Art Ventures

blindedera 2016-10-05 09:13:40 UTC #1

Heyo, you beautiful people!
First of all, I'm so excited that Cubebrush's community forums are up and running! It has been and is definitely one of my favorite places to visit when I'm going about online And I'm excited to see all of your guys' works because it really pushes me to keep working on my artwork since there are so many of you guys working hard to get where you want to be!

Anywho,I aspire to be a concept artist! Or just somebody who works within the entertainment art field. In addition to that, I want to become a better artist. I want to be able to use my skills to show those around me how I view the world, create awesome things, and tell stories! So that means, I'll be posting up WIPS, drawings, and ideas on here as well as my thoughts and struggles that I had when working on those pieces. Oh and I'll be including Inktober sketches too since, well, it's October! Hopefully, you guys are down to follow me on this little old journey here! I'm definitely open to advice, critiques, etc. And I'm going to strive for updating this blog at least once a week!

lozzzliss 2016-10-05 09:46:08 UTC #2

Love the style of your paintings!

rogueSleipnir 2016-10-05 15:35:25 UTC #3

good progress.
your first few pieces need more depth, to push the background elements further.
like losing some detail and more atmospheric perspective.

blindedera 2016-10-05 23:16:30 UTC #4

Thanks! And I appreciate the advice because you're totally right! I definitely struggle with drawing the background as opposed to the foreground. By any chance do you have any references or tutorials I could check out regarding that? I feel like I'm making the transition from foreground to background to abrupt when I start lessening the details or trying to add in atmospheric perspective. I guess you could say I struggle with finding that balance or I'm just overthinking it. Also, sorry if I'm not making much sense.

blindedera 2016-11-04 02:09:17 UTC #5

Did some GOT fanart during my downtime. Trying to put some of the things that I learned from my online art class to practice. Slowly, but steadily xD

blindedera 2016-12-06 09:07:14 UTC #6

Some sketches I did while wine tasting I was at a legit castle ahh!

blindedera 2017-05-06 04:02:04 UTC #7

Been a while and Im going to try and start posting more again xD

Some tower silhouettes designs

blindedera 2019-07-23 17:00:38 UTC #8

I like that my last post said that I would try to post more then I end up not posting after 2 years LOL. Here's some newer works and a WIP of a sketch that I decided to paint lol. Let's see if I can actually post consistently this time. Probably not. haha.

WIP.

This one is suppose to have some wonky proportions. Kind of like how Leyendecker's proportions can be "off" but still be believable. In this case, I wanted to use the weird proportions to make it feel "otherly" in a way.

My goals this year are to work on my rendering, designing, and try to get the hang of 3D Coat.

PeterH 2019-07-25 19:08:52 UTC #9

The gap certainly does highlight the increase in learning! Welcome back to posting, I hope you do more. I love your boar and its huge mane.

Alboba 2019-07-26 09:16:55 UTC #10

Hey, you*ve got some great stuff going! I do have a recommendation/critique though. You really seem to like having a ton of brushstrokes make up your painting, which looks cool. But I do recommend working in shapes rather than in litlle individual strokes for everything. Like this your painting gets overwhelmed with details and looses its focus. I also tend to have that issue sometimes. So yeah some resting areas and areas with details would really help your pieces. Otherwise they are lovely, keep going ^-^

blindedera 2019-08-25 22:30:46 UTC #11

Thank you so much for the feedback! Yeah I definitely agree. I tend to go a little overboard and crazy with the details once I start rendering it all out. I need to remember to keep it simple and not overload the whole thing.

blindedera 2019-08-25 22:32:49 UTC #12

Thank you! It's only been a month since my last response so I'm kind of doing better in terms of posting haha!

blindedera 2019-08-25 22:40:02 UTC #13

Painted a stone lantern and some Hollow Knight fanart. Slowly getting better at painting forms and understanding how shadows colors work. Marco Bucci's video about shadows is super helpful. So many epiphanies!

blindedera 2019-09-01 05:27:51 UTC #14

Been painting some weird stuff. I stopped at some point to add cheesy text to this painting because it started to look like the cover of some psychological horror film/book. I was laughing so hard adding the text. I even downloaded that font for the shits and giggles.

blindedera 2019-09-21 03:14:15 UTC #15

More stuff I'm working on! This stuff is more commission work

blindedera 2019-09-25 01:17:32 UTC #16

Finished painting this little guy! Ayoo!
I have no idea what to write when I do these blogs. Lol to those of you who have lots of things to say, I definitely envy you hahaha. I'm here staring at my desk wondering if I should crack some pun or just start rambling.

cedricgo 2019-09-25 11:31:42 UTC #17

That's a nice little creature!

Haha, I can relate to this feeling

blindedera 2019-09-29 03:27:13 UTC #18

Thanks, man! If only it was real creature haha

RIGHT?!?! It's a mystery how people pull this off!

blindedera 2019-10-02 05:38:19 UTC #19

Inktober sketch! Am I going to do all 31 days? I have no freakin idea. Feel like every time I attempt inktober, I get 6 drawings in and then move onto other things xD Let's see if this year is any different. I'm just going to do what I can and have fun with it.

blindedera 2019-10-16 06:11:27 UTC #20

Painted a mushroom tree
Funny once Inktober started I had a sudden urge to want to paint instead of draw with ink xD