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Hello
new to crimson daggers hoping to improve and learn :)
will up load stuff been doing over last 5 weeks just started to try learn to paint and work
on improve my drawing and learn photoshop I am experimenting and trying different stuff out , all ways open to advice and crit on my work
planning on upload work in order it was done roughly and update at least once a week
hope you enjoy and thanks for view:)
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Portrait done from photo for practice pic above

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Quick Portrait done from photo for study/practice
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orc from imagination
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thanks for viewing:)
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hey! great start to your sketchbook. lots of works.
I've got two things as a tip (:
firstly, I miss something in your colors. I could type a whole story -without exactly knowing if I'm right or not, because I've just got into color theory myself- but I'd say, buy color & light by james gurney, or if you're having a very tiny budget, download it. read it, and the gates to a new world shall open. it's amazing, it truly is.
second, it looks like you're using a lot of basic brushes, like the standard round brush. some people argue that that's the best way to begin, but in my personal expierience this wasn't the case. atm, I pretty much use one brush that I absolutely love. It's the first one in alexandré zedig diboine's pack, which you can find here:
http://zedig.deviantart.com/art/My-brushes-346476394

keep it up (:
cheers!

@Budgie thanks for checking me stuff and the advice I will check out that book and brush set u mention,I was just thinking over day need get colour book so I can see what you saying there and i do at moment only use soft and hard brush 99 percent of the time lol,still learning the basic of photoshop I get confused easly lol I should experiment with some other brushes ,just started learning painting so kinda winging it at moment need get some few books on the basic I guess,
thanks for tips and viewing :)

Hey, awesome stuff you have here :D Love the portraits and the enviros, can't wait to see more from you. :)

P.S. Budgie, I know it wasn't meant for me, but still, thanks a bunch for the link to those brushes :D

(09-15-2013, 10:26 PM)MajaD Wrote: [ -> ]Hey, awesome stuff you have here :D Love the portraits and the enviros, can't wait to see more from you. :)

P.S. Budgie, I know it wasn't meant for me, but still, thanks a bunch for the link to those brushes :D

Hello MajaD thanks !,
cheers for checking out me sketchbook and for the comment:)

Some rough sketches practicing drawing from imagination
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Portrait/sketch done from a photo reference kinda messed the mouth up :/
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Some quick enviroments pratice sketches and two works in progress a giant scene just very rough sketch at moment needs lot more working stuff out and female warrior I been slowly chipping a way at now and then though quite boring composition :/
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Some stuff from last couple days ,
quick colour studys not using colour picker tool
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bran strokers vampire greyscale pratice
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WIP greyscale painting
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Some texture brushes experiment speed paintings bit vague :/
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Monster/creature sketch type thing practicing values in greyscale and added colour layer just to add bit of atmosphere and see how the values came out etc.
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dragon pic was trying to add texture and try out making brushes
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Awesome Sketches Bro :)
Keep it up.

(09-22-2013, 12:42 AM)Prabu Wrote: [ -> ]Awesome Sketches Bro :)
Keep it up.

Thanks Prabu!, cheers for viewing and leaving nice comment :)

Some Sketch from yesterday practicising some quick value painting
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undead orcy looking Work in progress need maybe add some pattern detail to armour
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few things from this week
Trying some animal inspired characters faces from a slighty morphed photo
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old masters study 1hr
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orange on me desk
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Portrait from photo 3 to 4hrs
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Values and colour study
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greyscale value practice city scene
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female bounty type alien
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quick painting of snow fight trying to block in some basic colour bit boring compostion
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female bounty hunter again
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greyscale painting tried colouring but it ended up looking pretty bad
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Nice stuff! Keep drawing you are on the good path :)

(09-28-2013, 07:37 PM)Madzia Wrote: [ -> ]Nice stuff! Keep drawing you are on the good path :)

Thanks Madzia ! yeh good to have place like this learning slowly reading through the good advice people share here :D

Nice stuff, your progress is visible even if I look from beginning to end in this post! Keep it up!

(09-28-2013, 08:02 PM)Kaffer Wrote: [ -> ]Nice stuff, your progress is visible even if I look from beginning to end in this post! Keep it up!

Thanks Kaffer! cheers for checking out me stuff :)

Some more bits
value pratice sketch scene
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very rough character sketches
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20 minute self portrait was grey outside and getting dark the colour look messed up
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Some greyscale quick sketches of some characters pyro dude and cowboy who was supposed to be wearing a poncho but I kinda failed
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Painting study of painting by Robert ferri - no colour picker used from original painting
working on me colours
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Desert study only 1 hour kinda gave up them rocks detail killin me :(
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Some speed paints from this morning
small still life on me desk 20 mins
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quick study of a witch from the painting departure of the witches 20mins
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WIP did a repaint of painting did other day didn't use reference so anatomy is a bit crappy
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Crappy 15 min building study I suck at buildings don't do much so probably do another but spend an hour on sketch abit first get perspectives and lines /details good first
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