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Posted at February 9, 2006, 8:50 am:

Well, Ive decided that its time for me to start sketching daily and see how much better I can become within a year. Ive developed a style too early without knowing the basics of anatomy etc. and all I can draw is girls with freaky eyes, so therefore I will draw from life as much as I can and study Loomis and Bridgeman and update this sketchbook.
One question though, for learning purposes, is it better to draw from a photograph or from life?

So these are from the end of january to now, Its only this week though that I have really decided to sketch as much as I can. I hope I can get feedback on how to improve and grow most within a year (sorry for the crappy scanner):













Probobly the first self portrait Ive ever drawn











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Thanks for popping into my SB!! very cool sb.

Heres some more, mostly reffed from magazines:

i like your style, jsut noticed that you draw faces sort of sideways t...

Hey man, good start on this sketchbook.

hpslashluvr: thanks! I think it might be because im not lining the ske...

Todays batch of sketches, well, untill my scanner died on me =/ Ill po...

i see some great potential here.

Just keep sketching and keep working at it.

hmm i still think you draw the faces just a little lopsided.

Vimmzy - Thanks, no problem man Matt Smith - I havent done and stu...

And here are the ones from today and one I forgot to scan earlier toda...

Todays batch (and the one from yesterday) Ill order bridgeman and pro...

I hate drawing, but Im going to keep on sketching daily because I love...

Hey man, just wanted to drop by and give some more encouragement.

Zord - Thanks alot for the encouragement Ill keep filling up those pa...

Todays and yesterdays update:

You should probably try a lenghtier study of the eyes.

dmitri - thanks man I took your advice and studied eyes abit more, I ...

Speedpaints in photoshop from scool, the first two where done with mou...

And the sketches from today, tell me if these are too bright:

Today and yesterdays update, also, bridgeman and anatomy for the artis...

hello there, glad to see you're posting with a passion.

thegreypencil - Thanks alot man, you are right, bridgeman is not that ...

Not bad.

hey dude.

sith - thanks yeah, I definently need to work on values, Ill try to p...

heya hope'cha have a blast!

Im most probobly going to start life drawing on wensday so yeah Stuf...

heya! you're really going somewhere with those cast drawings.

thegreypencil - thanks, I sort of struggled with values today, everyth...

heya! well it aint too bad! I think you've got a lead about workin...

thegreypencil - thanks I should try that number thing, sounds interes...

todays stuffarooney: From head (omg I just noticed that it looks li...

Did lots of neck studies today, mostly bridgeman, but some anatomy for...

hello! firstly, i think its great you're drawing so much and postin...

thegreypencil - thanks alot, your comments are allways helpful! I gues...

ooh hoo great stuff i think your facial distortions are stylistic, ...

thegreypencil - Yeah, the mugging scene is very off hopefully the ana...

Holidays are over =/ One question, whats the best way to learn about ...

Hey dudey, your stuff's improving really quick.

Zord - thanks man! any good books you could recomend? Yesterdays stuf...

Yesterdays: Todays: SP, turned out distorted because im leani...

Whoa! That's great improvement in just a month! If you keep this pace ...

ogar555 - thanks man drew lots today: Arm studies: Training my vi...

hey dude! dead on the progress! keep it coming isnt it all gravy ...

thegreypencil - hah yeah I'ts pretty gravy, feels like Ive wasted the...

Cool stuff, a lot of improvement all-around.

SirGreenSock - Thanks for the tip, Ill try and work on that Todays an...

heh.

thegreypencil - yeah I should try to understand the more technical sid...

This is from my head, done on and off these last few days, The guys po...

keep practicing.

Very nice, I like your dedication I'd say make many more full-body c...

Orozc0 - thanks Yeah, my hatching is crazy, need to learn how to cont...

Wow, great stuff archipelago! Your improvement over such a small time ...

I see tons of improvement as of late.

you're gettin there archipelago! aint it great now keep at it huh!

Cup of Joe - thanks The vines are awesome, too bad they split up tho...

Todays: A room in my house, didnt turn out too well, and some quick...

Hey man, some great strides are being taken here and improvement is hi...

More cool stuff Archipelago! The ribcage studies are great! Are they f...

Zord - thanks good idea doing an SP with just lines, Ill try it out t...

Nothing but praise for this update! Love the cat portraits and 10 minu...

