DhArt Sketchbook (aka, Help!!)

[DennisHolmgren dhArt]

Derp. Some stuff. Gonna post a lot more tomorrow.

[DennisHolmgren dhArt]

Posted less instead.

Some more stuff before I go to work. Im continuing to study values, light and shade. Currently reading some books on it.

[DennisHolmgren dhArt]

Some updates. Studies and sketches from imagination.

[DennisHolmgren dhArt]

Back whitout explanation. I took the decision to start use Alex Negreas/Forest Ismels method of studying while working. Here's a WIP pic im working on of "Ice Age Swedes".

[DennisHolmgren dhArt]

Experimenting with colored lights. From life.

[DennisHolmgren dhArt]

I decided to start posting again. Lets see if I can keep it up this time (haha, I say that every time I get back).

Here's a personal piece and a self portrait I did today. I forgot witch one is witch.

[CoreyH]

Sketchbooks coming along nicely man, can see a lot of improvement in that last one especially. Keep it up!

[DennisHolmgren dhArt]

Thank you very much CoreyH! I love your stuff dude! Keep it up!

Here's some stuff im working on:

Studies:

Gestures from ref and imagination while reading loomis:






Some life stuff:




Some WIP lineart. Gonna see if I can make rly good lines:

[CoreyH]

Glad you like my stuff man! Means a lot.

Awesome work again, that last pic is coming along super nice. Line art is a pain in the ass with a tablet! haha.

Only critique would be with the gesture studies, try and make sure you get a shape in there for the hands and feet, it seems to really help (me anyway) when you start designing the figure from imagination.

[Caisne]

Glad to see you posting again, Dennis. Keep the studies going!

[DennisHolmgren dhArt]

Just finished this sketchpage. I failed most of thoose line exercises, so it's obvious that I need to work on it more.




Also trying to learn Zbrush atm (actually gonna try and learn 3D modeling). This sculpt has really weird anatomy, so tomorrow, im just gonna start on a new one.

[DennisHolmgren dhArt]

Update

Studies:










Imagination stuff to apply studies/Personal work:

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Had to resize theshit out of this one to make it under 1024kb. Plz see the full res version on my deviantart page.

[DennisHolmgren dhArt]

Couple of traditional sketchpages. Still failing thoose line exercises.

[DennisHolmgren dhArt]

WIP

[DennisHolmgren dhArt]

Time for a small update. Studies, sketches from imagination and design stuff for "Lizards of Legend" bloodsport.

[DennisHolmgren dhArt]

Quick and embarassing update. Im really busy at my job atm. It's right before christmas and a ton of people are calling in sick everyday for some reason, so us other guys have to pull double shifts and work p much everyday ... Isn't it horrible when an artist isn't allowed to create? :/

Hopefully it's gonna settle down soon. Im relly anxious to do more art.
Here are some personal stuff from recently and a couple of speedpaints (30 min):

[DennisHolmgren dhArt]

Just dumping a few WIDE random new paintings.

[JyonnyNovice]

Hey Dennis, cool to see your stuff in here, hope you keep updating this thread!

They're looking really nice, love the lighting on the last piece. I prolly should've looked closer when you posted them in the chat but I'll toss this comment in anyway - that last piece looks great but the they feel really isolated, like there should be other people around to witness this ceremony. Feels a bit lonely. Great work tho, keep posting!

[DennisHolmgren dhArt]

Thank you my friend!

Here are some random study notes and sketches. Most of this is from imagination after reading about diffirent subjects and watching tutorials (Except for the comp studies). Hope you like. New sketches soon!

[Caisne]

Hey man, good to see your doing stuff. Why didn't you applied the knowledge you gained from the last two studies to the latest sketch you did man? Try to look closely at it and ask yourself does it have the futures you learned from studies. The sketch doesnt have a point of interest which contrasts with the rest of environment. I can't say what is foreground background middle ground, everything is similar value-wise. The far mountains look of same hight, similar and boring. it doesn have a single point of interest there. hope itll help a little, keep posting, bro.