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Max, looks like you are becoming quite confident with faces, good job!


Some stuff for work:


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[Naeem]

watmough> thanks a bunch! great road. the lightings realistic. did u use chalk/pastels?
mr. spooge> as always, u astound me. beautiful work.
octavian> nice dude. thanks for the compliment. im trying my hardest to improve before i apply for colleges next year .
matthew & chris> very nice work!
Bjornar> the features on that girl r sharp! great work!
max> o man o man. u did extremely well on that piece man! i know the image of spooges. very very nice!! thanks for the compliment . its appreciated

from ref. i messed up on the wheels. had a hard time with the round stuff

[Chris-Mayernik]

Hey Max your latest is really great. The lower arm could use the same higher value applied to the deltoid region to show more form.


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[Reakshun]

sup ya'll...here's some quickies.

[jo]

max, vyle, rasseltassel > really nice stuff on the last pages back
matthew > too bad to hear about your troubles. Do you feel your current education has been worth it? Obviously your art has improved, but was that because of good teachers/education or because of your hard work?


I'm trying to learn my way around painter and "improve" my brushwork (from 0) at the same time by not drawing a single line while doing so. I had this idea it would force me to concentrate more on the painting.. but it felt a little like trying to build a wood house without nails, so I'm beginning to wonder if it could be that this particular approach to it sucks.

[qinmenfei12]

woooooooooo,Mr.Demon......your powerful man.......great!
not thing could be more happier than touched by such a beauty just get up.......
just confirm me time & again that :DRAWING is the truth.for it makes what you look after come truth!(well,thats what i learn from you master,maybe in the p29X)

[FallDamage]

From a little while ago; working with facial detail. Not speedish, but still incomplete enough to post.

[Reakshun]

jo: I tried that approach when I first came here a couple years back.
I was trying to emulate that "painterly" look I saw, totally abandoning what I "knew" about drawing. Alot of pieces suffered becuz of that...ALOT.
Then, I took a few figure painting classes, and tried that same approach becuz my teachers were telling me to.
More suffering.
Then, I said...you know what...fuck them. Then, I started drawing what I knew and then painting.
Slowly, sometimes, I'd see the color and value right away and just knock it down. Othertimes...still gotta use the drawing.
My suggestion is: if linear drawing is a strong tool of yours...use it. And, with time...you won't have to pull it out so much to build your houses.

[Lunatique]

[FridayEve]

[octavian]

Lunatique: hahaha, I thought you'd know him. I am writing a huge paper on him right now. And since your in China, I thought you would get a kick out of it. I'll check your thread now.

FridayEve: Really nice hands... sn't that an old one? I've seen that before. Is that from a shot in Elizabeth? looks a lot like it.

Trying to simplify... not going too well. maybe I'll never improve.

[seth1]

idiran; Hears a over paint i did on your painting

[MCMA]

Thought I'd share one of my beginner efforts. No tablet yet
I set the timer on 10 minutes every morning and try to paint two or more speedies of the first subject that pops into the head. I do these to get some mileage, pick up speed and learn from each one. Hopefully technique, more interesting ideas and composition will come soon. The main reason I post this is to make your work look so much better last pages been really amazing. You all rock.


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[retro]

inspired by matthew

watmough: um, i dont know, but surely something to think about. i think one thing i struggle with is that i had too much pure line drawing in the beginning, i'm not much of a painter i guess...

jo: those strokes/shapes are great!

spooge: yes, it's probably "just" that.

[Petri.J]

Awesome Retro and Max, and thanks for the tip spooge. It's quite hard to put words in practice, but here's a try.
From the firsht Conan movie.

//edit: Hmm. perhaps I didn't put enough information in the focus point, and perhaps there is already too much information everywhere else.

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[idiran]

nice dark tones Petri...

thanks for the overpaint, seth1.. I like the tires, dunno why I didn't do them
that way in the first place.

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(by the way, can everyone see this? not sure if this server works from outside Finland)

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[Bjornar]

Thanks a lot Max! Your last piece rocks! And Craig Mullins is the artist one should pick for reference for such, yes.
Thanks Annishamad! I forgot, but a couple of weeks ago a saw your web site: Neat. And I really like the illustrations you have there. Nice and atmospheric landscapes that look realistic, but still has an edge to them.

I think your knight is a definitive step in the right direction Octavian, I really like it.
And forgot about pg 603: Balistic I like that, those cartoony mountains are still convincing and the atmosphere is nice.
I love Matthews' church interior.
And Summer Pudding: Nice spaceship, the perspective is really well done as well.

pg 604
I like FridayEve's piece, nice colour values and dynamic!
Nice architecture Falldamage, I like that image.

Nice one Petri.J. I like that face..

I would also like to thank you Spooge Demon for that small tut you gave Octavian, I actually absorbed every word and tried to apply it to this last piece. Craig Mullins, you're doing us great honour by actually bothering to help us out here And I think Octavian has the right attitude, actually banging them right doors to get information. Mr. Mullins, I'm a big fan of your work and whenever I need to expose my brain to quality artwork I pop by http://www.goodbrush.com Your last two pieces here on this tread are simply gorgeous. I admire your work; you are definitely one of this era�s greatest artists. (I just had to get it out because it is the truth, not trying to lick any one�s a** here though)

Best regards to you Craig Mullins,
Bjornar Johansen


I called these hoversharks for the lack of any more imaginative name...

[Nicol�s Uribe]

man i suck at this, but i'm trying to do better...

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[Mark Harris]

Nice stuff everyone.
With all this War of the Worlds hoopla, I got inspired. Sorry about the extreme lack of colour.

[Misc]

wow, this thread has picked up some speed lately, and it's all high quality stuff, so impressive to watch!

spooge, more lessons!
watmough, that road has a nice feeling to it
anni, really like that last guy
chris, last one is very interesting, would e nice to see a more defined version
retro, like it alot!
nicolas, that's great!

[P-Rik]

Mr Spooge ! You give so much wonderfull information at each post !! Your last on is great ^^


Summer preview .... Come on sunny day ...
Like black dress :

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[Swarm]

Nicolas uribe : you are a really great painter!





nice work every one

[Petri.J]

Thanks Idiran and Bjornar, and I agree with bjornar what he said about spooge, I haven't just had the courage to say it out loud.

I'm sorry that I wont post any image, but I just had to reply to P-Rik's painting.
I adore your your style, that's exactly the style I'm looking for, that's just so incredebly beautiful painting. I just HAD to say it. That's all. I'll just go now.

[Inferus]

Its been a while, all the work I've seen is fantastic. We'll Ive finished doing my 224 pg self published Trade Paperback Graphic novel, Called Colossus. it will be available at the san diego comic con. Any way here is a sampling of the book. Not one hours but entirely done digital on my wacom cintiq. Thought I'd share.






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[Matthew]

idiran, nothing fancy but here's a quick overpaint.


thanks again everyone for comments above and on the previous page.

jo, dang I wrote a long answer earlier but it disappeared and the computer hanged up when I posted, oh well.
It was very much worth it and without this experience I would have never become aware of how the art world works. I think it depends on what you are looking for though considering the learning approach, creativity I have learned and the power of experimenting but the modern schools will not teach realism and anatomy.

oh maan I gotta hit the bed
keep up folks