[leaunoire]

... but only if she can pass her art history class first. I am sorry if I stretch the page and inconvenience anyone!

Here, also, is my pledge from that getting better thread, even though I never actually posted it:

Environments - daily 1 hour practices
Male forms
Fluidity/putting life into poses
Color theory
Thumbnailing and other conceptual... skills
Composition
And naturally just to learn as much as I can about everything!

Anyway, images.

First of daily practice landscapes/environments and a stylized thing. Stop putting random lakes in the center foreground, self!




Models are fun!





Silly animals with completely unrealistic anatomy



Thank you.

[derriere]

Hi Alex theblackwater :P

I like your colors and the cast shadows and lightning in the mountains really brings everything together.

If you don't mind an outsider point of view, I think that the lines in your figure drawings could be improved, like putting down that line on the right spot only once.

Have a nice day.

[leaunoire]

Thank you! I don't know if I am skilled enough yet to get down the gesture in only one stroke, but I'll make it a goal! It'd certainly look nicer. Outsider views are the best views. :')

[leaunoire]

New sketch, from one of those poses.

[jaybendt]

Psh alex knows how to draw already! *smacks with a foam stick.*
But gorgeous work so far. I'm specially fond of the dragon-looking cat..thing...and the very first landscape~

[Giroldini]

Your female character is off balance, she's leaning on the right, light direction is not clear, she's not grounded, her arms are too short, her fingers are not painted with enough love, feet are just blocked in. The best way to improve is to spend more time on each image and really try to develop tough things such as hands and feet.

In your creature, there's too much white in the picture, and you're using black and grays on a organic creature.. you probably want to use some saturated dark color instead of grays to suggest shadows. Economy in whites and blacks is a great thing to learn. Also give a temperature to your whites, what lightsource is lighting the character?

Your linework in your life drawings is rough now, which is not a bad thing, but make sure to draw the figures inside out, dont draw the contours, draw the volumes, draw the gesture of the figure, start trusting your hand, avoid really short and sketchy linework.
Overall, you just need to spend a little bit more time one each image and put a little bit more love into it!

Hope this helps you a little bit!

[KosherKaptain]

how did u get that ummm.... softness on the "Silly animals with completely unrealistic anatomy" ?

[KosherKaptain]

one more thing about your figure drawings. your lines are scratchy, try to commit to your line and make the stroke count. draw a line and leave it. hope this helps. i really dig your colors man , looking forward to see more of your work !

[leaunoire]

Sorry I haven't checked this thread in so long. I've had nothing new to show so I haven't thought about it. x.x

Here's a sketch I don't intend to do anything with. Unfortunately that's about all I got.




KosherKaptain - just a cheap layer trick of gaussian blur + overlay.

giro3d - I'll try and remember everything next time, especially about the line work, when I get to do figure studies again! Thanks so much for all the advice.

[jeffsimpsonkh]

strong work here

The mountains in the first one are amazing.