Callergi's Sketchbook

[Callergi]

With goals set time to begin,

Take a look and share some thoughts, critiques are the way to improve.

day 01

~one hour envinronment study from photo - square brush

[Callergi]

day 002

Landscape 002 - around 45 min - cristal and chalk brush

[Callergi]

and then some 15 mins to tryout different brushes


Tried some more mechanical stuff paint studies
First one turned out to be too complex a scene and didnt have enough patience for it


Then tried a much simler scene


both around 1,5 h - square brush and soft round one

[Callergi]

Drawing studies from refference always make me feel like time is wasted, so I tried something new from last sketch.
I spent a few hour cutting, pasting and deleting parts of the drawing until I got another space ship shape.
Kind of and interesting experience :D

[alexnegrea]

cool studies! try to make one area of the study more detailed from the rest of the illustration to create a clear focal point:) really dig your colors!

[Callergi]

Oh, thank u very much. Will try my best with the details :D

[Callergi]

day 003 - a shorter day

decided to go with some facial expression studies

[Callergi]

So... I got to day 3 and then went missing... well, not that good. Now's time to post some work I've been doing last 2 weeks.

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[Callergi]

Well, as my schedule got really busy for the last month, a lot of time passed since I last posted anything.
Here's the only thing that I got done meanwhile.

[Callergi]

Haven't posted anything for a long while, time to start updating my sketchbook.

Some wolf studies

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Started this painting last week but didn't finish as it took me too long and decided to do some practice painting from reference for a while and the try again.

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practice painting, found out that referencing color from one monitor while painting on another it's not a good idea :(

[DK]

Hey Callergi, nice line-work up there on the faces. Last one comin out pretty sweet too. Has a solid base, you could probably finish it without worrying. Could use some more work on the face, but I really like the overall design, good job!

[Callergi]

Quick idea for a Daily Sketch thread on CA - Heavily tattooed alien or something

[iCi]

Cool sb! Line
portraits are awesome.

[Callergi]

Some study on Mr. Jack from deviantart, I'm trying to understand how he works. Took his last image and started repainting the creature in a slightly different position and camera angle.
Obviously, though he does it so fast using no texture brushes, it is very hard.

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Some mechanical studies from reference, after some Scott robertsn and Feng Zhu dvds.
Reconstructed the referenced vehicles from different point of view.
Trying to get a hold on those lines and elipses, kind of nervous at first but things get easier after a while... will se how it goes the next days

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The sketches I've done for a minotaur superhero concept.

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Some illustration I've done for a card game.
And the postanalysis I've done on it when out of the woods.
Being in a hurry got directly to the painting part and missed some important stuff that give an unnatural look.




Something happened to the colours while getting through photobucket...

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And one more painitng study

[Callergi]

Hey Callergi, nice line-work up there on the faces. Last one comin out pretty sweet too. Has a solid base, you could probably finish it without worrying. Could use some more work on the face, but I really like the overall design, good job!

Hey Dennnis, thanks a lot for comments and feedback.
By last one u mean the chick with the shield and sword? If yes my not finishing it is becouse I'm worried that I spend far too much time on one single drawing, and waste the time in which I could learn things that will help me paint it faster in the end. Will see after a while if I'm right about it. Will work on the face too. Anyways I've got Mr. Jack from deviantart as reference artist for this and try to learn as much as possible from his style...

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Cool sb! Line
portraits are awesome.

Thanks a lot! Got a better line at the portraits probably becouse I did them while relaxed and not worring about what I don't know or what I've got to learn next.

[kidult]

dood just keep going at it! massive improvements just scrolling down this page!!

[Callergi]

Thanks Kidult

Here's a little update on my reference studies:

[Ursula Dorada]

Very nice sketchbook man!
Love the line work!

Thank you for the feedback on my sketchbook, really appreciate it!

[Veer]

Keep them coming man! I like your line especially, although your colors and studies are awesome.
I'll be watching your sketchbook with interest.

[jackjones]

Great Sketchbook and good work on the studies and dude I love your mech Designs I would love to see a more rendered one :D