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The Sirens song

cgtalk sketch, around 50minutes.

Leap of faith

Sometimes everything goes as I wanted to.. this one was really fast, 38 mins and I am happy about the result. I never really have gotten clouds painted right and now I once think it went right.

Fallen Idol

cgtalk sketch, 35min.

Digital art daily blog is one year old!

Woah! Time really goes fast.. this digital art sketching blog is now one year old. So time for little recap.
When I started this blog, I thought, that If I only practice/sketch everyday atleast a little, I will improve a lot in one year!
Hard to say how much I have improved but not that much as I wanted.

Goals from a year ago:

(comments on green)

Long Term

• I will make one sketching/painting post everyday in this blog for a year! If im not able for some reason, I have to catch up making many in few day. (in 23th of October this blog has to have 365 posts) 

This blog currently doesnt have 365 posts but I am very satisfied the amount I have been sketching. Only I had few long breaks that I couldnt sketch but I sketched almost every topic in Cgtalk in this year.

• In one year I will be at least twice as good as I am now!

Well... lets see! I will make the cowboy painting (which was the one I started the blog) again in this weekend... so we can see if I have made improvement.

• I will improve and read theory in these painting and drawing areas:
• Character drawing/painting
• Vehicle drawing/designing
• Environment painting
• Color Theory
• Perspective 

I think I didnt "study" enought in this year. I readed one book of perspective (which helped me alot, but still need some sketching practising) and James Gurney`s Color and Light. I still need study/read lot more. 
Also only area I really went was little bit of anatomy and character sketching.. this I have to finish.

Short Term

• I will finish Jose M. Parramons "Color pencil drawing" book in the end of this year!

Done!
 

• I will make portfolio in next few months

Done! but next year I have to make a better one.
 

• I will make series painting(No more only sketches!!) and ask people to criticize it, to see my biggest mistakes. So I can crush my mistakes and really IMPROVE!

 I think my biggest fault is that I never did really anything really series painting. Only sketching. Only few I spend more than 2h.

Overall:

So I think next year I have to have more stronger vision on goals and keep them more in my mind. Also I should update Short term goals more often and try to meet them better, not only sketching! (which isnt that bad neither). I really have to start study the theory more! I was thinking to have an goal to read one book in every two month. Book of next two month will be "Alla Prima".

So study more, sketch atleast the same! I hope next year I will improve more than I did in this year!

Glass castle & Red Rain

both Cgtalk sketches...

Green Queen

cgtalk topic Green Queen. My girlfriend painted the face because I had lots of troubles with it and she really wanted to do it :)

The Boxer

cgtalk dailysketch topic boxer. Around 30mins.

Environment sketch of old factory area and Black Sails

Environment sketch I made from photo taken of area next to where I live.

Cgtalk sketch - Black Sails

Political animal

Few days break and its seems impossible to start again..

Saucer men!

Sketching Ufo`s and aliens. Cgtalk topic. 40 - 50 minutes.

Chicken Man and Fifties Custom Ford

cgtalk 40min

and Custom Ford..

London night

28minutes.

Women in red

cgtalk sketch,
40 - 50min

Book of light

 30mins.

Devils Bride

30minutes and Cgtalk again!
I had pretty clear image in my head what kind of sketch I wanted to make.. Simple portrait with really dark background. 

The longest day

The longest day cgtalk dailysketch...

The minion and his master

Cgtalk sketch again. around 50minutes...

Her name is Raven

Monster next door

Monster next door... 40 mins.

I dedicated to crop the original little bet.. Under is the original one.

Devils chair

dailysketch, around 30 - 40 minutes.

Gas Giant

Cgtalk daily sketch.

The Rock of ages

Cgtalk sketch.
1,5h.

Blue Hill

cgtalk, +1h

Inner child

40minutes. I was lacking ideas what to paint. So I thought something humoristic.

Square

cgtalk sketch, square. 30 - 40minutes.

The end of the empire

Cgtalk dailysketch. Didnt check time at all.. I was concentrading in values the most. Im really happy about the result.

The long road to home

cgtalk sketch. Around 20mins.

Figther thumbnail sketching

Daniel gave me really good advices using more values and thumbnail sketching to improve the outcome.
Here is new try out only in ten minutes or so.

The Fighter

Didnt record the time... and Oh boy I have many subjects to improve. I think in this sketch every area is bad.

Colors, anatomy, lighting etc.

I think I have to start studying some basic stuffs again and not only sketching.

The war wagon and time bandits

War wagon, 25minutes

Time Bandits, 35minutes

Blue night

Cgtalk topic. 35 - 40 minutes. First I painted the forest and then i thought its going to be to boring alone so I added two creatures with some sort of ball which emits light.

Iron Lady

Today`s dailysketch. I was trying to make a mother who has impossible mount of work but wont give up. Was maybe too hard idea :)

30minutes.

Midnight sun

30mins

Back in business... City of heaven

I have moved to another city and starting new job tomorrow. I haven`t been using computers too much lately so no sketching either.. Now I got lots to daily sketches to do.

Here is City of heaven.. it feels very hard to start again.

about 20minutes

Master Copy "sketch" of july

Cgtalk sketch is off for few weeks and I was looking for an topic. I see lots people saying that you should do atleast one master copy in a month. Trying to get as close as possible to the original painting. Currently I dont have so much time in a day because work and everything so I had only 1h time to finish this master copy. I was looking Cgtalk.com`s best works and I chose this really beautiful 3d art called "Atlantis Herald" by Alexey Kashpersky.
Here is the original

I had no time for coloring and because the timing was so strict I was only concentrating on general "flow" and values.

Dark side of the paradise and waterworld

Cgtalk sketches...

Dream weaver

cgtalk topic.. 50minutes

First Father

Cgtalk sketch topic.
First idea got was some random guy on Harley Davidson. So I dedicated to paint that.
around 30minutes.

Sin City

Cgtalk topic. Its very hard to paint cities.. plah

fireworks at bay, power core and bread and circues

Mean streets (hot rod painting ofcourse) and the color of the music

Cgtalk sketches..

 

Trying to catch up...

Three dailysketch made today... and a glass jar from my table that I just was doodling..
Dragon Lord

 Girls with guns.

 Red star.

The glass jar