Adjusted_Otaku - Art School Journey

Adjusted_Otaku 2022-11-08 13:14:01 UTC #1

Hello everyone!

Finally starting Art School!

A bit about me,

I'm a UK based digital artist looking to improve my skills through the program, this will actually be my second attempt at the course, but I thought actually engaging with the community this time around would help me stick to it!

I already have some experience with digital art but admittedly there are some gaps in my fundamentals that have started to undermine my confidence in my ability in recent years, so here's to going forward and mastering them!

Adjusted_Otaku 2022-11-08 18:24:14 UTC #2

Spent way much time fine tuning my stylus, figured out I had actually been adjusting the wrong setting for years, using tip firmness when really I need to up my tilt sensitivity. Anyway I think this was my 3rd attempt on the Digital Pen Control Assignment, likely will keep redoing it till I can get my circles more consistent, but there was improvement on each attempt.

CYP2C19 2022-11-09 16:01:55 UTC #3

Welcome to the Forums!, hope you'll stick around and interact with the community this time around, I know for sure it helped me to feel motivated and made it easier to keep going and even get feedback on what I needed to improve on. Keeps you from doubting whether you're ready to move on to another Term or not.
Best of luck and Art gains onwards!.

snakker 2022-11-09 19:41:49 UTC #4

Welcome aboard! Definitely engage and conquer

Liking the vertical line control, but recommend a looser approach to circles, let it flow from the shoulder and go for quick or steady paced lines for curves

cheers

Adjusted_Otaku 2022-11-11 11:57:50 UTC #5

Heya,

Thanks for the feedback snakker! I will definitely try what you said about it flowing from the shoulder, I'm having to untrain myself out of over depending on my wrist for most of the time I've been drawing, so it is really helpful to have that advice I will be uploading again later today!

Adjusted_Otaku 2022-11-11 12:47:31 UTC #6

Okay, opening up todays studies with more pen control! Although ran out of room for the final part of the pen pressure section

So a little more about my present progress on the course, I'm running this course alongside a gamedev course which I do Mondays and Thursdays, Art School I do the remainder, apart from Wednesdays when I practice airbrushing or am building model kits, I count this as reference studies Why am I explaining this? Just so if you shoot me a comment and I don't get back to you right away I'm still here! promise and still committed!

Anyway, today I will be moving onto the Image adjustments assignments! Looking forward to updating you all in a few hours!

Also, still got work to do on those circles, but indeed Snakker's advice made the process a lot more fluid and my wrist aches significantly less than last time, so I thank you!

snakker 2022-11-11 15:41:23 UTC #7

Awesome, looking good and glad I could help 😃

Good luck on all your endeavors and keep at it!

Lockenheim 2022-11-12 13:52:04 UTC #8

Welcome to the forums! I look forward to seeing your work!

Adjusted_Otaku 2022-11-15 19:48:35 UTC #9

Okay, bit late, but finished the Image Adjustment Assignment, although did struggle with part 2, still re-treading old ground, but can safely say this is much better than my first attempt earlier in the year, so that's nice although struggled with part 2, think the colour image lost of its saturation in the final result. Hoping to complete and upload the next assignment Friday!

matthewwemes 2022-11-19 08:28:02 UTC #10

The last image adjustment looks just about spot on, that's one a lot of people have trouble with and you did it really well!

Adjusted_Otaku 2022-11-19 16:57:21 UTC #11

Thanks, I have seen that people have struggled with the last one too, in fairness its not easy, I can still see the saturation in the umbrella is off showing the paint strokes, I think the trick is adjusting the colours individual through the various tools instead of trying to change the overall balance of the painting, it requires a lot more fine tuning, but overall was a fun challenge

snakker 2022-11-19 17:41:05 UTC #12

Agreed, that last one is a bit of a pain, nice job

Adjusted_Otaku 2022-11-21 11:38:02 UTC #13

Combining Images assignment.

So not quite my dream house or castle, but I like industrial zones for some reason.

All reference photos from Textures.com

matthewwemes 2022-11-21 23:58:05 UTC #14

Very cool, I also really like industrial aesthetics.

Adjusted_Otaku 2022-11-24 19:39:13 UTC #15

Part 2 of the Combining Images assignment, not so pleased with this one, was hoping maybe I could get some feedback, I am getting this dark/cut outlines where I use the lasso tool, not sure if its something to do with the feather amount on the tool itself.

snakker 2022-11-24 19:50:32 UTC #16

Hey there, yeah it could be from the feathering. You can consider also cutting, placing apples behind others and apply a bit of shading (ambient occlusion) with the burn tool to make it look more realistic

Adjusted_Otaku 2022-11-26 15:34:50 UTC #17

Second attempt, marginally better, went with using masks more this time around too. Could easily get more fixated on this but want to move ahead quicker so I can get to figure drawing before the end of the month lol

And I just realised the issue with the lines would have been from the original cutting the apples from the black background with the selection ever so slightly feathered leaving that outline!

snakker 2022-11-26 17:30:50 UTC #18

Yeah, I wouldn’t sweat it too much. It’s definitely a useful tool to have for digital art, but at this point I think the most important thing is to know more or less how the tools work, not necessarily make perfect photomanips, unless that’s also a goal for you of course

Adjusted_Otaku 2022-11-26 19:18:07 UTC #19

More of a compulsion than a goal lol, truth be told I really just want to get to the figure drawing, but promised myself I'd do the introduction to photoshop assignments properly as I skipped them last time.

Adjusted_Otaku 2022-12-07 09:52:49 UTC #20

Hello! Been a bit of while, I am still here, but I'm having to take on some extra responsibilities at my day job at them moment, which frustratingly has been cutting into my free time, but its only for another month or two at most. But I'm back here now! and I've finished the last two exercises in the Photoshop for Digital Production at last! See below

I haven't used photoshop for photo editing outside of photobashing for a project a few years back so I was quite rusty but am looking forward to the next project, which I believe is Visual Communication?