ArtSchool Journey - Gondo

[Gondo]

Unfortunately I could not work on this for a while because I lost my Internet for a week.

So I have now The rough base finished. The next step is to polish it to a good level and after that go to colors.

I changed a few things about the idea and hero shape of the character but it works good I think ^^

The method to paint like in the class was a bit hard for me and took a lot of time. For future characters I will switch to a line work after I have the silhouette because this feels easier and faster.

[Gondo]

I am finally finished.

Like I said I changed The Idea of the Character while working on it. It is more like an Ice Warrior who lives Isolated in a northern wilderness ^^

It was pretty nice to work on this Character, and I learned quite a lot. For example to paint in grayscale first and color with gradient maps.
All took much more time as I wanted to spend on this. But the result turned out well I think. The feet are a bit wrong in perspective I think and the left Arm is not in correct size.

[Gondo]

Just started the Creature drawing class.

For the first assignment I just searched for some photos and sketched them in about 30min each.
I did not focus much on the values. They are just there for a better feeling, when looking on the sketches.

For the next assignment I will use some different animal types

[Gondo]

I also did the 2nd assignment

These are really rough. I just did it and tried to understand the Anatomy and did not focus on an aesthetic look.
I have chosen next to the deer an orca and a raven to see similarities and differences.

Now the Next is an Animal construction.

[Gondo]

So I finished the first animal construction. I choose also a horse like in the Video because I will need this maybe more in future and also it was easier to get in to.
I also noticed that many of the muscles for the construction are just very soft visible. So my brush edges in the drawing are maybe to hard at some spots

[Gondo]

There is the last Assignment

I will leave it by one for now. The creature drawing class was so far the most exiting class of the program ^ ^

[MattD]

These all look fantastic! Your final in particular is really cool

[Gondo]

So I did the Mech Design

The Idea Was an Observation Mech for other planets with some weapons to defend against Alien creatures.

It is a bit messed up but I just make it worse somehow while keep going. I think It is my lack of knowledge of how to handle the lights.
I also skipped the 3d Stuff for now because my Zbrush trail is over and I would have to learn a new program but I do not have much motivation to work on 3d for now. Maybe I will come back to this point later.

[Gondo]

Here is the Day and night assignment of the color and light class

The Landscape was a bit sketchy. Also, it was a bit difficult to apply the theory to something that is not static like the example in the video. But I think my color and light skills will get better with practice on different peaces while keep the theory in mind

[Gondo]

Here is the Interior example

These Time I tried to play more with the lights. And I think it turned out well

[Gondo]

There is the composition assignment. This one is made verry verry quick and rough. I took the first thing that was in my mind by looking on the principles and put it out in a few seconds each.
To get the real experience in composition I should practice the principles on actual images while keeping the theory in mind

[Gondo]

Here is my final illustration for the composition class.
I really had some time struggle the last weeks but hopefully I can do more now and can start with the personal project soon

[Gondo]

Here is the first step of the personal project class: the name of the world

The plan is to revisit an old Idea of a fantasy story I imagined some years ago and give it live.

next I will create a little map of my world and after that I will do some pages with some characters from the different nations

[Gondo]

Here a little WIP

I now have all the greater landmarks set. Now I will render the map out to a certain level. I aim for a Style like the World Maps from Ice and Fire. After that I will do a sheet for each of the nation, Including 3 Characters each to get a Feel of the Culture there.
For the Map I had a little pre-version but for the most of the following stuff I just have some rough ideas I want to do

Maybe I set the bar a bit to high for this but I always wanted to create more out of this World and I think why not now ^^

[Gondo]

Finally Done!

It took a little other turn than I wanted first. But it looks well I think. I like the softer and more saturated touch on it.
sure I could work it out more some hours but I think that would be too much work for just slight changes.
I also participate on Inktober right now so the "real" personal project class project will be a bit slower ^^

[ghostmonster]

excellent work, looks like it was ripped from the pages of Wheel of Time or Dragon Lance

[Gondo]

So I finished the designs for the first faction out of 13. So it will take a while to finish all ^^

First I wanted to create a full rendered character painting for each but this would be a bit to much. So my plan now is just to add base colors and a simple shading/lighting after the drawing like these here. But it will still take some time I think ^^

[Gondo]

Base colors are set. Saturation and value of the color might be changed a bit after shading but these are the base ideas ^^

[Gondo]

1/13 done ^^

Finished the first sheet. It will take a while to do all but I definitely will get better in anatomy, gesture and rendering ^^. I also think to try different coloration approaches.

[Julia_J]

Hey Gondo, looks great! What an effort!
One thing though, for me the right arm (left for us) of the scholar looks quite unrelaxed. If he does have a really flexible shoulder, never mind