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  • Day 4: Star Wars May The 4th =] Queen Padmé Amidala in my art style! First time drawing her and I really enjoyed making this one! Used watercolours, ink pen, acrylic markers and gold paint for accents on my Canson mix media sketchbook. I hope you like it!
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  • Thank you! I finally cleaned that up. Meanwhile started 3 more ..I have a habit of taking too long to finish a piece, then I lose interest in it and just start something else. I found 8 from recently i started and abandoned, that are decent enough to not delete, but not finished. There’s also been a number of drawings I felt I “outgrew” - became better before I finished them, and it would be easier to start from scratch than fix them. Anyone else thinking that?
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  • Lady Death Fanart Collectible: Part 6 Polypaint and base Hi, it’s time to share with you another part of the process to create this fanart piece. Polypaint As this is my first collectible fanart I didn’t have previous experience with polypaint so I tried my best and played a bit with it.I wanted to give a ghostly and eerie look to Lady Death, she is beautiful and deadly, but at the end of the day she is a woman that died and was reborn at hell as an avenging spirit, that’s why I gave her skin tone a bluish very cold tone.As you will see I gave myself some creative freedom to deviate from the traditional color scheme that this characater has in comics and illustrations.To add a bit of sensuality by painting some freckles on the face and the chest. The dark nature of this character was the perfect excuse to gave her a kind of goth make up, very dark shadows around the eyes, blue lips and fingernails. I know that the original character includes sexy red lips but I wanted this girl to have a sexy but at the same time creepy look, that’s why we can see some thin veins emanating from her eyes. The biggest chromatic change I did for this character is at the hair. Lady Death has a characteristic white weavy hair but in my fanart I decided to gave her a very saturated blue color.The reason behind this wasn’t only an aesthetic choice. I want that the face area strongly pulls the attention of the viewer so this area needed a stronger contrast. Another reason is that I want her to have a more modern look, as I mentioned before, I’m strongly attracted to women with goth/punk look. I gave myself half an hour or more to analyse the work of experienced sculptors that create collectibles and I discovered that the use of darker values on the skin is often applied to create a greater sense of volume and three-dimensionality. I found that areas with heavy ambient occlusion are the perfect places to paint with darker colors in order to increase the separation between different forms. Even though she has a bluish skin tone, I used a bit of warmer hues in areas that, in real life, tend to go towards red and pink, this is very obvious in the nose, cheeks, and knuckles. Thinking with a logical mind it’s completely absurd to have warmer tones on the body of a zombie like creature but I didn’t want to limit myself by using only blue tones, it looks boring and artificial. In real life these colors are created by blood vessels in areas where the skin is very thin. ** Scythe **for her weapon I applied a cool gray with some warmer variations, this color scheme is influenced by the work of H.R giger. Base I’d like to talk about the design for the base which, to be honest, I forgot to develop along with the character.My main idea with the base is to show that Lady Death inhabits a very sterile and arid land, at the end of the day she is at hell.You can see a that she walks over dirt and rocks, a sign that she’s surrounded by death and loneliness. As part of the landscape we can see some bones and skulls to reinforce the idea of lack of living creatures, yet we can see three hands that try to reach her legs.This hands represent that all creatures are subordinated to her power and seek an evil blessing with a simple touch of the princess of the damned.1- The hand with skin burns represents the souls of those who are newcomers to hell, tortured souls that suffer for the sins comitted on earth.2- The hand with greenish rotten skin and pustules is the reminder of the decay that has infected the souls of those who have been trapped and have forgotten their humanity3- Last but not least, the hand of a demon shows that even dark creatures and entities bow before her presence. The cherry on the top, at least in my vision, are the simese twins that emerge from the ground, this malevolent creatures remind us that in hell there’s only perversion and any trace of innocence is lost. Thanks for reading till this pointI’m really happy to be very close to finish this creative journey, last but not least it’s mandatory to talk about splitting the sculpture in several pieces to be printed, this will be my last entry before showing the final rendered images. See yaMay Zbrush be with you
