Oct '16
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Hey all! I will be joining you all in this new forum and I'm gonna try to upload as often as I can on this art blog! I'll be post anything from WIP, sketches, models to paintings. :smile:

I'll start by uploading something fresh, a character that I've struggled for far too long on! Finally moving on from it to clear my mind.

malcomModerator
Oct '16

Hey welcome to CB forums. I know being here you'll grow a lot.
First off cool idea. Love the colors and the design is cool to me.
For your next piece and even this one, check your proportions and anatomy before adding on armor and clothes. One of the biggest things I noticed in this last piece is the size of the head proportionally to her body. Other anatomical areas can be looked at as well. Other than that cool stuff so far. Keep up the good work.

Oct '16

Hello, thanks! Yea, I can see it now that you mention it! Thanks for helping! :smile:

Oct '16

Definitely @malcom one of the first thing that strike me as odd when I opened the post was the head. Overall solid color choices and cool design.

Welcome aboard!

Oct '16

Hey! Indeed, anatomy definitely went over my head on that one (pun intended). Thanks for the feedback and welcome!

Oct '16

These studies are quite nice. Those ears on the first one remind me of President Obama :smile_cat:

Oct '16

It is nice to see that you've progressing in 2d and 3d. Same thing with me). Keep up the good work!

Oct '16

Good-looking 3d work! I never played WoW, but those barrels and boxes look charmingly video-gamey. Really feel the urge to break'em looking for items.

Nov '16

Hey, was busy making my submission for this weeks contest! This was my progress. Post-WIP! :smiley: I didn't have many ideas or much time this week, so I went with this little silly story about using special powers to cool off your drink on the beach! I sketched out my characters face on a very small paper, (which looked alright before I blew it up on the screen!!) and put it in, I added the borders to separate character and background and started working from that.

In the second picture, I spent a lot of time trying to get anatomy, proportions and other things right. I wish I could start out in colors, but I am not quite there yet. In this phase, I wanted to make sure everything was alright before I went into coloring. :smile: And that is pretty much it.

I also made myself a time schedule with submission date (wednesday) which helped me avoid procrastination and broke me through any form of art blocks. Although I don't experience art blocks a lot; I struggle deciding on things! Anyway, hope you enjoy!

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Nov '16

Something fishy going on here... :smile:
These 3D sculpts are looking great! I especially like that crab you have made a few days ago. I wish I could sometime have the time to learn to do 3D work.

Nov '16

Hey, Mar! Thanks for your comment. :smile: I do really recommend that you try out 3D softwares, Zbrush especially! It has helped me think about shapes and lighting! You spend a lot of time problemsolving if the concept for the model you are making isn't clear, and you often have to do it in ways that fit reality. This mentality translates over to 2D, and is really helpful! :smile:

8 days later

Nov '16

Hey all! I made a scene for that sea creature I made a few days ago. Hope you like it! :smile:

Nov '16

Reply to

achronic

Love the end Result. The expression gives her a lot of character :smile: .If i may ask, did you use grandient maps to color it?

Nov '16

Hey, Fira! Yes, to both questions! Zbrush is an awesome program :smile:

And as for the painting, the technique I used didn't necessarily require gradient maps, but it is a quick way to put down color so you can work on top of it afterwards! By managing values separately, you can put more focus into making it look right and then jump into colors with gradient maps and start working off there :smile: Glad you liked my derpy fish too!

Nov '16

Nice blog! I can see you grew a lot every day!
The last scene with sea creature is very very cool :smile: I also like your sketching style.
I think your 2D digital painting/rendering can use some work.

Nov '16

Some pics of what I've been working on lately! Going to texture this soon :smile:

Nov '16

Nice sketches! :smile:
About Symmetra: the anatomy of her upper body is off. Try to build up the body from basic shapes. I did a paintover:

Nov '16

Thanks for pointing out the anatomy in your paint over! :smile: This is really helpful.

Nov '16

Here is the textured model that I posted a few days ago :smile:

Nov '16

A wow, I'm really loving your 3d work, especially your Zsketches. Incredibly inspirational stuff, here. The form in your earlier demon-esque heads is just great, man. Keep it up!

Dec '16

your 3d stuff is great!, I really recommend you to study after Hampton or Loomis, this help me lots drawing the human figure, if you need some tips or guidance let me know!, I'm no expert by any means but maybe I can help out. :smile:

Dec '16

@delta_hexagon @Schmigel and @Imphelikz - Thank you!

Not sure who you mean by Hampton, but I love Andrew Loomis, he was a great artist from the early 1900s. I am probably going to look more into references from this time, as there are a lot of great forgotten modern artists from it. This will have to wait until next week though!

Wont be posting until tuesday as I have an exam on monday :smile: Thank you all again.

Dec '16

I'm finally back with another model!

Dec '16

Reply to

achronic

Nice work!
I think I would make both the chars eyes much smaller/not that wide open. It looks like they're VERY scared or excited :stuck_out_tongue:
With the right one, the jaw line stops too far to the back and her ear is quite thin. Her nose is very small for how realistic you've drawn and you give the chin too little space. Here's what I mean:

I think it helps to first sketch out the head shape and proportions before adding any detail.