Avid's Sketchbook

Hello all! I'm Avid. I used to lurk on the old IFX forums but never posted. As for skill level, I suppose I'm a hobbyist? I have a degree in Fine Art, but I feel like I missed out on a lot of fundamentals and have been trying to work on those myself.


An (oldish) introductory self portrait:


(Avid-tea-addict was my old tumblr username)

Aand, it looks like I uploaded/embedded the image in my first post correctly! Thank you so much Charlotte for your guide on how to upload images; I would have been totally lost otherwise.

Some of my more recent digital sketchbook files:


Ref: fantasy landscape bg 2by joannastar-stock @ dA

Some face studies






Gestures:





Still life:



Landscape study thing based on the Five Fingers Peak of Huangshizhai:


Ref: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wulingyuan

Welcome Avid!

I like your line work and the sketches of the faces. Looking forward to seeing some more stuff. Show us what you got!!!

Welcome, and nice sketches.

Welcome Avid! Some nice studies there Looking forward to what else you've got and I hope you'll participate in some challenges too.

Welcome to the Nexus, Avid
Like your landscape pictures.

Thank you everyone for the warm welcome!

Here are some more files from my digital sketchbook:







I did the last two with the help of the perspective rulers in Manga Studio; the perspective wouldn't look nearly as correct without them.

And here's a WIP that I started several months ago and then put down because I felt stuck:


I would love to hear any feedback you guys have about the lighting or the clothing.

Avidtea wrote:

This one is messing with my brain because it has a load of Escher like impossibilities.