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another.

and one more.

anyone? color scheme thoughts? any feedback/crit?

Really like your style.

Try to do one without using red or brown. :3

Good, can I see some of your references? They look tribal.

>>1047618
>>1047617
thanks, yeah maybe no brown would help.

I use photographs of animals for reference. The rest I just draw

I did this one with a little different color scheme but it still felt the same to me. the brown I think is right, that's what is doing it

Did you document the process of any of these? I'd love to see the skeletons to these drawings.

>>1047622
I haven't really, I'll look around for my sketches and try to post a picture of one. here's another

OP, I honestly think I might give something like this a shot. I'm not an avid artist, but it's something I do occasionally. thanks for the inspiration

>>1047627
sure thing.

here's a picture of some of the sketches. I usually draw in color on scraps of paper, then reverse them for symmetry (I draw half the face)

The book here on the drawing table is what I've been using for animal pictures, it's pretty old, like 70s. Just photos of animals doing stuff.

the sketches there are the hippo, octopus, and axolotl

one more, still hoping for any more feedback.

thanks all so far for the input

last one.

I'm gonna do some more tonight I think. I'll check back later to see if anyone had anything else to add for me.

Never before have I seen an actual refined style such as this. Or here. Nor have I seen people here like somebody's work. Be proud, OP. Be proud.

>>1047685
stfu newfag

I could see these as like..
A skateboard collection.

Great work OP, love it.

It reminds me of yantric artwork; the stylization and geometry. If you are not familiar with it take a look and perhaps get some ideas. Keep up the good work.

>>1047685

I've seen some awesome stuff on here, and some people post good work and then people like it.

usually it's total shit though. all art is like that anyplace


here's the last one I did. that's all of them (I'm working on a fruit bat right now)

I usually lurk this board and just offer crit, never really post much. I figured it was time

wow! that stuff's awesome! great idea, thanks
>>1047695

decks, yeah, maybe, huh?
>>1047694

>>1047695
found this pic and noticed that some of the symbolic yantra shapes are already in the animal drawings

this pic, sorry

Pencil on paper with maybe some acrylics, correct?

These are great, OP. I like the simple colours, wouldn't change that. Unless you really know what you're doing a more complex colour scheme will make them less elegant. The one you like best has a way bigger range of value though, so maybe you should do more of that. It does look a lot better because of it.

>>1047768
this is true, maybe I should focus more on value range than color theory for a while with these.

no acrylics, just prismacolor on tinted paper

this is some of the best stuff I've seen on here in quite some time. be proud sir. be very proud.

>>1047773
thanks yo.

I could post a link to my dA if anyone wants it. I've been working on these animals for a few weeks now off and on in among other stuff.

These are pretty cool OP. Only thing is maybe you should have used a stencil when making some of the dots, like on the octopus, to keep with the symmetry. I'd love to see some more of your work.

>>1047781
good idea with using a stencil for making it more even. I'll try making a template with this next few I draw,.

http://resonanteye.deviantart.com/
and then I have a wordpress too, resonanteye.wordpress.com

I do a lot of different mediums. I'm starting to get back into colored pencil a lot more lately, I kind of stopped with them for a while.

>>1047789
Fantastic. I'm thinking of making an homage to your works. Will post results tomorrow.

>>1047794
stoked to see it

finished a fruit bat. tried out different colors, I hate them. lol

I think I'm gonna re-do this one in more subdued colors, might try some blues and grey instead of the usual brown and red.

also, making a template for the next one I'm working on now. that was a really good idea, I can see now looking at these the imperfections/asymmetry in the backgrounds because I was just winging it.

>>1047850
Ah if you hadn't told us it was a fruit bat I wouldn't have been able to recognize it. Cos when I first saw it I thought the wings and the blue waves were part of its body.
The yellow and purple look like they clash, replacing one of them will make a big difference.

Yeah if you stare at these long enough you start to notice the tiny details that don't match up but I think it doesn't matter much as long as the overall shape of the faces are symmetrical.

I think the Hippo is my favorite out of these.

>>1047854
me too. OP here, I also like the hippo the best. I am redrawing the bat now, I will try to make the background more obviously separate from the bat.

thanks

First of all your pics look . For color-combinations;

http://kuler.adobe.com/#

? Type in anything and get plenty results. Ever tried computer aided way like freehand or illustrator. And one more question; you attached graphic elements like circles, dots and lines why not add some that refer to the animal in a way? E.g. typical african ornaments, leaves, spears, huts, kanus, glacier ice or stuff that fits to your pictures main theme?

>>1047861

...good - of course.

Sorry

>>1047861
I'm not really comfy working in digital media yet, so no. thanks for the tip too about color ideas

and yeah that's also good, more directly related motifs, may give that a run

these are good
you should do series of non symmetrical drawings

>>1047861
I'm not Op but I think adding those sorts of elements
could look really tacky.

>>1047870

I've done a lot of asymmetrical stuff actually.
this series is kind of a new approach for me.
>>1047869
yeah could be tacky. it'll have to be abstracted to be ok I think.


(attached asymmetrical piece in same medium)

I like it. I'd love to see you try out an angular art-deco like style. A bird perhaps, like a magpie or blue jay?

>>1047876
lol.

>>1047883
>>1047876
good idea, hell yeah
haha and yes that's a crow I did

these are fucking delicious

do you have a site or anything?
i want to follow up on your work, if that's cool

>>1047891
totally cool, see:

>>1047789

>>1047883
Art deco meets Japanese woodcut. Cool.

You should do bugs too

>>1047895
the one I've been working on right now is a mantis

moth from a while back. this one is less finished than the newer stuff.

Seriously i know you may not like this suggestion...
I can see this as a very successful line of skateboards.

>>1047908
None of these are finished in my opinion. good concept but it's all about the details.

The next time you think you're finished one of these work on it for at least another hour.

>>1047953
and remember that Tool Shed is angry and untalented and his advice comes from a place of extreme Jelly.

>>1047953
Not Op. But how would you finish it?

>>1047948
You know what I can see that as well. These would look great on a skateboard.

>>1047953
Can't really agree, as a number of them look just right to me. Knowing when to stop is far better than rendering something to death.

I also would like to know precisely what it is you'd add to these.

>>1047963
Well I'll use ol' mate shida as an example, over all it's a decent concept, but it's the details that really make the piece, especially with this decorative type work.

>>1047955
It was constructive criticism, suck my jelly flavored dick.

>>1047963
agreed

>>1047964
thanks for proving my point.

>>1047965

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>>1047972

>>1047974

>>1047978
Quit tossing OP's salad and go do some studies.

OP is a prodige woah!!

>>1047991
stop trolling and take your own advice you talentless hack

Get out of your comfort zone, it is clear that you need to learn a lot and you are stopping yourself from doing so by drawing the same stuff over and over again.

These feel like something a tribe would paint on their shields.

Which to me is awesome.

>>1048022

And you are clearly retarded.

same artist

>>1048025

Are you saying OP did this?

>>1048065
yup. it's from one of the links to OP's work posted earlier in the thread. the animal heads are a new thing. there's years of art in different mediums on that blog.

>>1048074

Oh, cool. I missed the links. Thank you!

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>>1048119

>>1048118
lol

where's the guy who was gonna draw an homage to these? I wan tto see the secondhand version