Aw_Ralex - ArtSchool Journey

[Aw_Ralex]

Trying to loosen up my gestures by removing the points I've been marking and pushing the poses - I think they're starting to get looser, but this is pretty difficult for me. Any advice would be appreciated!

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[gteldeschi]

i feel you, removing the points its a double edge sword kinda off, you have more time to do some volumes but at the same time you loose sigh of proportions easily, I think it can depend on the pose u trying to do, if its an easy one for you maybe you dont need the points but if its a complicated one maybe you do, i dont know but that is something i am experimenting on as well so dont take my word too seriously x).
But i can say this, I could understand all the poses in your gesture drawing so they are pretty good in my eyes, its just a matter of doing them every day if possible i think !

[Aw_Ralex]

Obrigado Giuliano! It is difficult to jump off without the points, but I think it will lead to more dynamism and flow in the future. Good luck on yours as well!

[Aw_Ralex]

Just picked up some new work, so I haven't had as much time to practice recently, but here's something I missed that I've been working on the past week: the 2 point perspective assignment.

Just an in-progress shot, still want to put a little bit more into the details. I've been trying to keep things looser and not be so perfectionist about it, which I have a tendency towards Let me know if you have any critiques or observations!

[Julia_J]

Nice colours and layout
I hope you don't mind, I drew some lines on your picture cause my OCD was recognizing some inconsistencies in the lines

[Aw_Ralex]

Thanks Julia! I fixed some things as per your lines. Still not everything's correct, but better than before!

[Julia_J]

Happy I could help Since PS brought back my loved pixel line tool I am more than happy to draw lines on everything

[dangras-almeida]

This building is remarkably similar to ones from my home country 💙

[Aw_Ralex]

This one's from Portugal! I lived there for a couple of months and thought it might be a nice subject for this assignment - the streets are beautiful there! Are you from Portugal or Brazil?

[Aw_Ralex]

I started the 3PP assignment; I'm liking how it's going so far, but I'm realizing how distorted things are going to get because I didn't account for staying enough within the confines of the vanishing points. It doesn't seem to be that bad, but I had to put a wall up on the left side to account for any potential issues adding objects on that side of the piece might create.

Aside from that, this is the first time I've tried to do a full scene from imagination (using references of course). It's taking a long time to draw and get used to, but it's nice to finally take the jump into creating something from scratch.

I still have a lot of work to do (the vase on the right) and details to add. Also, I'm playing around with potential colour schemes to break things up. Let me know if you have any suggestions

[LesleyCarol]

This is looking solid so far! The front arch looks awesome.

The left lamp seems farther from the entry-way then the right lamp. I think it should be moved over to the left a little to match it. Also, the barrel looks a little flat. I'm guessing the red line is the eye level, so the curves in the middle of the barrel should curve up more.

Hope this helps! Can't wait to see the finished product.

[Aw_Ralex]

Thanks Lesley, that's a great point! I'll move the lamp over when I go to finish them up and put some more work into that barrel.

[dangras-almeida]

Nice!!! I'm from Brazil, and some coastal cities from there have that look exactly like that, definitely Portuguese heritance 😁

[Aw_Ralex]

Here's today's work! Been more busy with work, so not able to practice as often as I have been.
I warmed up with some 5 value studies (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W80Lz0PNSI) referenced by @ziggydas on another blog. Afterwards, worked on my 3 point perspective and tried to block in some values inspired by the warmup. I'm trying to keep things pretty simple because I'm not too familiar with how two light sources interplay.
Let me know what you think and what could use some work!

[Aw_Ralex]

Hey guys,

I stumbled across a Marco Bucci video today on colour (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtQA9_vtREU) and decided to do something completely different today. Here's a piece that started with a snake, but I'm happier with how the mushroom came out. I'd like to make the snake look more defined and deep, but not sure how to go from here. Having fun with this!

[Julia_J]

The mushroom looks great indeed, right out of "Alice in Wonderland"

[Aw_Ralex]

Trying facial features out again today - here's an eye. How can I improve?

[Julia_J]

The lower-left corner of the iris has a great structure!
Just my "grain of salt" here For me, the tear duct looks a little bit too round and short, the iris isn't perfectly round (the pupil is not in the exact center). But I guess the biggest improvement would be the shading of the eyeball. There should be shades all over the eyeball directly under the lid and some in both corners of the eye to make it look round
Hope this helps?

[mau.wamp]

You could also try to block in the shapes for the eyelashes instead of drawing every single eyelash itself!
And also as Julia already pointed out, you might want to spend a little more time on giving the eye more of a 3d look, because it still looks a little flat.
I have a short video here by Angel Ganev, he explains both things I mentioned pretty well.

Hope that helps!

[Aw_Ralex]

Thanks guys! I took some time to try all of your suggestions (minus the eyelashes since I already drew them, but will keep in mind for future eyes!). Not sure if the intended effect was achieved; it's still a bit flat, but I think I'll iron that out more as I go.

@mau.wamp That video's super helpful, thank you!