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Manga Artists => Manga Art Gallery => Topic started by: Ryan on March 11, 2012, 05:46:56 PM

Title: NSFW Ryan's Revived Sketchbook
Post by: Ryan on March 11, 2012, 05:46:56 PM: Welcome to my sketchbook. Do join my journey :)
LINK TO LAST PAGE: http://forums.mangaraiders.com/index.php/topic,5234.240.html

(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/sketchbook020.jpg)
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(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/sketchbook016.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/sketchbook015.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/sketchbook014.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/sketchbook021.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/sketchbook022.jpg)
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(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/sketchbook024.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/sketchbook025.jpg)
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(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/sketchbook011.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/sketchbook010.jpg)
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(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/sketchbook026.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/sketchbook008.jpg)

Anatomy References:

http://omu.kuiki.net/class.shtml
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrXnGSpVLxE&feature=plcp&context=C462378eVDvjVQa1PpcFMoxoE54mYH2G4h42v_cBuxnO3Ng1hCvGc=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP_MXqep8b0&feature=plcp&context=C45d64bdVDvjVQa1PpcFMoxoE54mYH2GfdlEPZfnn-sHCNAZgqXUk=
And of course my Monthly Shonen Jump magazines :P

I usually draw the skeleton as shown in the video below, and then I continue to add all the details.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2drS6qaab7k&feature=plcp&context=C41d3bc8VDvjVQa1PpcFMoxoE54mYH2MUWxCkoB9Y_IIqxpQoItyA=

Criticism is very welcome. I'll scan future pictures that I spend more time on.
Title: Re: Sketchbook dump
Post by: Coryn on March 11, 2012, 07:22:09 PM: da-amn. all this improvement in only two weeks? you have some serious skills my friend
Title: Re: Sketchbook dump
Post by: Ryan on March 11, 2012, 08:42:14 PM: I'm still just copying. I can't call this skill when I haven't moved on from heavily using references when drawing. It's exhausting and mentally draining, though. As long as practice is exhausting, it's good IMO. It shouldn't be relaxing. It's sort of like working out, I think. Completely exhaust yourself and the next you'll have gained from it.
Title: Re: Sketchbook dump
Post by: mangadude on March 12, 2012, 12:22:16 AM: HOW DID YOU DRAW THOSE HANDS ON THE LAST DRAWING (and skill is skill and you have it)
:o :o
cha!!!
Title: Re: Sketchbook dump
Post by: Ryan on March 12, 2012, 04:06:27 PM: (http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/001.jpg)
Drew these two in the morning at school
The one above is from Toriko, and the one below is from Ultimo. The bottom one was only partially referenced this time as the panel only showed part of his face.
Title: Re: Sketchbook dump
Post by: Robs_ugly_artwork on March 12, 2012, 10:56:21 PM: Astounding improvements here! Keep it up :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Sketchbook dump
Post by: NatuWill on March 13, 2012, 12:40:36 AM: wow! ur drawings are really coming along~ good job! very encouraging. keep up the good work~
Title: Re: Sketchbook dump
Post by: legomaestro on March 13, 2012, 04:27:24 AM: Pretty great studies you've got going here. Nicely done. I agree with the effort idea, but there should be some amount of fun when your doing it. Keep working at it. Using references is actually very adviseable when it comes to learning how to draw.
Title: Re: Sketchbook dump
Post by: Ryan on March 13, 2012, 03:30:11 PM: Although I'm putting in a lot of effort, I'm enjoying myself and having fun. I've never been so determined about something before. My passion for manga is bursting, haha :P. And I'm also the type of guy that enjoys falling to sleep due to exhaustion. Also, I'm moving on to copying full pages with panels, chat bubbles, and backgrounds included so I can get some experience doing those.
Title: Re: Sketchbook dump
Post by: ZERO on March 14, 2012, 01:21:57 AM: its great that your having fun drawing : ) i think too many people forget that nowadays. If you work a bit more on your facial and body proportions you'll see huge differences. i really like the last one and the tegami no bachi one (especially the shading) keep up the good work : D
Title: Re: Sketchbook dump
Post by: Ryan on March 14, 2012, 10:09:17 PM: (http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/422968_2860845838610_1183592710_32268967_1225533523_n.jpg)
Page of Bleach :P
Took me a few hours because I'm still an amateur at using my T-Square for making lines. But I'm happy with the result.
Title: Re: Sketchbook dump
Post by: Coryn on March 14, 2012, 10:13:56 PM: pretty good! defintely some issues. but if you keep practicing like this you'll be much better in no time!
Title: Re: Sketchbook dump
Post by: legomaestro on March 15, 2012, 03:08:03 PM: You liked the uluqiorra fight as well huh. Nice excercise you're giving yourself here. love the panels
Title: Re: Sketchbook dump
Post by: Ryan on March 16, 2012, 03:51:13 PM: (http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/001-1.jpg)
Something I drew in school today. The character design is from Tegami Bachi, but I decided to shade in his hair and try out some highlights.
Title: Re: Sketchbook dump
Post by: Coach Fro on March 17, 2012, 07:04:39 PM: Nice work. you got some talent! Keep at it! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :clapping:
Title: Re: Sketchbook dump
Post by: Coryn on March 18, 2012, 04:29:28 PM: good job! the hair looks nice and the lines around the eyes work very well! just try to keep your lines as clean as possible and the effect will be even better.
Title: Re: Sketchbook dump
Post by: Ryan on March 26, 2012, 08:54:59 PM: (http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/lancelotalbion001.jpg)
Here's Lancelot Albion. A good friend of mine wanted me to draw this, and I decided to do it today :P. Some errors here and there, heheh.
Title: Re: Sketchbook dump
Post by: Sade on March 27, 2012, 10:27:28 AM: Mecha!! Very cool, I like how you're trying out different styles and drawing different types of people/things. The more you practice drawing everything, the better you'll get as an artist. Hope to see more!
Title: Re: Sketchbook dump
Post by: Ryan on March 29, 2012, 03:42:40 PM: (http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/betterhollowgirl001.jpg?t=1333050995)
Did this one today at school. Took me around an hour or so.
Huh, it looks much better resized.
Title: Re: Sketchbook dump
Post by: Tostificer on March 29, 2012, 03:47:12 PM: I love the way the mask looks! Also it seems you've improved on your faces. And your handwriting, I envy you 0_0
Title: Re: Sketchbook dump
Post by: Ryan on March 29, 2012, 04:01:15 PM: Lol haha, writing in caps is easy though :P
Title: Re: Sketchbook dump
Post by: secretsoda on March 29, 2012, 09:03:32 PM: Quote from: Nexuun on March 29, 2012, 03:42:40 PM
Did this one today at school. Took me around an hour or so.
Huh, it looks much better resized.

Wow man, you're really getting good fast. That drawing is awesome, way better than anything I can do. You drew it at school? Does that mean you did it from scratch? That would be even more impressive.

Oh, and what kind of pencils and stuff do you use? I bought some of the pencils that the pros use a while ago, but I really prefer to use a plain old mechanical one. I hate sharpening! >:(
Title: Re: Sketchbook dump
Post by: Ryan on March 29, 2012, 09:40:46 PM: Quote from: secretsoda on March 29, 2012, 09:03:32 PM
Quote from: Nexuun on March 29, 2012, 03:42:40 PM
Did this one today at school. Took me around an hour or so.
Huh, it looks much better resized.

Wow man, you're really getting good fast. That drawing is awesome, way better than anything I can do. You drew it at school? Does that mean you did it from scratch? That would be even more impressive.

Oh, and what kind of pencils and stuff do you use? I bought some of the pencils that the pros use a while ago, but I really prefer to use a plain old mechanical one. I hate sharpening! >:(

Hah no I wish I did that from scratch, it's just a reproduction :P. I used a regular Ticonderoga #2 pencil and a .7mm #2 crap BiC mechanical pencil. I'm going to try and get a Pentel P205 .5mm mech pencil, if I remember correctly that's what it's called. I bring in a volume of shonen jump to work from at school, haha. Makes me look like a doofus when I draw from it but whatever heheh :P. It works for me because it gives me time to draw during a studyhall(45 minutes), during lunch(I skip and go to my friend's studyhall, another 45 minutes, or I wind up playing cards with him). I do just little non-referenced doodles sometimes though when nothing important in class is going on :P. For copying just try to focus on the relationships between the lines; that's what I can say. Although, I find that drawing manga upside down is pretty difficult mainly because you need really good perception of space and relationships between lines to do that. I did some upside down drawings today and the results were...okay...you need to really go slowly or you'll mess it up.
Title: Re: Sketchbook dump
Post by: secretsoda on March 29, 2012, 09:58:03 PM: Yeah, my old driving instructor used to tell me that practice doesn't make perfect; only perfect practice makes perfect. Sometimes when I'm not in my drawing mode I'll get careless and rush, never turns out well.

For me, starting is the hardest part. I tend to procrastinate doing things I actually like for some reason. I'll put off drawing all day sometimes for no reason, but when I finally start I get in the zone and it's pretty fun. I don't know whats wrong with me. ;D I feel like I need someone to keep me accountable.

So, I guess you use the standard pencil for shading and the mechanical one for the rest? I've been using a crappy .7 mechanical pencil too. I have a 2B, 4B, and 2H, but I don't really know how to use them.
Title: Re: Sketchbook dump
Post by: Ryan on March 29, 2012, 10:12:56 PM: Quote from: secretsoda on March 29, 2012, 09:58:03 PM
Yeah, my old driving instructor used to tell me that practice doesn't make perfect; only perfect practice makes perfect. Sometimes when I'm not in my drawing mode I'll get careless and rush, never turns out well.

For me, starting is the hardest part. I tend to procrastinate doing things I actually like for some reason. I'll put off drawing all day sometimes for no reason, but when I finally start I get in the zone and it's pretty fun. I don't know whats wrong with me. ;D I feel like I need someone to keep me accountable.

So, I guess you use the standard pencil for shading and the mechanical one for the rest? I've been using a crappy .7 mechanical pencil too. I have a 2B, 4B, and 2H, but I don't really know how to use them.

I copied down a scale of the pencil thicknesses before in my sketchbook. I'll tell you now, in order from darker to lighter: 9B 8B 7B 6B 5B 4B 3B 2B B HB F H 2H 3H 4H. I actually think i use my normal pencil for sketching and the mechanical for shading and darkening the final lines. And I should REALLY get back to using my 2H for doing the beginning sketching. Always sketch with H pencils, and then ink/do the final lines with B pencils, because they're darker. If you join the mangaraiders skype chat I'll gladly give you drawing assignments heheh *grins.* Just PM me your skype name and I'll add you in to the conversation group. And I understand your procrastination problems, but the root of mine is that I get caught up with doing homework, but I don't want to do homework, so I browse this forum, lol :P.
Title: Re: Sketchbook dump
Post by: secretsoda on March 29, 2012, 10:44:54 PM: I just PMed you. I can't wait for my assignments! lol.

Oh, and don't even get me started on homework. I can't keep up with my homework at all! In fact, you just reminded me that I have psychology work due, so thanks.

