Mittwoch, 30. Januar 2013

Sketchbook pages

30.01.2013:

Sketchbook pages and yeah it's definitively a bad idea to paint with copics on one side and with graphite on the other ò.O

sketchbook page (graphite pencil + copic markers)

sketchbook page (graphite pencil + copic markers)

Samstag, 26. Januar 2013

Little mermaid

26.01.2013:

Slowly but continuously :D

95% from imagination (photoshop cs5)

sketchbook page (pencil + copic markers)

Freitag, 25. Januar 2013

Little Mermaid

25.01.2013:

Redid the mermaids body, because it looked totally wrong in case of values and structure. Like it much better this way. The farther I go with this image the more intimidating it get's. But I'm still in time. So let's see how it will turn out in the end.

95% from imagination (photoshop cs5)

I also doodled a little bit in the evening...

sketchbook page (graphite pencil + copic markers)

sketchbook page (graphite pencil)

concept (colored pencil)



Donnerstag, 24. Januar 2013

Little mermaid

24.01.2013:

Today I added the corals and the little creature thingies and also started to block in the colors. You can't see any of them because I will first render it in grayscale and then switch them back on and do refinement. Til now all rendering is without the use of any references. But when I see the thumbnail I think I have to do it again tomorrow...with references xD

95% imagination (photoshop cs5)

Mittwoch, 23. Januar 2013

Little mermaid

23.01.2013:

And this was day two on the road to my first finished personal illustration. Today I didn't achieve that much. But it's going onwards :) I fixed some proportion and anatomy issues. Especially in case of the hands. And started to add the "magic". In this case there has to happen a lot more refinement. But every step onward is one step closer to my goal. So see yah tomorrow :)

95% from imagination (photoshop cs5)

sketchbook page; from imagination (graphite + copic markers)


Dienstag, 22. Januar 2013

Little mermaid

22.01.2013:

Hi everyone, my boyfriend reminded me yesterday that it might be time, that I finish one of my pieces instead of only studying all the time. So I started to refine this one: [initial sketch] [color scheme]

I find it really intimidating to do a whole piece, so I decided to do it in little steps. First outlines, determine light sources, draw light and shadow areas with lines, doing gray scale and last but not least colors. It's still a really big task, so let's see how far I get. Oh and time limit are two weeks from today on...so...yeah :D

95% from imagination (photoshop cs5)

Sonntag, 20. Januar 2013

Female Anatomy

20.01.2013:

So like promised here are some anatomy studies, focusing on the torso area. Also trying to understand the underlying muscles and bones. I started doing photo studies and then tried to draw the same girl again, only this time from my memory without looking at the photo reference or my drawing of it. Also I'm still trying to figure out how I can give volume in photoshop without going into detail and spending to much time on it. I think I'm getting slowly the hang of it :3 Ah, and I traced the outline by the photoshop photo study, because it wasn't the kind of study I was going for.

warm up page + memory training (colored pencil + graphite pencil 6B)

memory training (copic markers + graphite pencil 6B)

random stuff from imagination, ref and life (copic markers + graphite pencil 6B)

doodles (graphite pencil 6B)

photo study, concentrating on creating volume through focusing on light and shadow areas and transitions (photoshop cs5)



Samstag, 19. Januar 2013

Be true with yourself

19.01.2013:

Decided to tackle human anatomy again. So I tried to draw some girls from imagination, so I would see where the biggest problem areas are and with the start of tomorrow I'm back to studying :)

from imagination (colored pencil)

Montag, 14. Januar 2013

Doodle time

14.01.2013:

Yesterday I finished my qualifying test. I think I did a good job, so let's see if it was enough :)

doodles (graphite pencil 6B)

Freitag, 11. Januar 2013

Pirate

11.01.2013:

EDIT:
And here now the final rendering with border and background :3

final rendering (photoshop cs5)

Donnerstag, 10. Januar 2013

Warm up

10.01.2013:

30 min gesture drawing class (graphite pencil 6B)

30 min gesture drawing class (graphite pencil 6B)

30 min gesture drawing class (graphite pencil 6B)

EDIT:
Rendering of the pirate - halftime

unfinished rendering (photoshop cs5)

Mittwoch, 9. Januar 2013

Warm up

9.01.2013:

30 min gesture drawing class (graphite pencil 6B)

30 min gesture drawing class (graphite pencil 6B)

30 min gesture drawing class (graphite pencil 6B)

EDIT:
Sketches for the anchor and saber symbol.

figuring out the shapes (pencil)

base for anchor (photoshop cs5)

half of the rendering + background sketch (graphite pencil + photoshop cs5)

final rendering (graphite pencil)

concepts for saber (photoshop cs5)

first version (graphite pencil)

final version (graphite pencil)


Dienstag, 8. Januar 2013

Warm up

8.01.2013:

30 min gesture drawing class (graphite pencil 6B)

30 min gesture drawing class (graphite pencil 6B)

30 min gesture drawing class (graphite pencil 6B)

EDIT:
Today I did the sketch for the pirate ship symbol.

figuring out the shapes of a pirate ship (pencil)

concept (pencil)

base for the wheel (photoshop cs5)

wheel (graphite pencil)

first version (graphite pencil)

second version (graphite pencil)

final version (graphite pencil)

Montag, 7. Januar 2013

Qualifying test

7.01.2013:

I'm currently working on a qualifying test for a job I applied to :3
I will show you what I did, after I got feedback. So wish me luck :)

So you will only see my warm ups for the next week...

30 min gesture drawing class (graphite pencil 6B)


30 min gesture drawing class (graphite pencil 6B)

EDIT:
So now here is the stuff I did today for the qualifying test. Task is to draw a pirate and three symbols (ship, anchor, saber). For all of those I have to do sketches and for the pirate and one symbol I have to do a full rendering in photoshop. I gave me 'til next monday for this task.

gestures and base model (pencil)


putting clothes on (pencil)

defining colors (photoshop cs5)


doing traditional rendering (graphite pencil)

thumbnail for ship (graphite pencil)