Topic: Point and Glick! (a.k.a. desperate attempts at improvement)

Return to Archives of ConceptArt.org Forums

Casino Classic
Best Online Casino!
Get $500 free on the house!		Antidepressant Medications
Handle stress, elevate the mood,
treat anxiety disorders.		Weight Loss Supplements
Natural supplements that burn body fat,
suppress appetite and support a healthy diet.		Shared Movies
Over 80 Million Movies and TV-Shows
No Charge per movie, No download limit!
Posted at March 18, 2005, 12:59 pm:

Um.... I don't have access to a scanner or a digi-camera yet...
so here's some digi-doodles....
on PS with a mouse.
My not yet corrected portrait of a baby from this thread: http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=39237



And a quick design playful thingy...

Original of the message was taken from http://www.conceptart.org/forums/

Replies:

empty post

very nice glikster.

thanks Daunting, nice to get a reply! That is one of my problems when ...

I'm not trying to bump this, but I'm excited.

Just another quickie.

that eye is good! i notcie you seem to use a big brush.

cthomp, thanks! That's a good point - I usually end up working with on...

Can I get some help on the structure of the face?

practicing negative space.

lighting test.

working in Painter

trying to get values down, but with color.

Learning painter again myself ~~~ my first version came in a paint buc...

I am supremely honored to have the Bone Doctor post his encouragement ...

more playing in Painter, however my Wacom is at home and I'm at work.

value, volume.

This is from a DSG.

Some fairly recent studies.

quickie with a mouse for today's DSG

awesome stuff here, s'good to see pencil sketches now aswell im lovi...

It's always inspiring to see good and original work done with a mouse.

Spooky Tonberry - thanks for the encouragement and the compliments! I ...

My Self-portrait WIP from my pic in the What does everyone look li...

keep up the hard work,a nd dude, that is a wild picture of you on that...

thanks for coming out! Yeah, I was playing with my new camera and was...

Nice stuff - expecially the sp wip! Got the right idea working thro...

nice stuff, I like some of your graphic design-ish ones.

did this SP with a mouse in about a 30-45 minutes.

man, can i suggest some perspective and anatomy studies? draw simple e...

your self portrait is coming along nicely.

GriNGoLoCo Thanks for the suggestions! I definitely need to work on th...

Like the self porttrait and the dude above that one nice one.

draw Thanks! I know about the scribbling.

hey, Co member SSG6 I agree to what Gringo said.

Good work man, the paintings are improving in ways, but like ArtAdd...

The face expressions on the auto portraits are very interesting and ni...

i love that self portrait and your paintings are cool too i would say...

Tom - Thanks for the tips! I know I need to spend more time on actual ...

Hello! Honestly your last painting does not appeal to me.

I havent commented on your sketchbook in a while so i jut have to say ...

Well then congratulations with the upcoming baby man!!! Actually t...

Hey, thanks for stopping by my sketchbook.

Your guy is exactly how I feel this morning.

Congratulations on the child man, but theres always time for drawing.

Thanks everyone for the congrats and the well wishes! I'm glad my DSG...

I am glad that you managed to post some new drawings.

the hoagarth studies are excellent!! and i think the head you've done ...

Good work man.

finally got my newest charcoal/chalk portrait back.

Photobucket doesnt seem to like you much =(

Yay, i love your charcoal and chalk stuff!! I love how youve done the ...

ok.

I'll add my props to the Hogarth studies.

nicrad - thanks for the feedback.

Nice paintings dude but that baby u made there looks more like a child...

Shading is really a misnomer ~~~ we use dark and light to shape form ~...

Thank you, Dr.

man keep up those studies! do you hand draw some? i really dont care i...

Heys, that portrait is lookin alright, how long did it take you? Th...

I wish I could post now too, but not yet.

I know it's been a while.

Loomis is a good basic resource for this ~~~ I am working on some as w...

a quick and bad pic of some sketches at work.

I love the first wacom drawing, the shading on that is great, it gives...

I dig your pen drawings, it does take some confidence to be able to dr...

Spooky thanks again! He was roughly based a character in a book I rere...

hey! looking good!! the only thing thats bothering me is that the eyes...

this might be finished.

Looks cool so far! I think her left eye is a little bit too high.

Thanks V_N, I laid this piece down to rest; I felt that I learned an e...

just doodling.

Ok, first of all - your forms.

V_N is right you should spend some more time on the hair! A tip in a b...

hey ja, those pen head sketches up there are looking good.