SirGreenSock - thanks man The doodles where done on breaks and stuff ...

hey dude, sweetness are them last two posts! keep at em.

Contour work is looking good.

thegreypencil - Thanks, Ill try to get some laxatives SirGreenSock - ...

hey man, not bad.

mitch - Thanks, will do! Todays, not a good day for drawing for what...

Todays: Bridgeman studies, drawing so much from this book that its st...

Hey doody, this last SP is looking nice.

Zord - thanks man! will do! Studies ftw, I try to do atleast a page a ...

Yesterdays: Anatomy for the Artist arm studies (and some cat sketches)...

Todays: AftA arm studies, still trying to learn the forearm.

urgh, had a tough couple of days.

Man sorry to hear about teh flu, get better soon! I like the still lif...

SirGreenSock - thanks man! Yeah you're right, But I think Ill still ta...

No need to get frustrated quite yet, you've got a long and prolific ar...

SirGreenSock - Thanks man, yeah Ive checked how alot of people draw th...

still need an answer to that Gottfied Bammes question if anyone knows!...

hey archipelago! you're totally in production mode huh its great,...

thegreypencil - thanks man! yeah, Its the holidays so I can draw all d...

drawing all day long!? sweet archipelago just sweet! im insanely ...

thegreypencil - thanks man! Yeah holidays are sweet Yesterdays, pret...

wow man! this is a great sketchbook , a lot of hardwork here! keep up...

rodrigo - thanks alot man! Yeah, one page of anatomy studies a day kee...

Wooo hugenormous update! Youre really coming along! Great anatomy stu...

yeah what rodrigo and SirGreenSock said, nice stuff, lots of hard work...

dude.

SirGreenSock - thanks alot man! yeah thats a good tip Shinryu - than...

Todays stuff: bridgeman: messy bridgeman/memory stuff, plus som reff...

yesterdays stuff: Some reffed arms A random pose from AftA with some...

Stop improving please, youre scaring me! Everything looks great, for...

SirGreenSock - thanks man! Yeah Ill try to stop will do that side-of...

looking good archipelago yea definitely try the flat of the penci...

thegreypencil - thanks alot Will have to study for a history test t...

Yeah I think youre getting the idea! Just keep it up, it'll get you si...

SirGreenSock - thanks! Yesterdays batch: Decided that I will get out...

Todays stuff, been kind of slacking of lately, need to draw more! Sci...

Not a very big update for three days I know, but I blame it mostly on ...

archi: go do the studies in the bammes book.

thegreypencil - thanks alot! Yeah I did some studies of it today and i...

Really high level of effort man, keep this up I would suggest that y...

darkwolfb87 - thanks alot! yeah I definently want to do one, I just ha...

Great Bridgman studies dude - Hes always a great guy to research//stud...

Aranthulas - thanks alot! I checked that book out, looks pretty intere...

nice rendering, and glad that u dedicate so much time to studying anat...

Woo lots of confidence in recent work.

WolfBane - thanks alot dude! SirGreenSock - Thanks a bunch, I will try...

great stuff man! keep this up! these are great http://i46.

rodrigo - thanks alot will do! Changed the title to something less c...

Hey hey its the triangle! Glad the method made sense/ helped you out.

SirGreenSock - thanks! yeah you are definently right, consider that ha...

Great stuff, making steady progress, very cool to be able to see the a...

i love how you're going planar very nice.

SirGreenSock - Thanks alot was going to try that exercise today, sear...

Hey, Im really impressed with your work mate! All these anatomy dra...

Qxzi - thanks alot! wednesesesdayses: some sketches of my brother, a...

Life drawings look good, you just gotta practice pushing the contrast ...

SirGreenSock - thanks alot! Yeah you are right, I will try to push the...

I use mechanical pencils most of the time, too.

SirGreenSock - thanks man! I will play around with using darker stuff,...

Hi there , you have nice lines and feeling of form and your last self...

heartbeat - thanks I sort of tried that 3 value thing for one of the ...

yesterdays Loomis daily 3 poses meh Tried doing a longer SP again,...

Great to see you focusing on contrast and structure in these recent pi...

SirGreenSock - thanks! Yeah, glad its showing through atleast, got a n...

Nice stuff, the life drawing session looks awesome! This page is brill...

