J. Sketchbook

[smrr]

Hey Jhonny! You have a great sketchbook here, the improvement is shining through, especially when you place a past and present piece next to each other like you have (wow!)

Haha I also got a punch of nostalgia when I saw that Spyro piece :') wonderful!

Hmm about this:

but I have to admit, it's so hard to remember every single thing that makes a paint good. I often know the problems when seeing one, even of my own, but when I'm painting I might forget some things.

I know what you mean... it can become incredibly overwhelming coming from only looking at paintings to actually painting yourself. I would suggest making some notes of areas that you happen to forget. Maybe before you begin a painting, check out other peoples work and look for elements that you tend to forget when you work on a piece and then kill it!

For the portraits, if you aren't already, I would suggest some facial anatomy study - Loomis/Vanderpoel/Bammes/studying from photos and then applying what you've learned to a digital piece? Or do these studies all in digital and then apply 'em, whatever way works for you! :)

As for the whole value shenanigans - here's a cool post I found 10mins before checking out your sketchy: Composition Basics: Value Structure. Really helpful stuff from grouping values like a baws.
(The whole blog site is brilliant!)

Also, yeah, what florentK suggested is a great idea, - and they don't have to be A4 print sized either :P just some good ol' thumbnails should help a lot for grouping values.

Keep pushing man, you have what it takes!!