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Posted at May 13, 2005, 2:13 pm:

Hello! My name is Ivan, I am 19 years old. I Adore drawing but unfortunately I have not any formal art training. I hope you will criticize my works. I will be very thankful because I really would like to perfect my drawing skills. My only source of information by now were Andrew Loomis' books and and some other tutorials I had found on internet.


Here is an anatomy study of a hand (my reference: Andrew Loomis' book "Drawing heads and hands")



Another anatomy drawing (my reference: Andrew Loomis' book "Successful drawing")


Just a sketch of a horse


A portrait of one of my friends (it does not resemble to her at all, but I find it nice and decided to post it)


My English teacher (I will post a picture of her below for a comparison)



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Replies:

andrew loomis.

Thanks for encouraging me!

formal training LOL - ive never eva been formally trained, what i can ...

well, you're off to a good start.

Thanks for the advice, rick_hershey! You are right, I sometimes smudge...

A new portrait to my sketchbook The reference picture is below.

Hey, I think is looking better.

Rick_hershey thanks for visiting my sketchbook again! I will try to po...

An anatomy study I don't like that is so exaggerated but I really ...

i will agree with hershey on that, also.

Thanks a lot for the advice.

A blocky head

nose is a little off.

A skull that I have drawn from a photo.

exactly what my friend above said do some quick warm up studies they w...

ok, the skull these will be general crits.

Caligula, thanks for visiting my sketchbook so often and giving me use...

A camel

I did some quick sketches today.

Good stuff man.

Thanks, ChaoticKnight! I will try that some day.

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Another arm I used a book as a reference.

Whoa another one who does anatomy studies! Welcome to the club, dude! ...

hello again, one probelm i see with this drawing.

~Faust~ thank you for commenting! I did not placed the drawing quite w...

I have been drawing some animals recently.

Another horse drawing I used a picture in the book 'The art of anim...

hello again ivan, the horse(the standing one) looks great and the tu...

Thanks caligula! I am very glad that you think I am improving! Just a ...

A coyote and a bison skull.

Well, now that we're in a Sketchbook Support Group.

hey man, that "dynamic hands" author, is by a man called Bur...

Hi Ivan, Those books of loomis are excellent.

Ivan, Good start, can see improvement from the start here, your obe...

Yeah, guys you are right I spend too much time on a single drawing but...

A gorilla from a photo A creature that I designed, I did not use ...

Sorry, guys I spend a lot of time as usual on my drawing today, but I ...

Art_Addict mentioned that I should sketch without moving my wrist.

Ivan , i didn't meant that you have to lock your wrist, hehe I mean...

very interesting creature - I'd like to see it fleshed out and get the...

if the form & structure isn't well done at first, you will never h...

I tried to do some quick sketches today, I took a photo of a chimp and...

I'll be honest, I like the quick sketches much more than the longer pi...

I decided to follow your advice GriNGoLoCo.

GriNGoLoCo recommended me the books of Burne Hogarth so I draw another...

Very quick sketch done with a pen

Nice work man, but try working lighter when doing the skecthes like th...

Thanks for the comments, Andy.

Another anatomy drawing (I used as a ref.

Great study, but (and bear in mind that I haven't looked at the ref pi...

Pretty good stuff.

although you have some nice renderings from 'dynamic anatomy'.

Sorry guys I wasn't posting for a long time! I had a very unpleasant e...

yeah, you gotta watch out for private art teachers.

Put in your skeleton first, then build up from there.

glikster e prav, mnogo vnimavai s tezi uchiteli.

Here it is another study.

Hey Ivan: I think the muscle drawings are great, those are made to ...

Hey Ivan, I think something that might help is to emphasize the volume...

One hint : Drawing from a reference book is one thing, drawing from ...

I haven't posted since a long time ago.

Well welcome back to concept art, and as hard as it may sound you have...

i like your camal

Try to be a bit more accurate in your studies.

Wow our SSG are a bunch of Hogarth whores.

heh, "hogarth whores", i laughed out loud.

Some creatures concepts This is a quick 3D mo...

Wow 3d modeling huh, thats what i'm studying here in SF, and just to c...

hi ivan! i think your line quality has improved a lot.

I would agree with the falling over bit, you'll probably need to bend ...

I will try to draw more from life because I think that I am not progre...

hi, great you're drawing from life.

Just draw from life whenever you can, but often enough so that your dr...

I started my first ever digital painting.

Hey Ivan, I would just like to note that your progress from the begin...

Hey Ivan, just checking in on your sketchbook, your first digital pain...

yup, i second what ashrumm and pheep said before.

Edit: I forgot to look at your 2nd page.

an update Yes ashrumm I am using Photoshop CS2 ad I am using wacom ...

