Aika's sketchbook

[aika]

im not good with lineart I usually mess up proportions. i pushed this one a bit to test my result

[aika]

progress on previous sketch and today's sketch
lately ive ben trying to add perspective since i feel a bit more comfortable with gestures and making things believable. still lot of things to work on but i enjoy the freedom in my sketches.

[malcom]

Really love your female characters. The first is coming along really well. Only critique I really have is that it's really desaturated at the moment. No really striking color that makes the character pop. But I assume you'll do that as you push it further. I enjoy the second one a lot.
If you don't mind me asking, What is it that you want to do with your art career? Assuming you want to be an illustrator. I can see your work in Legend of the Cryptids or other games with fantasy illustrations. Keep up the good work. Look forward to updates.

[aika]

Thank you Malcom.
I want to experiment with colors and tbh I feel more comfortable with greys. but I will try to push it to my expectation which is this:

Angell01

I aim for LoC quality since I draw so much inspiration from those artworks. Lately Ive been commisioned to draw covers for indie authors. My main occupation is being an accountant and I dont know if I can ever swich careers. I aim to be really good so I can make this happen. Thank you for your concern^^

[hermidraws]

I noticed you mentioned something about doing freelance, and seeing the growing multitude of mainly "female almost to no" clothing artworks , from other artists, maybe you could add more variations so others can now what other stuff you can do.

Unless of course, you like doing what you already doing. Overall solid stuff though, don't have anything to critique about the fundamentals aside from keep on painting.

[aika]

Thank you!
I usually get commissioned for male characters. I have everything on my artstation and I believe thats where ppl are getting more scouted from.

I love drawing the female form with little to zero clothes tbh and I rarely sketch anything else on my free time.

[malcom]

I believe you can make it. Your work is really well done. Even though there's always room for improvement, you getting commissions which in itself is a great thing. Just continue doing good work and improving. Hopefully you snowball into being able to switch careers.

PS
Wow I actually really love crow god's work. I should study their work sometime. Also Whats you artstation?

[aika]

Oh thank you! Its a long way there though T.T
Yeah, getting commissions was one way of improving fast and practice on stuff I wouldnt normally, like drawing men and modern clothes and backgrounds. Also i have found other applications of my art outside the game/fantasy realm which was nice.
This is my artstation:

https://www.artstation.com/artist/aikaterini

[aika]

I have this fascination with artists Ruan Jia and G.Huang. I am under the impression that their style developed from studying classical paintings. So I decided to start studying as well. I have avoided hard work studies but I guess its the only way to get better.
This is Edward Bisson 3 graces. No color picking or trace.

[soki]

WOW!
Great work!
Wondering if you could give me a hint on how you got on that skill level.
I have experience with traditional painting and drawing, I am skilled in vector illustrations (can send you via PM if you want to take a look) but somehow I can't make good work digitaly
Can you please give me some material that helped you grow your artistic skills?
Also, I see you come from Greece, greetings from Serbia

[lukasz-draws]

Very cool stuff. I like a lot what you're doing.

[aika]

Thank you Soki! Yeah sure! You can also post a link of your portfolio or add it on your account info.
Ill try to write a short reply haha! Two things helped me grow. The first was to browse through art and tutorials constantly. The second was the monthly competitions that cubebrush(the previous site) held. Being competitive, and getting feedback were very helpful for me. Losing was even more helpful :D. Deviantart and Artstation are good places to start and if you create a sketchbook here posting your work, receiving feedback its always helpful. But the important thing is to draw what you like and aim for what you want and the style you want.
I have a list of my Youtube subscriptions maybe they help

Apterus Graphics
Charlie Bowater
China Digital Painting
Cubebrush
darozchannel
ElenaSai & Cross
giorgio baroni
John Grello
kingkostasart
LEE EVAN
lius lasahido
Maxim Verehin
Proko
Puppeteer Lee
Ross Draws
Stanley Artgerm Lau
TamplierPainter
The Art of Aaron Blaise
webang111
Zezhou Chen

[aika]

I wanted to share the process I use for creating fast comissioned characters.
First I find pictures for the desired pose. I layer them appropriately and create a sketch. I drop the basic color. I throw photos and render till it looks smooth and painterly. Here is my reference photos both for pose and clothes and some progress shots.

When I do comissions I heavily rely on photos for the pose and the rendering. I dont do it for personal pieces where I enjoy drawing each pixel:p

[malcom]

thanks for sharing. I like this. Learned something new.

[cedricgo]

That's pretty smart. For some reason it never occured to me to make a montage of different reference to get what I need. I usually try to find pictures that closely match what I have in mind and that's not always easy.

Thank you for the tip!

[aika]

@malcom @cedricgo Thank you guys! I am glad it helps!!

[moe]

love your sketches

[aika]

thank you moe^^

first time after so long I sketched something without thinking. and tried something new. i feel better<3

[aika]

a sketch that went a bit further. i think miss peregrine was the inspiration
also real size

[aika]

This is a wip for a cover im working on.
Its the first time I create something scifi-ish and I'd love some feedback.
basic idea is she's holding a stungun that lits up her face. There's also gona be a spaceship up in the back. The space up is for the title