Aaron B - Art School Journey

[AaronB]

Hello 😊
I'm Aaron, and my journey with art has been a lifelong passion. I pursued my
interests by obtaining a Bachelor's in Games Art and Design at a university in
Australia. Although my studies were fulfilling, I felt the need to delve deeper
into the realm of 2D drawing, which led me to sign up for this course.

Currently, I'm working on my own small art business called Flatline Party.
My hope is that this course will not only enhance my artistic skills but also
contribute to the growth and success of my business. Additionally, I aspire to
blend my passion for games with a fulfilling career.

I welcome all constructive criticism and insights from this community! Your
input is invaluable, and I look forward to learning and evolving with everyone.

[AaronB]

Here's my first couple of assignments. I know my way around Photoshop pretty well but using some of the Adjustment layer tools can be really tricky to get right.

[mitsuki-youko]

Welcome to the forums!!

[AaronB]

Thank you!

[patrycja.lerch]

Welcome Aaron!

[daceronine]

Yo welcome aboard Aaron! Always glad to see new people taking on this journey!

If you have any social media with stuff to share, feel free to post it, other that that, bests of luck and happy to see how your journey goes!

[Pattu_w]

Welcome to the forums! Looking forward to see your progress!
btw, great work on those first assignments!

[AaronB]

An OC from a story I was working on called The Pantheon. Her name is Jupiter

From The Pantheon; Saturn

This is Gerk, he loves to drink juice, and the juice doesn't seem to mind it.

Some small drawings I put together during an inktober

A group of colourful pokemon I made. Had a lot of fun doing these.

Of course feel free to drop any thoughts or criticisms you have of my work

ALSO here are my socials:
https://twitter.com/FlatlineParty_
This is where I post most of my art on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/AaronFBennett_
This is my personal account, I usally post memes and pokemon stuff here.
https://www.instagram.com/flatline.party/
Insta is the best place to follow me.
https://flatlineparty.com/
And this is my site where I sell all my stuff.

feel free to check any of these out, or none at all <3

[AaronB]

Nude Figure Drawing assignments 1-3

I did all of my short gesture drawing in my drawing pad so I'm not gonna post them here, tbh there isn't much to see hahaha

Gesture Breakdowns

Male/Female Proportions
Did this one a couple of time because I really wanted to get it down.

Model Box Tech
This one was really hard, spent a lot of time getting these right and still have a lot more to wrap my head around.

[daceronine]

Good work there. Proportions in general look about right.

[AaronB]

This is my attempt at the Study (copy) 5 characters from professional artists/shows/games you like (lineart only)
I went on a played with some colour on the Majora's one (he's one of my all time favourite characters in a video game)
2 Naruto, Jak and Daxter, Pokemon (Agatha and her team), Majora's Mask (Legend of Zelda).

[daceronine]

Oy that looks good! I believe the point of copy studies is to try to capture the essence at a high level, refine your observation skills, and later try to incorporate it into your own work.

[AaronB]

I decided not to draw my room coz I thought it would have been a bit boring, So I decided to draw from my imagination. The bed is totally not in a good spot, it looks cool but I wouldn't want to risk sleeping there hahaha. If anything looks off, please feel free to let me know

[daceronine]

Hey Aaron! first of all good work man, perspective is always rough and just from the lineart detail and shadows it's clear there was good effort put into this exercice.

There are a few details that stood out as I looked at it though:

• The biggest poin is the distance in proportions with the stairs. Using the rulers you can see in this highlight that where the bed ends, near the window, it's much smaller in proportion to where the stair starts, near the viewer. Even if it's in perspective if you follow the perspective line the distance doesn't seem to match.

• There are also a few shadows that seem confusing at a glance, I noted some of them in the image, where some seem to have a shadow under direct light and the table seems to not have shadow, which stands out since there are some detailed shadows in some other places.

Hope it helps, keep truckin man.

[AaronB]

Oh man just saw this, thanks for the feedback. All really good catches and good advice, I'll keep that in mind moving forward.