I guess I'll see you on the chat. :D
Title: Re: Sketchbook dump
Post by: Ryan on March 30, 2012, 10:59:07 PM: (http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/unfinishedactually001.jpg)
It's a work in progress; gotta finish the rest of the body and then ink that as well. Heh, my inking is horrid haha. This guy's from Rosario Vampire.
Title: Re: Sketchbook dump
Post by: Ryan on April 09, 2012, 10:44:03 PM: New dump from a week or something like that.
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/newsketches013.jpg)
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Title: Re: Sketchbook dump
Post by: Sade on April 09, 2012, 10:50:36 PM: Lots of practice, I see! Good job, and I like how it seems you're drawing more naturally. You're also drawing all kinds of poses/angles. I love your Bleach drawings!
Title: Re: Sketchbook dump
Post by: Ryan on April 26, 2012, 04:54:34 PM: Vegetaaaa!!!!
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/vegeta001.jpg)
Title: Re: Sketchbook dump
Post by: Rojas on April 26, 2012, 07:33:07 PM: Hah I seen that pic on skype. Go Vegetaaaa!!!! BEASTTTT xD looks good man.
Title: Re: Nexuun's Sketchbook Dump
Post by: Ryan on May 26, 2012, 11:08:40 PM: Alright, here's my completed sketchbook. End date: 5.26.12. This includes all of the pages that I left out previously, and new ones.
Spoiler
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/lostpagesofsketchbook001.jpg)
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Title: Re: Nexuun's Sketchbook Dump
Post by: Rojas on May 27, 2012, 03:15:16 AM: So much to go through but your seriously improving. Give me your drawing powers haha. Keep it up!
Title: Re: Nexuun's Sketchbook Dump
Post by: legomaestro on May 27, 2012, 11:47:20 AM: Yikes, you've really been working at it. Way to go!
Title: Re: Nexuun's Sketchbook Dump
Post by: Coach Fro on May 31, 2012, 08:14:20 PM: Damn you completed a whole sketchbook? Good work Nexuun! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :clapping:
Title: Re: Nexuun's Sketchbook Dump
Post by: Ryan on May 31, 2012, 08:19:53 PM: Thanks Frono! And yeah I've really been working at it :P
Title: Re: Nexuun's Sketchbook Dump
Post by: Nami on May 31, 2012, 08:24:06 PM: Very nice Nexuun. Your anatomy is looking really good. Keep it going!
Title: Re: Nexuun's Sketchbook Dump
Post by: Moist Kitten on June 01, 2012, 12:31:56 PM: Wow, it's like seeing an art evolution.
I especially like the box man and stick man (mainly cuz I love to draw just that too), they have great poses.
Title: Re: Nexuun's Sketchbook Dump
Post by: Ryan on June 02, 2012, 04:22:41 PM: Sadly stuff has been a little slow lately....got a bunch of schoolwork lately and I'm even struggling to get my art survivals done in time.
Title: Re: Nexuun's Sketchbook Dump
Post by: aqulion1 on June 02, 2012, 04:56:06 PM: wow man your really good at drawing. keep it up
Title: Re: Nexuun's Sketchbook Dump
Post by: Marche' on June 02, 2012, 07:29:07 PM: Nice practice! Nexuun :clapping:
Do it again and again!! thanks for sharing and inspire me.
Title: Re: Nexuun's Sketchbook Dump
Post by: AldrichCrescent on June 02, 2012, 08:04:25 PM: I really the the Luffy (head) and vegeta (full body) you've drawn. It's 99.9% perfect. (The .1 % missing is the color) heheheheheheh. :dance: :dance: :dance:
Title: Re: Nexuun's Sketchbook Dump
Post by: Ryan on June 06, 2012, 03:03:38 PM: (http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/ichigo.jpg)
So, all those basics ended up paying off. Copy of Ichigo.
Title: Re: Nexuun's Sketchbook Dump
Post by: Roshon21 on June 07, 2012, 02:49:33 AM: Wow really nice picture of ichigo........ :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Nexuun's Sketchbook Dump
Post by: Ryan on June 08, 2012, 07:54:53 PM: (http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/564904_3307987296867_1100289510_n.jpg)
Here's my newest drawing, Hirako Shinji. Took me 3 or 4 hours, somewhere around that.
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Post by: legomaestro on June 09, 2012, 07:50:41 AM: Nexuun what the hell did you do!? How did you get this great so fast?! Nice work! If you build up on this and study how the characters are drawn, you'll go places very fast. Nice!
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Post by: AldrichCrescent on June 09, 2012, 09:21:41 AM: Amen! :dance:
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Post by: Ryan on June 09, 2012, 03:15:18 PM: Heh, alright. I plan on doing just that!
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Post by: Nyxy on June 09, 2012, 04:33:17 PM: Nice you captured Shinji's coolness in that picture for sure :heart:
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Post by: Coach Fro on June 09, 2012, 04:52:31 PM: One Word...

GODLIKE!

Seriously nice work! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :clapping:
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Post by: Ryan on June 09, 2012, 08:03:38 PM: (http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/yoruichi.jpg)
This one took 2 hours. Sorry, my understanding of breasts isn't too much so I screwed up there a bit :P
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Post by: legomaestro on June 09, 2012, 08:06:49 PM: Still good. It's not as good as the shinji one but it's good. Really love that your a bleach fan. Keep at it man!
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Post by: Ryan on June 09, 2012, 08:08:46 PM: Heheh, next time, next time :P. I feel like my brother scanned this with bad quality, or some *censored*.
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Post by: Nami on June 09, 2012, 08:30:42 PM: Very nice work Nexuun. Great improvement as well. I would say the pose's are very spot on along with the anatomy. When you feel more comfortable with your drawings, tackle inking! I'd love to see some of your hard work flush out in bold lines!
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Post by: Ryan on June 09, 2012, 09:00:55 PM: (http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0251.jpg)
This is probably one of the last things I inked, a month ago or something. It's really just a pain to set up my materials and clean all my stuff/nibs every time, so I haven't inked anything for a while(and it also takes a long time....:P. My pen technique was pretty low, at this point I had no idea how to draw lines correctly).
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Post by: Nami on June 09, 2012, 09:04:40 PM: Even still, I like it. :)
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Post by: legomaestro on June 09, 2012, 09:19:01 PM: Well, he's an interesting looking character. And the mug thing adds it's own weirdness to him. He sort of reminds me of L
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Post by: Ryan on June 09, 2012, 10:10:18 PM: Heh, too bad that it's a woman >.<
I failed at that part haha
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Post by: Rojas on June 10, 2012, 01:29:45 AM: Sh Ryan say its a guy and it would be awesomer.
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Post by: legomaestro on June 10, 2012, 01:48:41 PM: Oops sorry, but yeh they're plenty of male like females in anime so you don't need to worry about that.
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Post by: DBNext on July 05, 2012, 01:45:37 PM: Quote from: Nexuun on June 09, 2012, 09:00:55 PM
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0251.jpg)
This is probably one of the last things I inked, a month ago or something. It's really just a pain to set up my materials and clean all my stuff/nibs every time, so I haven't inked anything for a while(and it also takes a long time....:P. My pen technique was pretty low, at this point I had no idea how to draw lines correctly).

Would u mind if i remade ur sketch in my own style?
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Post by: Ryan on July 05, 2012, 02:01:45 PM: (http://c.mhcdn.net/store/manga/9665/001.0/compressed/g1.22.jpg)
Go ahead, but take the original drawing instead of mine. The manga is called The Arms Peddler, have fun.
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Post by: DBNext on July 05, 2012, 02:06:35 PM: Quote from: Nexuun on July 05, 2012, 02:01:45 PM
(http://c.mhcdn.net/store/manga/9665/001.0/compressed/g1.22.jpg)
Go ahead, but take the original drawing instead of mine. The manga is called The Arms Peddler, have fun.

Oh i thought this was ur original work ;p I dont like to do fan work by copying them though... Btw u have some pretty good talent, u should really try to do original sketches. You'd improve greatly :)
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Post by: Ryan on July 05, 2012, 02:57:17 PM: All I do are original sketches now lol. Here, I'll make a compilation here to show all the art survival drawings I've done.
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/drawingaday001.jpg)
(http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/p480x480/45355_3244915280106_1183592710_32426285_113198396_n.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/huuuurrrrdduuurrr.png)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/artsurvival001.jpg?t=1338166777)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/shortontime003.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0246.jpg?t=1338344549)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/ohgodtheperspective.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/scythe.jpg?t=1340038261)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0257.jpg?t=1340166477)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0261.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0262.jpg?t=1340686467)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0263.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0264.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0265.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0266.jpg?t=1341028697)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0268.jpg?t=1341083799)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/alright.jpg?t=1341202155)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/sketchisdone.jpg?t=1341287841)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/remindme.jpg)

I should have spent much, much more time on some of these. These drawings had to be made in streaks for art survival, so my time was limited, and my discipline hasn't been too strong until recently. The second to last sketch is the start of a new road for me, so watch out for my improvement ;). These were all drawn with minimum reference(really minimum, some weren't even drawn with any reference) to test my ability to draw from memory and imagination
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Post by: Wille on July 06, 2012, 03:29:05 AM: All this is my opinion but im also a newb.
I really like the first one, second one, and 12th one. Some of the pictures have proportional problems such as hands in a couple sketches and the shield looks small to me (I play a lot of Skyrim lol). I extremely like the way you shaded the tail on the 12th picture. Overall really good sketches. Keep it up, I would want to be that good! :thumbsup:
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Post by: Ryan on July 06, 2012, 05:01:40 PM: If you've seen any improvements in my drawings, it's because I've been drawing so much lately. Here it is, the pages of my 2nd sketchbook(completed) that I haven't shown yet. There are some pages I forgot to upload, but that isn't a big deal. It took a long time to upload them and paste the links here >__<

(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0271.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0272.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0273.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0274.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0275.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0276.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0277.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0278.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0279.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0280.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0281.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0282.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0283.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0284.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0285.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0286.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0287.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0288.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0289.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0290.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0291.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0292.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0293.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0294.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0295.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0296.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0297.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0298.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0299.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0300.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0301.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0302.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0303.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0304.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0305.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0306.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0307.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0308.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0309.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0310.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0311.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0312.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0313.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0314.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0315.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0316.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0317.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0318.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0319.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0320.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0321.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0322.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0323.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0324.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0325.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0326.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0327.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0328.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0329.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0330.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0331.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0332.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0333.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0334.jpg)
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Post by: matbizzo on July 06, 2012, 05:23:16 PM: wow pretty nice gallery tho i dont have a scanner to upload mine!! i feel left behind,..but nice stuff there
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Post by: P4 on July 06, 2012, 05:24:12 PM: user retired
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Post by: Zealapeal on July 06, 2012, 06:08:00 PM: Holy *Cough*, Nexuun. You've been busy. :ohmy:

I don't quite understand all the exercises, but your hands seem to have gotten better. The perspective cubes were nifty to look at, and a lot of the poses you drew were cool. There's so much to look at it's hard to comment on it all, but nice work. Keeping busy.
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Post by: legomaestro on July 06, 2012, 06:27:56 PM: Well that's a huge amount of work
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Post by: Ryan on July 06, 2012, 06:55:00 PM: Yeah...I decided to really start working and get the basics down hard. It's necessary for me to continue advancing.
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Post by: Fabiafidus on July 06, 2012, 07:10:08 PM: Lovely to see progress pics of how you practice! it shows that drawing is something you REALLY want! pls continue at it bro!
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Post by: Ryan on July 10, 2012, 08:03:24 PM: (http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0341.jpg?t=1341964847)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0342.jpg?t=1341964926)
Here's some anatomy studies.
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Post by: StoryTeller on July 10, 2012, 10:01:40 PM: You work so much, I'm so proud :D.

Make sure you're getting enough sleep! I know how your sleep schedule is messed up because of drawing practice. Don't push yourself ;D
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Post by: Roshon21 on July 10, 2012, 10:03:49 PM: Yeah me and u nexuun need to take storytellers advice... :D

Btw keep up the good artwork... :thumbsup:
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Post by: MangaEmu on July 17, 2012, 09:54:36 AM: Woah, this is amazing, you sure have practised hard! I mean really hard!
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Post by: Ryan on July 20, 2012, 03:28:37 PM: (http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/s720x720/556608_3465613037412_172898771_n.jpg)
(http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/541519_3453162206149_1731900817_n.jpg)
Sorry for the inactivity. You could say I was on break, but I'm back now! :D
Title: Re: Nexuun's Sketchbook Dump (Includes nudity now...)
Post by: Ryan on August 07, 2012, 10:59:37 PM: (http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0356.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0357.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0358.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0359.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0360.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0361.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0362.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0363.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0364.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0365.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0366.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0367.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0368.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0369.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0370.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0371.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0372.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0373.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0374.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0375.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0376.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0377.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0378.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0379.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0380.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0381.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0382.jpg)

Here's stuff. Been drawing in pen a lot and went to an aquarium and I quickly drew some of the animals :P
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Post by: Roshon21 on August 07, 2012, 11:43:30 PM: It looks like that ball point pen project.....
Overall good work..... :D
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Post by: Rojas on August 08, 2012, 03:15:45 AM: Nice work Ryan work on fluid body drawings though. Good to see your still practicing.
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Post by: plagueofdarkness on August 08, 2012, 11:29:25 AM: Abs look a little too defined for the body.
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Post by: DBNext on August 08, 2012, 11:47:38 AM: Well u definately work alot hehe.. Though im not a big fan of how u constructed the anatomy on image number 9 ( counting from down up).. Keep it up ;D
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Post by: P4 on August 09, 2012, 10:56:26 AM: user retired
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Post by: Ryan on August 16, 2012, 10:12:30 PM: (http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0385.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0386.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0387.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0388.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0389.jpg)

Notes can be found here: http://designlesson.blogspot.com/2010/10/anatomy.html#comment-form

I'm going to start using these for developing characters soon, so for now there will be studies here.
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Post by: Jack Melancholy on August 16, 2012, 10:41:12 PM: wow. guess that 100 page notebook and a pen for a month really works. i need to find a notebook and pen.
also, i seen improvement on the draws after every page.
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Post by: Rojas on August 17, 2012, 01:00:10 AM: Ryan you draw so much your crazy. looks great!
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Post by: phoenicorn on August 23, 2012, 06:39:01 PM: Your improving. May I suggest you study Andrew Loomis figure drawing for all it's worth. Keep up the anatomy studies.
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Post by: Jack Melancholy on August 23, 2012, 07:30:11 PM: dude. EVERYONE here who draws tends to follow loomis. he is our god basically XD
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Post by: Zealapeal on August 23, 2012, 07:44:43 PM: Quote from: Jack Melancholy on August 23, 2012, 07:30:11 PM
dude. EVERYONE here who draws tends to follow loomis. he is our god basically XD

I don't. :-\
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Post by: Coryn on August 23, 2012, 08:11:01 PM: *throws jack to the ground and starts putting pressure on his head with my foot*

you already have a god! her name is haruhi!
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Post by: Ryan on August 23, 2012, 08:30:23 PM: I'll return to Loomis after I finish up with some studies and clear away all this homework xD
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Post by: Jack Melancholy on August 23, 2012, 11:42:13 PM: Quote from: Coryn Sken on August 23, 2012, 08:11:01 PM
*throws jack to the ground and starts putting pressure on his head with my foot*

you already have a god! her name is haruhi!

