Amanda's art school journey

daceronine 2022-12-23 04:23:43 UTC #8

This is exactly the one I just finished! Seems we're going at the same rate! Welcome aboard!

The castle pic seems it could have used a bit of adjustments on the color to match the background, though the proportions seem about right. I was going to mention it seems to need a bridge at the entrance, but then I noticed the original one ALSO doesn't have a bridge!
Your alien ended up very well done. kept messing up the finer lines, but especially the mouth and nose turned out really nice. You even adjusted the neck to make it better!

gaston.amanda 2022-12-27 17:31:13 UTC #9

Thanks for the comments! I struggled with color matching but I actually just didn't understand how to do it. It's been very fun though so far.

gaston.amanda 2022-12-27 17:41:47 UTC #10

Okay. On to the next assignments!

I have finally reached figure drawing and though it starts off simply, the difficulty gradually increases—as it should. Here are the first two parts just before Christmas.

Oh the cyclinders were tough and I still don’t like them as a whole but it’s done!!

Lockenheim 2022-12-27 17:45:19 UTC #11

Really nice work here and welcome to the program! I really like cylinder 13 and the foreshortenning on it!

gaston.amanda 2023-01-01 01:46:18 UTC #12

After looking at them for a couple of days, the cylinders have grown on me so thanks!

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Today, on New Years Eve, I’ve finally finished yet another part of the assignment, but it was definitely difficult and though I understand it’s not supposed to be perfect, it still leaves me feeling unsatisfied to a degree.

I wasn’t sure how to contend with the overlapping though and I probably picked poses that were a little too difficult, but I simply picked them from the poses I already had stored on my iPad.

Here they are:

gaston.amanda 2023-01-02 02:45:41 UTC #13

These were rough and show that I still have a lot to learn as far as creating decent looking cylinders imo, but Happy New Year everyone!

daceronine 2023-01-02 18:38:56 UTC #14

NIce work man. I'm also struggling with wireframes from imagination, it's easier to deconstruct existing photos, but getting good angles from imagination is hard.

I couldn't help but notice a few things in these last ones, did a quick edit to try to explain what seemed off:

I feel like proprtion for head, torso and hips also need to be a bit more proportional, since our head is not the same size as the other two. Here's an example:

Still learning myself though, bests of luck!

gaston.amanda 2023-01-11 23:59:24 UTC #15

Thank you for the response. I’ve been trying to keep your advice in mind as I continue to practice!

Best of luck to you as well!

gaston.amanda 2023-01-12 00:02:40 UTC #16

Work has been tiring, leaving me worn and I am uploading something from a couple days ago—nothing super recent. Though I feel a bit bad about that, I’m going to continue moving forward, but try to give some more effort on those really tired days.

Here are some gestures!

snakker 2023-01-12 00:19:25 UTC #17

I feel you, work can really do a number on you

Stay strong and rest when you have to, if you push yourself too much you might get frustrated

Cheers

gaston.amanda 2023-07-15 03:46:28 UTC #18

I’ve finally been able to buy the entire course and I’m super excited so here I am posting again. So, as I do the work, I’ll be uploading here, but I’m not sure about the posting schedule yet.

Anyway, since I’ve done the first term last year, I’ve run through that stuff again using the guide and am somewhere between the second and third week, technically!

gaston.amanda 2023-07-15 04:01:34 UTC #19

What’s bothering me the most is the gesture drawing. I feel like I’m not doing it “right” per se.

Pattu_w 2023-07-15 14:14:14 UTC #20

Here, check this video out, it talks about gesture and figure drawing in general, this channel is a great resource to get your mind around those topics, it helped me alot.

gaston.amanda 2023-07-16 01:07:07 UTC #21

Thank you so much! I'll definitely check it out !

gaston.amanda 2023-07-21 14:49:37 UTC #22

Here’s the last couple of days in one post and unfortunately, I didn’t have as much time in a few of those days in addition to tiredness but we are gonna keep moving forward.

gaston.amanda 2023-07-28 16:18:02 UTC #23

It’s been a week, but I’ve finally completed the last part before I move on to Perspective; the five character study! There’s all my favs so this was fun but very challenging!

daceronine 2023-07-29 06:44:53 UTC #24

Hey! nice ones! If I have to guess you did these from top bottom? the last one already shows more cleaner lineart after just a few exercices!

gaston.amanda 2023-07-29 15:29:49 UTC #25

Yes I started with JoJo and ended with Zoro, but hey, after looking over it again, you're right. The last one IS cleaner. It's a step in the right direction!

gaston.amanda 2023-07-30 03:28:52 UTC #26

Here are todays one minute gestures. Not much else done today aside from digging into the perspective video but it’s the weekend !! ITS WEEK FOUR FINALLY.

gaston.amanda 2023-08-04 04:59:41 UTC #27

Since I’m working with my iPad, mobile PS has no line drawing. It’s a lost cause there as shown here, but over the next couple of days, I get used to the FRESCO app, but perspective week 4 is still tough.