daily practice routine

[Tec]

Hi there,

I joined this forum in search for some motivation and to force myself to practice a lot more in my free time. At work I usually design vehicles / architecture / ID related stuff, but i barely get the chance to draw characters / environments / illustrations. Therefore I startet this thread to establish some sort of training-routine for myself to broaden my horizon. I hope to fill this thread with lots of sketches of subjects i am uncomfortable with


Rules are as follows:

- 1 study + 1 speedpainting a day ( ~1hour each)
- sunday free (time to reorganise, complete missing images)
- for each practice that's missing by the end of the week i'll pay 5€ into my looser-cash-box (and donate it to charity by the end of the year or something)

P.S.: If anybody is interested in doing some Study Buddy Sheets, send my a PM :)

May, Monday 20th

3CH + b/w portraits






May, Tuesday 21th

3CH + study buddy






May,Wednesday 22nd

3CH + studies of paintings






May, Thursday 23rd

environment tests + life drawing






May, Friday 24th

environment tests + still life






May, Saturday 25th

environment tests + still life (continued)






May, Monday 27th

some creature head doodles + study buddy






May, Tuesday 28th

3CH + study buddy (continued)






May,Wednesday 29th

environment test + life drawing

[Tec]

May, Friday 30th

playing around with some brushes + quick nude studies

[SpectreX]

Really nice start here! Some great studies.
Never heard of study buddy sheets, learned something new :)

And I like the routine and the idea of the 5€ in the box!
Mind if I use something alike as well? :p

[YOLOLEX]

this is a great sb! love the textures and stuff in it also great ideas and that study thing is interdasting.

awesome

[Izzual]

Great SB here ! :D Your environments are really nice ! Keep this up ! ;)

[Tec]

Really nice start here! Some great studies.
Never heard of study buddy sheets, learned something new :)

And I like the routine and the idea of the 5€ in the box!
Mind if I use something alike as well? :p

I found out about Study Buddy a few years back on Paul Richards blog.....I have no idea if he came up with the idea or if somebody else startet it.

If you like to try it out yourself, you can find a link to the Master Sheet here:

Study Buddy Master Sheet

@YOLOLEX: thanks man :)
@Izzual : thank you .......Yeah, I just have to keep it up. Otherwise it will get really expensive ^^

[smrr]

Wooooow your sketchbook looks sooo good!
I really don't have anything to critique, those MPDC sheets are friggin' brilliant!! Most of them that you designed are rendered a lot cooler than their originals!
Keep up the awesome work!

[Tec]

May,Friday 31th

3CH + simple color studies (1 layer, 1 brush, no blend modes)

[Rindoukan]

very cool stuff.I really enjoy the compositions.keep it up man !

[Tec]

June,Saturday 1st

random doodle, simple color studies






June, Monday 3rd

random doodle, quick gesture studies

[Tec]

sorry, 2 pictures are placeholder atm. want to fix some minor stuff tomorrow and replace them afterwards

June, Tuesday 4th

grayscale doodle, portrait lineart studies






June, Wednesday 5th

portrait value sketches, gesture drawings






June, Thursday 6th

grayscale doodle, gesture value studies






June, Friday 7th

portrait sketch, portrait value studies






June, Saturday 8th

colors from imagination, anatomy study

[Toxicpanda]

I really like the way you are orgnised. I might try that Study Buddy sheet you are doing. (after my exams) .
You have amazing portrait studies, even if they are sketches and done quickly, you manage to get the expression, details and everything that represents that person. Great job!
I can't wait to see more in this sketchbook :D
Have fun^^

[Tec]

I really like the way you are orgnised. I might try that Study Buddy sheet you are doing. (after my exams) .
You have amazing portrait studies, even if they are sketches and done quickly, you manage to get the expression, details and everything that represents that person. Great job!
I can't wait to see more in this sketchbook :D
Have fun^^

Thanks for your nice comment. If you are interested, i created a thread to set up a weekly study buddy group. So far nobody seems to be interested ^^.

Study Buddy Group


Last week I had little time. Got "The Last of Us" and didn't manage to do my practice routine at the weekend :(. Here is the stuff I did during the week. Later today I'll also upload what I did this week......damn, I have to keep the updates more frequent.

June, Monday 10th

3CH, portrait value studies






June, Tuesday 11th

portrait value sketches, gesture value studies






June, Wednesday 12th

3CH, anatomy study






June, Thursday 13th

3CH, portrait study





June, Friday 14th

5 Euros -> looser-cash-box




June, Saturday 15th

5 Euros -> looser-cash-box

[Tec]

Ok, here are my sketches of last week. Saturday is still missing...will update it soon.

June, Monday 17th

3CH, cosplay studies






June, Tuesday 18th

random sketch, life drawing






June, Wednesday 19th

random sketch, portrait study






June, Thuesday 20th

random sketch, anatomy studies






June, Friday 21th

3CH, gesture value studies






June, Saturday 22th

3CH, placeholder

[Tec]

June, Monday 24th

mech sketches, quick portrait study

[Tygerson]

I just love the monster barbequing--the hat and apron just made me laugh. Little scared to know what's on that grill. Beautiful light and colors, too.

Really like the shape of the mechs.

[smrr]

Ahahahaahahaaaa dat bbq monster
so good, so good
goddammit I'm sure I've said this before but I just love your sketchbook! All of your sketches are very interesting but daaaamn I love those portrait value sketches
You've really been kicking ass since I last popped by - and I hope you continue to, your planning is awesome and seems to be working its magic, so much improvement!!

[Tec]

@smrrfette: thanks for the nice feedback. yeah, i hope to keep this routine up as long as possible. i think next week i'll miss a few days, because i my parents come by to visit me

@Tygerson: thanks :)


June, Tuesday 25th

placeholder, life drawing






June, Wednesday 26th

character scribbles, 1/3 study buddy






June, Thursday 27th

doodle, 1/3 study buddy