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  • memory 2min gartic phone, used ref 2m gartic, used ref for pose 2min gartic 2min gartic 2min gartic 2min gartic memory memory memory memory study memory memory memorymemory memory memory memory memory memory study memorystudy study stylized left memory, right study study memory memorymemory memory memory memorymemory memory, porportions r offmemory memorystudystudy memorymemorymemory memory memory memory memory memory memory memory, right leg is a bit broken The feeling of only getting 1 - 3 likes on a social media post will never not be discouraging. But nothing is discouraging enough to make me quit drawing. I think the strategy of drawing a lot of stuff and waiting a while to post is good though rather than posting it immediately and then feeling that sadness on the next set of drawing
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  • studies studies juri study imagination, how I feel before a speech imagination imagination study something I drew for my presentation also drew this for my presentation, didn't fix the one hand being bigger than the other imagination + study study studies study study, I need to fix the face a bit based on screenshot from anime but in my style study. except for the eye study studies studies study. changed some things tho imagination imagination imagination study studies, except top right samurai based on anime screenshot wolverine studies, changed some of the poses a lil, not very good at all, but first time i drew the character ever. semi study studies study imagination imagination imagination , for first time ever i tried to draw over 3d model for middle pose, I dont like the result tbh, but it makes it much easier than coming up with it from memory.imagination, except right figurestudies imagination + studies, coming up with action poses r hard, these are not dynamic enough, I will redraw better ones in future. imagination , imagination imagination study, except for eye imagination imagination imagination doodles except for the two chrollos imagination storyboard thumbnail, idk if i ever shared this. my storyboards end up being a little detailed since i usually just draw in one layer.
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  • Neon Gambit This is a fan art of my all time favorite character Gambit from the X-Men.I made this a birthday gift (26.04.2024) to myself and honestly I really do like how it turned out in the end =] I hope you like it as well =]
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  • Hello! My name is Vithor, I am from Brazil, studied Design at a local college worked as an illustrator for more than 10 years. I took a time off around 3 years ago and am trying to get back in my art shape and maybe become professional again. Here are some recent pictures: You can find timelapses for most of them on my instagram: www.instagram.com Vithor Albertim (@vithor_albertim) • Instagram photos and videos 123 Followers, 638 Following, 19 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Vithor Albertim (@vithor_albertim) Comments and critiques are always welcome.Cheers!
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  • @patrycja.lerch Thank you I created another variant, which might capture the witch look I was going for better
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  • Thank you @daceronine! If I remember I save in google cloud, I will have to stick a note to do it more often. Lamp is from life. Poses are from refs but I look at refs for a while and then try to do it myself and look it up if needed. Outfits and rest is from imagination Something went wrong while installing system so we will have to wipe everything again... pc works but something is wrong. We will wait till internet is done and I will save everything on cloud this time Threads came out in eu. It's been 3 days and I had more engagement than after half a year on instagram. It feels really nice I hope it stays this way A portrait of old dude. It's the same character I posted a while ago. Inspired by Bayard Wu work. At first I thought of him as a bear but I named him Fenrir and I think wolf suits him better. Eye gave me a bit of hard time but I think it is fine now. I focused on face and forgot about area below. The way I draw hair clashes with greying hair. I had the same problem while doing Lohse's white hair. Does it looks like it is greying here? I love how desaturated red looks blue there. I keep lying to myself that I will use different color scheme but It all comes down to this blue and yellowish one it is just flipped this time Have a great day!
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  • Havent done much this year since I am focusing on learning programming and deving my own Indie Game . But here 's a New Year Piece 2024 , she 's the mascot for my Game Studio - Lucid Realm : Lucid Chan ! LucidChan_v001_sketches.jpg3072x4352 973 KB
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  • Long Crested Eagle studyI had so much fun making this one and honestly I love that Eagle! It looks so cool! Used for this one high quality watercolours, high quality watercolour sketchbook/ cold press and it was 300 grams paper.I hope you like it!
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Mar '23
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Hi everyone, I'm Alex. I'm an aspiring illustrator and developer. I've always been interested in art since I was little and have always loved drawing. I went to college for traditional art, but due to some personal issues and just not knowing what I wanted, I ended up dropping out and pursuing software development and graphic design.