*laughs at this for it is amusing.

you're right. i guess i should have put loomis as more of a legend of a different time that we still follow in our modern day.
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Post by: Ryan on August 30, 2012, 07:54:20 PM: Sketchbook update, I finished everything from http://designlesson.blogspot.com/
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0394.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0395.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0396.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0397.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0398.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0399.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0400.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0401.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0402.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0403.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0404.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0405.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0406.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0407.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0408.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0409.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0410.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0411.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0412.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0413.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0413.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0393.jpg)
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Post by: Rojas on August 30, 2012, 07:58:07 PM: Wow Ryan you got busy! I notice you have gotten a lot better at the muscles and body anatomy.

Also that last drawing :o pretty detailed, but the fore arms need work still.

*edited post - Try drawing your character in action ^_^.
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Post by: Jack Melancholy on August 30, 2012, 07:59:35 PM: pretty goo nexuun. progress is great ^_^
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Post by: Ryan on August 30, 2012, 08:30:11 PM: Yes sir Rojas! Action is next :biggrin:
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Post by: Rojas on August 30, 2012, 08:36:02 PM: Awesome I'm looking forward to it!
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Post by: Ryan on September 06, 2012, 04:01:54 PM: (http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0414.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0415.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0416.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0417.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0418.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0419.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0420.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0421.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0423.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0424.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0425.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0426.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0427.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0428.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0429.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0430.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0431.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0432.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0433.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0434.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0435.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0436.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0437.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0438.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0439.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0440.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0441.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0442.jpg)

That's everything from this week. I'm quite happy if I do say so myself. I'm going to try to do more hands soon.
I should scan my *censored*, but it's just too much to do at once.
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Post by: Jack Melancholy on September 06, 2012, 05:24:04 PM: Nice work for the week nexunn. i barely do anything more than 4 drawings a week. Good improvement on the perspective and poses o.o
little suggestion though. ever try drawing the people a bit thinner? they seem a bit wide to me. o . o
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Post by: Rojas on September 06, 2012, 06:26:10 PM: Nice work man if that's a weeks worth... I want to see how much paper you use at the end of a year @,@ You probably killed at least a grown tree's worth by now. Nice improvement.
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Post by: Ryan on September 09, 2012, 04:33:22 PM: Alright Jack, I'll try drawing the characters a bit skinnier(sorry for late response).
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Post by: Coach Fro on September 09, 2012, 04:38:29 PM: Yo that picture of SSJ3 Goku reminds me of how much I used to fail in drawing dbz characters. Ah good times.

Very Nice improvement Nexxun. I bet that sketchbook of yours is mighty full right about now.
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Post by: P4 on September 09, 2012, 04:52:36 PM: user retired
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Post by: Ryan on September 09, 2012, 05:04:51 PM: Quote from: P4 on September 09, 2012, 04:52:36 PM
Nexxun, you're amazing. The amount of effort you've put into this is absolutely incredible. So much improvement so quickly :D

Question: Do you draw in the thick black lines before or after?

I draw in thick black lines after. I do the initial lines with 2H thickness prismacolor pencils, and then I go over them again later with a 0.5mm HB mechanical pencil for clarity. I've found that my best drawings come when I set up the pose so I can make sure that the proportions, perspective, and general body shape is correct(all that's done in 2H thickness). It's later erased or replaced by the darker lines later.
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Post by: Jack Melancholy on September 10, 2012, 02:31:04 AM: no prob nexuun. you busy, its no big deal if you take a while to respond. i do that at times too..
.......
wait. i dont ever have anything to do, so i can respond pretty quick... ignore me saying ^
XD p.s. cant wait to see what you have next time.
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Post by: Ryan on September 10, 2012, 09:47:17 PM: (http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0451.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0452.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0453.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0454.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0455.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0456.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0457.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0458.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0459.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0460.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0461.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0462.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0463.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0464.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0465.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0466.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/IMG_0467.jpg)

Lots of flaws this time around. Got a lot of work to do ::)
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Post by: Rojas on September 10, 2012, 10:25:27 PM: Yeah it was pretty sloppy, but I see the amount of effort none the less. Hands and ears are getting to ya this time?
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Post by: Ryan on September 10, 2012, 10:44:20 PM: Yeah, hands and ears are one of them. Although all my anatomy is still way sub-par ;)
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Post by: Rojas on September 10, 2012, 10:48:07 PM: Better than what I can do, that's for sure :3.
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Post by: Roshon21 on September 10, 2012, 11:12:55 PM: Glad to see your still working nexuun u inspire me a lot.......XD
Love the effort that's for sure....... :clapping:
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Post by: Jack Melancholy on September 11, 2012, 01:01:01 AM: I was right about making them slimmer.
DUDE!
the one thats fully clothed looks insanely awesome
i fear that me telling you to make them slimmer has just screwed me over in the BOA
T.T
Great work XD
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Post by: legomaestro on September 11, 2012, 06:45:41 AM: Your really working at improving huh, and the improvement shows. Nice work you've been doing here man
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Post by: P4 on September 16, 2012, 08:43:36 PM: user retired
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Post by: Ryan on September 19, 2012, 12:46:37 AM: Huuuh? o_ o lol :hmm:
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Post by: Ryan on September 19, 2012, 05:19:32 PM: (http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1588482&stc=1&d=1348086791)
(http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1588483&stc=1&d=1348086797)
(http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1588484&stc=1&d=1348086802)
(http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1588485&stc=1&d=1348086807)
(http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1588486&stc=1&d=1348086812)
(http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1588487&stc=1&d=1348086818)
(http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1588488&stc=1&d=1348086824)
(http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1588489&stc=1&d=1348086980)
(http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1588490&stc=1&d=1348086986)
(http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1588491&stc=1&d=1348086992)
(http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1588492&stc=1&d=1348086998)
(http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1588493&stc=1&d=1348087002)

Lots of life drawing, first three images are just sketches/imagination/minor reference
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Post by: Jack Melancholy on September 19, 2012, 05:39:27 PM: XD the last one. I just can't resist laughing. His face just looks blank but he gives a thumbs up. XD
good work btw
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Post by: Rojas on September 19, 2012, 06:50:00 PM: Need more work on the lower body. I also suggest working on everything over to make them more fluid. The art seems to not have much movement. Maybe it might be because you draw the muscles always bulging. Try putting them in a more relaxed state? Not a lot of people have bulging muskles :3. Yes, muskels.
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Post by: Ryan on September 22, 2012, 03:58:06 PM: I will be going over all that stuff in my pursuits of life drawing... ;D
(http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1590444&stc=1&d=1348276744)
(http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1590445&stc=1&d=1348276750)
(http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1590446&stc=1&d=1348276757)
(http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1590447&stc=1&d=1348276762)
(http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1591008&stc=1&d=1348344559%3Cscanned)
(http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1590902&stc=1&d=1348339084)
First two self-portraits I've ever done :D
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Post by: Jack Melancholy on September 22, 2012, 06:35:39 PM: XD all of them are good. the last one though..... XD I cant stop laughing. it makes you looks so serious..... but like the "i just whooped @$$ at yatzee" kind of serious XD good job though :dance:
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Post by: Ryan on September 24, 2012, 10:59:41 PM: (http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img032.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img033.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img034.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img035.jpg)
Nose studies and working on my shading technique.
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Post by: Rojas on September 25, 2012, 12:24:41 AM: Damn, look at that nose construction. Imagine if you were a god and you had to shape people as an image like that :3. Seems tough~ Good work as always!
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Post by: Jack Melancholy on September 25, 2012, 12:30:03 AM: o.o dayam~ lots of noses. i dont even draw that much of anything and im insane.
O.O must draw a s**t ton now. even if its just something small.... like eyes o,o
great work as always dude ^_^ shading style is cool.
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Post by: legomaestro on September 25, 2012, 08:42:15 PM: You really are working at this huh. Nice work!
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Post by: Ryan on September 25, 2012, 09:40:24 PM: Yeah I am :P Thanks for the comment lego, and everyone else!
Here's a head, used photo reference
(http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1593514&stc=1&d=1348623228)
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Post by: Jack Melancholy on September 26, 2012, 01:48:06 AM: In a world filled with criminal filth, one man must make things right.
Introducing.... Sergeant James Blanic,
In
DETECTIVE BLANIC: LAPD: ADVANCED MURDERS

XD great pic dude. ^ first thing that popped into my head after seeing it XD
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Post by: DBNext on September 26, 2012, 10:19:30 AM: nice one :thumbsup: is it finished? the shading on the neck needs more work.. but the face is well done.
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Post by: Ryan on October 01, 2012, 11:19:08 PM: Yeah, it's pretty much finished. I was only interested in studying the head.
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img036.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img037.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img038.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img039.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img040.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img041.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img042.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img043.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img044.jpg)
Last image is something I sketched for fun. I need to study the torso.
Have some game stage designs in here for my class. Some continues of studies, and more boxes.
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Post by: Ryan on October 05, 2012, 10:10:12 PM: (http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img053.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img052.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img051.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img046.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img047.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img048.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img049.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img050.jpg)

So here we have line practice and ellipse practice. Then we have some Burne Hogarth, and then drapery/self-portraits in the mirror.
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Post by: DBNext on October 06, 2012, 02:39:27 AM: ur getting better at shading :thumbsup:
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Post by: han ki-tae on October 06, 2012, 10:25:55 AM: Ur body is ready!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ryan, do you know you can smudge/soften your shading by holding the pen lighter as you do ir, then smudging with you finger?

Giver softer feel (for shading on ur body and face for example).
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Post by: (gieph) on October 06, 2012, 11:03:14 AM: wow! awesome body sketches. and the shading technique is good as well... :clapping:
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Post by: Ryan on October 06, 2012, 11:46:22 AM: @DB: Thanks man, I've been working at that lately
@Han: Alright, I'll try to incorporate some smudging into my technique this time aroudn
@gieph: Thanks
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Post by: legomaestro on October 06, 2012, 02:17:28 PM: You're really getting better at this Nexuun. Good work
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Post by: Ryan on October 14, 2012, 10:55:12 PM: @lego:thanks man, i'm trying

Unfortunately, I haven't gotten much drawing done lately. But I'm getting back in the groove now. Just a bunch of hands/blind contour hands.
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img054.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img055.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img056.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img057.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img058.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img059.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img060.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img061.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img062.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img063.jpg)
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Post by: Jack Melancholy on October 14, 2012, 11:35:54 PM: O.O
i could swear i just clicked the "you raff you ruse" thread.
wtf brain you keep crappin out. >.>
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Post by: FleetingMischief on October 15, 2012, 03:47:05 AM: Awesome hand contour drawings!! n___n
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Post by: legomaestro on October 15, 2012, 06:37:29 AM: Yeesh. You're like Rock Lee from naruto. A genius of hard work. Keep it up. This is definately going some place. Man, what i'd do to be able to draw hands like that.
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Post by: han ki-tae on October 16, 2012, 04:44:49 PM: I can sear that you game me the finger up there^

I am telling you, that's not nice... XD

Anyway. I can see the purpose in practicing hands. Now, some of the outlines were not necessarily realistic. Was it a speed test as well or did you deliberately make them different? One example is on the top right on the second. I am just trying to understand the practice.

Please, keep us posted on ur trainings. I might use some of them.

<<<< Needs to draw better hands.
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Post by: Ryan on October 18, 2012, 10:51:42 PM: (http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img064.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img065.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img066.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img067.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img068.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img069.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img071.jpg)

I found a new method for sketching that works much better for me. Some of these are from drawing on my bus(the ones that are really messy). Been pushing proportions big time on some of these.
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Post by: FleetingMischief on October 19, 2012, 02:08:31 PM: Love the experimentation. I've always felt that experimenting as helped me in my own drawings. I'm sure it will help with yours. Keep it up!
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Post by: Ryan on October 21, 2012, 10:25:06 PM: (http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img072Custom.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img073Custom.jpg)
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(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img078Custom.jpg)Here's some gesture drawing. Near the end I found myself unsure what to add to the drawing when there was still 5 minutes left for the pose(for the 10 minute pose), because I've already made it almost impossible to change anything due to my mark making. I saw a centipede on the ceiling in my laundry room and that inspired me on the last one. Everything else are just sketches.

@FM: thanks for watching over my sketchbook. I'll keep working at it, don't worry ;)
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Post by: Rojas on October 21, 2012, 10:36:11 PM: Really nice work Ryan, you've improved even more since I last checked up on you. Body anatomy is still great as ever.
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Post by: Zealapeal on October 21, 2012, 11:43:19 PM: Mother of mercy.

Those gesture drawings look fantastic. Euuu~gh, I envy that. Very well done, Ryan!
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Post by: FleetingMischief on October 22, 2012, 04:21:10 AM: Someone is really on a drawing spree. @.@
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Post by: legomaestro on October 22, 2012, 07:29:19 AM: No kidding O.O
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Post by: han ki-tae on October 22, 2012, 09:36:47 AM: Wow - someone is posing with a towel in front of the mirror a lot!!! LOL

GJ - Nexuun. I specially like you faces and how they feel 3-dimensional.
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Post by: Ryan on October 26, 2012, 11:24:03 PM: (http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img080.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img081.jpg)
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Just some sketches in my off-time. Messed up the last one, but ya know, can't get it right every time. My bus ride home is also a considerable amount of time...30 minutes. I've figured that I should draw in that time, so I have.

@Rojas: Thanks man, though my anatomy is terrible! I gotta do more observation :confused:
@Zeal: Thanks, gesture drawings are tough. I'm sure you'll be able to draw them soon, too.
@FM: It is not as much as it seems. A little bit everyday when I can, goes a long way.
@Han: Yes, that is something I've worked hard on to achieve. A few of the photos I used for the gesture drawings had this guy posing with a towel lol >.<
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Post by: h_musick on October 27, 2012, 11:59:08 AM: love the gas masks
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Post by: P4 on October 29, 2012, 06:48:21 PM: user retired
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Post by: legomaestro on October 29, 2012, 07:01:51 PM: You've gotten really great at drawing the torso, you can really see the muscles and forms in them.
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Post by: Zedonius on October 30, 2012, 01:41:28 AM: you got skills :clapping:
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Post by: Ryan on November 05, 2012, 08:54:31 PM: Here's quite a bit of things. Drew my father in the chair. All the other characters are from imagination, and one of them is really distorted, on purpose of course. Perspective studies, and proportions of man. I still need to finish the proportions of the woman, though. Practice with my inking pens and the characters I tried to ink came out horrible, so I definitely gotta do more practice with it.
@h_musick: thanks, they're for a character design for my gaming graphics class
@p4: drawing an object without looking at your paper, and only looking at the object. Requires synchronization of the eyes and the hand.
@lego: thanks, but my torso still needs a lot of work
@zedonius: thank you very much
@jamie: I agree with what you said, I still need to work on all the things you commented on.

(http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1625695&stc=1&d=1352166081)
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Post by: h_musick on November 06, 2012, 02:35:58 PM: lol you write notes to yourself like i do ??
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Post by: Ryan on November 07, 2012, 11:53:32 PM: @h_musick: yes, notes are useful as they are a part of self-evaluating the flaws in one's artwork.
(http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1627115&stc=1&d=1352349941)
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Two guys playing chess(my brother and friend, was from life) on first one, longer pose study from pixelovely, hands study from a book, arm study from diagram, bus imaginary sketches and 1 other imagination head.
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Post by: Ryan on November 09, 2012, 11:01:20 PM: The last page annoys me the most, and the dude on the first page; just so completely failed on those ones. From imagination. Everything was from today except the last image.
(http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1628929&stc=1&d=1352519662)
(http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1628930&stc=1&d=1352519665)
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Trying to utilize perspective more. Need to do more practice.
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Post by: h_musick on November 10, 2012, 08:37:13 PM: you details in the face are really great i think but you need to look at your proportions :heart:
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Post by: NationKay on November 12, 2012, 01:08:34 PM: Wow. I love all your drawings. Especially the Naruto fan art :3 I also can use these as reference when I need help with anatomy. Sexayy. Keep up all the good work.
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Post by: Ryan on November 12, 2012, 09:41:43 PM: (http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1631509&stc=1&d=1352774366)
(http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1631510&stc=1&d=1352774368)
Perspective drawing, getting a little more tedious.
@musick: thanks, I'll make sure to review my proportions, thanks.
@Nation: Thanks for the compliment! But please don't use my work as reference. You are better off using photos or from life.
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Post by: NationKay on November 12, 2012, 11:44:00 PM: Quote from: Nexuun on November 12, 2012, 09:41:43 PM
@Nation: Thanks for the compliment! But please don't use my work as reference. You are better off using photos or from life.

Oh okay. Ahaha. Sounds like a plan(:
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Post by: Coach Fro on November 13, 2012, 08:16:53 AM: Damn Nexuun! Every time I come back here your skills improve. The pics you got here are pretty good. Especially the one with the guy wearing the gas mask. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :clapping:
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Post by: legomaestro on November 13, 2012, 01:55:57 PM: That's yet another time skip in terms of art. Brilliant dedication nexuun!
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Post by: Ryan on November 14, 2012, 12:33:42 AM: Animal gesture drawings and some note-taking.
And a hand from life, really have to do more of these.
(http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1632760&stc=1&d=1352870656)
(http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1632761&stc=1&d=1352870660)
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(http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1632765&stc=1&d=1352870677)

@Frono: Thanks man. I'm working hard ;)
@Lego: Thanks, I like drawing so it isn't that much in my eyes.
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Post by: Jack Melancholy on November 14, 2012, 12:58:41 AM: :ohmy:
Whoa.... Seriously. Just, whoa. That's awesome work on the animals. Thought it was all animal, but then it got to the hand and I got really impressed. HANDS ARE A B***H~ Good Luck with the rest of you escalation of Awesome!
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Post by: Ryan on November 14, 2012, 11:54:35 PM: @Jack: Thanks mate. Yeah hands are a bitch but I'm drawing them a lot more than I used to so hopefully I will begin to get decent at them.
(http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1633660&stc=1&d=1352954754)
(http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1633661&stc=1&d=1352954756)
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Some stuff from imagination and rest is human studies/one observation from life at school/one from imagination to test what I know. My female figure is really weak and I need to work on that.
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Post by: h_musick on November 15, 2012, 01:23:19 PM: how long does it take you to sketch these?
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Post by: Ryan on November 19, 2012, 11:17:20 PM: @musick: depends on what I'm drawing. It varies a lot.
Imaginary sketches, drawing from life, perspective, humans.(not in order of completion)
(http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1638457&stc=1&d=1353384390)
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Post by: Ryan on November 20, 2012, 10:41:22 PM: Insect studies and just random sketching . Messed up proportions pretty bad on one of them.
(http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1639418&stc=1&d=1353469017)
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Post by: P4 on November 20, 2012, 11:19:19 PM: user retired
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Post by: Ryan on November 20, 2012, 11:30:48 PM: @P4:
Well there's no algorithm it takes practice. Draw with your natural stroke; that is the easiest way for you to draw a straight line.
Look at this guy's thread: http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?117915-Guidelines
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Post by: P4 on November 21, 2012, 12:08:19 PM: user retired
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Post by: NationKay on November 21, 2012, 07:32:32 PM: I like the scorpion. Really cool looking dude :)
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Post by: Suuper-san on November 24, 2012, 01:57:33 PM: loved all the muscle drawings you did, all the different groups. that must come in useful for learning do draw your own poses form your head.
but your schetchbook looks scarily similar to my own :P
i liked all the work you did with cubes and perspective, it was well done.
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Post by: Ryan on November 26, 2012, 11:53:51 PM: @NationKay: Glad you like my work, dude.
@suupertramp: thanks man. I'm really rusty on my muscles. Though it helps a lot with learning to draw poses from your head. That as well as proportion.

60-sec gesture drawings

(http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1644494&stc=1&d=1353991678)
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Post by: Zealapeal on November 27, 2012, 01:48:12 AM: Holy moly Ryan, fantastic work. A good lot of these look incredibly well done. Kudos, kudos. ;)
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Post by: Suuper-san on November 27, 2012, 02:43:48 PM: wow nice quick sketches, this is something i need to work on. trouble is getting the proportions with the pose, i can draw fast enough its just getting it right lol.

i noticed you use a lot of circles as bases for the poses, is that a good method? i usually guess, as the circles dont really work for me, have you got any advice regarding that?
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Post by: Roshon21 on November 27, 2012, 06:17:05 PM: I see your still at it.............Keep it up :D
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Post by: Ryan on November 30, 2012, 11:39:03 PM: @jamie: thanks man. just work very hard and productively.
@zeal: thanks very much, i feel i'm getting the knack of gesture drawing
@suuper: thanks. Well try to find a method that works for you I say. Yeah, circles represent the pelvis, ribcage, and head. You can use boxes as well.
@roshon: yep, thanks roshon.
Stuff from the rest of the week. Gesture drawing, forms practice, some proportion practice with reference and some from imagination, mentler study for gesture drawing, 60-sec gestures, some life drawings of people, and quick drawings from imagination as well.
(http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1648151&stc=1&d=1354334831)
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Post by: Rojas on December 01, 2012, 12:04:04 AM: Ryan amazing practices.

It seems to me that you know how to draw everything of the human anatomy already :o. Only thing is that you need to work on blending them together. Such as your hands, you do a good job when you only focus on them such as when they aren't attached to the body as so.
(http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1648157&stc=1&d=1354334851)

When you put it on a body it doesn't look as spectacular unfortunately.
(http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1648151&stc=1&d=1354334831)

I really want to see you succeed, so keep practicing. Somehow you need to blend the hands in better with your body.
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Post by: Suuper-san on December 01, 2012, 10:33:54 AM: i possibly concur with ryan.
a good strat to being able to do that would be when you practise draiwn ght ehands on their own, draw it further up the arm each time, then when you draw the arm no the character, you will have actually already started your hand a bit earlier.
that sometimes works for me.
i love your gesture poses or whatever they are called, theres a lot of energy in them.
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Post by: Ryan on December 10, 2012, 10:56:25 PM: I'll probably be posting regularly again. Last week's work.
Anyways, I finally have some still lifes. Got boxes, sketches, and creatures. The two full body drawings are WIP, I believe. Oh, and I did a study of some anime-style when I was bored.
(http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1657127&stc=1&d=1355197841)
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Post by: Suuper-san on December 11, 2012, 03:14:27 AM: looks like you had fun with the cubes :P
good proportions with the dude above the cubes page, the arms look well proportioned muscles.
i think you need to press a lot lighter when you sketch, especially around parts you cant draw well, because you are getting a lot of lines piling up. especially around the hands. you could try using like a 2b to finalise your lines if you dont want to press lighter.
hope that helps!
Title: Ryan; quick sketch, something you don't usually see ;)
Post by: Ryan on December 13, 2012, 10:34:49 PM: @suuper thanks. Well I've decided to start drawing my initial guidelines in 2h like I used to. I think I just have a heavy hand.
I got something you guys don't usually see around here, haha ;) Quick sketch because I had an urge to draw really badly while I was doing my homework.

(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/quicksketch_zpsa0f06c2f.jpg)
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Post by: Rojas on December 14, 2012, 01:03:54 AM: Nice work, for the monster I would recommend looking at horse legs for a reference. The sketch looks good.
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Post by: h_musick on December 14, 2012, 01:51:48 PM: every time i look here you get a million times better! your proportions are crazy better!! great work!!!
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Post by: Ryan on December 19, 2012, 12:18:50 AM: @rojas: Yeah, horses are pretty relevant for that creature. I might re-draw it, depends on any more re-designs I do to it.
@musick: thanks, your comments help keep me going ;)

(http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1664096&stc=1&d=1355893693)
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Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook Dump (Includes nudity now...)
Post by: Zealapeal on December 19, 2012, 01:53:14 AM: Right then! So, I checked a few of your figures and...

(http://i1261.photobucket.com/albums/ii584/EnginerNope/analysiscopy_zps057ed5cd.jpg)

... I'm afraid you have a bit of Wonky Anatomy Syndrome.

Going off of Loomis's ideal figures and proportions in, "Figure Drawing For All Its Worth", I did a bit of analysis on your figures. Using both tools and rough finger positioning, I determined the height of each figure. All of these figures have an age of eight or nine years of age, or if we were to use more realistic proportioning (rather than the ideal), they would be around age ten. I doubt that this is what you're going for, but it is consistent within your drawings. Considering their muscular build and manly faces, this makes the figures seem "off".

According to their height, the positioning of everything seems quite decent (minus the pectoral regions not being consistent from figure to figure), but the legs merge right into the hips way too far upward. The crotch, as such, seems to extend too far downward.

Figures 3 and 4 also seem to have imbalances. For example, figure 3's right arm merges onto the torso too far towards his chest, making his right pectoral region seemingly disappear. Figure 4 does the same to a lesser extent. Foreshortening might be a good thing to work on to fix that issue, either that or a review of construction techniques.

So, the tl;dr version: Recheck your anatomy and fix foreshortening conflicts.

Good luck and keep going, Ryan! ;)
Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook Dump (Includes nudity now...)
Post by: Ryan on January 04, 2013, 07:29:53 PM: @Zeal: Thanks, once again. Your comments helped very much.

Anyways finally, here's an update. It starts out with sketches for proportion and random sketches. Then it goes onto silhouettes because I felt it would be a good way to get better at designing and having proportion in my drawing. Then there's the collection of studies I've done in the mirror. And lastly more sketches.

(http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1675776&stc=1&d=1357344498)
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Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook Dump (Includes nudity now...)
Post by: h_musick on January 05, 2013, 12:16:17 AM: :ohmy:

COLORS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
that one page! i think its my fevoret!
Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook Dump (Includes nudity now...)
Post by: DBNext on January 07, 2013, 01:28:13 PM: am i the only one who cant see any of ur new sketches? none of them would load and they have a red 'x'
maybe its just my slow connection
Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook Dump (Includes nudity now...)
Post by: SayuriOnee-chan on January 07, 2013, 02:30:03 PM: Quote from: DBNext on January 07, 2013, 01:28:13 PM
am i the only one who cant see any of ur new sketches? none of them would load and they have a red 'x'
maybe its just my slow connection

I cant see them either :/
Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook Dump (Includes nudity now...)
Post by: Ryan on January 07, 2013, 02:59:24 PM: I upload my images to conceptart.org and I link them back here. Right now, conceptart.org is down; that's why they aren't showing up. Sadly, nothing I can do about this :( I'll post two new drawings on photobucket and link them here so you guys can have something to look at
Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook Dump (Includes nudity now...)
Post by: h_musick on January 07, 2013, 03:45:14 PM: yeah they are gone now... they were there and now they are not... :push:
Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook Dump (Includes nudity now...)
Post by: Zealapeal on January 07, 2013, 04:42:47 PM: I was wondering where they went... :-\
Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook Dump (Includes nudity now...) UPDATE!!
Post by: Ryan on January 11, 2013, 07:22:50 PM: @everyone: the drawings are back now

Drawings from this week. I really need to find a way to dedicate more time with drawing and still balance it with my school work.
Drawings on the bus and the cleanest one was drawn regularly(warrior with the helmet). Trying to actually design some characters now instead of drawing random naked dudes. Loomis studies at the end. I am going to try to do more studies now. Criticism/critique will be appreciated on anything.(I really don't like the 3rd one)

(http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1679772&stc=1&d=1357948860)
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Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook Dump (Includes nudity now...) UPDATE HIYA!!!!!
Post by: Ryan on January 28, 2013, 12:59:54 PM: Hiya! Update: life drawings of the nude female model!

