CartoonChaser's - Art School Journey

CartoonChaser 2020-05-30 19:01:27 UTC #23

So i forgot to post some of the studies I did for the past couple of days since I started term 2. I think I am doing pretty good so far and definitely learned a lot about face construction. I still have trouble drawing the face parts a bit, but I will get better as I draw more of them. Also these are not all the studies, I am just too lazy to take pics of my sketchbook, but I filled 3 or 4 pages of head practices and figure drawing

CartoonChaser 2020-06-03 19:01:36 UTC #24

Hey, today i practiced doing some ears and quick poses. I also did a full artwork and it turned out looking pretty good. It was so easy to make the face after all these studies and before this, I kinda struggled with it. I could have done more ears but got carried away with the drawing, but I think I got them down pretty good.

chiara.arcidiaco 2020-06-03 20:57:45 UTC #25

Wow this character is awesome! He seems really scared/worried and I love the color palette that you are using, also the cicle that gives a lot of contrast to the focal point. The only thing is that I do not understand really well the smoke that comes out of the mouth, but maybe is related to other of your drawing pieces.
I'm looking forward to see your next works!

CartoonChaser 2020-06-03 21:01:31 UTC #26

Thanks a lot, appreciate it. The smoke is more like a soul type smoke going out of the body. Also, I just thought why not add it, as I think it fits with the whole drawing.

chiara.arcidiaco 2020-06-03 21:10:18 UTC #27

Oh, that is awesome!! When you explained to me I said "Wow, why I didn't think about it" hahah
Maybe you could put some other elements to explain it more crearly in a next drawing of the same character, it's really a good idea!

CartoonChaser 2020-06-03 21:15:45 UTC #28

Yeah sure, I will try to do something. This character was made accidentally while I was drawing from a reference and decided that the face needs change and something to make it look interesting. In the end, I just changed so many things that the only thing that was referenced was the cape I am really proud of the outcome and might want to explore with this character, maybe when I learn more of the background design stuff and incorporate him into it. Thanks for the feedback

CartoonChaser 2020-06-08 19:13:29 UTC #29

Hey, today I wanted to try to finish up the linework for 2 point perspective. Still need to add some stuff to it, but I am happy with hows it's looking right now.

Any criticism is appreciated

Also did a little nose reference studies

CartoonChaser 2020-06-21 08:02:25 UTC #30

Hey, I forgot to update this topic, but I am pretty much done with working on a house for a bit, and now I can get back to drawing daily. So recently I wanted to try to a fully painted piece with reference and I am really happy with how it turned out.

I am gonna continue with anatomy and figure drawing for now, as i want to get better at that. Any criticism is appreciated

CartoonChaser 2020-06-30 13:25:23 UTC #31

Hey guys, long time since i updated you, but here is my first try to combine all the things I learned over the past weeks and do a realistic head with a reference. I mostly wanted to use a reference for being more accurate with the lighting and structure of the face. I am really proud of the result.

Any criticism is appreciated

I will be moving on to the next subject perspective 2.

CartoonChaser 2020-08-10 18:42:29 UTC #32

i am back on the grind. I have studied here and there but I haven't done as much as I wanted. So I am gonna try to post my daily studies here and get back to it. Today I wanted to challenge myself and do some crazy clothing, which turned out to look really good. Also tried to improve my style a bit.

Also I followed Mark's lesson on anatomy and put mussels on real skeleton. There is definitely room for improvements and not everything is 100% correct, but with a bit more study I can get it to look accurate

joseph_k 2020-08-11 06:17:17 UTC #33

Hey CartoonChaser, it is great to see your progress so far, especially with the gesture drawings. I am excited to see where you'll go from here. Your style is quite cool.

CartoonChaser 2020-08-11 08:02:41 UTC #34

thank you so much <3

CartoonChaser 2020-08-23 19:18:59 UTC #35

Studies for today.

Also some drawing of a clown

dangras-almeida 2020-08-25 04:42:15 UTC #36

Loved how the baseball player turned out! So cool! 😍😍😍

CartoonChaser 2020-09-02 20:40:53 UTC #37

Thank you so much, i was proud of that too.

CartoonChaser 2020-09-02 20:46:48 UTC #38

UPDATE: i have been studying a lot this week, putting in 10 hours a day to studies and I can now see a lot of improvement. I start my day with gesture drawing and then do 1-3 h poses to study anatomy and at the end of the day, I do a bunch of faces that I find on Pinterest. I have found that drawing faces without the Loomis method gets me drawing better faces, I know what correct anatomy for the face is so placing face parts is easier. i will probably dump all the other studies here soon, but here is what I was able to do today. This is still from a photo reference, but I didn't have to compare it to the image to know what is good and whats not and I am really happy with the result and I actually had a lot of fun.

CartoonChaser 2020-09-12 17:22:21 UTC #39

Sorry for not updating this forum consistently, I need a schedule haha. But I recently did a personal project/study, and i feel like it was a good update on my current skill level.

CartoonChaser 2020-10-08 15:49:12 UTC #40

hey here is some head practice i did yesterday

Vonschlippe 2020-10-08 16:11:57 UTC #41

Hey CartoonChaser!

Drawings aside, I'd like to ask about another technical aspect of your work - is it possible you draw using your wrist rather than your entire arm?

I feel like your drawings could take an entirely new quality if you took a few minutes to re-trace your line art with clean lines prior to coloring. Try drawing with sweeping lines, moving your entire elbow, and have two fingers on ctrl+Z to try again as many times as necessary until you get the line right.

I took 3 minutes to re-trace one of your characters with clean lines, and I do feel this is the next step you could take to bring your work to "pro" level! Scribbly, uncertain lines are really holding your artwork back at the moment. It's okay for sketching, but it would not hurt to give this a try

Cheers

CartoonChaser 2020-10-08 16:17:56 UTC #42

hey thank you for the tip, i don't usually draw from the wrist as of recently, but as this was planed to be some quick sketched i didn't really care for the lines, but more for the whole structure and getting better at drawing faces. Tbh I like unclean lines more and I don't know why, but they are a bit more natural to me. But yeah this is rougher than I usually do. Thanks for taking the time to reply btw, i love your work