Crankshaft's Sketchbook

I like those moody shots of the brick textures.
With that camera angle and lighting they look like atmospheric pictures of old, cobble-stone streets and are very different from your usual metallic stuff.

Thanks Val! They re very fun to do.

i feel like giving up right now

crankshaft wrote: I feel like giving up right now

A great philosopher once said, "I won't give up, No I won't give in, Till I reach the end, And then I'll start again."

thanks val!

might give up soon

I think there's a typo in that last post.
Let me correct it for you...

crankshaft wrote: might NEVER give up [strike]soon[/strike]

Terrific presentation there, crank.
I feel like I'm reading a company brochure and I'm about to buy something from the future.

Why would you give up Crank? Your designs have developed really well and your presentation is almost unrecognisable from your first posts on here.
Is there something specific thats making you feel frustrated? You never seem happy with your figure studies. Can we help? Just ask away if there's anything we can do.

For the figure studies, once again, I'd recommend leaving the attempts of creating the perfect stand in skeletal structure behind and instead trying to draw with a reference beside you instead of tracing it. It doesn't need to look perfect, the lines don't need to be neat but that would show if you've actually learnt human proportions or if you've only developed a crutch with what you're doing now.