I need to work on.