SKETCHBOOK 01 available again!!

Hello People!! A very Happy Diwali to you all!! :) Hope you are having a wonderful Festival! :)
You all will be happy to hear that I have made 'Sketchbook01' available again!! There are very few copies available so Hurry!!

You can buy yours here:
• INDIA: https://www.instamojo.com/dattarajkamat/sketchbook-01/
• Rest of the World: http://store.creativetalentnetwork.com/axProductDetails.php…

For any questions you can email me at contact@dattarajkamat.com with subject 'Sketchbook 01 order'

A quick illustration

A WIP sketch done a couple of days back.

Sketches

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A few sketches from my daily practice sketchbook.

A few sketches done this week

 Just for fun I got myself a regular drawing book usually used in schools.

It cost around Rs. 20/- that's 30 cents! Surprisingly it turned out great

for daily Sketches and studies! The size is great for carrying around

and the pages have a nice not so obvious texture that works great with pencil! 

Need to try Copic markers on this! 

Character sketches

A few character Design sketches done last week. #characterdesign#sketches #art

Some character designs

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A few character designs and sketches done last week.

I feel that I am getting to know the digital brushes a bit better now. Hopefully soon I can achieve the same rendering style effect like the original gauche and watercolors. Need to practice and explore these brushes more!

Hope you guys like these designs! :)

New Illustrations

A few Illustrations I did in between work. Usually when I sketch for fun, I don't plan the whole illustration but start with just one sketch and then build the rest of the characters and environment around it. 

I don't know if its the better way but what I have realized is that once I see some subject on the paper I can visualize more things faster and better. Hence even when I am drawing my character I start with the face first. Once I see the personality I can draw the suitable body and gesture around it. Not a hard n fast rule but most of the time it works! :)

Daily practice

A few Daily Practice character sketches.

A quick illustration

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A small illustration based on an Idea. I wanted to do a quick sketch but I spent a little more time and having fun drawing the foliage behind! :D Hope you guys enjoy it. :)

Did one more with similar process. Started with a single character design sketch and then built the BG around it.

A few warm up sketches

Character designs based on online references

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A few quick character designs done based on a couple of interesting photos of Indian Middle aged men I saw online. Most Indian men will be engaged in a similar pose most mornings. Either wondering about political updates or trying to solve the crossword puzzles. :) The guys on the top right corner is wearing a Indian style Monkey cap quite often worn by older people. 

More Sketches

A few sketches done last week in between work.

warm Up sketches

A few selected warm up sketches done last week before starting work each day.

A Quick Character Illustration

Did this quick Illustration while testing new digital brushes. I have finally sorted out my digital brushes and have brought it down to selected 40+. Need to get rid of more and keep the number close to 10. Having less brushes gives you a uniform rendering style to all your artworks. Although I prefer traditional media, I felt quite comfortable using Kyle webster's digital brushes. Totally worth spending $15! :)

 

A Quick Digital Character Sketch

Sketchbook Stuff!

A few sketches from my daily sketchbook.

A few Character designs

Character Design Explorations

A few Character Design Explorations done a while back. Was working on developing an Indian man in his 50s.

A few more pencil studies...

A few more studies done using the references on the internet...

A few pencil studies...

A few studies done using the references on the internet. I wasn't sketching with pencils for over a month now. I just purchased a Cintiq 22HD a month back so was exploring the digital sketching options. To be honest I didn't enjoy sketching on Cintiq as I do on real paper. The main reason is that you don't get that natural feeling of paper on the Cintiq screen. I mean the pencil brush has texture but one cannot physically feel it on the smooth surface of the screen! Hopefully after spending more time on it I will get a better hold of it. After all I spent a lot buying it! :P :D