Nice work dude. Sketchbook stuff looks sweet, really liked that top one in #238 lol.. With your value stuff, it might benefit from a little more contrast, some of them look a little washed out atm. Maybe try a few sketches with just 3 values - black, white and 50% grey? Or just try and push the value range a little further. Just a thought :)
I'm really digging the pen in the sketchbook stuff. Have you considering trying to get the same crisp shapes when using digital? I think it would make your digital stuff have a stronger read and impact!
Aw yes! These last digital sketches are SO much stronger than the last one you posted! It is overall a lot clearer at too the point. Do you find that you think more with pen and marker (since there's not undo) which causes you to make marks more carefully?
@ Jarrad Thanks Man! I really like pens and markers, for me it's much quicker than pencil to get ideas down and if something isn't working I leave it and move on. And yes it does cause you to think about your mark making but i find happy 'accidents' are easier to come by as well than with pencil where you can get rid of mistakes, this way of sketching forces you to see it not as a mistake but an opportunity to create something you may not have thought of.
Here's more sketchbook stuff sorry have been lazy to upload it!
Loving the tanned sketchbook and markers man! Gotta say there is so much improvement in this sketchbook, especially the digital paintings, keep it up man, really enjoyable stuff.
Really digging these creature sketches dude! especially the long legged bird. I think some of em could use a bit more structure though. perhaps some animal skull studies would help? anyway keep it coming Man!
Nice work, good to see you are taking into account perspective when doing these sketches. You should try experimenting with different large shape ratios. What I mean by the is things like big body, small head, or cylindrical body, square head. Just vary up your base shapes in both shape and size compared to the other parts of the body.
Hi
I've looked at all your sketchbook and i've observed that you didn't actually do any construction exercises which are the most important.Not even gesture drawings will help in making a good solid drawing.
If you want to improve faster you must start to focus on linework,building with simple shapes as circles,squares etc or cillinders and blocks and less on rendering.
I recommend you to look after Michael Hampton figure invention book[or workshops] and read it draw from it to learn more about construction with cilinders and such.[it also covers gesture drawing i think]
As here http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Gr5-3Drb7GE/T6..._part2.jpg
By doing this you can see and visualize more clearly the direction of the body parts and also give them solidity.
If i remember right even in the loomis books there are things about construction.
For animals the same.construction.Draw skeletons,learn number and lenght of the bones draw with blocks .See Marshall Vandruff dvd. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FC6FQ-7UP5E/T6...uction.jpg http://i60.fastpic.ru/big/2013/1222/35/c...239c35.jpg
