Castonia's Artblog

[joycew-art]

I really like the colors of the second picture

[castonia]

Thank you!

[castonia]

It seems a bit dull to me but Im honestly done with this piece and I just want to get it out of my way

[castonia]

some more stuff ~~

[patmast]

Nice stuff here! I took the painting you said is dull and I played with levels, Curves and Hue/Saturation. All I did was mainly grouped the midrange values and added more contrast. Also I added some Saturation. It may not be perfect, but I tried my best and I hope you like it

[mr_dessin]

Really enjoy your yellow-green-ish elve !
Her expression is really cute ^^

[castonia]

I feel like my rendering is getting a bit better but I have a huge problem with making a drawing look ''finished'' (example the mermaid, it just doesnt look like I've pushed it further and I don't know how to do it ... sigh art's hard

Blade and soul character for a friend

The 2nd one , the mermaid is a collab between @oxcoxa on IG and me, she did the lines and I did the colors and rendering I loooooved working on it

[soluxos]

Hello there (:

I scrolled through your blog a bit.
You've made some nice progress since the start of your sketchbook~
The rendering in your mermaid piece is really lovely btw; very crisp!

Regarding the finished feeling, something that could help you out is taking works from artists that you really admire. Then, you can take a finished piece such as your mermaid collab and compare that with the piece(s) of the chosen artist(s). Analyze and jot down notes of the differences in levels of finish between the pieces. Think about what the artist(s) did and how you can possibly apply that in your future work.

I hope that helps, and if not, feel free to shoot me a message for an overpaint!

[castonia]

First of all, thank you so much ! I'm happy that people see the progress.
I really do need to look at other ''finished'' artworks and I'll definitely do that, thank for the advice!

[castonia]

Another mermaid piece, what a surprise. This one is a Birthday gift.
I need to start using more references for inspiration, otherwise I keep drawing the same things over and over again. I'll try to do that next time ~~

[castonia]

Working on a this month's Character Design challenge on FB , the theme is Space pirates. It's kinda hard to make it read as she is a ''space pirate'', but I hope I'm in the right direction. Any tips are very welcome!

[castonia]

These are some mermay pieces I tried to do more of a character design rather than a character w/o a story or personality, unlike I always do. So this is Lophi Ragnhild and she's a bounty hunter. Any feedback is really important to me, thank you ~ As for the 2nd one it's just a painting i guess,nothing special. I'm honestly quite happy how they both turned out, I feel like I'm progressing which is good.

[Acolet]

Oh, how lovely!! Your whole artblog is a treat to look at
I love the expression on the dark mermaid, you really did capture her personality too. The only thing I would critique is the rendering on her tail (on both pieces actually) - it feels to much like plastic to me, not enough color variation and shades, just one unified shadow and light area, making one big smooth shape.
The movement and flow you have in the second piece is amazing, colors too. Both are really great work!!

[zaratancho]

Some pretty vibrant ones in there. Most of the faces are pretty awesome too Cool designs. Great job.

Makes me want to do more painting and rendering.

[dee-lov]

definitely characterization in your design! the expression of lophi is what puts forth the most personality, ultimate SASS

hope to see more !

[castonia]

Thanks you!

[castonia]

This is an OC of mermaidcomics on IG

This 2nd piece is for the # draw this in your style challenge that is going around right now it was suuper fun to paint Loish's character in my style. It's kinda sketchy but I can't find a lot of time to draw right now ToT

[cedricgo]

I think they both came out really well. Your improvement is really showing.

Keep up the beautiful work!

[castonia]

I wish I had more time to draw, drawing this dude was something different and unusual for me, I don't normally paint guys and i need to fix that , because i found it way more interesting to draw something new for me, I didn't struggle as much I usually do w my stuff.
I wish i could catch up on the Artschool stuff, ive missed so much and i feel like im not progressing at all T-T .. the 2nd piece is for the draw this in your style challenge the original concept is by mioree, i loved the design of her character but i feel like my painting ended up being really muddy, messy and sloppy looking, but my friends actually liked it more than my usual drawings which is beyond me, so I left it as it is.
Small achievements : loish actually liked my drawing of her draw this in your style
small achievement 2: mioree liked and commented on my drawing of her draw this in your style challenge
Life is not as bad i guess

[malcom]

Nice works. It is good to get out of your comfort zone here an there. Keep up the good work.