Sketchbook 2.0

[Piotr Jasielski]

Hey, sorry for not responding for so long, but I was pretty busy.

Lately I do mostly basic studies focusing on fundamentals so there is not much interesting to show. Below some new studies (I have no patience to upload all that crap) and some older ones I forgot to post.

Hey! Fantastic studies. You're developing really good sense of color with these.

Also good to see there is someone else from Poland on the forums :).

Cheers.

Hey, thanks. That's great to know. Pozdrawiam :)

Below some studies. It's quite troublesome to attach all those images so I won't post everything.

Two studies are from my live stream http://www.twitch.tv/piotr_jasielski

About the last painting: I can say with no doubt that on the original image the focal point is on the water. My eyes won't even leave this area. In your painting my first look were on the top right corner and then i looked at the water. I think you need to add more contrast to the water to pop it out more.

Other than that, you did a really good job on your studies! I can see the improvement! You rock!

Yes, you're absolutely right. I actually lightened the water with color dodge layer but it seems I somehow forgot to save it :P

Thanks!

Broooooooooooooooooo!

I was perving all up in your sketchbook this morning but forgot to leave a comment after being distracted for so long looking at the juiciness of your brushstrokes... goddammit man!
But here I am, to do nothing but exactly what ... I uh... I ...


... what were we talking about?

uh.

STOP MAKING THE PRETTY THINGS. SO PRETTY.
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Oh hey, many a thank you and a +rep for you good sir; The Crimson Crucible has got me like:

Haha, thanks a lot. I swear you like this forum's positive spirit (with ADHD) :D

Beautiful sketchbook, man! You've got it all: lighting, composition, storytelling, values, color, texture, etc.! I think you could just study a bit more the human body construction because it kind of stands down with the super high quality of everything else.
I'm very jealous of the quality of work you have here, and I also want to point out that your clouds and brushwork are really damn sexy. :D

Thank you. I know my body construction sucks, I'm kind of mad at myself for neglecting anatomy studies. It's the painting part that I love. Sketching stuff, especially human body frustrates me a lot. I'm working on it though.

I especially love post #44 and the the tree painting in the last post. It's understood that you are enjoying painting nature because they are amazing! Maybe in the later posts you can put your creatures/characters in those spooky forests or the edges of cliffs? It would be very sexy with your brush-strokes for sure haha

I'll surely post some characters and creatures. For now I'm focusing on the basic studies to fix my fundamentals. Thanks :)