Still need to finish this piece. I dislike being sick, makes me feel weak, tired, and more importantly uninspired.

The default scan made it too bright so I turned the brightness down, I think it's a bit better.

I tried drawing Matt Smith, it's still a sketch, I need to do final lining with a dark pencil but I'm afraid of ruining it since I'm not very good with details, hair and stuff.

I think somebody should colour a section of this in on PS or something to show me how I should go about colouring, because I'm a novice and I haven't got a clue on how to go about doing it.

Still trying to get my gestures down, this is about 15-20 minutes of work. Only third figure study or so that I've actually put work into past gesture. Definitely rushing ahead of myself though.

Things I've noticed so far:
>Shoulders certainly dont line up, have to drop his left and bring his right up
>Legs out of proportion, feet aren't directly below his butt
>Probably need to work on my torso anatomy a bunch as you really cant tell the ribcage from the lower and pelvis at all
>Head angle is off and high
>Rushing to put values in has kind of screwed me

I already know foreshortening those lower legs is going to suck many a cock.

Anything I might've missed so far?

>>1167028
Try drawing shapes first instead of drawing what you see. It'll help you understand the form.

2 things im working on.

>>1167029

Something like this? Please excuse the off size of the head and such, have to get ready for work in a bit so I'm rushing to understand as much as possible before I leave.

>>1167032

Number 2

>>1167033
Yup. Just need a bit more practice with it.

>>1167036
Looks sweet so far. Can't wait to see what that giant structure when you've worked on it a bit more. I'd suggest more of a foreground element. Perhaps some man standing there or another of that white thing that you have in midground.

>>1167039
Yeah, i just dont know what to do with the great structure. i thought about adding and rendering some more bushy/tree stuff to the building, but i guess it would just clutter the structure. then i thought about make some kind of windows or other things, to make the thing seem habitable.

>>1167033
Did you even look at your reference?

>>1167061
I kind of thought of this when I first saw it.

>>1167073

oh, my god that is an incredibly unsightly image. that composition is fucking awful. fuck I want to stab something it's so awful to look at. holy shit.

please, never post that image again. the technique is fine, but that composition so so harsh on my eyes i want to puke.

>>1167088
lol Not the best but I do like the design for the main building.
Mfw this guy works as a senior concept artist for Ubisoft.

i'm
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>>1167092
Yeah for sure, the design is pretty rad, i like organic architecture alot! but as the other anon said, the composition is so confusing haha!

>>1167088
the fuck?? implying that image wasn't made by one of the fathers of the digital painting and computer graphics digital revolution.

Learn to VYLE fricking ignorant.

WIP environment from ref...

what im currently drawin..any suggestions with the face shadows,i find it kinda difficult to follow the forehead lines..also dont be harsh im into drawin for like 3-4 months..

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>>1167073
thats awesome
>>1167032
work on it,got a nice base

how can i compare the length of the torso and head to make sure my arms and legs are the right length?

>>1167208
You study proportions.

>>1167167

Your base construction is sublime.

charcoal im working on. anything i need to do ?

>>1167422
Only thing I can say is don't be afraid to push your lighter tones. Such as on the reflections on the glasses. Also the top right frame of the glasses looks a bit flat compared to other parts.

finger painting I did on an android phone
my first "digital art"

bumpan

>>1166990
>www.pandemoniumart.net/brushes/
site is dead

Check these fucking abs out.

There hasnt been any other abs better done in history. period.

i challange people to make better looking abs!

Another shot.Not going well so far.
Trying that secondary lighting thing.
Too many soft brush.Time to lay down the hard brushes.

>>1167604
It was fine a while ago.Now I'm not sure where to get those brushes.
Might as well change it with this.
http://www.artoflevi.com/?page_id=1674
http://www.2shared.com/file/Zrglbika/LeviBrushSet.html

>>1167638
a small tip, put the hair in earlier, only blocked in, it helps because you know approximately where the cast shadows are going to be and how the image will fit together.

And I just find it helps me get to grips with the picture.

>>1167642
Thanks.
I hid the layer where the hair is.Only sketched,not really blocked in.I agree,it helps a lot with the placement of cast shadows.

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Still trying to figure out a decent work process. I generally like to do stuff in a more painterly style, so this is a bit of an experiment.

>>1167650
>>1167650
Don't have time to be all thorough. So here's a lil critique-lite.
Take out the rocky/cave frame. It's hardly ever a good idea to do that. It just looks forced. Just give an indication that there was a cave there. Like the bottom right rocky stuff and then soem of the stalactites hanging from above.

That Volcano reminded me of one of Noah Bradley's newest pieces. ha
Look up ref on Volcanos. Make your character stand out a bit more. He gets lost when he's the same color and height as some of the rocks on that pathway.

Sort of an ongoing doodle, trying to see what sort of methods work in Photoshop

>>1167680
This is very interesting, if not really hairy.

>>1167680
Her brain is in her crotch. That's a sucky place for a brain to be.

>>1167680
Why so thin, oh little intestines. Little is too little for small. Don't be itty bitty, pretty guts. OH GUTS, WHY DO YOU POOP AS YOU DO
why so thin.

Planning to get more digital stuff done this summer. Did this for fun today in artrage. What do you guys think?

I don't have a tablet yet and I'm planning to get a 50-70$ Bamboo off Amazon. Anyone know if they are any good? Should I just skip to a more quality Tablet?

>>1167702
Ha you're right. this better?

