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RE: Nimao's Sketchbook - kikindaface - 10-31-2013
nice sketchbook ! i suggest you to spend some thought on your drawing, i mean, your drawing is right, but not really alive, everything fits too perfectly, like the belt is describing a perfect ellipse, the wrinkles of drapery are parralel to each others, etc, try to add some variety to your shapes, it'll make your characters more alive ! keep it up !
RE: Nimao's Sketchbook - brianjohnson - 10-31-2013
Really diggin' your sketchbook.
I've noticed that much of your work has a bit of a softness to it, and I am not sure if that is simply from technique, or the reduction in size.
I have been working on edge control, etc. but struggle mightily, and plan on giving this a shot when I have something worthwhile.
Yesterday, Lane Brown posted a tut on his DA page commenting on how he deals with this using the Smart Sharpen filter in PS.
![[Image: sharpen_your_strokes__by_wildweasel339-d6sbu3g.jpg]](http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/302/8/6/sharpen_your_strokes__by_wildweasel339-d6sbu3g.jpg)
I hope you don't mind, but I went ahead and ran the filter on your latest to show the difference:
![[Image: nimao-concept.png]](http://www2.whidbey.com/brianj/images/paintovers/nimao-concept.png)
Really makes the image POP, in my opinion.
Keep it up man!
RE: Nimao's Sketchbook - Nimao - 10-31-2013
(10-31-2013, 05:07 AM)brianjohnson Wrote: Really diggin' your sketchbook.
I've noticed that much of your work has a bit of a softness to it, and I am not sure if that is simply from technique, or the reduction in size.
I have been working on edge control, etc. but struggle mightily, and plan on giving this a shot when I have something worthwhile.
Yesterday, Lane Brown posted a tut on his DA page commenting on how he deals with this using the Smart Sharpen filter in PS.
I hope you don't mind, but I went ahead and ran the filter on your latest to show the difference:
Really makes the image POP, in my opinion.
Keep it up man!
yeah i know what you mean. But i don't want to look everything super sharp.
i try to have sharp edges and soft ones. mostly sharp edges where focal points are but somehow i have problems to implement that better especially the sharp and stuff. Also i don't want to use the sharpen tool for personal stuff ;O. And i think the sharpen tool makes stuff flat when you use it on the whole painting. But thanks for the crit man! it opens my eyes. i in the last images i was always focused to make more soft edgers maybe i should focus again more on sharp edges. its so difficult to manage that. somehow i have to bring the hard edges in while i'm painting just didn't get it yet how to do it really good.
(10-31-2013, 04:51 AM)kikindaface Wrote: nice sketchbook ! i suggest you to spend some thought on your drawing, i mean, your drawing is right, but not really alive, everything fits too perfectly, like the belt is describing a perfect ellipse, the wrinkles of drapery are parralel to each others, etc, try to add some variety to your shapes, it'll make your characters more alive ! keep it up !
yeah in the coming weeks i want to focus more on drawing and anatomy.
thanks man!
RE: Nimao's Sketchbook - Nimao - 11-01-2013
i was think about doing a animation.
the purpose of that is that i want to increase my drawing and anatomy skills
i hope this will help me ;O
here is a lttle test animation
RE: Nimao's Sketchbook - Ursula Dorada - 11-01-2013
OOh it moves! nice!
RE: Nimao's Sketchbook - Nimao - 11-02-2013
sooo i started to make a concept for the main character or something^^
when i finishe that i think i have to start a storyboard or something like that.
somehow it makes alot of fun ;O
RE: Nimao's Sketchbook - Nimao - 11-04-2013
I think a animated short is alot of work maybe i overtax myself. But i will give it a try ;D
better resulution
RE: Nimao's Sketchbook - Nimao - 11-05-2013
sooo this is what i did mostly after work p.p
but i think from now it should went forward faster.
sorry for the ugly scribbles and stuff.
i mostly wanted to try stuff out for later.
i learned allot.
RE: Nimao's Sketchbook - Nimao - 11-10-2013
OOOh maaan that whole animation thing is soo difficult... spended the whole time more on to find the right comp instead of animating.
here is an update:
RE: Nimao's Sketchbook - Nimao - 11-11-2013
RE: Nimao's Sketchbook - Nimao - 11-18-2013
RE: Nimao's Sketchbook - Danar - 11-18-2013
sweet stuff man! im really diggin your female designs! and im fully with you about the sharp vs soft edges.. the old masters did it in a combination! not just the one or the other so keep on doing what you do;)!
RE: Nimao's Sketchbook - Nimao - 11-22-2013
photo study. totally fucked up the face proportions.. i try to start with a underpainting.
RE: Nimao's Sketchbook - Vasburg - 11-22-2013
Guten Tag o/
Nice stuff, mate,
You did some nice progress.
Only thing I would criticize is the left eye, of your last painting, being a bit to high.
RE: Nimao's Sketchbook - Nimao - 11-23-2013
wuhuuuu faild tottaly on this study XD
i tried something different
i should start much earlier witrh color
(11-22-2013, 10:19 AM)Vasburg Wrote: Guten Tag o/
Nice stuff, mate,
You did some nice progress.
Only thing I would criticize is the left eye, of your last painting, being a bit to high.
yeah fucked up the proportion badly^^
i dont want to use the lasso tool in studies
so i just stopped
RE: Nimao's Sketchbook - Nimao - 11-24-2013
RE: Nimao's Sketchbook - Nimao - 11-25-2013
RE: Nimao's Sketchbook - Ursula Dorada - 11-25-2013
Woo kicking ass man :D
RE: Nimao's Sketchbook - Nimao - 11-25-2013
(11-25-2013, 02:10 AM)Ursula Dorada Wrote: Woo kicking ass man :D
thanks ;D
RE: Nimao's Sketchbook - rioriorio - 11-25-2013
wow man...you have great improvement from the first page into the last page