Although I am grateful for graphic design and do enjoy it, I've felt a yearning for years that my true passion is in Digital Art and illustration. Thus, over the past couple of years I have really tried to start moving towards this path so I can finally create the things that I've always dreamed of such as video games, comic books, and animations.

Full disclosure I started term 1 before and had been doing the year long drawing challenge, but with the weekly schedules being introduced and just reflecting on my current progress, I thought that following these schedules and going back to Term 1 would hopefully allow me to get a better grasp on my fundamentals. I'm nervous, but excited. Been a while since I've put myself back in this situation. But that's my story, so thank you to everyone who stops by to look at my Sketchbook here. I want this to be the last time I restart this journey and I hope this assists in keeping me consistent.

Thank you everyone and Hopefully more to come soon!

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Mar '23

Here is my progress on the Daily Work for Week 1 thus far. I've also been working through some Draw a Box work as well simply because I thought that it would help with some pen control and fundamentals. The Draw a Box work digitally is not great, but I'm starting to get the use of the Shoulder down and today, I was able to figure out a set up that works a bit better for me while drawing on the tablet so I'll take those small victories for now.

Daily Pen Control - 3-22-2023

Daily Pen Control 3-23-2023

Daily Pen Control 3-24-2023 + Draw A Box Lessons

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Image Adjustment Assignment 3-24-2023

This was harder than it seemed. I know my lower images are not where they need to be. I'm thinking of trying this one again, especially with the final image. I just got to a point where any corrections I was making were either way over corrected or just going back and forth with what I already had. Any suggestions for this would be great!

Daily Pen Control 03-25-2023 + Draw A Box

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Daily Pen Control and Draw A Box 03-26-2023

I've been trying to work with a much smaller brush size than what I was used to. I've been using a 3px for all of the assignments thus far, prior to that I was around 8px - 10px. I'm curious to know what is considered too big of a brush and where everyone else is usually running? I know I have to get used to using the smaller brush anyways, but would be interested to hear others opinions on brush sizes, cause it is difficult haha.

Anyways, thank you all for looking and if you have any feedback for me, I'd be happy to hear it. I know there's not much at the moment, but any tips or pointers for Term 1 and fundamentals I would also be happy to hear.

Mar '23

welcome to the forums!!

That depends on the size of my canvas :smiley: and how thin i want my lines to be so it kind of varies

Mar '23

Thank you! And that makes sense, I didn't actually consider the canvas size when it came to brushes. Good to know!

Mar '23

Hey there, Snakker here, welcome aboard!

Looking good so far, these are good exercises. I agree with Mitsuki, no set brush size as standard, but thinner is probably better for practice on accuracy as smaller mistakes are more visible, thicker brushes are easier to work with

I notice a bit of trouble keeping horizontals, ofcourse you can help yourself with the software for perfect lines, horizontals etc, if your aim is to improve free hand though, and you are working from the shoulder, I find it helps finding a sweetspot angle. Once you are good at one angle, with one line, you can use that one for all your lines - you would only have to rotate canvas and keep doing the same motion. But then, if you want to challenge yourself you can also try getting good at all angles

cheers, and keep at it!

Mar '23

Hey Snakker, thanks! Yea that was my thought too. Want to focus on accuracy, I guess I was just wanting to be sure I’m not making things too hard on myself too fast ya know?

And yea, I only want to do free hand, feel like if I start to rely on the shift key that it’ll get me into bad habits and won’t help me much. I do rotate the canvas with the draw a box ones, still working on finding the sweet spot though haha.

With the Term 1 Daily Pen Control, I was trying to achieve it from the vertical angle itself, as Marc was in the tutorial. I know I’d probably have a better time getting clean lines from a rotated angle, but trying to work on some dexterity to see if I can master these from that angle.

Thank you for all the suggestions and for easing my mind on the brush sizes. I appreciate it all more than you know!

Mar '23

First day of working with a better setup, I think its made a difference. Noticed my lines are getting closer in my ellipses during my warm up and my lines seem steadier than they were. Obviously still a lot of practice is needed, but again taking the small victories where I can.

03-27-2023 Daily Pen Control - Warm Up- Draw A Box + Sketch

Did a sketch with limited references of "Maliketh" from Elden Ring. Obviously not super accurate but just wanted to do something kind of fun with all of the course work I've been doing. Just really like his design and was inspired this morning. First time I've attempted any flowing hair or smoke/fire. Still lots of work to do for improvement but oh well it was fun.

Thanks for looking, and again any feedback, tips, etc are appreciated!

Mar '23

Very cool sketch and the hair looks very good for a first attempt. Keep up the good work!

Mar '23

Thanks! I’ve been really working at my lines this week so happy it seems to be paying off haha. And you’re being too kind, but thank you I really appreciate it. It means a lot!

Mar '23

Had higher hopes for this evening's drawing session, but got home from work and had a horrible headache. Took something for it and watched through the Nude Figure Drawing lecture and took notes, hoping that it would subside by the end of that. That didn't pan out so I just pushed through my warm up, daily pen control, and the daily 5 minute observation. Was hard to stay focused and it shows pretty bad, especially when I had to subdivide with no lines touching. Think that's probably the worst outing I've had with the exercise thus far.

Kind of a disappointing way to end off my first full week of doing these exercises, but oh well. Made it through a whole week of consistent practice so here's to week 2 and the continuation of my journey!

Daily Pen Control and Warm Up 03-28-2023

Didn't realize how bad that green would show up on here, sorry about that. Not entirely sure how I got it switched to that color in the first place and I didn't really care in the moment. Will ensure that I don't get it swapped to that color again in the future and stick to my reds and oranges.

Thank you all for the kind words and reactions, means a lot! I apologize if I haven't made it to your pages yet, was hoping to do that tonight, but I'm gonna have to call it and get some sleep. Just wanted to make sure I did everything as usual to try to cement this as a habit.