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Posted at October 14, 2004, 1:27 pm:

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hi gods,

i visit this site for good 2 months and itīs truly a inspiration and a kick in the ass to draw...

to introduce myself: i am student at a german kind of secondary school of Design (not that thing u imagine )
I am 19 years old and want, after finishing school, go to a art school...

so here we go... some with references some without... u may see...

sorry for that bad quality but my scanner is gone and i have to shot by my digicam..






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images are too big, hä? well here is another one done on carton,...

here are some did in the last month about 15min - self portrait (i...

i think thease are verry good and a great start for your dsb !

@liam.

Hi there It's good to see that you're focusing on figure drawing i...

thank you t.

not that much for today.

what exactly do you want to see? i need responds! u see that...

great stuff on the last few particularly the profile of the woman , lo...

Hey Xaya, Nice and Grad to see you post your works here.

thatīs kind of you winwinja well i really focus human anatomy.

really like the best your 15min selfportrait.

these are mainly some basic sketches for poses really simple, did the...

You're makin' some progress you just have to stick with it! I really l...

ok i really forced myself doing some rendering (=some rough shading) ...

Not really sure about the question ^^ but if you take a look at my roo...

i see my english didnīt work.

Oh, that's what you meant ^^ nobody's perfect and I think it happen...

arr.

Ah i see i have to work at the value - spectrum from white to black ...

I for instance am cheating I'm using a black polychromos - only way t...

just had to look up what polychromos are.

hey xaya mir gefällt besonders das allerletze gesicht das du gepost...

@O.

after a good day there have to be 10 bad days.

i need a break.

well i took a shower and forced myself doing a self potrait (canīt ...

you should take some time and really finish a couple things.

but i am so tired no you are absolutely right.

hey, you are getting much better as for your fear, you canīt destroy...

@Darkside: thank you, sure there are erasers but it d...

related to the rendering, is there a hidden trick to get smooth gradi...

yeah aweful rendering.

ahh that was relaxing

I was just about to say, this sp is coming along very well and now you...

look, i updated my location just for you, xaya! you should be honoured...

@t.

yeah, you gotta finish it, yo.

@jetpack42: thank you man, i did not really realized this with the pen...

great!! looks just like you! haha that bit of lightening of the sha...

@ODT: really thank you, the details still exist, i just canīt hold the...

looking good.

Hey you're really getting good with faces.

@jetpack42: thank you, i want to post some sketches i drew today ...

what a week.

i not learn that fast.

you've got some great drawings in this sketch book.

eliWolff: thank you Ok i went home to my family and used the digica...

mhh.

xy13 has some nice rendering going on and is getting accurate.

thank you Joeslucher i think this is a good thing you mentioned.

yo, good looking stuff.

thank you jetpack, well i know all of those techniques (negative shap...

yeah.

I don't smear my pencil drawings but I'm terrible with pencil so I'm n...

Me was learned and i learned myself that smearing is not fine.

What a week, really had no time doing anything.

lookin good.

ok ok, here is the promised oil painting, i am not finished yet, alth...

after more 1 or 2 hours.

that looks beautiful, so soft and warm.

awesome, oils are really difficult, and you're handling it well so far...

one more week without internet connection.

one little question: should i put a vanish over the oil painting or i...

no one reply since my last pust well, i got the repair cost today ...

hey Xaya, i just glanced through your sketchbook, and its crazy how y...

thank you so much RETEP, i really needed some motivation.

i need time.

Some great studies here Sometimes try to use line weight or somethin...

thank you geki, you are absolutely right with the line-pressure, i...

ok just show the better stuff of this week.

i am very busy until winter holidays but i want start my next oil p...

what the hell.

Holidays! ok here is the oil painting i have spoken about.

hey xaya!! long time no post!! I really love the 2nd and 3rd on the ...

!irritation! do you think i am female? but whereīre my boobies, my...

i must rethink my intend.

i have some trouble with the arms i will do some life drawing sketch...

Restart! well i canīt go on with the current painting, the perspec...

update?! well not really.

mostly without refs!

ok first step for final work, this will probably not the final sheet ...

hey xaya, keep up the good work!! the jester looking character in thi...

Great bit of progression in this thread.