Eyes are to white : also remember thickness of upper lid, it will have...

love the sketch! it makes me think of asterix XD It also amuses me, h...

Everyone - Thank you for the priceless crits! Flip and Mentler in part...

It is amazing how you managed to draw it with a mouse! It looking nice...

A mouse? Cool, I donīt even know how to use a mouse anymore Iīm ...

Ok.

The art of it all is the art of living <><> drawing is to ...

Mentler, thanks for the kick in the ass! I'm sorry it's been so lon...

You know this is a very solid weighty form <> something is start...

I submit myself to your justified flagellation.

Hey glikster: Like the self portraits from the other page, and the ...

ugh.

empty post

hey glikster, thx for dropping by.

Hey, thanks for returning the favor.

got inspired from the digi painting in PS thread: This was using Pain...

I started doing some exercises from the The Peer Project Foundational ...

I always chuckle a little when I hear someone say back to basics <&...

heej man, I really like your anatomy, it looks great.

Dr.

did a very quick hand study, and a very quick pic of my cubicle-mate.

empty post

The head studies are looking great, you've got the structure well.

Thanks, Spooky.

I think you are hyper-focusing on the details, which are coming out ni...

The following fulfills the requirements of CYA.

I know, I know, I saw your disclaimer.

Here's the latest from my WIP thread here.

Beautiful <> must look like her mom

thank you! You got that right.

wow that painting definitely took a turn for the better.

thanks tensai! Here's another quick digital sketch.

Nice improvement going on in here, dig the baby (it's eyes might need ...

thanks Blacky! I'll try that with the eyes.

I like the variety i see in your work, the baby is progressing really ...

nice stuff.

Hey Nutter and OrozcO! Thanks for stopping by and the kind words! I...

i really like your mousedrawn studies theyre really good i dont have t...

oh ok lol half of your pics didnt show up the first time i looked but ...

Hey man, seeing some good stuff in here, and congrats on the scanner! ...

wow man, great stuff.

lefran, silentbrain and mitch - Thanks!! My scanner sucked.

Another quick Painter sketch.

I know the upper arm is too short.

Some more Bridgeman studies.

this is a SP/caricature from memory.

nother SP/caricature.

I've been doing a lot of Bridgeman studies in my real sketchbook.

hey glikster! Just thought I'd have a peek.

Thanks brownie! Good to know that people care.

Hey man, I'm still watching this thread, just I've been too busy latel...

Pretty cool! It was neat to see the progress on the baby picture (con...

Thanks for stopping by and the kind words, silentbrain and staylor!! ...

Filling them up <> best books about learning to draw are sketch ...

Thank you for the response, Dr.

You sure like doing faces lol.

Thanks Pesmerga.

Nice sketchbook.

your sketches are nice! i like your sp on the top of this page best.

I really like your use of colour, very nice use of blue hues in the ca...

Wow! This SSG is tops! More action in here than it's seen in a long ti...

great sketchbook man! I like all the bridgman studies you do, you've g...

hey glikster! SSG does result in replies, doesn't it? heh.

i'm so glad we're all in this ssg together.

Ok.

Huhhhhhh.

Nice work.

update!!!!

Thanks Explosive, I keep forgetting to change that setting on the came...

nice little update; said it before but I like your bridgman studies al...

Thanks, Onir.

Yeah I definitely dig the recent Bridgeman studies too.

nice update! those ink drawings are really nice, love the hatching/sha...

sorry about not replying faster, i've been busy.

Silentbrain and Onir, thanks!! I will continue working on those (ink a...

I haven't replied here for a while.

oooh that's a cool brush!!! nice sketches there, my sketches at work a...

Thanks, hp.

i would desaturate the green of the stem and then i think the picture ...

whoa nice rose! that pen one is looking great man, came out really wel...

hey glikster! For the last month or so, I've been using a 4x5 grapp...

Your sketches show alot of bulk and mass.

OK.

good stuff, man, looks like the desaturation worked; made the rose hea...

lol i know you're jk ^^ that's an adorable pic btw, how old? the...

Onir, thanks! Hp,Thanks! She's just about 6 months old.

hey glikster~! thankfully looks like the cute kid takes after the mom,...

Thanks, mach.

oo I like that orange, the way you rendered it and the purple you used...

Thanks, onir!

for some reason your orange isn't showing up for me.

For some reason I cant view most of em.

I think something happened to Filelodge.

the muscle studies look pretty sweet.

yo glikster, the reflected yellow on the underside of the orange is...

Hey Glikster, nice orange there.

Wow.

coool very nice muscle studies; makin me want to start doin muscular s...

Hey, thanks for the comment awhile ago, sorry I havn't responded until...

update!!!!

I still need to take pics/scans of my recent real stuff.

oi glikster, you got 4 replies in a row on HP's thread.

I tried one of Don Seegmiller's brushes for the texture.

oooh ok thank god it isn't just me.

Hey yo yo! Good hatching action going on here, I like most of the fac...

hey man very nice on the chin/neck study thing, looks really good.

Whoo.

personally i don't think barque drawings are for me.

Thanks hp.

dude! i'm totally doing the same back studies and crap ^^ try takin...

glikster, Youre sketch thread show's progress which is definitly goo...

yo glikster.

Wow.

Your anatomy studies look loose and that's good.

farvus has some good advice too.

Thanks again, Mach, and Farvus for the perspective tips and tuts! s...

face is a bit long but nice.

great stuff man, sorry I haven't replied to ya ina a little.

Thanks again guys.

cutest eyes ever!!!! get those eyes from you? you should draw mor...

Wow what a cute baby you have! Does she also have the power of the gl...

Thanks you two! I should gave guessed that the girls would comment on ...

maybe try investing in one of the gnomon environment dvds.

lol that's funny; I agree though post a picture of youself didn't...

that's certainly a photogenic kid! and i've one thing else to say.

thanks everyone! I'm in a mandatory training class all this week, and ...

Your daughter pics has put smile on my face, hehe As for the drawi...

your daughter kicks ass glikster! very cute & congrulations for he...

Once again, thanks, guys.

Hahaha! I'm working on my masterthesis in psychology, too and those ar...

Thanks, Faust, that's a huge compliment.

empty post

With skill level I mean things like this or this.

Heh.

whoa that pose, your clothes, and the look on your face make you look ...

Yo glikster! I like the shirts with the neon garish opposing colours!...

Wow.

I get this image of the guy in the photo drooling.

Nice drawing, cute kid- good schtuff.

HAHA.

ooo.

Damn! That sucks.

Oh man, I'm still laughing from the crazy exchange at the end of my sk...

Nice work on those pen doodles, they seem confident and very flowing.

Thanks staylor, yeah, I was cracking up at that picture with the music...

nice updates! sorry I've been slow responding, but I just saw what you...

Thanks Onir.

my initial sketch for the challenge.

It looks good.

Thanks recursive.

Nice concept.

yo glikster~! What's this challenge about? Subject matter? Or rather, ...

looks like a decent composition so far.

Heydee hum, stranger popping in to say cool hands and lines in post no...

hey man, couldn't see the most recent few images at first, but I can s...

whew.

yo glikster! It's just me.

Here are two more doodles from a meeting on Thursday.

hey man nice update, I like the portraits; nice expressions on each of...

i think you should try more gestural drawings glikster.

i love your challenge piece, it's very evocative.

Thank Onir, The second face was from my mind.

The portaits look very good.

nice album cover, I like the design alot; almost looks like it could b...

yo glikster, you handling graphic design at work? the design on the...

yeah, maybe a tighter yet still light color for the back design instea...

thanks guys! I'm still in training, but I was feeling guilty.

WOW those gestures are looking GOOD! and it seems from some of the fac...

whew lotsa stuff haha very nice man, glad to see you're drawing even w...

I feel like i should have something more to write when when commenting...

Thanks Hp, onir and lord blue! Onir, I also liked that one the most...

wow nice sketchbook love your figures!

Nice studies, keep them coming.

Sketches on toned paper look interesting.

nice on the brush pen! I've definitely become an a big fan of them, an...

hey glikster, the scary thing is that some of your notations on tho...

You seem to have a lot of small drawings.

Mileage <> art of course is a visual language and much like a se...

Thank you, Dile and sep.

holy crap that's brushpen?! wow talk about pen control! those look gre...

WAHHHH!!!! i hate you! i'm doing bridgman studies too and mine don't l...

Bridgman unabridged <> George was a dude, a drunk dude but still...

hey glikster, bust out that brushpen and cook up some more data flo...

Thanks guys! Sorry for the crappy photos, but I'm using my camera phon...

damnit, i'm getting one too.

nice improvements and yes brushpens rock

still can't believe that's brushpen lol, makes my work look sloppy (no...

thanks, y'all! I would love to work on the composition.

nothing really to comment on, nice brushwork.

like hp said, not much to say really; keep goin with that brush pen, c...

