I'm glad you got rid of the tangent, but I agree with Roh it's really flat, it seems you took out what perspective you had? The details are lovely though but yes dynamism wise it's suffering a little
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?in24.2k
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 youin1.4k
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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!in793
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!in48.0k
@Oceane_Roh, @nesokaiyoh Thank you for your comments, and yes I think your idea of the shark tail of the mermaid going to the distance, and the "summoned" shark coming to the viewer would be great! But at this stage I don't want to go back and redraw everything 
so I'll stick to what I have and I'll try to make it workt as best as I can. But I'll definitely consider your feedback for future illustrations, so thank you again!
I did some progress with colors, I'm thinking in having the scene underwater, as I have never done that before, I'm approaching it by painting normal color first and afterwards tweak them and add some effects to make it work.
Well don't worry it's okay. It is your painting after all, if you don't feel doing something just don't do it 
The render look really cool on the shark and the skin, I love the light you are using, very smooth.
What are you planing to do for the background ?
Not sure how the backgroung will come, I only know I want it to be underwater, near to the surface, so I'm reserving the sharp lighting to the the sunrays coming through and drawing those typical shapes over her and shark.
I think it would be strange to have them not in the ocean lol but thankfully it isn't something that is too difficult, at least not compared to a city or forest. The painting on her shark bod looks really good, is the shark going to look ethereal? And if the shark is on its own layer I'd suggest to make it a little bigger as they're both competing for the focal point (currently being similar sizes and taking the same amount of space in the composition)
@nesokaiyoh thanks for the advise!
I didn't make the shark bigger because I was planning to dim him to achieve the elementary effect. So I hope they are not competing now.
Here is another progress, I'm getting closer now. I know I have to work in the bubbles still, and a little bit on her hands and face. But I would really like to have some crticis please.
I'm really loving the way you've painted the ocean here, I'm surprised it's so shallow though. But I agree the shark could need some work, currently it doesn't look spectral - just an actual shark lol though well painted. Some sun rays and light refraction of the surface of the water would look beautiful too, considering she is in shallow water you'd also see a lot of it on the floor too. Have you thought about adding anything to the scene? Some stunning pops of colour with coral beds would work well, or even some weeds and other sea plants
I was expecting that the shark looks transparent in comparison to the shar part of the mermaid, but now that you mention it, I will definitely have to find the way to push that even further. I was saving the light rays for last, as I don't want to overdo them, and as for adding something else, I was feeling timid about it, I wouldn't want them to still the show, but I'll give it a try! Thanks!
I wouldn't have thought it was transparent, just a slightly lighter shaded shark honestly, in fact the two shade differences would be really nicely done if it wasn't for the fact it was meant to be transparent xD I'd try going for a more almost ethereal blue glow, because I really doubt making it more transparent will show people it's a spectre 
The piece is looking really fantastic though so far!
hahaha I think it's translucency isn't noticeable because the ocean have a similar color, but it's noticed in the tail were it pass in front of the mermaid's body. I wanted the inner part of the shark to be semitransparent to give the impression of etherealness, but as it is cleary not working I'll definitely try your suggestion, thanks!
The transparency in the tail over the girl isn't directly noticeable, and especially not from a distance - it needs to read first and foremost as what it is rather than what it could be considered to be, when it's so subtle it doesn't come across too well. I myself had barely noticed the transparency in the tail actually until you'd told me. But you could also accentuate it just by having something different behind the shark. Maybe more mermaids, some rocks or corals or even some other creatures! These are just suggestions though, so take them how you will xD
I haven't really feel the transparency of the shark on the first thought. Adding a bit of life in the ocean with stone corals etc would be a nice touch.
But I think what is the most strange looking, for me, in the lack of deepness in the ocean. I have this feeling of a pool/aquarium of 2.5meters maybe 3meters. She doesn't really have the space to move properly in this environment.
But for the render haven't much to say, maybe it could use a bit more light.
Keep up the good work !
@nesokaiyoh, @Oceane_Roh Thank you both! I considered your comments and tried some things, I couldn't make the floor the ocean work, so I went for this version. Although, I would argue against Oceane_Roh that mermaids could come to the shallows and manage themselves there, nonetheless, with the floor the image felt a little tight.
I feel somewhat stuck now, so probably it won change as much at this point. But C&C will be very welcome anyways.
Yes I do agree with you, I just felt it a little strange in this case, maybe it had to do with the dead floor but the first think that had come in my mind was an aquarium ^^'
But hell yeah it look amazing with the tweaks you've made !
That already looks far better, drop offs are always terrifying imo
The bubbles and bits of ground sticking out are a nice touch too, the rendering overall is really well done.
@Oceane_Roh @nesokaiyoh thanks you!
Well, as I said, not much change, but here's another update. By the way, I just realized that I can submit multiple times and the image will appear in may page, so I'll do that now.
Ahh it does look super good is still salty that it would look even better with the shark in perspective still tho your shading is so appealing
Thanks! I just updated it with minor changes, not sure if they are for the better at this point, but I think I'll call it done now.
Grats on finishing 
I've really enjoyed seeing your process right from the beginning, and I wish you the best of luck in the contest too!
Thank you very much! I enjoyed your process too! Best of luck for you as well!
