Nyra's Sketchbook

[Nyra]

[Nyra]

I finally scanned in some sketches I did in the train or at the station from life with some other stuff
The size of one page is A5

[Finnjamin]

Yo NYRA! Your sketchbook is lookin' awesome! You're improving with those figure studies so much, it makes me want to get out in the world and draw. Your paintings are sweet too.

[Nyra]

Thank you Finn! You really need to try it, it's really fun even though some people look at you strangely when you draw them :D.

A study and worked some more on that girl

[Nyra]

Still working on the head. Fixing small things here and there and I'm still struggling with her hair to make them look like I imagine them...

[Nyra]

Working on a new image for a friend of mine and finished the head

[sker2]

nice stuff nyra..
i also like to sketch in stations and in the train... i find it to be the best practice for gesture..
i have a small suggestion for your gestures..
i saw that you started with 30sec..that's ok.. but i think you will learn a lot if you start with more time, like 90 sec... until you get comfortable... after that you can do 60 sec and so on..

[Nyra]

Thank you sker2! I will start with 90 sec again when I'm in the mood for it. For now I don't really feel like doing them.

Alright finished the one with the bike. Did it for a friend of mine. I always failed with the hands so I took the easy way out..-_-" I really need to study them! Also a new WIP

[Nyra]

Alright started doing some 2min poses and man I really got to learn a lot!
Aaaand the finished frog, Herbert The Happy Frog.

Cheers!

[Nyra]

After 3 hours of streaming:

[Nyra]

Some poses without any time limit and a self portrait that escalated at the end a little bit...

[Nyra]

sketch'n'studies

[Nyra]

[Nyra]

The first one is a WIP I propably abandon and a finished image:

[razvanb08]

Great sketchbook! Enjoyed looking through it. I think some head proportion studies and some facial expression studies might help.
Good job, keep posting!

[Nyra]

Thanks raz! I really need to do some more figure studies and I'll do them when all the exams are over so I have more time!

The first one was supposed to be a speedpainting but I spend a little more time on it. The second one is a quick study for the last image, a pokefusion with dodou and squirtle (yes I jumped on the bandwagon :D)

[MajaD]

Hey there, awesome improvement throughout the sketchbook! I love post #101, you absolutely killed that first enviro, great, great work. :)

You're also really disciplined with poses, there's no way I'd be patient enough to do that in the same amount. I'd just like to mention one thing which I see because I have the same problem - I know they're quick sketches, but sometimes you tend to shorten the figure as you go along, e.g. those ladies in #111 and #113, their heads and torsos match, but their legs are a bit short, and their feet are a bit small. It's not that big of a problem really because I guess these things will come to you naturally as you practice, but it's just something to keep in mind. :)

Looking forward to seeing more of your stuff, cheers! :)

[Nyra]

Thanks MajaD! I know that I do that some times and I need to pay more attention to it.

Here are a fashion study and 3 speedpaintings. The first two are done without undo, layers, brush effects or any filters. I want to learn how to shade and colorize without that help.

[Nyra]

2 sketches and 2 studies:

[Nyra]

Finally all exams are over and I can concentrate on drawing again.
So here is a portrait from imagination, a quick sketch and a kind of sketch/speed painting as well as some figure studies. Do you have any advice how to study figure drawing efficiently? I really want to get into it.