It's my bad that I haven't updated a lot lately. The last three saturdays I've done life drawing of nude models for about 3 hours each sessions. It was an amazing experience and I learned so much, which will be impacting how I continue to learn. And now for the drawings. They're a mix of gesture drawings in charcoal. And 20 minute/30minute/1hour long poses done with pencil and charcoal for the atmosphere.

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Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook Dump (Includes nudity now...)
Post by: Suuper-san on January 28, 2013, 01:24:08 PM: nice work! the ones where you have done the most shading are by far the most accurate. in some pictures the pencil outlines still show through after you have done the shading, perhaps if you wanted a bit more control over the shading try and draw them lighter, then when you shade over, they wont be visible and it will look better still!
Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook Dump (Includes nudity now...)
Post by: Ryan on January 28, 2013, 01:33:18 PM: mm, the ones with more shading were the longer 1 hour poses most likely. I haven't quite yet found an equilibrium with line and value in those drawings. My edge control still needs a lot of work(that's basically what you were describing, now you know the formal definition).
Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook Dump (Includes nudity now...)
Post by: Suuper-san on January 28, 2013, 04:39:22 PM: ahhh definitions is my weak point in virtually any field of knowledge which is a bit of a pain, i will try and remember (especially since you know them i can use them, some people might not know (but then it might help to tell them))
yeah its the same with my drawings, the longer time ones are also shaded more properly. its almost like i knew it was going to be good, and spent more time on it :P
Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook Dump (Includes nudity now...)
Post by: Ryan on January 29, 2013, 10:34:18 PM: (http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1699542&stc=1&d=1359516434)

Studies from life. Gotta get better at putting ellipses in perspective.
Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook Dump (Includes nudity now...)
Post by: Ryan on February 04, 2013, 08:25:00 PM: @Jamie: Thanks for the critique. I'll try the glass again some time soon. I'll see if I can spend a few hours on something, and I will probably use some reference for it as well. The problem with the hands and feet is because I do not know how to relate the hands and feet to other parts of the body. I will work on this now because I finally realize my mistake.

New stuff. Came to a few realizations. I've been dicking around with all this observational drawing *censored* and I've completely missed the point of it. I "thought" I was analyzing the model, but in reality I was only just copying it. If I'm not making studies of what I am drawing, how can I call it "analyzing?" Isn't analyzing the same thing as making studies, but just said with different words? And then there's this problem I have with my sketches that I don't try to apply my studies. I really need to change all this.

I guess the reason I finally realized this is the drawing of the robot. I realized that I sucked so hard on it because I don't know *censored* about robots and I've never even considered the relationships of the forms that go into drawing robots. Improving at any stage of proficiency is the same: make the relationships better, learn how to draw the forms in perspective. Knowledge is key, no matter how well I can draw basic forms in perspective I will need to understand what I'm drawing in order to end with a good drawing. Applies to everything.

I haven't neglected hands, don't worry.
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Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook Dump (Includes nudity now...)
Post by: P4 on February 05, 2013, 01:08:29 PM: user retired
Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook Dump (Includes nudity now...)
Post by: Suuper-san on February 07, 2013, 12:48:47 PM: i agree with your comment on analysis, yes knowledge is power, and experience is really awesome when you build up a huge database in your head of objects and forms which you can draw at will. i am still trying to do the same.

nice drawings, although i think it would be nice if you put more detail into some of the figures, like more defined areas of shade rather than the sketchy style you use quite a bit.

yeah its hard to find a difference between copying and studying/referencing, given the result will probably be the same. i think the difference is how much you thought about what you were doing, and how the lines/proportions relate to one another, rather than just doing it mindlessly/automatically.
Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook Dump (Includes nudity now...)
Post by: Daisetsu-bushido on February 07, 2013, 04:35:43 PM: Those cubes seem to be a pretty interesting meathod to train drawing in perspective. I've heard that they're helpful when drawing a body for up-shot and bird-eye view for example [1 cube as a size of 1 head]. Can also be replaced with a huge cylinder divided to the heighs of the head.
You got so many sketches here O.O. Ever trying making any drawings of original characters or fanarts? I mean a drawing where a certain action takes place. I think it would look good with your sketching skills XD
Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook Dump (Includes nudity now...) MASSIVE UPDATE
Post by: Ryan on February 18, 2013, 06:16:47 PM: @P4: Thanks man. If I updated more then it might seem less overwhelming. This time you will see quick an evolution in terms of work.
@super: yes, I seem to be more at rest with that issue now in observational drawing now. I now keep the fundamentals in mind.
@Daisetsu: Cubes are a good training to do. Cubes can contain or build many different types of forms. Original characters, I don't know about that right now. My ability to draw characters is very disappointing right now.

So, this is a lot to go over. I started to read drawing the head and hands, for several reasons that don't matter much anymore. I transitioned when I realized reading Successful Drawing and getting good using that book would be my best bet. And then I transitioned to ball point to try and improve my lines. Now, I'm using a fine-liner to try to improve my lines. On Saturday I went to this figure drawing event, with a clothed figure that posed for us. Unfortunately, she was clothed, but what can you do.

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Circle exercises for warm-up, gotta get used to using ballpoint.
Drawing some stuff around my desk, just more practice.
And just WIP/studies for a character I'm working on.

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Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook Dump (Includes nudity now...)
Post by: Suuper-san on February 19, 2013, 04:07:24 AM: i use ballpoint a lot, it can take a bit of getting used to (i tried to go back to pencil the other day and i was like what is this strange pen lol)

i cant really offer any advice, but as an idea for when drawing faces, not only try drawing a face at an angle, but a face looking left and right as well, so you have the shoulders for reference. i think you could cover a wider range of poses that way.
Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook Dump (Includes nudity now...)
Post by: legomaestro on February 20, 2013, 06:42:26 AM: As relentless in your investigations as ever huh. very inspiring
Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook Dump (Includes nudity now...) UPDATE
Post by: Ryan on March 01, 2013, 09:00:44 PM: @lego: Thanks man. You make me seem like a detective, haha!
@super: Alright man, twisting the head to look is definitely one of my weak points I'll try to get to that as soon as possible.

Anyways I'll try to explain all this non-sense here. On Monday I started my rotation of Perspective, Human Anatomy, and drawing from life(full rotation takes 3 days. So every day is devoted to one subject). On the off-side in my gaming creation and gaming graphics class I have been given the role of lead character designer. So all the characters and demon concepts are for that. Critique is welcome on those. Throughout trying to design the demons, I've started to reference animal heads for the design and that seems to have improved them a tad bit. There's two messed up sketches in red pen, those were basically just to relieve stress and weren't entirely serious(I still made an effort though). Lastly, like 2 pages of drawing people from the library. I've gotten used to that haha.

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Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook Dump (Includes nudity now...)
Post by: Nairbons on March 01, 2013, 11:56:29 PM: Man. Over the parade of disembodied heads, I really get the impression that you've got a fair amount of dedication going on. The features of the face going on here, with the nose, eyes and lips being your strong points. My only suggestion wiuld be to watch your placement of these features on the head. It's obvious from your amazing skull sketches that you've got facial construction down. I can even see the guidlines being well layed-out on your finished heads. However, the eyes tend to be a bit high, and the noses seem a bit long to me is all. Maybe that's a stylistic choice, but when I had those issues, it was from losing focus of where I was placing things on the face in favor of trying to fraw things in an anatomically correct way.

TL;DR: Great stuff, keep it up, watch the proportions.
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Post by: Zealapeal on March 02, 2013, 12:14:45 AM: I agree with nairbons on the dedication; you've got a lot of it driving you forward, and it bloody well shows.

Your heads and skulls are most certainly improving. Quite impressive, actually. Your perspective... practice? is fantastic as well. It looks incredibly clean and well done, even if they are basic shapes* and the occasional figure or two.

Keep it up, bud. You're doing great.
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Post by: legomaestro on March 02, 2013, 02:50:24 AM: The demon sketches look like they're picking up! And your doing life drawing i see. I found a totally cool online pose site http://artists.pixelovely.com/practice-tools/figure-drawing/

let's have a sketchup for 1min or 30 second poses. 10 pictures? No scanner though so i'll take photos...
Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook Dump (Includes nudity now...)
Post by: Ryan on March 02, 2013, 04:54:30 PM: Yeah sure, I'm up for 10 1 min ones. I'll make sure to use pixelovely as well.
Thanks for the awesome response guys. I'll address all of you individually on my next update with drawings(estimated tonight).
Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook Dump (Includes nudity now...)
Post by: Ryan on March 02, 2013, 10:27:52 PM: @nairbons: hah man, thanks. Your advice helps, don't be afraid to give it. It helps to not only hear what I'm telling myself I'm doing wrong, but what others can see as well. I'll make sure to watch the proportions!
@Zeal: Thanks again, for it all. It was, after all, you who gave me the final push to start up a more serious schedule again. Thank you Q_Q.
@lego: Yeah, I'm thinking the same thing about the demons as well. After rotting in my own design sense I realized I needed to start using existing designs from nature!

Anatomy+drawing from life.Self portrait+studies, drawing of a lamp.
And 60 sec gesture drawings from pixelovely.
(http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1732485&d=1362197349)
(http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1732486&d=1362197353)
(http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1732487&d=1362197356)
(http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1733618&stc=1&d=1362280537)
(http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1733619&stc=1&d=1362280547)
(http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1733621&stc=1&d=1362280556)
(http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1733623&stc=1&d=1362280565)
(http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1733626&stc=1&d=1362280576)
Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook Dump (Includes nudity now...)
Post by: h_musick on March 29, 2013, 12:59:15 PM: It just looks more and more realistic... pretty soon your drawings will start walking off the page
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Post by: legomaestro on March 29, 2013, 01:37:30 PM: Ach i'm so stupid i forgot to do my own challenge T-T. I'll post mine up soon.
Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook Dump (Includes nudity now...)
Post by: Ryan on April 30, 2013, 10:23:10 PM: I'm separating my dump into two different posts, just so I can organize everything easier for uploading.

(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img344Custom_zps53db4b67.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img345Custom_zps66b1ba64.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img346Custom_zps8ae53efc.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img337Custom_zps7b1db659.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img336Custom_zps0e3d58cb.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img335Custom_zpseee16d80.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img334Custom_zps2ac2563c.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img333Custom_zps1901f2d0.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img332Custom_zpsab0bec4a.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img331Custom_zps424cbf3f.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img328Custom_zpsa48e926e.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img330Custom_zpsc1f8665b.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img329Custom_zpsc0194e6a.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img327Custom_zpsc0e54ba5.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img326Custom_zps74020bcc.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img325Custom_zps3e133d9c.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img324Custom_zps5093437f.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img342Custom_zps482a1a8d.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img339Custom_zpsb4518860.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img338Custom_zpsb747a9e6.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img341Custom_zps79ea9dc0.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img341Custom_zps79ea9dc0.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img343Custom_zps6feb02b6.jpg)
Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook Dump (Includes nudity now...)
Post by: Ryan on April 30, 2013, 11:02:12 PM: Here's the rest. Some concepts I have to upload for my class(haha). Anatomy studies+sketches.
Oh, and value study of two apples, from a photo.

(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img350Custom_zpsb74a650c.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img347Custom_zps29cd8d43.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img348Custom_zpsead239c1.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img349Custom_zps9d3852dd.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img351Custom_zps41b33815.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img352Custom_zpsc20a9088.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img353Custom_zpsa7d80213.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img354Custom_zps279a29f3.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img355Custom_zpse85df572.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/valuestudy2apple_zps777fbc17.jpg)
Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook Dump (Includes nudity now...)
Post by: Suuper-san on May 02, 2013, 12:37:52 PM: wow thats a lot of work!
i like the gesture drawings, they are full of energy!
if i may offer a bit of advice, on most of the pencil drawings, your figures tend to look really smudged. i dont know if thats your style of shading or just because you lean on your drawings like i do a lot, but i think they would look better if you had sharper outlines and shaded reigons that are shaded not smudged. hope i explained myself clearly :P
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Post by: legomaestro on May 02, 2013, 04:37:28 PM: A general 'good stuff' as usual from me. I'm a bit bothered by the thickness of the pencil though, are you used to using it like that or...? I love the gesture drawings the lines there are direct and to the point.