Xaya, if you got the feeling to have lost you skills try to relax a bi...

wow, thanks for comments jester, van and RETEP i needed them @je...

one step closer to final composition although i have to copy this w...

just something different,.

sweet stuff ! keep at it !! cheers

really thank you hurricane love that carton.

just another fast 5 min sketch for the illustration

ein paar tolle sachen bei.

Xaya, you made one hell of a first impression on me! It's my frist tim...

@Hanuka: thank you very much.

update.

ahh i redraw that man in the middle of that image because it is cente...

time passes by.

what can I say??? beautiful hands, beautiful figures, great progress, ...

thank you O D T, yes i think the illustration was a good exercise alt...

here a thing i have to do for school: task: transform a b/w photograp...

one page daily in sketchbook.

The portraits look great, you seem to have a good idea of placement of...

thank you Clockwork, it is really shading whats improve the sketches.

daily keeps daily! the big is done with ref the left partly with r...

woah!! i just read your post before last!! im VERY sorry, xaya, haha, ...

id say im at the level you were when you first posted this.

walking downstairs.

Nevermind, man! Happens more often than you think.

had to do another sb, wasnīt satisfied with the last.

ok, nothing big but something, this i did yesterday 3 min sketch wi...

todays page: i donīt know why me mechanic pencil tend to smear.

i love your life drawings, the only crit i probably have is the sizes ...

thank you very much zao75231, it seems to be right what you said, wi...

2 weeks since my last visit! Too long! Awesome updates.

thank you IanE, will try to keep the pensum, next to life and ref.

Todays page! didīt spend a lot of time for this .

About smudging.

@van : thank you, u might be right what you said, i have t...

I admire your noses! Very good job on the faces.

@jester: thank you, donīt know whatīs up with my drawn noses.

just want to add: work without ref.

update.

ok here a two pages from my sketchbook.

puhhh! well here is another quick made page.

Im likeing your work, I can see a good smoth progress from the begi...

Coming alone nicley Xaya, lots of improvment trickling from you.

hey Xaya, I check your thread out quite regularly, but never got to...

wow, cool stuff.

Wow, i was a bit sad that nobody gave me a reply.

very nice studies! i love the way you draw noses and have come to the...

Thank you rollb82, it is just about knowing how a nose done.

less effort less quality

*knock knock* ok here 2 new stuff the first is with reference ...

I realy like the way you draw faces! You ad personality to them and ...

thanks B-Man.

I like how you draw your faces and capture a lot of detail.

thank you Muffinking! I could even better stuff with more effort an...

started with a great flow.

a bit more effort.

... anybody can help me with this strange stuff http://www.concepta...

Ill have to agree with everyone about the great heads, Some proport...

thank you Alvarez better? - still no ref.

93 of 143 replies are from myself.

perhabs itīs the paper of the sketchbook or it is my impatience to fi...

just for fun.

Hi, Your Sketchbook is phenomenal - keep it up!! Your work is really...

interesting sketchbook you have, good stuff here enjoying to watch the...

@Imageproof: thank you a lot, well i am self supprised by the developm...

wow so many replies!!! sorry for sarcasm ok, i perhabs heard a &...

hey Xaya, great development.

well this was really just a test, creating kind of mutant, so it is ...

but you absolute right with anatomy darkside, the last sketches with ...

much better.

awseome sketchbook, you drawing style reminds me very much of my own.

Xaya your renders are getting noticably better which is always a good ...

@Darkside: thank you, good to know i make progress @Chris King: tha...

this day had to be come! i did some sketches on carton, i finall...

ref.

weekendīs work: not quite happy with the first 2 drawings.

and so on:

You got your eye renderings down.

thank you TASart, itīs all about concentration i my opinion,.

Wow Xaya, very much improvement.

ahh uptades.

@ilja: thanks, man! Still so much to improve.

da.

to the composition, my right hand catches my heart, the left one goe...

well here is a close up of my oil painting i just want to ask if ther...

Cool work so far.

nice work man keep it up! loving those oils! I think you could practic...

@MoP:thank you very much, yes i still have to study reality.

looking good, looking good.

Where is god? I worked on my painting last night, about 2 hours or ...

Yes you are improving.

I like the portrait of Nov.

nice work.

@corky13: thank you man; i use my digicam for taking photos so i never...

naaa.

it is time for spring here in germany (very frosty!) become more and ...

you have some very nice drawings you've developed a nice rendering sty...

hey xaya, you have a great sketchbook going here.

thank you vctr, mogando25 absolutely right what you say will study m...

donīt feel that productive these days.

canīt work more than 10 min.

F'ing noice, love the hand and chick.

well i started a there pieces work hope it will be finished in a week.

Great Updates Artist block? I have been in a slump for more than a ...

great updates Xaya I especially like the March 3rd no ref girls face a...

thank you both very much.

Good thread here!

wow! thank you mentler, admire your work! ok here some quick stuff;...

Nice sketchbook man, I like the portraits.

thank you pvpham, well there is much to improve.

i already asked this some time ago but is it possible to darken the ...

Some really nice stuff in here.

thank you oishiiniku, it is probably quite normal to hate your own st...

Try a small area first :::: mix some burnt umber with a little medium ...

thank you very much Mentler, i finished the painting and dig a gr...

Those gestures from the 24th are terrific! I'd love to see some more o...

hi imageproof, thank you.

O NO! your artwork woint show on my computer for some reason! I hate t...

thank you gafmar, i am currently not able to post something, becaus...

I thought while i'm logged on i might as well take your hint on "...

Thank you a lot Ancient Kitten! ok back in my flat with my cam i...

and some more: didnīt got a softer pencil for darker shad...

... well here two fresh sketches... itīs gonna time to do somethin...

just for fun, but here is a example what a bad shot with digicam or...

heh, I think we do very simliar anatomy mistakes.

Thank you a lot Eyal, i see you still squeeze out your inner pictures!...

try to post more daily, but while i am quite busy these days here is...

Wow.

thank you very much darkautumn, it is nice you like my stuff.

just some little extract.

hey, good job on your thread, you can draw faces very well the oil ...

i love ur nude studies! very nice were those female faces from imag...

long time no update.

ok, i had a great meeting with Robolus, he opens my eyes -here and th...

the todays check, what i know and what i donīt know! imagination he...

Wow, thatīs a big step towards the right direction Jonas.

Really good sketches here.

Thank you for response! Robolus:Thank you, i am still not up to top...

That's a great hand sketch.

Huh.

wonderful life drawing skillz.

thanks bgl appreciate your words! ok some selfportraits? here is...

I've said it before, I'll say it again.

well i am just such a damn shitty dumbass! .

Dunno if i have replied here before, if not i should have! This stuff ...

Xaya, you're a very good artist.

very nice stuff ! i like the fact that the eyes arent placed perfec...

well thank you once again, i surely have some knowledge about anatomy...

Nice work as always Regarding your last face sketch, when doing th...

thank you imagesproof! Ok long time no update, the reason is that ...

generally good stuff.

thank you Lim, it is quite a typical thing for me to keep drawing as ...

perfect.

Well thank you very much.

i think you can tightend up the drawing alot more if it's for like sch...

Ahhh donīt know if i reached the finish-line.

Looking really good.

looking dope my son, keep it up yong one.

Hey, figured I would drop in to say nice work! The sketches are lookin...

SCHOOL`S OUT.

beautiful.

OMG man the painting O_O love it.

Oh really thank you both zao75231 and Jokisalo! My improvement, so ...

Good stuff man, the one problem i see in your life studys is the conto...

Latest time for an update! Well i of course studied and killed some...

fast study

alla prima, baby! About 3hours, no predrawing and one of the...

ok some recent pages with no specific aim and a de...

I think all your people's expressions are totally bland.

I wanted to check your early pages but for some reason I can't see you...

Thank you both very much! @Pesmerga: Right, i hosted my earlier pag...

Faces have a great feel to them <> they dig below the surface

thank you very much mentler! All i have to do is to finish some mor...

dude, haven't glanced into your thread for a long time and I gotta say...

Hi, firstly, i'd like to say, V nice work! I like the one in chalk/...

thank you t.

lookin good u have a lot nice studys going on here.

Great stuff, The paintings I really like they display a great amount o...

Very very nice stuff!

thank you all! Ok here a warming up sketch! Still have problems wi...

Great stuff! You're really making some serious progress! Your faces ar...

medium update! self portrait, done with aquarell;not satisfied w...

very nice stuff in your sketchbook, made alot fun browsing through

Nice update, Xaya! Keep rockin.

