Hi.
I want to post here some of the stuff from my sketchbook, WIP and finished pieces, that I did throughput the week.

See you soon

Really nice pieces. I love your posings and face expressions. 🙂

Great characters... can definitely see their personalities coming through loud and clear!

@anthemsweet Yes, he is somewhat overly romantic in his subjects - not today's taste. But he was a rock star in his time - one of the most successful artists while alive.

And my sketch is crazy big. Oh well.

@smceccarelli Thanks. I took your suggestion and did a Vermeer today.

Keep on trying making a drawing a day. Today I am working on a illustration for a Christian Childrens magazine. in the mean time I keep practicing drawing and sketching children. Some days I feel totally lost, and it feels like I forgot everything I have learned. So I keep pushing myself and practice a lot. Todays doodle: 0_1481183984065_Leontine gaasenbeek boy rain.jpg

@Matt-Baldwin Thank you! I replied in fuller comment above, but couldn't figure out how to tag everyone...

Super cute! My only thought is that the loop of vine the monkey is hanging on should be taut-looking from his weight pulling it down (unless I am misunderstanding somehow.) But everything is very cute and I love the softness of the pastels--it only enhances the cuteness.

Rendering skills are coming along! Nice to see some variation in specularity on the leather vs the skin or helmet!

To @Jiří-Kůs's point, there are a couple of tricks that can help add focus without much additional work on a character piece like this. In the below example I simple put a gradient over him what went vertically from dark to light and added a small light spot behind his head in the background. This is something that brings your eye up to the face...although he has none I suppose. Some video games have used this same method on their models to balance the realtime lighting and make the characters pop more.

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These are interesting & fun! I look forward to seeing more.

Little Dragon character I was playing around with.
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Ha Ha! Love that the blob falls for jello 🙂

warm up from tonight still playing around with texture.0_1477639459600_10-28sketch.jpg

missed this one to post earlier...
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Thanks @Rebecca-Hirsch

Hey everyone, here's my latest finished piece. I originally started it in February, then put it aside during my slump. I'm glad I did, because I came back to it in September and decided to finish it. But before I did, I watched SVS videos and learned a ton, which I applied to this. I couldn't really change the composition by that time, but I think I added a lot of depth and interest to it. You can scroll up a bit to see the original before my changes. Any critiques are greatly appreciated!

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Inktober 2016_3: Inked image of old timer. Had to leader a Cub scout camp, so this one is a week later.

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Inktober 2016_2: Inked image of balloon and girl, a couple of days later.

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Fantastic illustration! Well done! You should be proud of it.