This is a quickly of mine, I was bored

>>1167654
Needs a bit of art-nouveau flow.

Check out Mucha Alphonse. That kind of stuff.

Quick still life before bed yp

>>1167749

I always wanted to hear /ic/'s opinion of Mucha, I'm half expecting them to be like

>FUCK NO THAT GUY HAS SO MANY WANNABEES ITS NOT EVEN FUNNY

>>1167749
It's Alphonse Mucha, not Mucha Alphonse.

>>1167758
He's always been very popular on /ic/.

subtle colours? whatever could you mean?

Just started to do shading and color for this. First attempt looked shitty so starting again.

>>1167656

Thanks a ton. I'll definitely reduce the cave frame. I haven't had much time to get into figures yet, but I'll give the person a shot and try and put some reflective armor on him

>>1167880
fogot pic

>>1167758
We had a great thread discussing him a few months back, and surprisingly enough I have never even seen a troll insult him here.

>>1167881
Also, where the guy is, volcano and structure in the far background make a nice 3 focal points. One major one with the Volcano, obviously and 2 smaller ones but still significant if lit right. Shining armor will help the guy in the foreground. However, make the structure in the bg more prominent. Perhaps some heavenly like light emitting from it.
Also after clearing out the framing of the cave, throw in some dark clouds from that volcano.
And one last thing would be the pathways inbetween all the islands. The closest part of the pathway is as thick/thicker than the pathway your character is on. Idk maybe it's just me but it's kind of distracting. Like he can just step right on to it since it perfectly lines up. ha
Perhaps push back everything in the mg and bg with atmospheric perspective just a tad so it reads that it's a bit farther away.

Finished!

Time to move on to a new painting.

>>1167890
Wow, that's very nice.

>>1167890
I like it a lot. If you drew something similar with Korra and her polarbear dog it would be my wallpaper.

I really want to work on drawing more than just figures and characters, so I'm trying to study some things I could bring in that could create an environment/ atmosphere.
Dem leaves.

>>1167904
Derp, resized version.

>>1167890
cool I ve seen your WIP on conceptart and thought its perfect until I ve read comments but I dont remember them not deprecating something:D

>>1167904
>>1167905
Silly you way undersized the resized picture.
Why the hipster text btw?

>>1167904
if you want to create images, don't just simply add more shit around the figure, think about composition and content. draw from imagination more, even if it looks crappy, at least it will get you thinking (rather than copying).

>>1167910
I'm going to take your advice with a grain of salt, because recreating what you see is one of the best ways to learn how get to the point of imaginative realism. imho
I never said "adding shit around the figure"
I'm just studying elements of the natural world so I bring them into the environments I create. Have a lot of nature-related stuff in my head currently (As far as concepts go), so I'm trying to study plants.
>>1167908
Yes, yes I did. Damnit. And I usually end up writing shit in my sketchbooks, just whatever's popping into my head at the time. At that point in time, I was having girl troubles. I don't know, I feel I can do whatever I want in my sketchbook and some days I put more words down that drawings.

>>1167889

Whelp, here's an update after fixing some of these things. Thanks a million for the advice. I tried my best with the figure, but I can barely into people. I gave him a bloodied sword too.

>>1167749
Thank you for suggesting that. I'll try taking it in a similar direction, will update soon.

>>1167941
Make human bigger. About 3 times his size right now. Remove the big rocky stuff on the "road" he's on. Remove that thing on the farthest side on the left, where the pathway ends. Make the island in the distance fade out more, and dont just use a solid gray, make them green and shit like the other islands, but faded out and less detailed.

decided to do a study instead of working on the blue warrior character and the environment.

I think its 1 hour and 15-20 min

>>1167970
and i just realised that it looks nothing like water.

oh well, back to painting then.

>>1167924
take it with a grain of salt or a ketchup, i don't care. studies are great in that they teach you to draw, but if you keep drawing nothing but studies, you will forget what what it means to be an artist and not a copy machine. you said that you wanted to branch out from drawing figures, as did i, but perhaps it was wrong of me to assume that you wanted to create actual pieces of personal art, rather than drawn objects mangled together. i do think studies are good, but only when done in moderation, like everything else in life.

nobody can beat my abs then?

>>1168095
you deserve an abdominal beating

just drew this.
maybe 20 minutes or so.

please critique it, redline even, im just looking to get better and critiques are the most helpful towards that. :)

>>1168095

I hate to feed a troll but I was actually inspired.

I don't usually do religious themes but I call this one "Sampson".

>>1168108
learn facial proportions

>>1168128
Link to a guide? Specific problems?

>>1168108
the eye on the left is too far left and too high up and everything else on that side of the face is distorted, she is also missing the top of her head.

i get the feeling, and this is only a guess, that the reference you used wasn't directly from the front but you've drawn it as if it were.

>>1168129

Most obviously, the forehead seems very short. Other areas need a bit of improvement as well though.

Generally the eyes want to be about center of the head

Personally I find the ball and plane works well for me to get the basic proportions of a head correct. Start on page 36 of the following link to learn it if you'd like.

http://illustrationisland.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/andrew-loomis-fun-with-a-pencil.pdf

>>1168131
Thank you. Yeah, I do feel like I do that quite a lot. I tend to draw things from the front when they aren't really. I'm not sure what I can do to break myself of this other than to just keep practicing.
>>1168134
Thanks for the comments. I'll be aware of that next time. I'm going to save this link, and read that section now. Thanks for all the help :)

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