[pigsmart]

Im impressed with the light in that spoon. Very cool!

[C0nker3]

:/ thanks guys. I guess the spoon isnt bad, but it Still looks too flat to me. I need to do some reading on color theory i think.
not much today. 2 hours just to get this done xD. I should practice some speed i think too.


Day10:

[C0nker3]

today i tried painting the view out my window. its missing the wisps of snow swirling everywhere though. And i searched around for a for a new brush to use but no success.

:/

Day11:

[C0nker3]

Slowly but surely,

Annnnd painting started from reference.


would have more but i (regrettably) watched the Oscars instead. I LOVE movies, and i just get mad watching 'the academy' blow smoke up its ass while great achievements in film making go un-recognized. >B(
bah, any way....

'Days go by, Carbon Lives on'
Day 12: (starts on page 2 with 'day 1')

[C0nker3]

proe gress.

is posting music via a link to youtube frowned down upon in this forum? O.o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0py4sjmtE58 sure hope not haha.

Day 13:

[C0nker3]

morre progress

annnndd a very fast sketch just for the fun of it.
"Oh what a lovely day' max thought to himself as he got home from work. 'i just hope that dumb bitch doesn't mess it up."


till tomorow

Day14:

[C0nker3]

Darn close to calling this one done.

and worked more on this, but figuring out the bikes color/reflectivity is proving rather difficult. any help/suggestions would be super awesome.



Day 15:

[C0nker3]

Very happy with this so far the idea was from a friend of mine, was just gonna treat it as a doodle, but i like enough i think ill push it further.

Still life from today, didnt get to finish it though. I left everything untouched though so maybe i can return to it, with the subject and light un-tainted.



Day 16:

[MrBrown]

Great update!! C0nker3!
I suggest you stick to grey scale digital painting for now, colour painting can really fuck you up specailly if your charging into it and working more intuitively,thats the kind shit i used too do and still do,itll slow down your development more than anything. Work in grey scale first because once youve got a good grasp of that you just translate that knowledge over to colour, showing form with colour is a whole new ball game but having good knowledge of grey scale shit helps you see if its working or not.

[C0nker3]

Originally Posted by MrBrown

...showing form with colour is a whole new ball game but having good knowledge of grey scale shit helps you see if its working or not.

hahaha i understand that 1st part only too well. color has been very hard. I think i wanna keep trying at it, but from now on ill always always switch it into black and white while i work on something, (since its so easy to flip it in photoshop.) I've even noticed myself getting so caught up in what hue or saturation something should be i totally forget to focus on the value (or sometimes even the shape haha.)

Actually, i think i will do some grey scale studies in the coming weeks. Keep my mind in the right frame of reference. thanks man! i love the feedback. Your studies and perspective work are looking really good.

Heres what i worked on today... in color haha, can do greyscale stuff in the future.

and finished(kind of) this up



Day 17:

[C0nker3]

so today was... a disaster haha. I was trying to do a drawing of a female warrior after slaying a large beast and it was not going good at alllll. So im not posting it. at least not yet.

BUT!
i didnt want to end the day empty handed. So, i did this.

hopefully better stuff tomorrow. And actually... when in doubt, I'll just do studies.

Day 18:

[C0nker3]

some life drawing. 30 minutes worth. I did more contour work than innner structure on these... but eh. still felt like good exercise.

(if your wondering, some of the figures were holding cloth/drapery so thats what those 'extra' looking forms are.)



I think ill make this a daily thing since this one site makes its so darn convenient to do. http://www.pixelovely.com/gesture/figuredrawing.php
(Its been posted in this forum at least a few times before i think, but might as well share it for any one who missed it )

And re-drew the drawing i was trying to get yesterday, Just the sketch done, but i feel a lot better about it.
not sure how i want to do the background yet.



Day 19:

[C0nker3]

An hour session of figure studies
eh. not great, but all about learning i suppose... practice practice practice.





(still getting a little use to this soft brush usage)


Day 20:

[C0nker3]

2 hours of figure studies today. still not great. I need to focus on the inner forms next time. Get those proportions right. and i cant decide if i prefer using that soft/smudge like brush for these or the flat oil one. The flat takes way longer, but the smudge keeps being a pain in the butt.
eh.
practice practice practice.









Day 21:

[C0nker3]

i think ill do painting tomorrow. And line work with a wacom is still tough Maybe ill look for a sketchbook and get drawing the ways of old.








Day 22: