Elderscrollers Sketchy Stuff

[Elderscroller]

Accepting the crit that you need the most can be a tough pill to swallow. I think you're brushing off what username said too easily. You've done a lot of value studies. I really commend you on your work ethic but if rendering was really your problem dont you think you'd have figured it out by now? Knowing how to render involves understanding how light falls across a form. If you dont understand the form completely then how will you know how light will fall across it? Looking through your sketchbook I cant see any studies of you tackling perspective head on. You really need to try and construct figures from the ground up with a lot more thought.

Hi! I´m not sure, I understand what you mean. I didn´t brush off usernames advice and I don´t think it´s harsh critique that is hard to swallow when someone says in a polite way, that I need to work on fundamentals, I was just trying to be more specific and explain what I meant. That crit was really no surprise, as I know that I have weaknesses and you never stop learning/practicing fundamentals anyway. I always accept critique when it is presented in a polite manner and makes sense (as usernames crit does). Even if it makes no sense to me (yet), everyone is entitled to their opinion. What I wouldn´t accept is "crits" like: I hate your stuff or your values suck and you have to do this or that to correct it. But thankfully most people on art forums don´t do that.
Don´t let my posts on my sketchbooks fool you into believing these are the only things I ever draw. First thing in the morning to warm up is gesture drawings everyday. I don´t post things like these or really quick ballpoint pen sketches/studies,  geometric forms in various 3D environment/angles ala Scott Robertson etc. any more, because it takes time to scan that, put it together and put that online. Most of that stuff ends up being thrown away anyway, because I don´t need it anymore once it´s on paper. Things that land in my online slketchbooks are just my moleskine sketchbook with ideas and sometimes more elaborate pencil studies, other traditional work that is more or less finished or in the making of being finished and digital studies. I do lperspective stuff, but I admit it is not my main focus.
I also didn´t say, I don´t know how light falls across a form or that I don´t know how to render 3D form. You must have misunderstood that. All I said was that I need to strengthen that (here in regards to competing with the people who entered the ILM competition and ILM artists themsellf as I´m clearly not on their skill level). You surely have come across art done by someone of an ok skill level, where everything was done right. The form is there, values correct, but it feels like you could really bring that out more by introducing more subtleties, be more clear and clean etc. be more in control of contrasts. It´s hard to discribe, but that´s what I was referring to. Just felt I needed to clear that up :)