SirGreenSock - thanks for the tips dude, will look into it Imaginati...

Love the figure work and the studies, I really like your line, maybe t...

Alcian - Thanks alot, been playing around alot with rendering, im sure...

wow.

The still life's head and the bougereau studies are exactly what I thi...

alot of hard work going on in here, looking great

wi_2 - thanks! SirGreenSock - thanks man! Ive been thinking of doing ...

really nice modelling and a lot of hard work here keep it up man!

rodrigo! - thanks man Yesterdays stuff: Did some anatomy studies an...

Really havent been drawing as much as I could have lately, I will try ...

Todays stuff reffed features and skulls Heads from imagination 80 ...

hey man nice sketches! seriously its really good to see someone hard a...

Christ, you made all these improvements from page 1-3 in about 3 and a...

Ryan DeMita - thanks yeah you are right, I'll work harder on my value...

Full page imagination stuff is really coming along! Good work there! ...

Hey man, your studies are improving the work ten fold.

SirGreenSock - thanks man! yeah definently, I worked abit more on one ...

Great sketchbook! (: realy like this little creature: http://i46.

Jofx - thanks Todays stuff Studies A 20 min still life with som...

Nice update, i found the last picture the most interesting (:

Great update, keep up the anatomy stuff! Good to see you applying it t...

wow- youve improved so much! impressive.

Jofx - thanks! SirGreenSock - thanks alot! didnt notice how off the e...

Looking good, ya got nice expression in that brushwork.

wow.

Woah! How long have I not been here! Sorry 'bout that.

Spade - thanks man, yeah big problems with proportions, I will try to ...

Like the sketches, is that for the orc idea you talked about last time...

Spade - thanks man yeah thats the orc thing, those are just quick doo...

wow some real studying goin on here, keep at it dude, thats the right ...

Sweet update dude, your SPs are getting really good! nice work on the ...

great stuff man, lots of cool anatomy stuff going on.

Well, you are realy improving very fast .

Gloominati - thanks alot man! Spade - thankyousioso rodrigo! - than...

Big respect for your approach to anatomy, no hesitation, just getting ...

hey dude, nice head from imagination/reffed looking good.

Kian - thanks man Spade - thanks! head/body proportions ftl Yester...

ah man, i understand the frustration too well!~ some of the studies ar...

Spade - thanks I was just kidding around really, but the part about m...

Todays stuff: Watched Gnomons "drawing the male adult head" ...

Hey man! Cool stuff lately.

wow, that last imagination peace is ace! keep it up man, your stuff is...

Cup of Joe - thanks man! Im not sure if they are worth the price (I aq...

I guess it's kinda normal, you can just look and see the proportions a...

Your lines have got alot better fromt he start of the thread.

Info on the MB DVD's Here- http://conceptart.

dude, that last SP is friggen sweet! Try branch out abit in your imagi...

You are making the right moves and I see great progress since you bega...

Jens - thanks man! yeah you are right about using different drawing ma...

Cool stuff, some of the mixed media is looking very interesting, do mo...

Spade - thanks alot man yeah I told you before, but the full render S...

Seriously intense studying going on arch, great job on everything!

wow such an improvement in just a few months wow.

hey.

TroyWilkerson - thanks man! miguelslo - thank youse Dreckster - Tha...

Good thread, I like your hand studies.

Pretty sweet update dude, good on ya for drawing the real folk! Your h...

bhanu - thanks alot man I do them from life, its the only way to lear...

Hey man! You just keep improving! Great stuff as always.

omg, wtf awesome studies!? The preportions on the dribling(?) girl see...

Cup of Joe - thanks alot man! bammes is god, only problem is that his ...

nice stuff, blind sp? as in.

Woah, the improvement in this thread is rival to MindCandyMan's progre...

Ha! I'm pretty sure blind drawings are supposed to be like that.

Neat stuff! You're really making progress there when i checked the ske...

MORTAL KOMBAT!!!! phew, anyway, spade - thanks alot man yeah.

Impressive update <> good to do feet in socks and hands in mitte...

mentler - thanks alot man! yeah, the sock thing helped a whole lot, it...

Alright, heres a new update, Ive got some news though.

tops! man, your hard work is really inspiring so thanks for that can...

Sorry for missing the last couple of updates, i've been a bit on-and-o...

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