Hey Ivan, whats going on I was wondering if you had checked out the ph...

Sup Ivan.

I am pretty unhappy with all my drawings these days but anyway I will ...

i really like your drawing of the monkey toy.

Oops I forgot about it.

oh, very cool! dunno about finally finished though.

Hey Ivan i see you're into 3d modeling as well what software are you u...

Kool looking model looks slimey.

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Hey Ivan hows it going man i really like this recent update i think ou...

hey ivan! plant is my favourite, too.

The line-art was done in illustrator with my crappy mouse some months...

Very good to see you've drawn some stuff from lifr my fave is also the...

I'd like to see more of digital stuff from you, as well as more life d...

OK ashrumm I will post some more digital drawings and paintings.

like your passion for the arts, great to see you're so interested in e...

a life drawings of bananas.

The plant and shell look really good.

I really like the parrot and its good that you have multiple interests...

I'm impressed with your vector drawing skills also Ivan.

I did not post for some days because I was doing some exercises on hat...

Very good to see you taking steps to define midtones to shadow.

ah, you picked a tough thing to practise.

Yeah i've moved away from ink myself, But i will eventually get back ...

a weird painting I painted in PS.

Whatever it is, you're off to a good start with the blending i need to...

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hey ivan! good to see you're switching media again.

It's nice to just experiment with different forms even if it's not for...

nice work man, that 3d rendering and the lines-only parrot are just ve...

Vervy cool tree branch Ivan i can see you're really understanding form...

Hey GriNGoLoCo thanks for leaving me a comment! Yeah stine the bra...

This is a painting still in progress I will post updates soon.

very good start of that penguin.

Yup that's a good start Ivan.

ah, a very good sketchbook!! its good to see your doing stilllife/refe...

An update of the penguin painting.

The ears for the SSG assignment.

Hey Ivan i've been missing alot over here, wow that penguin is hot stu...

Ashrumm I have written that i have drawn them from life.

I see, well drawing from life isn't the only way to learn how to draw ...

Yeah finaly page 3! I am proud with myself A vase drawn from life

Oh I am so exited I have now a real skull! Not a plastic one but real ...

I constructed this from wooden blocks then I have drawn it.

hey ivan! welcome to page 3 from me, too! wow, that's a little creep...

Oh yeah we collect human body parts for our studies Stine I suggest yo...

I have done a favour to one surgeon and she was so thankful that I was...

haha, nii! almost spilled my morning coffee.

I creature concept I started tonight in PS.

Hi Ivan.

hey ivan! as nii said, your digis getting better and better.

Stine thanks for the advice, but I can't paint environments well and p...

Someone beens busy, i like your skulls and your light studies are awes...

An update of the warrior sketch above

hey ivan, looking good! the head may be a bit big.

Well stine you are right.

Good progress, great that you fixed the head.

Yo ivan, sorry I haven't commented in awhile.

much better! i like the dynamic of the "skirt" and the fea...

I'm glad to see you're still working on the tablet great work here.

Thanks for your comments! Skeiff I have a lot of anatomy books includi...

Very cool Ivan my only critique would be quantity, I think you should ...

hey ivan! are you going to work on the warrior? cause i really liked w...

Stine inspired me to try to repaint digitally an old master's painting...

hey ivan.

Another hand from life.

I really like the portrait you you did from a master and your hands ar...

Nice studies of the skull Ivan.

I started it over and now I think it is much much better

much, much better, ivan! i'm really glad you didn't give up on this pa...

Good to see you stayed motivated enough to redo the study, good on ya ...

Your do over is much much much better than your first attempt way to i...

Here is the uptate!

hey ivan! getting better and better and the blending seems to work jus...

I see youve blended some of the blocking in Ivan, one thing that stand...

A huge update this time 12 drawings! This is a vase made of a br...

wow, you've been busy! cool hand studies, ivan.

I usually work on A3 format, but most of the time I do not use the who...

here is the update

Great hand and skull studies (man I'd kill for a skull to draw, hmmmm ...

thanks for the info, ivan.

A new creature

Looking good.

nice work going here.

Thanks for your comments! Lord Blue, actually I have drawn my own ...

Another sketch of the skull.

hey ivan! somehow the perspective looks off, i guess.

Well Ivan, Stine mentioned it PERSPECTIVE.

A new 3D creature concept.

An abstract drawing that I made using color pencils and ink.

hey ivan! cute little creature there.

That digitial painting of yours turned out pretty awesome.

Some vector art.

Good stuff Ivan.

A portrait from photo.

hey ivan! wondeful vectors you've got here.

How great blending on your last portrait Stine is right the eyes look ...

Cool Ivan! I'm digging the last portrait.

An oil painting of the skull.

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