[ScalC]

Nice little turtle thing
I like the one with the spikes.
Keep going

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Scalc and Kherns thanks for your comments

now here are some traditional sketches vanderpoel and bridgman studies and one painting I did in acrylic and my inspiration map

[kovah]

You are improving, I think if you can get the basics down especially for the landscapes you will do really well. You've already got a good basic texture process and your rendering is getting better but it seems you are lacking in the composition and lighting a little which is bringing your work down a notch.

I've done you a paintover of your tree picture, you are almost there it just needed some focus and direction. The eye tends to go for the lightest/most detailed part first then it is your job to use the elements in the illustration to guide the eye around the image. Most successful ones take the eye in a nice circle around an image. You can look at old masters or magic cards or anything like that and figure out just what you focus on first. I would also do some light studies, as you can really use it to your advantage in an image.

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Kovah - you are right I was wondering what I was missing in that picture my composition is one of my weakness which I need to improve on and I'll get to work on some light and value studies right away thank you for your words of wisdom

[tealover007]

Stuff is looking stronger with each post. Keep it up man.

It would be cool so see what you do if you go all out and hardcore polish a piece or two.

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Some skull studies I study a ref on deviantart to know more about the skull this time I went for a different method on drawing from listening to one of feng zhu videos

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few more things


progress for ambush

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been a while since I posted a few things

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Kind of iffy with these latest sketches and another onion

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A few master copies I did value wise I think its good details not really.
time: 2 hour for each study

original by Gregg Kretuz

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original by Zhaoming Wu

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some characters for project type 0

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few traditional sketches from life drawing and still life studies

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more life drawing and a studio ghibli inspired sketches

[stace]

Hey udonhead! Awesome name, btw. Thanks for stopping by my sketchbook!

I think what you're really lacking in your paintings are a solid drawing foundation. While color and value are the icing in paintings, think of drawing as the cake that needs to be present else the icing is useless (forgive me, I'm quite hungry at the moment). Drawing is 90% of the painting and if you don't have a good drawing to paint over it will just not look right, regardless of how long you spend on it.

And when I saw drawing, I mean really get down the proportions and get everything right before you dabble in colors. Go slow! Take your time, you're not racing against anyone. It can be a bit frustrating but there is no shortcut to it. The more you draw, the easier it'll come to you. You're doing great by doing the anatomy drawings, but challenge yourself further. Try to get it exact, within one or two strokes. Three or more make it look messy.

It's okay to look at reference for your personal works, even doing studies will go a long way to help you accomplish great paintings.

Oh, and the most important aspect of art - have fun. I can tell you already are, but keep going.