Cedric - Art School Journey

cedricgo 2020-12-23 19:01:19 UTC #29

Sooooo, I decided to go left handed this week. Let's how that goes

Day 22

WeirdOwl 2021-01-11 02:27:18 UTC #30

That is very impressive for left hand. I'm lucky if I can get a line in the direction I want with left hand. Are you practicing in case right hand goes out of commission?

cedricgo 2021-03-02 15:36:33 UTC #31

I guess it's not too terrible, haha! You should give it a shot though, maybe you'll be pleasantly surprised.

That or so that I can work twice as fast using my two hands at the same time

cedricgo 2021-03-02 15:39:38 UTC #32

So I have not posted here in quite a while. I don't have any artschool stuff to share now, although I'd like to get back to that. But I have this painting I finished 2 days ago to show, so might as well post it here.

Veuve (meaning widow in french)- 20''x16'' acrylics on canvas

WeirdOwl 2021-03-02 15:40:40 UTC #33

I can't get one hand to coordinate with the brain. Don't ask too much
And that is one awesome creepy painting. I know some people who would absolutely love this.

HANDRO 2021-03-02 19:01:31 UTC #34

Hey @cedricgo is this based on something or just your imagination? regardless this is dope.

Julia_J 2021-03-06 07:58:50 UTC #35

Wow, it creeps me out but I can't stop looking at it!

cedricgo 2021-06-21 19:02:17 UTC #36

I'm quite a bit late, but thank you @WeirdOwl and @Julia_J. And thank you too @HANDRO! It was indeed from imagination. I matched a few concepts and ideas that I felt work together to create it. I did end up making a small paper maquette to help me a bit with the lighting.

cedricgo 2021-06-21 19:12:54 UTC #37

So I started again with Artschool. Not from the beginning, but with the anatomy of the head. I had a few more exercises I did digitally where I did the structure of various faces and added the fat pads on top based from photos, but they might have been lost in the ether now

And then I started sketching one from imagination and it turned to this 😆

I have an idea for an illustration based from it which is nice!

Julia_J 2021-06-23 17:18:44 UTC #38

Cool concept! Can't wait for the illustration

cedricgo 2021-06-24 00:44:36 UTC #39

Here are a few head construction sketches

mau.wamp 2021-06-24 18:15:52 UTC #40

Those are really solid heads right there! Great, I love how accurately you defined the major planes even in difficult and foreshortened angles!

cedricgo 2021-06-25 12:00:46 UTC #41

Thanks @mau.wamp .wamp! Whiie they're rough sketches, I took my time and tried my best to reproduce the planes. Thats the only way for me to understand the main structure of the head 🙂

So here's another head. This one I am going to try to paint to see how well I can make something more polished on this Samsung tablet I got recently. It works for sketches, but will I manage something a bit more ambitious. We'll see!

cedricgo 2021-06-25 19:13:55 UTC #42

I'm calling it done! It's a bit rough, but I now know I can make nice paintings on this device. It's exciting!

HANDRO 2021-06-25 22:37:02 UTC #43

this is great. you can really see the different planes. The bone structure really gives me some Junji Ito vibes

WeirdOwl 2021-06-27 17:59:35 UTC #44

Incredible brushwork man. Those face planes

cedricgo 2021-06-27 19:46:08 UTC #45

Thank you @HANDRO and @WeirdOwl! I'm really glad that I managed to convey the different planes. And as for the Junji Ito vibe, I'm not sure if I see it. But I'm a big fan of his so maybe something happened subconsciously 😆

HANDRO 2021-06-28 10:00:21 UTC #46

I immediately though of this lady here, I think its the way the eyes are shadowed and the overall length of the face.

cedricgo 2021-06-28 15:07:40 UTC #47

I see now! I can't really disagree with you on that one 😆

Frygidal 2021-06-29 23:22:18 UTC #48

He looks like some kind of slavic god, I love this