I think i'd like to see some winged demons for some reason. Good stuff ryan!!!
Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook Dump (Includes nudity now...)
Post by: Ryan on May 12, 2013, 12:25:19 AM: @suuper:
Hey, thanks for visiting my stuff again. The smudges are most likely due to my carelessness. And this batch of posts I focused more on my line work, so if you can see any difference, I would appreciate your feedback. Though, I'll be leaving value behind a little for now(they tend to hide my mistakes in other areas).

@lego: I use primarily wooden pencils for drawing now, and sometimes my pencils don't have a good edge to draw crisp lines. I will try to take better care of my pencils. And thanks for the compliment about the gesture drawings. Hopefully, my line economy in my gestures will continue to improve. And winged demons, haha? Maybe, my friend. We'll see.

Also, more critique and advice will be very much appreciated.

(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img369_zpsd301e34a.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img368_zps7cf36631.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img367_zpsd08f6e5e.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img366_zpsfe7acdb5.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img365_zps4ab97cdb.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img364_zpsc272e9e3.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img363_zps048e86ca.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img362_zps8dc3dc3c.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img361_zpse469450f.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img360_zps2aecc1f3.jpg)
(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u446/Nexuun/img359_zpsc03ae984.jpg)
Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook Dump (Includes nudity now...)
Post by: Zealapeal on May 12, 2013, 05:31:40 AM: "[5/11/2013 9:46:48 PM] Ryan: i look forward to your post tomorrow morning, mike"

You clever, word-playing bastard...
But I respect good word-play.

I merely do not have time to cover all the things I want to cover (time crept up on me). But first, let me start out with... Great continuations. You're working hard as usual, and it brings me great pleasure to continue to see you working hard.

I wasn't able to comment on your last batch of drawings, but the value apples were fantastic, and your imagination with the demons, dragons, and deathly-ill dogs hasn't faded, which is good. With this recent batch, page eight's (5-2-13, top) hand was great. The thumb's clean lines are good, and the various contours of the hand and fingers were clearly defined. On that same hand, I would suggest rechecking the tip of the index finger, and perhaps straightening it out a bit. But, that's merely a suggestion on an already great drawing.

Keep up your anatomy studies. Page nine's (5-2-13, bottom) anatomy studies seemed pretty spot on, particularly the back and the upper neck. Keep in mind, however, that the muscles of the arm (and of everywhere else) are not "edgy" but rounded and organic. But, those are minor details...

On with my two red-linings, which are more like red-colored comments, ah?

Spoiler
(http://i1261.photobucket.com/albums/ii584/EnginerNope/redlineryan1-1_zps8882881c.jpg)
(http://i1261.photobucket.com/albums/ii584/EnginerNope/redlineryan1-2_zps19359932.jpg)

For the first "red-lining," I figured it was easier to comment on them with words on a drawing page rather than words on a forum post, if you know what I mean. For the second one, a decent amount of your figures are running into the same problem. Too wide-spread feet and awkwardly placed knees.

You have to keep in mind that the knee will often follow a straight line down the middle of the foot. If you are sitting, try this: Stick your leg out, be it your left or right. Plant your heel on the ground, and point your toes up to the ceiling as much as you can. In this position, rotate your foot to the left or the right using your heel as a pivot, as if a hand on a clock. Your knee will follow the middle of your foot regardless. Now hold your knee with your hands, and attempt the same exercise. You'll notice your foot has extremely little maneuvering room, perhaps a five to seven degree spread left or right, without the knee following suite.

Too wide-spread feet is also an issue. There are three positions from which humans hold themselves with their feet. The first is the feet are pointed straight forward, which some consider the "ideal." The second is "pigeon-toed," or the feet pointed inwards toward the center of the body. The third is a wide stance, in which the toes are pointed outward from the center of the body. The extreme "naturals" that people will hold themselves in for the last two are, going from the center of the body, 80 degrees outward and 35 degrees inward.

Now, a wide-spread position has a lot of leeway. There are natural positions that allow for a 90* spread with perfect comfort, and these often look a lot like "L" shapes, which can vary greatly. You'll find a lot of girls hold themselves in an "L" shape with their feet when standing still, particularly when discussing amongst themselves. Fighters often kick with a foot behind them, which will often be parallel to the kicking foot, usually at a 70-90* angle from the center of the body, depending on the range and type of kick.

Next time you find a gaggle of girls gobbing away amongst themselves, check out how some of them stand to see what I mean.

Keep in mind that, when they stand, they will often have a balancing leg, with the leg performing the outward angling bent and off-center.

If you're going to have your figures stand with a wide-spread, be sure to keep it under 80* for a natural stance, otherwise, their balance will have to shift to compensate for the load.

... Anyways, that was my anatomical two cents for the night. If you want me to take another look at 'em sometime and cover more topics, just hit me up on Skype. Gotta hit the sack in the mean time. Learning to sew tomorrow, and it's nearing 3 AM... :glare:

Keep up the good work, bud. :biggrin:
Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook Dump (Includes nudity now...)
Post by: Suuper-san on May 13, 2013, 10:33:53 AM: @zeal i think i might start using that method of helping people improve, it seems much faster than writing out what i mean when i can just draw over and annotate their art directly.

iver been noticing quite a few people missing out hands, something i found useful is getting one pose right for hands like just waving or something, then if you dont want to do anything, you can just use a pose you are used to doing, it maketh the drawing more complete. then as you gain more experience you can create more variety from memory and imagination :P
Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook Dump (Includes nudity now...)
Post by: Ryan on May 28, 2013, 08:35:17 PM: @suuper: thanks, yeah. Hands are something I've been dying to work more on.

@zeal: thank you for your helpful post, once again.

I still have some things from a week ago to upload, but I'll make a post with recent stuff.

(http://th03.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2013/148/b/c/crazy_female_sketch_by_ryanprovenzano-d66ysaq.jpg)
female warrior wip sketch; trying to figure things out with this one. Will aim for something of a more polished/refined quality by the end of the week.

(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2013/141/b/d/martha_portrait_wip_by_ryanprovenzano-d6648oc.jpg)
head drawing with emphasis on construction. I'm happy with it right now so I'll leave it how it is.
Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook Dump (Includes nudity now...)
Post by: Roshon21 on May 31, 2013, 11:06:24 AM: Nice to see your artt still going strong.... keep up the good work.....^.^
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Post by: legomaestro on June 01, 2013, 10:04:25 AM: I concur! Great stuff Ryan

O.O At Zeals massive post.
Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook Dump (Includes nudity now...)
Post by: Ryan on June 02, 2013, 09:44:32 PM: (http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/153/5/6/mysterious_girl_by_ryanprovenzano-d67lvs8.jpg)
Drew a girl, inspired by something in my inspiration folder(http://i1.pixiv.net/img35/img/sheepxxx/18553606_m.jpg)
Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook Dump (Includes nudity now...)
Post by: Ryan on June 03, 2013, 06:44:40 PM: (http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/154/9/9/mysterious_girl__2_by_ryanprovenzano-d67p9q5.jpg)
Last night's image with value +some revisions
Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook Dump (Includes nudity now...)
Post by: P4 on June 04, 2013, 11:55:53 AM: user retired
Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook
Post by: Ryan on August 09, 2013, 11:34:20 PM: (http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2013/221/e/b/portrait_from_imagination_by_ryanprovenzano-d6hfzo8.jpg)
Eeek, long time no update. This is something I drew tonight really fast, and I decided to post it here. I have some other stuff to update with; I'll get to that later.
Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook
Post by: Ryan on January 08, 2014, 12:56:54 AM: Hello mangaraiders, been a while since I've posted in my sketchbook here. Starting it up again, would appreciate feedback.

This time I did 2-min as well as 1-min hand gestures after.
(http://i.imgur.com/nrw7bk9l.jpg)
Vacuum cleaner from life
(http://i.imgur.com/OKKddjhl.jpg)
sketchbook pages from recent(11x14, so they're a pain to upload since I have to stitch the scans)
(http://i.imgur.com/141Uk2Zl.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/UiDUShDl.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/YSjVf41l.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/TX8pKb4l.jpg)
Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook
Post by: Synctual on January 08, 2014, 01:27:09 AM: Hello Ryan, I'm SyncG4x and I'm kinda new to the forums but I already love this place. :biggrin: I will honor you with my 50th post!!! Yay! :dance:

From what I've seen, I can't say much but you are a very good artist! I peeked through this thread from time to time and have seen that you got skills! Most of your work may be outlines and such, but they are all very good. Keep em' coming and welcome back!
Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook
Post by: Ryan on January 08, 2014, 11:46:23 PM: @Sync: Thank you :) Enjoy your stay at mangaraiders

Here's a self-portrait.
(http://i.imgur.com/u6GDfFvl.jpg)
Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook
Post by: Ryan on January 18, 2014, 12:14:22 AM: Lines, 30 sec gestures, and a concept thing. Gotta make my concept drawings better. Next time probably will have to try out a 3/4 view.
(http://i.imgur.com/SEfFHW3.jpg?1)
(http://i.imgur.com/ZxIKSfil.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/aqAx9hMl.jpg)
Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook
Post by: legomaestro on January 18, 2014, 06:33:04 AM: Oh nice tryinng out Hans' Dynamic Sketching? Like the concept work!
Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook
Post by: Jack Melancholy on January 18, 2014, 01:18:23 PM: Hot diggity damn, Ryay. Well done.
That's all I think that needs to be said.
Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook
Post by: Ryan on January 18, 2014, 10:40:43 PM: @lego: Yeah, I actually forgot that's what I was doing. Thanks!
@jack: Thanks mate :)

Stuff from today, anatomy studies
(http://i.imgur.com/rhY705X.jpg?1)
lines/circles (http://i.imgur.com/rX6ULYNl.jpg)
Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook
Post by: Ryan on January 20, 2014, 12:36:20 AM: (http://i.imgur.com/quUZenBl.jpg)
screwing around with color and inking. uuuuugh need to practice more. The lighting in this doesn't make any sense either.
Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook
Post by: Ryan on January 24, 2014, 01:04:32 AM: (http://i.imgur.com/dtKFMwZ.jpg)
Study portrait for expression, probably 4-5 hours or so
source:(http://i0.wp.com/screencaps.us/201/0-sorcerers-apprentice/full/sorcerers-apprentice-disneyscreencaps.com-74.jpg)

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Figuredrawing from over the weekend. 50min. Rough of a portrait, still fiddling around with the proportions. Practice with fundamentals of light acting upon forms. study of female proportions, and a little doodle.
(http://i.imgur.com/wMu0kvCl.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/BGJHn27l.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/EXZ8jjVl.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/1Uwbt7Gl.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/VI6X9xwl.jpg)
And a little thing from a few days back. Experimenting with comics for fun
(http://i.imgur.com/ubHMeH7l.jpg)
Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook
Post by: Jack Melancholy on January 24, 2014, 07:49:47 AM: Hot diggity dAyUm. The painted ones, are really good. Something about the sketches seem a bit off. I think it's the hands and heads. The heads on the sketches look kinda blocky, and only the bottom one looks like it has ears. The hands.... yeah. Hands. F*ck drawing hands. Hands are a c*nt.
Anyway~ Great work, and the improvement from your first posts to now, is crazy good.
Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook
Post by: Ryan on March 13, 2014, 10:48:08 PM: @Jack: Thanks man. I'll make sure to be more careful with my heads and hands.
Long time no update. Got myself a small sketchbook, so gonna draw from life in there.
(http://i.imgur.com/j91rsPsl.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/9rhilJjl.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/EpsBaqzl.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/WaK2Aiml.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/FYMZGakl.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/Cvaf1jXl.jpg)
Pretty hit and miss. Some drawings from imagination are in there, too. The naked women was from photo reference.
Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook
Post by: Rojas on March 13, 2014, 11:19:40 PM: Looking good, sketches are coming out nice. Be sure to use those anatomy lessons when you draw from just your memory. The blue drawing is a bit stiff and looks like you mostly focused on the head and the body was left with less detail.
Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook
Post by: scalz on March 16, 2014, 03:36:07 AM: Some really nice drawings there, nice work!
Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook
Post by: Ryan on May 16, 2014, 11:43:58 PM: @Rojas: thanks
@scalz: ty :)
anyways heres some of the better things from the last month. Studies, sketches, some illustrations too.
(http://37.media.tumblr.com/1f3652f5892bca0e60f78e00847c7f71/tumblr_n3xyjax8KP1tp4uefo3_500.jpg)study
(http://37.media.tumblr.com/6ae9d4d7b516c54f8bc98ba3eb2bb4cb/tumblr_n3xyjax8KP1tp4uefo2_500.jpg)study
(http://i.imgur.com/Cb9Iuwil.jpg)study
(http://i.imgur.com/RaGVELyl.jpg)study
(http://i.imgur.com/vr2wgo7l.jpg)ref
(http://i.imgur.com/DPLC9ufl.jpg)ref
(http://i.imgur.com/tEZDfzJl.jpg)ref
(http://i.imgur.com/zSX8639l.jpg)ref
(http://i.imgur.com/CUrTWLVl.jpg)ref
(http://i.imgur.com/UYYjeRLl.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/clmWS2T.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/lMGaVcu.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/7b4uA11l.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/qDzcFV3l.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/qlCtT7il.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/NEuRiYU.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/8BrzZ5Ul.jpg)study
(http://i.imgur.com/pRWDFnnl.jpg)study
(http://i.imgur.com/ZfB9hXQl.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/vdYou4ql.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/PSjczIql.jpg)
(https://24.media.tumblr.com/bbf6170ada9826802d7841552f81d6fe/tumblr_n5p8mceos11tp61jmo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook
Post by: legomaestro on May 17, 2014, 12:04:22 AM: Oh, you're really going all out on your studies huh. Impressive stuff I see! Looks like things are progressing on all fronts. It just occured to me that I never checked if you had a tumblr let alone a DA account. Sweet stuff Ryan! I must learn to be this diligent.
Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook
Post by: cinnamoroll on November 17, 2014, 03:43:06 AM: omg s-sugoi
so much talent ; u ;
Title: Re: Ryan's Sketchbook
Post by: MahluaandMilk on November 17, 2014, 09:10:55 AM: Woah, that art dump looks amazing! I guess if I sat down and drew studies like that I'd get some progress, but I'm kind of lazy. I applaud your dedication.
The shading is pretty intense except in those few color ones where it seems a little flat. Maybe that's the point? I don't know.
Title: Re: NSFW Ryan's Revived Sketchbook
Post by: Ryan on February 12, 2016, 10:03:35 PM: First time posting in here for over a year and 3-4 months. Good to be back ;D Being around more drawings is definitely helping me think more about drawing. After all this time I still haven't gotten into drawing women Q_Q. So I'm going to start that now...a study and some sketches after. Nsfw as well i suppose
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(http://imgur.com/H1QzU18.jpg)
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Title: Re: NSFW Ryan's Revived Sketchbook
Post by: Killer B !!SAMA!! on February 12, 2016, 10:11:26 PM: brotha its really gooooood i like the first one
Title: Re: NSFW Ryan's Revived Sketchbook
Post by: Suuper-san on February 13, 2016, 09:52:37 AM: the top one is pretty good. nice to see you are still working hard as ever :P
i hardly draw men, so thats something ive just started a few weeks ago :P
Title: Re: NSFW Ryan's Revived Sketchbook
Post by: Walter B on February 13, 2016, 11:16:11 AM: Those skull setches look awesome! And your shading is top. I like the fat guy sitting in that chair
Title: Re: NSFW Ryan's Revived Sketchbook
Post by: Ryan on February 13, 2016, 03:27:58 PM: @walter, suuper, killer B
Thanks guys!

@suuper
Working hard, or hardly working? It's only now that I'm starting to change that ;)
Title: Re: NSFW Ryan's Revived Sketchbook
Post by: Ryan on February 13, 2016, 11:23:38 PM: Some sketches, trying to work on similar things as from yesterday.
(http://imgur.com/fEAzVtq.jpg)
(http://imgur.com/2208jS6.jpg)
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(http://imgur.com/4kLjgR1.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/5PaDd0s.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/M3ff92C.jpg)
Title: Re: NSFW Ryan's Revived Sketchbook
Post by: Killer B !!SAMA!! on February 13, 2016, 11:34:42 PM: good sketches haha men :D the portrait is hard though on the nose and the shapes annnnaaatoommmyyy oh id like to touch that drawing the rib is shown the hand is good the eyes too it gives some studies to bodies

ryan dude is 8)
Title: Re: NSFW Ryan's Revived Sketchbook
Post by: Suuper-san on February 14, 2016, 09:49:51 AM: i did mean hard working, but i think i missed it when you were less active, since i was also less active. so my point of view was skewed :P

but your drawings now show a lot more confidence than before i think. the use of shading is done quite well, obviously with sketches its hard to see details but i think you've got the basic value down quite well. i remember for ages back you were practicing getting the values for colours right.

how long does it take to do each sketch? i think it would be nice to see more detailed ones :P
Title: Re: NSFW Ryan's Revived Sketchbook
Post by: Ryan on March 09, 2016, 08:13:30 PM: thanks guys
@suuper:
depends, I don't keep track. These loose faces don't really take more than a few minutes.

(https://56.media.tumblr.com/e22ca88d093579472787aa325b168110/tumblr_o3stxrbDT81tp61jmo1_1280.jpg)
(https://56.media.tumblr.com/98b862488ec2ec64bdf76a3e556ecd37/tumblr_o3stwgvtvl1tp61jmo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: NSFW Ryan's Revived Sketchbook
Post by: Lovus Eternius on March 09, 2016, 08:15:59 PM: Digital Sketches. Semi-realistic drawing style as I see it.

Well done, I suppose.

Not sure if you're looking for feedback but sketches are harder to give feedback on, so I'll just say that.
Title: Re: NSFW Ryan's Revived Sketchbook
Post by: Ryan on March 10, 2016, 11:19:53 AM: I'll always appreciate feedback as well as criticism, beautiful sir.
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Post by: Suuper-san on April 07, 2016, 03:26:23 PM: the hand is really well done, for a sketch :P
you got the balance of shade nicely.
i havent done much digital work decently i went back to basics with pen again, might try some more again though, youve inspired me :P
Title: Re: NSFW Ryan's Revived Sketchbook
Post by: Ryan on April 08, 2016, 11:25:36 PM: digital is always fun because im lazy. These are from one session tonight of sketching. Just drawing whatever comes to mind, no judging (the ideas) and just going with the flow. Some I spent more time on, you should be able to tell there.
(http://i.imgur.com/FpF4oK6.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/uKQVplU.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/pwPwssS.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/8QnNBrI.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/mh4LAid.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/QfjXEsN.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/J4QLCjp.jpg)
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Post by: Killer B !!SAMA!! on April 09, 2016, 12:56:51 AM: Manga style hha nc i like the 6th cause of the lines 4th also
Title: Re: NSFW Ryan's Revived Sketchbook
Post by: Suuper-san on April 09, 2016, 02:10:08 AM: i love the last two because they are the most manga-ized i have ever seen you draw, well done :P
i like the flow and energy that the other poses have, despite being sketchy, they are very real.
Title: Re: NSFW Ryan's Revived Sketchbook
Post by: Walter B on April 09, 2016, 03:18:17 PM: those are some really cool sketches

love the baseball bat guy

keep it up! :D
Title: Re: NSFW Ryan's Revived Sketchbook
Post by: Ryan on July 22, 2016, 01:18:36 AM: (http://i.imgur.com/hLUqxkF.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/QBO3FOY.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/CXADnaG.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/ERRg3UC.jpg)

Instead of hording everything I do, I'm going to start posting (hopefully consistently) some stuff. It's usually me looking around at others' pictures here on the forum. Since I've been a little bit more active recently I met as well post what I'm up to, so the circle of communication/viewing can finally occur.

As to what I'm doing, I'm not currently pursuing my interest in manga because I've joined up with a small game development group. We're all in over our heads; but, currently, making work for that, and any efforts of improvement need to be made with it in mind > .>.

With that said, enjoy some of the silly stuff I did tonight. There's some character silhouettes there as I continue to struggle with designing characters.
Title: Re: NSFW Ryan's Revived Sketchbook
Post by: Ryan on July 24, 2016, 12:22:45 AM: (http://i.imgur.com/aXR02bj.jpg)(http://i.imgur.com/9FbKo6c.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/oYwS3dR.jpg)(http://i.imgur.com/ZKiZOB9.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/BUNtZMr.jpg)

Some sketches from recently. Hope you enjoy them :sure:
Title: Re: NSFW Ryan's Revived Sketchbook
Post by: DBNext on July 24, 2016, 03:18:22 PM: Enjoyed looking through your recent stuff, you seem more dedicated than ever.
Your recent post looks great. The first 2 drawings give me a Dark Souls/Bloodborne vibe, though that's probably because those games managed to sneak into my nightmares.
Keep it up!
Title: Re: NSFW Ryan's Revived Sketchbook
Post by: Suuper-san on August 16, 2016, 05:30:15 AM: nice colourings, that robot is really detailledly done!
Title: Dumping thee sketcheroos
Post by: Ryan on October 22, 2016, 06:52:50 PM: Soo, I got an iPad and it takes pretty decent photos...so I really have no excuse to not post. I'll only be doing traditional drawings for some time.
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(http://66.media.tumblr.com/7551a617c242a0752d382a5ad3af8738/tumblr_ofh07oQYCL1u687czo1_1280.jpg)(http://66.media.tumblr.com/f40c782478592999ab032bacb5d7b83d/tumblr_ofh07oQYCL1u687czo2_1280.jpg)(http://67.media.tumblr.com/98719ce64eb8899854ff69cf2a36de19/tumblr_ofh07oQYCL1u687czo3_1280.jpg)(http://67.media.tumblr.com/b4a13ede98b900f67498b667cfa05fcf/tumblr_ofh07oQYCL1u687czo4_1280.jpg)(http://66.media.tumblr.com/71747dbe69a539c72954a43079359f72/tumblr_ofh07oQYCL1u687czo5_1280.jpg)(http://67.media.tumblr.com/38360f66680f3f5daa826552bcd44bb5/tumblr_ofh07oQYCL1u687czo6_1280.jpg)
I'm not going to be that selective with what to post. Mistakes happen, I don't feel like hiding them.
Title: Re: NSFW Ryan's Revived Sketchbook
Post by: Suuper-san on October 23, 2016, 03:36:14 AM: nice. i like the realism detail you put into the faces mostly, and the shading is nice although sketchy crosshatching.
i think the hands need guidelines!
and yeah, if i didnt post my mistakes i would probably have never posted at all haha :P
keep it up!
Title: Re: NSFW Ryan's Revived Sketchbook
Post by: legomaestro on October 23, 2016, 05:44:55 AM: That camera is indeed on point.

Love these sketches Ryan. I love the expressions that appear when you add lots of blacks, and the hatching looks pretty sweet. Pen and ink for the win.
Title: Re: NSFW Ryan's Revived Sketchbook
Post by: Ryan on January 24, 2017, 10:33:52 PM: Thanks guys!

I think i'll get back into posting things. Going to learn to draw comics for real this time. Oh, who am I kidding. Here's some sketches and some panels for a page I'm doing.

(http://i.imgur.com/tPIGfe8.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/HRizKRz.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/1WgawMo.jpg)
Title: Re: NSFW Ryan's Revived Sketchbook
Post by: Nairbons on January 24, 2017, 10:52:36 PM: Nice nice nice nice. Sketchdumps like these are the kind of thing that makes me feel alive, and it's all the more profound when the art is great on top of that. Keep making these arts! You are much too good of an art-maker to stop.
Title: Re: NSFW Ryan's Revived Sketchbook
Post by: MahluaandMilk on January 25, 2017, 02:20:38 AM: Man, I love seeing your work around. It may make Nair feel alive, but it motivates me to keep doing my own versions of sketches on a more frequent basis. Sadly, I'm starting to find very little time between work and school. Maybe I can take one of my sketchbooks around and start doing gesture drawings of people while in transit places, but that would make me feel a little creepy.
Title: Re: NSFW Ryan's Revived Sketchbook
Post by: legomaestro on January 27, 2017, 08:37:22 AM: Dude you're doing comics at last!? Dooo eeet. What sort of story are you looking to make? Fantasy?

Love the sketches too man. And you should post more often
Title: Re: NSFW Ryan's Revived Sketchbook
Post by: Ryan on February 10, 2017, 11:55:22 PM: These drawings are from about 2 weeks ago up until ~3 days ago I think. I'll have more images to post Sunday.

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(http://i.imgur.com/rttn7JB.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/HtKL0nh.jpg)
(http://[img]http://i.imgur.com/03ak4Zr.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/3nGuGMO.jpg)

COPIES
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(http://i.imgur.com/uUTMgm4.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/gz1Gh0Z.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/lwuRQnX.jpg)

STUDIES(based off photo reference, but changed or exaggerated) or LIFE
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(http://i.imgur.com/hTOqap5.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/AFng5nj.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/FQdcJ5J.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/c05TGzJ.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/Ui7emx0.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/LAcMtSl.jpg)

ORIGINAL/IMAGINATION
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(http://i.imgur.com/rxqpt0N.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/atHkZTV.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/OaaSHJs.jpg)(http://i.imgur.com/w5dDsZ2.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/2zc9k23.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/uKENwnE.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/VGm6l6Y.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/0L04K2Q.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/vr600Ew.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/mTcIq3i.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/0fl6Vtm.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/6HPMvTV.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/5yFTuT8.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/josiemA.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/plFkKMr.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/yaYCu1T.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/vwe5cnu.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/YoR3yl9.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/lktH7b3.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/b6JkYXL.jpg)

@Nairbons: I know what you mean. I've always liked looking at people's sketchdumps. I hope to get much better very fast, haha. Watch out :thumbsup:

@MahluaandMilk: Thanks! Sketches are really good to do. There's a lot to think about in terms of character design for expressing what you want to. Gesture drawings of people in transit is pretty good, or a cafe. Drawing your friends and family is always an option, I did that for some of the life studies.

@legomaestro: Yes! Well, for now I'm revving up to get ready. I'm not really sure what kind of story, but it'll be a serious story I think. Fantasy, maybe, but it could be realistic as well. I'll try to post more, but that means less time to draw, haha.
Title: Re: NSFW Ryan's Revived Sketchbook
Post by: MahluaandMilk on February 11, 2017, 01:30:26 AM: I see you, back of the head angles. Ugh, those give me so much hell. Good on you for being able to pull those off so well. I've also noticed in a lot of your original works that the head size is much larger than the body. Not sure why I am just seeing this.
Title: Re: NSFW Ryan's Revived Sketchbook
Post by: legomaestro on February 11, 2017, 05:48:45 AM: Awesome stuff Ryan. Love how you know all the right planes to shade and the like, and there's a nice 3d element to all of them.

Jeez louise that's a sketch dump and a half. You've been busy.

Like the expressions a lot too.
Title: Re: NSFW Ryan's Revived Sketchbook
Post by: a on February 12, 2017, 06:16:24 PM: Your anatomy and shading is neat. I think you're still struggling with faces though. Make sure when you're drawing hair, to use quick strokes & that the hair is following the form. When rendering the hair, treat it more like ribbons, your highlights are a bit funky.

I also think it will be worthwhile to re-study the jaw & lips area. You're pushing them out too far sometimes imo.

Nice to see your work again
Title: Re: NSFW Ryan's Revived Sketchbook
Post by: Ryan on November 21, 2018, 11:29:31 PM: Wew. I'm cringing at my old drawings. Anyways, I'm back at it again. A bit rusty as I haven't drawn in a couple days. I want to learn to draw cute things so that's my new focus starting from this post. I hope to document my progress and practice from here on. 1hr 40min, no references used this time.
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(https://i.imgur.com/4haL9Vd.jpg)
Title: Re: NSFW Ryan's Revived Sketchbook
Post by: MahluaandMilk on November 21, 2018, 11:48:09 PM: There's something emerging in these newer ones, especially the chibis, that vaguely reminds me of another artist, but I'm not sure I can place it. Soul Eater's manga, maybe?

Regardless, it's nice to see you at work again. I've missed your feedback and presence around here. I hope to be seeing more of your stuff and advice soon.
Title: Re: NSFW Ryan's Revived Sketchbook
Post by: Suuper-san on November 22, 2018, 05:13:25 AM: @Ryan for just short of 2 hours thats some great dynamic sketches there. aha Cute and Chibi, huh. love it. my advice would be to keep the details simpler than a normal drawing. chibi hands especially tend to be blob hands, and only gain digits when needed for pointing and so on. that being said, I like the way you've going with the large hands, it reminds me of something but I can't place it. keep it up, and experimentation is key for exploring new styles. you don't want to end up drawing generic stuff like everyone else so push those boundaries!

great to see your art here again, yeah old drawings can make us cringe, but hey the harder we cringe the more we've improved right.
and if you get rusty for not drawing in a couple of days, I don't even want to know what I get after a couple of months of not drawing!
Title: Re: NSFW Ryan's Revived Sketchbook
Post by: Coryn on November 22, 2018, 07:49:13 AM: Nice to see your work again Ryan! Brings a warmth to my cold dead heart to watch artists who haven't posted art in a long time post their art again.

I do like the Chibis too! They're very expressive!
Title: Re: NSFW Ryan's Revived Sketchbook
Post by: legomaestro on November 22, 2018, 06:01:48 PM: Dude long time no see. Like it's been ages man. Also those chibis are über expressive. This is really great stuff man! Love how your shading works. You should do more.

Also a cringe at old art is a win for your new art. You've gotten better then.

Please, keep at it man!
Title: Re: NSFW Ryan's Revived Sketchbook
Post by: Ryan on April 27, 2019, 07:23:42 PM: Thanks for the feedback everyone.

For awhile, I wanted to be an illustrator for a living. I also went to university for art. I graduated last year in May.

The stress of trying to appeal to more a general audience, and the need to make more commercially appealing art got to me. I also needed to get a job and start making money, pressures from the family. That plays a big part.

I'm fortunate to not be in debt, and I have an internship now in another field I like, which is also less competitive.

I'm now treating myself as a hobbyist. I can do the weird, experimental things I've wanted to do for awhile now that probably won't lead to getting freelance work. I can just improve my skills, learn whatever new subject matter I want without needing to work on a portfolio.

I'll try to stick around longer this time.

Here's some semi-recent stuff, done just for the sake of drawing.

(https://i.imgur.com/uJ4g8Mb.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/sBhkNfi.jpg)
Title: Re: NSFW Ryan's Revived Sketchbook
Post by: Suuper-san on April 28, 2019, 07:32:51 AM: nice stuff. Yeah having a job certainly slowed down my art progress just for lack of time, but having stable income can certainly reduce stress while you pursue the art skill you want. well done for graduating at uni.
that last piece is super expressive, I can imagine a whole manga in that style. amazing what well placed scribbly lines can do.
looking forward to having you around.
Title: Re: NSFW Ryan's Revived Sketchbook
Post by: Ryan on April 29, 2019, 12:55:07 AM: Thanks man, I'm glad to be around too.. The key is to create variety in tone with the scribbles and to make sure there's still a lot of white space overall. It can be good to pick a side of a form, and say it's the shadow side—and put the majority of the scribbly lines there.

I've been looking at kimetsu no yaiba a lot. The author uses scribbly lines to fill in the eyes. I love it. Anyways, I'll show more of what I'm doing with that in a different thread.

I thought it would be fun to put the sketch layer right next to the drawings I make on top. I'll be indicating this with an arrow.

(https://i.imgur.com/iwZbF6a.jpg)
Title: Re: NSFW Ryan's Revived Sketchbook
Post by: Suuper-san on May 28, 2019, 04:16:22 PM: whoops missed your reply. I haven't done much cross hatching or line shading for ages so I@ll be sure to try out different approaches when I get round to it next.

nice improvement on the top one. I'm still trying to work out a good detail balance for a first/second/third sketch, and when in the iterations and resolving the sketch do I add each set of details. it's fun stuff.
Title: Re: NSFW Ryan's Revived Sketchbook
Post by: Ryan on January 26, 2020, 09:02:58 PM: Been putting off updating this for a while. I made a collection of the stuff I did during the second half of 2019. Was kind of a difficult year. Hoping for a better one this time.

I realized that I don't really have any desire to tell stories with my art, or even really to write fiction. It's a notion that I've had for a while, that is, doing these things. But, I think it came more out of adoration and enjoyment in consuming media.

For as long as I can remember, I have had a lifeless imagination. There are no characters interacting there. No great yarn that I must spin. Aphantasia makes it like this. To me, the idea of spending countless hours on story seems like a gruesome, frustrating hell. I wonder why it took me so long to realize.

Indeed, it's the case that I feel much like a fake whenever I try to tell or make stories. The characters seem to fall lifelessly on the page. Perhaps I will put effort in telling stories again one day for the sake of sucking at it. But it's no longer a real artistic goal for me. I wonder, what the fascination is in something I have never done for fun. I suppose the naivete was expecting something I didn't enjoy doing to some day become enjoyable. I have caused much pain to myself, procrastinating on the notion of stories, as a person that at the core isn't interested in telling stories.

What now, then? I am considering to create manga-inspired artwork and to sell it. Originals and prints. I wonder if people will be interested in my inhuman tastes in art. You see, at the core I cannot shake off the feeling of meaningless I have for art. I'm convinced I don't experience art like the common person might. However, I feel that this reflects the nature of our absurd and beautiful world. Yes, in a way I feel that turning the absurd into something beautiful is something that may come naturally to me.

Anyways, I still don't know what this art will look like, as I've only gotten started.

But, here's some stuff that I did before, messing around with using spaced repetition for doing studies. I'll talk about it more if I do more. I started out with the idea of doing 5-minute ones, but realized that is not enough time and moved up to 10 minutes.

Anyways, for a disclaimer, you should click on the images below to open them in a new tab.

I also decided to do 5-minute sketches as a practice. My goal was to get to 500 sketches. It's not really something I'm aiming to complete, but we'll see.
5-minute sketches > (http://i.imgur.com/OafX9E4.jpg) (https://imgur.com/OafX9E4)
10-minute spaced repetition studies(http://i.imgur.com/OuQYE0E.jpg) (https://imgur.com/OuQYE0E)
5-minute spaced repetition studies(http://i.imgur.com/7SHbdVk.jpg) (https://imgur.com/7SHbdVk)

Link to 2019 collection.
https://mega.nz/#F!DFZilYRS!R-EdgyLJr6shuKntBjG_5w (https://mega.nz/#F!DFZilYRS!R-EdgyLJr6shuKntBjG_5w)
Title: Re: NSFW Ryan's Revived Sketchbook
Post by: Coryn on January 26, 2020, 10:45:45 PM: Hrm, that seems to be quite the headspace you've got yourself in there Ryan. I can certainly sympathize with a lack of willingness to create stories, although I can't really understand what you mean by the "inhuman" part of it. I suppose not getting a ride out of art is fine as long as you don't have a total lack of emotion for all things to go alongside it. But I would hope that you take some enjoyment out of it somehow, even if it's different from how you perceive most people to.
Title: Re: NSFW Ryan's Revived Sketchbook
Post by: Ryan on January 27, 2020, 02:19:09 AM: Well, I should be clear. When I say "art", I am really only referring to visual art that stands alone; e.g. stuff you may come across browsing online art galleries. The way I experience mixed mediums; comics, animation, television, etc. is for the most part normal.

Anyways, inhuman is maybe the wrong word. What does it mean for something to be "human" is largely undefined in the first place. What I mean is that I don't have taste that could be considered typical.

Take for example Samura Hiroaki's "love of the brute" art collection. I imagine the average person would find such artwork questionable. But, I find it to be valuable art and have no problems with it. It's not PG-13 work, so you'll have to google it if you want to see what I mean.

I think I like art that is well-drawn (visually appealing) and has some sort of implied story to it. Story serves to give the viewer a reason to explore the image, but I don't think the specifics of the story matter much to me. Story is really just the fact that something is happening in the image, or something already happened.

Subject matter is also not usually important to me. The first two qualities are what usually matter. I think this is unusual.

When it comes to art, the feeling of meaningless comes from the fact that I am very open to the subject matter. If the subject matter could be anything for me, then where does art possess "meaning"? What should the subject matter of my painting be? As a result, I came to the conclusion of making art where the subject matter of the piece holds no greater meaning, and is perhaps even absurd or undefined.

Well, my thoughts are still confused, and this current viewpoint will probably change over time.. But I know from a research study that every viewer brings their own history, personality, and values when it comes to valuing artwork. How many people will come to the same conclusion that I have?

How many people will get behind this notion of subject matter not mattering? I suppose, this is what I wonder. But I know that I will be bothered if the extent of my motivation in making art is to simply make visually appealing artwork. That's why I have a feeling that I should explore this idea of subject matter not mattering.
Title: Re: NSFW Ryan's Revived Sketchbook
Post by: Coryn on January 30, 2020, 11:01:27 PM: Honestly it sounds like you're dancing on the edge of some new school of art man, or at the very least least the edge of one I've never heard of before (are we beyond post-post modernism yet? I have no idea). I think your thoughts have a place, and I am definitely starting to get more of what you're trying to say. I don't have the vocabulary to say it either, but I think the concept of stories mattering but not the subject matter is a line worth exploring.
Title: Re: NSFW Ryan's Revived Sketchbook
Post by: Ryan on February 04, 2020, 08:48:20 PM: Mmmmm...I was watching some videos on Eric Andre. His comedy could be described as absurdist. I think there are some connections there with what I want to do.

I've been a bit busy with other stuff lately so I haven't drawn for a couple days. I'm happy with how these drawings turned out though. I'm trying to put as much focus on the silhouette as possible, and putting details off until the end. I guess I'm trying to build drawings that are solid and appealing even when there's not much going on.

I think I've had the tendency in the past to fill up my drawings with as much nuanced linework, "skillful" anatomy, and detail as possible. Perhaps it was to try to make the drawing look "cooler" when I didn't think they were cool enough.

I have also put too much emphasis in the past on drawing in an automatic way, heavily relying on muscle memory to draw things. So, I would have trouble when I would try to draw things with a different procedure or out-of-order. Perhaps my perceptions and knowledge has simply improved enough, but I'm able to build from basic shapes/forms into the complex shapes/forms much more easily now.

I'm starting to understand that the "cool" feeling to a drawing can be felt from a very simple, uncomplicated drawing.

This animator and his videos is who I have to thank for realizing the importance of silhouette.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtQeL5Ii2d0

(https://i.imgur.com/IDrjZ0O.jpg)
Title: Re: NSFW Ryan's Revived Sketchbook
Post by: Suuper-san on February 08, 2020, 07:10:52 AM: great sketches Ryan and good to see you challenging yourself to be more creative. A nice range of sketches and angles and poses.
And good to see you're learning new things.
Title: Re: NSFW Ryan's Revived Sketchbook
Post by: Ryan on August 21, 2020, 01:45:39 PM: thanks suuper, yeah there's always a tons of stuff to work on haha.

cleaned out some files on my laptop so i figured i would upload some sketches here. i compiled it all into one image. basically sketches and you can see i was practicing with the loomis method for drawing heads, also tried to copy the style of a head from welcome to the ballroom

(https://i.imgur.com/SLfCoIL.jpg)
Title: Re: NSFW Ryan's Revived Sketchbook
Post by: Suuper-san on August 31, 2020, 03:55:17 PM: good stuff Ryan
that copy is spot on! I've done a few serious copies but to get a perfect copy is jolly hard :D
and then to superimpose the original to see how much you mucked up is very painful!

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