Thabiso's Art Noodles

big-misch 2017-01-20 14:35:45 UTC #21

Badass update!

SquareTipArt 2017-01-20 22:21:06 UTC #22

@malcom These are mostly sketches I do at lunch time to sort of mindlessly draw and not worry too much about being correct. So I tend to not have any reference (which is why you'll notice the designs tend to be really loose, and somewhat random) Kinda just drawing on autopilot.

Here's some more stuff from this week.

HyperMode 2017-01-21 01:42:33 UTC #23

Sup, you beautiful hunk? Just poppin' in to say hi and tell you to keep doing what you're doing. But don't be afraid to shake it up!

malcom 2017-01-21 13:16:03 UTC #24

Interesting. Well there still pretty cool to me. Keep up the good work.

joemizu 2017-01-25 14:07:08 UTC #25

awesome stuff man!! you seem to be comfortabel with anatomy and different poses, do you attend many life drawing classes or what helped you get that confidence?

SquareTipArt 2017-01-25 16:23:47 UTC #26

Hey Paulo, agh don't know how comfortable I'd say I am but I did do a lot of figure drawing in college, and over the years. What did help the most was figure sculpture. I did a life size figure and several smaller figures, understanding the body in 3D will help leaps and bounds in constructing a body from the imagination. The rest is all just remembering proportions and perspective as well as what sort of detail is ok to leave out. Essentially, think big shapes first and think in 3D, it'll be a big help.

Here're some more sketches from the past couple of days.

big-misch 2017-01-26 04:33:57 UTC #27

Dang! Another badass update!

Time to cry lol.

joemizu 2017-01-26 23:51:27 UTC #28

That makes sense thanks for the response. Just curious did you model traditionally or digital? I got some clay but man its hard to control haha.

SquareTipArt 2017-01-27 21:58:34 UTC #29

@Paulo I did traditional sculpture. Life size figure with water based and smaller sculptures with oil based. It was super fun and educational.

Here's some more recent stuff.

malcom 2017-01-27 23:42:47 UTC #30

I like like the color piece in the middle. Looking good. I know it's still a wip but if I can recommend something it would be to have the little details on the fabric be gold as well. Not sure how it will affect the overall design but it probably look cool. Who knows. Like big gun shapes and design and it's cool to see you play with proportions a bit more than usual with the last sketch. Overall solid stuff. Really interesting works here.

SquareTipArt 2017-01-27 23:45:31 UTC #31

That last one is me trying to emulate Nurzhan Bekkaliev. If you haven't seen his art, definitely check it out! As far as patterns I'll totally be looking into designs towards the finish

malcom 2017-01-28 05:13:55 UTC #32

Ah ok. So I just saw Nurzhan Bekkaliev art. Interesting stuff. Nice use of shapes.

marc 2017-01-28 11:07:18 UTC #33

Love your stuff! More!

SquareTipArt 2017-02-02 22:20:56 UTC #34

More recent sketches. been a fairly slow week.

amifluffy 2017-02-05 18:34:01 UTC #35

Great stuff man! Love how you compose characters inside the frame. Do you have any "full render" pieces?

SquareTipArt 2017-02-07 19:57:11 UTC #36

@amifluffy I do when i have the time or if it's for a project.

Here's some more recent sketching. Plus retouching some old stuff to see if I can't make it better.

gregmckart 2017-02-11 16:58:01 UTC #37

Looking good. I like the use of multiple/overlay/color layers to get a richer color out of the grayscale pieces. Any plan on pushing these to finish or is this strictly study work? I think your earliest posts have a lot of potential.

SquareTipArt 2017-02-21 19:45:17 UTC #38

Hey Greg. I do want to finish some of these properly, been kinda jumping around multiple images. Hoping to have 5 or 6 completed character illustrations by the end of march.

In anycase some recent stuff.

Firathion 2017-02-21 22:04:30 UTC #39

Absolutely incredible! And to think these are sketches

SquareTipArt 2017-02-23 05:44:16 UTC #40

@Firathion Haha not all of them. The colored ones are definitely not quick sketches (I'm starting to take some of the sketches and paint them up a bit more."

Here's today's thing