[Baxter]

Hello everyone, I'm new around here and I thought I'd start up a sketchbook and post some of my drawings and WIPs here.

Over the last couple of years I've been trying to improve my art with the aim of becoming an illustrator. Recently I've been focusing on anatomy and constructive drawing with the odd bit off colour study too. I'm trying to tackle things one bit at a time. I also love to draw silly things and cartoons when I have a spare moment, so all of these are things you'll see here.

Anyway, thanks for stopping by and any crit is very, very welcome as I really want to improve and get to the standard of some of the awesome artists on here.

A WIP that I've been working on. Still not totally happy.


Some photo studies. Here is where I need to improve.
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and some sketches

[Baxter]

and some more stuff






This one was kind of inspired by Angry Birds. I thought the pigs would make cool space hoppers. I then ended up creating a few animal space hoppers (saddle included) for fun.

[DStraX]

Your studies are looking good but your heads still need some work.
I think drawing skulls might help

[Baxter]

Thanks DStrax, I think I have some ref for skulls knocking around. I'll get scribbling.

[cstlmode]

i really love you're character , please post them here

[Baxter]

Originally Posted by cstlmode

i really love you're character , please post them here

since you asked so nicely.....

Finished the cave piece - that character is called 'Merp'



This is the Chicken Freak



Another painting



This is 'Funkzilla'. Done in Illustrator



And this is a jokey self portrait, inspired by Jim Henson.



Hope you like

[Baxter]

Originally Posted by DStraX

Your studies are looking good but your heads still need some work.
I think drawing skulls might help

The other day my boyfriend bought me a shiny new Intuos, so I've been giving it a test drive, starting with some skulls



And this fella, dubbed 'Smiler'



These are some older landscape studies, mainly done to improve my value perseption.




I have some pencil pics that I'll be scanning in tonight and will post later. Some more skulls and the like.

[cstlmode]

the blue bird with a man inside is freaking awesome
if you want to learn how to paint landscapes in grayscale then you should not take a colored image and convert it to a grayscale image , it will not be helpful for you , my advice here is to try to find some artists grayscale work and take it as reference , this will help you much better than the other way ,
keep posting and thanx for you comm on my sketchbook

[stace]

Hey, thanks for stopping by my sketchbook!

Really interesting style and characters you have going on! I don't really have any crits on how to improve them but do keep up with your studies. One thing I can see you need to do in your studies is to draw first. It looks like your last two studies you took your time and it really shows. Don't be afraid to spend more than a few days just to practice drawing, proportion, and rendering. Like I said in my sketchbook, patience will get you a looooong way in art. ^_^

Most importantly, study what you don't know and then try to apply it in your own art. That's what usually makes your studies stick!

Otherwise, keep up with the hard work and most important - don't stop making art!

[Token]

Great sketchbook Baxter! Your studies are looking good and I have to say I love the characters you have created. They make me smile! Keep at and post more!

[Baxter]

Stace - thanks for the advice. With the last two I spent a couple of days on each rather than the half hour or so I spend on the others. I think sometimes I get stuck in the quantity over quality and end up missing out in the long run. So more careful studies! I spend about 2-3 hours a night drawing and sometimes it gets frustrating when it feels like I'm getting nowhere, so your advice is really appreciated.

Token - Thanks for stopping by I'm really glad you like characters. It always makes me feel good when people get a smile out of my work.

cstlmode - chicken freak is one of my faves too. I want to revisit him when my skills improve. Glad you like.

[Baxter]

Not managed to get much done this week due not being very well, but now I'm drawing myself along the road to recovery.

Some studies/drawings which I spent longer on than my usual studies & I think it paid off a little, epsecially with the faces.



In the last couple of weeks I've been concentrating on drawing hands as I suck at hands. This whole year has been about learning to draw people properly, so I've been focusing on one body part at a time. I think it will require a lot of study & practice before I master hands.





I was bored today & decided to atempt painting faces again. This time with added reference. Not entirely happy with it. Eh well...



Finally added a little colour to my gopherspacehopperthingamajig



C&C always welcome.

[Amaakir]

You've got some great studies in here!
The head and hand studies are awesome (The faces from your first page are great, the top right one looks like a real life Mario XD)
Love your cartoon style (I favor the cartoony style a lot myself) and the hopper animals are hilarious, they would make an awesome mobile racing game XD
Keep up the great work and thanks for dorpping by me Sketchbook!

[ji-li]

really amazing works in here! Keep up the good work!

[Zelkos]

Your work is coming along nicely! c: