[Eclipse]

Updated for 09, jump to the latest please

Crit and comments are appreciated, I have been focused on improving.

[Xdreamer]

I like the first and its simple strokes. You catched this really good Second and third are good also and could be improved by more contrasty scenes maybe

[Mull]

great solid start to your SB buddy, be aware of your brush strokes and their orientation as in image 2

Example:

[Eclipse]

just some doodling kicking around the idea of a cavernous concept with a stairway streaming in light, the rightside I just gave up on.

This is my first drawing where the horizon line is not perfectly horizontle - I think it certainly gives the image more dynamic and flipping it back and forth every few mins helps me out but looking at the doodle now, the pillars do NOT line up rofl - I will work on this more when refining the concept.

Wish I could draw characters my subject matters are boring as all get out >_>

[Eclipse]

This is it for me today fairly pleased

I cant wait to get my DS and draw like 3 of these B&W a day on it >_>

gonna work more on this guy tomorrow so expect updates

[Eclipse]

last nights
3 more soon
sure is quiet in here

[CB3]

Originally Posted by Eclipse

last nights
3 more soon
sure is quiet in here

Eclipse, sometimes it's like a giant studio, with everyone rocking their own music, while working & studying!

With this speed here, I'd say to really define the form, or silhouette better before rendering it out with your gray values. It's hard to determine what you want it to be right now, although it seems to have elements of a bee, centipede, and spaceship.

Keep playing around with the different brushes as well, until you find a few "key" brushes that will fit your needs at all times. (i.e. speeds/sketches/etc...)

I think most everyone falls back to the default rounds, and chalks for their main block-ins and such, as they really do the job well and are easy to customize on the fly until they feel "just right" to the user.
One thing to keep in mind as well, (and you'll get a better feel for this as you keep going) is "brush economy", which maxetormer explains just a bit in his thread here: http://www.cgpad.org/forum/maxetorme...ad-t337p3.html

Originally Posted by maxetormer

Thujon: Im not getting much but I do sleep, brush economy...
thats hard to explain, by using the lesser number of strokes possible
to describe form you get a better reading of that form, like
the rule of working from general to particular,...

[Eclipse]

moar nonsense
just getting ideas for characters as I'm brand new to them as of some 2 days ago, I realize how bad they are.

just realized I forgot to include a hand (I've tried so many times) I also tried a skull but gave up and changed his position to hide it. I need to do some skull studies before I try that again heh.

[koshime]

I think etching out forms intially is a great idea. and rather than make full feldged paintings beforehand, perhaps try fleshing out 20 or so variations in B/W and then choosing one whose form you like best for a painting

[Eclipse]

not really doing this for a finished painting, just practice, if it was finished I wouldn't post it in a sketchbook =P
WIP will keep working on her later today right now there are all sorts of problems going on. My first human so I guess its ok.

[Eclipse]

heres to april
cheers

[Mull]

youve got some really nice pieces in the making buddy, be nice to see you take one of them, add the adjustments and advice from CB3 and Koshime and see that piece progress into a finished work of art.

[Eclipse]

after a short hiatus I'm back, homebrew enabled NDS in paw, couple rough sketches in video form (at the end of the month I'll export colors into the re-draw app for a higher resolution finished piece and dump them in one big submission) Least on this, whether I like it or not, I will draw every day, since I'd rather draw on the DS then have to interact with the nerd crew I sit with.

First trys:

You Tube

- a familiar remake, I'm still tryin the cave idea.

You Tube

- random mech drawn from my wall, kinda reminds me of the bipedal walker bots of the terran from starcraft, except a quadruped. Anxiously awaiting SC2 on that note.

[Mull]

nice ds works buddy and great that you placed the vids on here, cheers for sharing

[Eclipse]

haven't been on in a while

Gettin back into it: