Random sketches by Thomas

[Voolf]

Nice sketches Thomas. The blue shade was bit misleading for me at the beginning. I thought i was looking at a river .
Love the pit, the texture is more like a wood than stone to me though.

[- JO -]

Nice... I would just say that the riddle in the water are too strong (maybe not in black, or with lower opacity ?)

[ThomasR]

Nice sketches Thomas. The blue shade was bit misleading for me at the beginning. I thought i was looking at a river .
Love the pit, the texture is more like a wood than stone to me though.

Thanks Rafal When you're talking about the blue shade, you're not talking about the vibrant blue pond but the grey (cold 3 and 5 by copic) following the walls ? The "flowing" cavern was something I wanted, like a bowel of the earth. About the wood, you're right, I really gotta work on this

Nice... I would just say that the riddle in the water are too strong (maybe not in black, or with lower opacity ?)

Merci Joel. The problem with hand drawn pieces when you're not at ease with pencils is that you go for pens and it's all or nothing but I can, perhaps, see an alternative with dashed lines to give a less full impression. Thanks for pointing that out.

[Josiah VE]

These are really neat Thomas. I love these miscellaneous threads.

[ThomasR]

Thanks Josiah, it's a fun and productive project.

[Elterio Delgard]

Your ravines are great! Now I know how to draw them! Thanks alot!

[ThomasR]

Ravi d'avoir pu t'aider Elterio

Here comes Sketch 7 :

It's not right yet but I feel I'm getting there. It's still a bit heavy with details in my eyes. I planned it as a cave at first but once shaded (poorly sometimes), it looks more like a canyon to me. I've started coloring it digitally and the black pit might become a lava or a tar pit.

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As always, any comment or critic is welcome.

[Ilanthar]

Very interesting ! I think you're right about the many lines for details. It looks really good with the shading though (and I really like this bluish grey you chose).
I wonder how it would look with the shading and a bit less secondary lines for the rocks.

[ThomasR]

Thanks Julien I'll try to go easy on the detailing on the next one. The shading is a combination of copic cold grey 3 and 5.

In the meantime, Sketch 8 : Who said fooling around can't be useful ? Here's a custom gift wrapping paper for my best friends birthday presents (hut a photo for now, I'll edit with a scan later).

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[Greg]

Now that's some awesome wrapping paper, Thomas, where can I buy some?