Muchas gratias! Ok more sweet a bit more win! one hour and somet...

ha thats a update speed! did this in about 30min + x no ref.

Keep working the skulls <> secret to the head

thanks mentler, my aim was not to draw ordinary skulls but human skul...

an old man from my head with one really small right hand.

I really like your head studies, particularly the painted ones; they h...

well.

2 sketches, no ref.

Cool, man.

thanks van, well i do a ??? at a photo studio until christmas, u s...

Wonderfull stuff! and absolutly fantastic stuff,.

haven't checked out your sketchbook in a while .

Just post one for today (although i have a lot sketches) I started ...

i haven't checked in here that often, heck i haven't really updated my...

Your figures are lookin' good! Keep up the good work, man.

Solid progression in the right direction!

ok just a small update this is one of the 25% finished pieces, whic...

as someone said before.

thanks a lot hanuka! Hope it doesnīt need a full year ok after...

puhh.

long time no see! so i got a free minute to post up todays work.

great expressions on your drawings such warmth and down to earth.

Such a sad look on the last woman's face, you did a great job capturin...

Great rendering skills.

hey xaya well done!! lots of improvement happening, your stuff is look...

I love your noses.

constant improvement.

Hi Xaya ! Lot of good stuff, great lines and style, here ! I'm very im...

not much time and fun to post with a 64kb connection.

ähhh.

Good work man! Keep driving your self.

after becoming desperate what to paint next i did a alla prima paint...

I enjoy your loose pencil and oil style, most of the porportaions are ...

Xaya: ahh man it's been a while!! Have to admit that you are one of my...

Stormcrow135 - thanks alot, hope i get the proportion right next time,...

finally my assignment at the Prague Workshop

well, finally i managed to shot my self portrait, worked about 3 days...

next update!!! Did a ref.

Hmmmm.

The oils ones are really good.

fooxoo- thanks a lot, hope there are coming some more paintings in f...

oh man i offered myself one week to finish some stuff for my portfolio...

These new ones, hot hot!! Very energig line work here, loose and power...

hey ho! well, i don´t know what´s happening but i decreas...

mhh although i really wanted to start a real work (some i go to far en...

so here another little update, work on expressions and moods today,...

I found this sketch i did while ago will try to do colored work.

I'm loving some of these sketches.

I like the happy girl!!! there is such emotion there! I hope you fin...

Dam you!! you are getting scary good, way to fast! I love this one: h...

Hey, thanks for posting in my sketchbooks.

Latest bunch has been realy great.

Thanks alot to you all to give me some nice and constructive words.

Oh man, I canīt decide what to do in a half a year.

Hey Xaya, bro i really dig your work, that unfinished painting of the...

thank you WargroundZero, hope you do well! Well here is something ...

or perhabs something like this.

well here on of many sketches these days.

Well, I finally recognized that i focused on human faces too much and ...

Well i finished the last piece but canīt show it to you because my cam...

ok a traditional oil painting not quit finished up but i have to wait...

oh and this one (which i have to spend some little more time on it) ...

Xaya, I really like the drawing from March 10.

Wow, nice stuff mate ! Can't believe i've missed this.

@lesedi : thank you for comment, i definitely post the final in the ne...

nice paintings, and i love your portrait drawings.

this stuff is fantastic~

wow man, your progress is very awesome, love the Aria Giovanni paintin...

great work.

Hey great stuff man, your painting quality is really great, colours lo...

Xaya, I've came here to retribute your vist at my sketchbook, but I ca...

Nice shoes and feet, almost seems like they'd be having some story to ...

Wow.

Wonderful work.

here is one of many things i do these days Just noticed some proble...

cool gasmasks, i got a little retarded wondering what they bit in the ...

today´s work! it´s A3+ big and took about something like ...

i´ve never seen this sketchbook! glad i found it! i really like...

Nice studies, your faces are coming a long nicely but your hands and f...

thanks alot for critics! Here is one of todays work, not quite fini...

ok final stage at this painting! Still have some trouble to get a...

long time no see, a really busy 2 months are behind me and it still n...

amazing stuff man, really inspiring- the paintings are exellent!

Ohoh there is some real good stuff!!! I like your paintings in oil an...

thank guys for feedback! my tablet screamed all day to get used; s...

some nice stuff here bro.

i just love your shading.

long time no see, finally got my "ok" to study (graphic desi...

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