Thanks.

Nice Bridgeman studies.

hey glikster, nice updates! lotsa doodles ya got here.

yo glikster! being busy for a bit.

Keep filling the pages <> it is like breathing <> it is wh...

i love the hatching work you do on some of your drawings.

a few more images.

hey man, nice updates; I really like that you are mixing the different...

Thanks, Onir! Here is one page of simple life drawing.

hey glikster! sorry for not posting in a bit, work kicking my ass, not...

thanks mach.

That eggplant so breaks my mind.

Hey.

yo glikster! you need to find a nice midway between your life studi...

Seeing your thread gives me the urge to study from life more! Very nic...

Thanks guys! Farvus and mach, thanks for the crits.

hey glikster, definitely play with the auto-contrast/level in photo...

thanks! new painter doodle.

hey glik, sorry I haven't posted recently; college ended so I moved ba...

thanks, onir! Some new pencil drawings.

Hey! I definately see an improvement in your sketches! theyre looking ...

thank you lefran! Here's the next installment of the WIP

hey glikster, just noticed something.

Wow.

and another update of the apple idea.

Hey man, your studies are looking good, nice to see a bunch of work wi...

Thanks Tenelaus! I agree.

hey glik, nice updates; really need to get better with respondering so...

hey glikster! what is your vector subject about? I haven't browsed the...

Thanks Onir and machzero!! You got right in one, mach, Jack the Eggpla...

I can't fecking sleep.

Coming along <> don't go so much by the ref.

hey glikster, it was an educated guess but glad I got the "poin...

hmmm.

hey glik, nice pencil work you have! that most recent piece is great, ...

Those new pencil studies really are showing more confidence! Keep wor...

Wow! Page 6!!!??? Oni, thanks for the heads up about the bg.

Sorry for not replying for a long time.

Thanks Farvus.

hey glik, nice little update here.

thanks Onir, yeah for some reason File Lodge is being pathetic.

hey glik, commission is looking great; the cloth on the baby's front a...

i might make the eyes look even more liquid, sort of emphasize highlig...

Thanks Onir and thanks Hp!! Glad to see you again on the boards, hp.

Nice job on the commision! It has a nice painterly effect and you capt...

Thanks.

You need to get a sketchbook with no lines Even for meetings .

cool sketches, especially the two you blew up a bit.

hey glikster! for your commision pic, not sure what's your new reso...

I dig the comission.

Hey Glick, long time Commission is looking nice! Nice soft pastel col...

The comission looks good! i like the colors alot ! cheers !

Thanks for the encouragement everyone! fooxoo.

whoa.

hey glikster, looking at those quick two sketches.

very good point, thanks, mach.

hey glikster, nice updates.

maybe put in a little darker shadows where the cloth meets skin so it ...

Nice tree sketches.

Ok.

you need to get a cheap 4x5 graphire for work.

I know.

brush pen from life open canvas from mind

during a meeting.

You are starting to compose your sb pages better <> this is grea...

some charcoal doodles.

hey man sorry I haven't dropped by lately, nice stuff lately though.

i'd have to say watch your line quality again.

quick question.

Great updates.

thanks for the comments, guys.

haha i love the piggy! >.

hey glik, nice update.

oh noes! I gpt Emily's reverse brackets of fury!! Thanks for crit...

nice page man, I like the way you did these.

Like the falling figure great energy and force

thanks for the love.

haha that pocketmod thing is hilarious! and i think our sketchbook gro...

oi glikster! you're drawing even smaller with those pocket thingies...

Hey, glikster.

hey glik, sorry I've been slow in replying gotta try to get back into...

Glad to see you are getting rid of the lined paper <> images are...

Yeah, thanks for the comments and crits everyone! I'm trying to split...

cool update man, I'm likin what I'm seein.

Thanks Onir.

Hey glikster ! These updates look good.

hey glik, I like this update! very nice poses on these, especially on ...

your ppl are too short! when sitting that is.

Im digging your last pictures Glikster.

File Sharing Service  Image Sharing Service  Usenet Newsgroups Reader
Guide to Serials and Shows  English Subtitles For DivX Movies  Lyrics Catalogue
Over 5000 Cocktail Recipes  Hot News Archive  Funny Jokes and Anecdotes
Cooking Recipes Catalogue  Cool Online Encyclopedia  Computer Games Cheats
Pets Department  Spam Free Guestbook Service  Medical Catalogue


Free Web Stats