need opinions on my artwork and need new cool ideas of buildings i can draw or things

[Alex Jones]

I agree with Martini. It looks promising. Right now you seem to be doing the majority of your shading w/crosshatch. Time and practice will get you better and more confident in your shading abilities.

Here is one of my drawings in the beginning stages (not much detail added yet) and just the preliminary shading. What you will see is that I go in first and add all the darkest shadows, leaving the rest untouched. Next I will go in and add a more even layer of shadowing to the entire drawing since flesh is never pure white. The result will be the sections of the picture that are currently shaded will be darker because they contain 2 layers of shading.

Below this are a two of my older, finished drawings that give a good example of shading.

I have found the human body is the best place to practice shading. All of the subtle shadows and curves lend themselves to some beautiful shading.

You should check out the link below. It is an artist's community and they have lessons, advice, every resource you could imagine. They also have a library of pictures without a copy-write that you can use as well as information on the legalities when you choose to draw something that has a copy-write.
WetCanvas, artist's community
http://www.wetcanvas.com/


Here are a couple of other sites too.
How to Draw Eyes
http://drawsketch.about.com/library/.../aa010503a.htm
How to Draw Hair
http://drawsketch.about.com/library/.../aa032303a.htm

GOOD LUCK

[spursballer21]

Mouse lets many of us use his account!

allright well then why did u edit my picture etc theres gota be a reason behind it

to the OP, i think you're pretty damn good to be honest. sure you need more practice, as does everyone in the field, and more variety but you definitely have what it takes as long as you have that drive to get better. i like how you're not necessarily outlining your work and using crosshatch to shade it in. realism is always better not outlined, so good job!

keep it up.

thanks i will do it and show u how i improve and my style wont change only harder things and i dont like outlines it looks weird cuz ill make it look like a coloring book page etc.

can you post some of your work?

original poster good work but i ddn"t like the runners left hand the knuckles seem to heavy on the shade. is that normal?

chill i bearly have 5-7 months learning it thats my 3rd drawing in that style
and what do u mean can you some of your work that is my work
everything i do is drawn from pictures

[sabar]

That's pretty epic work for 5-7 months. It will take a few years before you get it down and then you'll think your first stuff looked like garbage.

Just work on fundamentals and ignore mouse and his 407 trolls.

[The Final Countdown]

allright well then why did u edit my picture etc theres gota be a reason behind it

Let me think.........oh yea I was bored! But don't worry some guy wants me to put tila tequila's head on an alien body, and another friend of mine wants a picture of the last supper with the Spurs team having a meal.

That's what people with photo shop do they find pictures on the www and with them you will see after you have been online awhile.

If your worried your priceless sketches will end up on the cover of some Russian sports magazine then before you use ST to showcase your talent you should learn how to use a watermark, or don't post anything on the www if it's private, that is my advise to you, I have found complaining about it will only make you look bad, and new to the www.

Actually you should have felt honored of the 5,550 or so images I see on a daily basis I actually stopped and took the time to with one of yours.

[mouse]

ignore mouse and his 407 trolls.

You need to update your Troll count to 408 I am about to make saladTossersabar TRoll.

[mouse]

That is sooo cool!!!! Thank you for animating my work.

I thought it was the Kids work! I was scrolling the topic in a hurry I had no idea until I saw your quote last night I ed with your artwork.

Your good how come you don't work for law enforcement as a sketch artist?

funny how you like seeing your stuff being manipulated and The Final Countdown is getting the 3rd degree from Mr. Net Nanny

[TDMVPDPOY]

i remember in highschool

the art teacher was the highest paid employee in the school, and i roflmao for the type of she was running during her classes, all you do is fkn draw and talk about other employees behind there backs while students learn jack ....im glad that school ended up shutting down due to financial reasons....

[The Final Countdown]

[JoeChalupa]

Great artwork people. I wish I had 1/4 the talent some of you have.

[clambake]

this stuff is kickass.

i'll take the image and the sofa, please.

[JeopardyGeek]

I'll take "Starving Artists" for 1000, Alex.

[2Blonde]

You have photobucket account?

no, I use imageshack. Why?

[2Blonde]

That is sooo cool!!!! Thank you for animating my work.

I thought it was the Kids work! I was scrolling the topic in a hurry I had no idea until I saw your quote last night I ed with your artwork.

Your good how come you don't work for law enforcement as a sketch artist?

funny how you like seeing your stuff being manipulated and The Final Countdown is getting the 3rd degree from Mr. Net Nanny

I just think it's cool to see another aspect of my work. When I draw it, I see my perspective. When you animated it, I was able to see it in another perspective.

As for working for Law enforcement... I'm too slow & there is a big difference between drawing what you see in a reference picture or your own mind vs. what is just in the mind of someone else. But thank you for the compliment.

[The Final Countdown]

As for working for Law enforcement... I'm too slow.

By the time you finish the sketch of the criminal the statue of limitations would have run out!

[2Blonde]

By the time you finish the sketch of the criminal the statue of limitations would have run out!

True Or I have to age the picture.

[mouse]

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[mouse]

[spursballer21]

That's pretty epic work for 5-7 months. It will take a few years before you get it down and then you'll think your first stuff looked like garbage.

Just work on fundamentals and ignore mouse and his 407 trolls.

yeah i will dont worry right now im working on other buidigns and improving i showed them to my new teacher and she was impressed with what i had done and asked me to some historical buildings around town for a compe ion i hope i do good

Let me think.........oh yea I was bored! But don't worry some guy wants me to put tila tequila's head on an alien body, and another friend of mine wants a picture of the last supper with the Spurs team having a meal.

That's what people with photo shop do they find pictures on the www and with them you will see after you have been online awhile.

If your worried your priceless sketches will end up on the cover of some Russian sports magazine then before you use ST to showcase your talent you should learn how to use a watermark, or don't post anything on the www if it's private, that is my advise to you, I have found complaining about it will only make you look bad, and new to the www.

Actually you should have felt honored of the 5,550 or so images I see on a daily basis I actually stopped and took the time to with one of yours.

allright chill i just wanted to know thanks for editing pics

Great artwork people. I wish I had 1/4 the talent some of you have.

thanks and thanks

wow great editing thanks makes me look at different perspective

[spursballer21]

anyone know of which charchoals to use there is different kinds and which brands cuz there is those of bars,string,and pencil and etc and which other materials r good to make the shading better

[Daniel Plainview]

My good people of the Club, I can't really give a good review on art work in general since I spend most of my days in the oil fields, but I can assure you from what I have seen in this topic, this spursballer21 fella has talent.

[spursballer21]

My good people of the Club, I can't really give a good review on art work in general since I spend most of my days in the oil fields, but I can assure you from what I have seen in this topic, this spursballer21 fella has talent.

thanks alot man that means alot to me i bearly have 5-7 months not sure when exactly i started dedicating to it but around that time
and right now im trying to improve on it as much as i can
im a teen
and right now what im trying to learn is to paint the shades,draw humans and animals fur hair good everything good those r my goals for the year for now
everyone has told me im good so now im embracing my talent and going further with it and using it to maximum level

[Alex Jones]

We need more sketches stop teasing us!!

[spursballer21]

We need more sketches stop teasing us!!

its that good?
lol
it takes time idk when ill get more
im see what i can do ill try as soon as i can to bring something new
what type and kinda stuff would u all like to see?
give me ideas its hard being a artist

[Alex Jones]

Do a sketch of the banner above.