JeffLais sketchbook

[Jeff Lai]

conceptarts so intimidating!
well its probably about time i posted on here
some sketches from the catching the bus
and lifedrawing to start off with

[Naastika]

Nice drawings, I think the ones on the bus are pretty cool. For some reason I really like the shading on the second bus pic.

[UnSharpened]

Lovely work!
I love that one on bus too. You got an excellent line quality, I think that I'll see you post more nice stuff. Would like to say it will be better if you can make those images a little bigger.

Welcome!!

[iceman478]

i really like your nudes very cool

[Jeff Lai]

aw thanks pple,
i like that one too, i think i like the negative space made by the buschairs.

[Jok]

Drawings are very very nice, I love that lats one (color)light is fantastic...keep it going like that you have big potencjal....

[Carbono]

I love the high contrast in your shadings, and your figure studies are looking amazing!
Keep it up!!

[Jeff Lai]

heres some other work

[Jeff Lai]

lifedrawingg
his legs a bit long.

[Jeff Lai]

whoa i do have a sketchbook
kinda forgot
well came back from massive black workshop in wellington nz
and it was awesome, gonna try update more often
seeing as my last one was ages ago.

sketches of the pple were mostly from the workshop
colour stuff is just for fun
and last one is from photo refs
(facial expresssions and other one was.. from cover of a national geo)
sorry for the bung digicam photos

[Ricardo Robles]

Amazing pencil lines! and the other stuff is very good too!
keep it up.

[bleedsheet]

Awesome stuff man, love your shading!

You went to Massey right? I remember in Sequential Art this year, Stephan showed your comic as an example.

[Jeff Lai]

thanks Ricardo and bleedsheet
yep i sure did go to massey, glad i've finished tho haha

[septomin]

Your enviros are so nice to look at...some really cool shapes in there.

[OmertA]

Very good work love the rendering.

[forgeman]

beautiful work!!!

[Jeff Lai]

thanks forgeman, OmertA and septomin
heres a selfportrait
(with the help of some ref shot)

[`ej]

very nice things in here

love the sketches from the people in the bus!

[Grafguy]

very nice!
i freakin love everything in here
keep up the good work!

[grue]

Great stuff Jeff, especialy the tree. Love it!

[Pseudocognition]

This sb is alllll goooood. Your bus drawings are awesome, I've always wanted to use bus time for something but it's too bumpy to draw on mine I nap. Your digital pieces are fantastic, the colors are making me salivate.

MOARRRR

[MJ_Alcazar]

Wow, really amazing stuff in here. Love you bus drawings!
The enviros are awesome too!

[wookiedabo]

great colours on that last one, nice flecks of saturated red too. that drawing of the tree roots further up is incredible, gorgeous stuff.

[Jeff Lai]

thanks Ej, grafguy, grue, MJ_Alcazar and wookiedabo

Pseudocognition: luckily the bus ride for me is relatively smooth, tho sometimes i do get abit carsick which doesn't help. Should totally do it! haha

I always see such awesome photos when i flick through national geo
I just want to draw them! (but also trying to see if can get the tone right)
the lady holding the giant leaf just seemed bizzare haha
these are from photo refs (except for my hand)
need to draw more from life! gonna go on a mission

O! feel free to crit too, blast'em to bits!
i'll take everything on board

[ashess]

the way you blocked the models in your first post is amazingly clear. I think you should do more that way. even in faces. gets the sturcture very obvious.

[monsi]

Some great things in here man, I especially like the last few digital paintings

with your pencils, watch that you don't cover things with too much tone. Keep the form in mind. If you render on all planes without a purpose it can do more harm than good.

keep it up dude.

[Jeff Lai]

ashess/Monsi: o yes i'll definitely have to remember/watch that
can get abit carried away sometimes, thanks for the feedback!
very helpful indeed

[Tigermilk]

Lovely sketchbook mate, thanks for sharing!

[monotony]

awesome sketches. the drawings from your busrides are great
and I really enjoy your painting style in the canyon piece.
would love to see more.

[Jeff Lai]

Thanks Tigermilk and monotony
i'll have to draw more on the bus!
here some sketches of my left hand
and another selfportrait (from mirror this time!)