Chardon - Art School Journey

Chardon 2026-01-22 23:32:24 UTC #102

Some gesture drawing, I should really get some motivation to finish this week courses (instead of doing it all last day )

Chardon 2026-01-23 23:53:45 UTC #103

Assignment B, the square took me a while but I have learned a lot. So next time should be faster

Chardon 2026-01-25 01:35:50 UTC #104

Played around with the shaders, it could be better but the shapes are readable !

Chardon 2026-01-25 22:58:09 UTC #105

I finished this week homework, (did 7 faces today because of procrastination ) But I am pretty happy with the result.

All of the references are from last year school project video, by students from The Goblins art school. (I highly recommend watching them ! Available on Youtube)

Chardon 2026-01-26 22:42:42 UTC #106

Catching up on the anatomy course I didn't finished yet

Chardon 2026-01-27 17:56:15 UTC #107

I kept on working on the nose tutorial. It took me 2h to make that nose but I think I am starting to understand better Marc's explanation/simplification. I still struggle with the nostrils and I am not yet quite sure how it should be simplified.

Chardon 2026-01-28 23:29:42 UTC #108

Short day today, but still got the time for some more noses! Good lightning training too !

Chardon 2026-01-30 00:21:50 UTC #109

Still a nose day, but I have managed to do a nose from imagination with correct shading and proportions !
So I think I am done with nose intensify practice for now. I also played with gradient map for skin rendering and had a lot of fun with it !

Nosnibor 2026-01-30 21:50:09 UTC #110

Your nose from imagination is fantastic! I struggle with the nose and mouth so much lol

Chardon 2026-01-31 01:15:34 UTC #111

Thank you ! The gradient map coloring is really fun to use and makes them pop up a lot. If you can you should try it with some skin gradient, it really makes things pop out. Also learning to make the construction of the nose over a photo helps me a lot.

I did an other nose from imagination today and I am really happy with the result

I started the lips today, I still need to try new angles and types of lips.

Chardon 2026-02-01 01:25:27 UTC #112

Tried constructing lips over reference, It ended up being more a light study that a construction study. But is was fun, and gradient map are again really fun to play with.

Also still doing daily gesture drawing. 1min. I am still oblivious to the torso construction in 2 parts. Every time I try to build the torso in 2 parts I end up with a stiff figure. But I can now see that my torso could be improved but I still don't know how to archive a better result.

Chardon 2026-02-01 22:50:36 UTC #113

Only did a few gesture drawing, gotta keep the streak !

snakker 2026-02-02 20:39:02 UTC #114

Sup, looking good so far mate. I also find torsos a bit tricky, but I'm not sure what you mean in the two part making them stiff

Maybe try doing some torsos in isolation as a ball over a cube from references and try just giving the ball some dynamism. Like you can use the spine as a line of action, the egg contour can have more line weight in the part going towards the viewer or toward the area where "the action is going towards" and then you can play around with the fleshyness of it all when connecting the ball and box

cheers

Chardon 2026-02-02 23:59:42 UTC #115

Hi, thank you for the feedback, I have quite a hard time visualizing the ball/egg of the torso. The fact that the shoulder end up "floating" around the top makes it hard to visualize for me. That is probably also why at the start of term 1 I did boxed instead of balls.

I still want to study in that direction because I feel I am missing landmarks when doing a torso as one block and it might come as a problem later on when I ll want to add more details.

I should maybe try to draw over skeletons instead of fleshy living people to understand it better.

Anyway, I ll keep you advice during my next session !

For today's practice, I finally managed to finish anatomy 1 course. Quite intense. But I took my time and will practice full face and eyes tomorrow. For now here are the eyes I did while following the course.

Chardon 2026-02-03 22:34:21 UTC #116

I tried to build a simplified skull. I used Marc's example to follow along. I want to do that again but with a different light source to better see how the shapes interacts.

Chardon 2026-02-04 23:47:07 UTC #117

Still on the face simplification process, I feel like I am still missing some 3D in my head to use this as a mind base for future drawing.
The side of the head ans the front facing cheek looks too flat and not sculpted enough I think.

snakker 2026-02-05 04:30:39 UTC #118

I feel you, been there and still is hard for me - especially without reference or when modifying/flipping the reference. When analyzing a reference, it helps me to sometimes trace a wireframe to get a better idea, starting with a middle contour line

cheers

Chardon 2026-02-05 23:13:57 UTC #119

That is exactly what I did, I started with the frame then added the volumes over. I still need training, it should improve over time (I hope !)

I tried to make the Loomis skeleton to aim for a more structured body. I found it in his book Figure Drawing For All It's Worth. (It is in the public domain if anyone wants to read it !)

The torso construction is interesting, I still need to make a box beforehand to then do the torso but I finally have marks on where the ribs starts and finish. As usual I have a more constructed but I lose dynamism.
Overall, a lot of practice to come.

Chardon 2026-02-07 00:47:27 UTC #120

Put my yesterday's study to my daily gesture drawing.

I feel the proportions easier to get with this construction, and didn't not loose too much dynamism

Chardon 2026-02-07 23:55:22 UTC #121

Just some gesture drawing of 1min again. I start to feel the volumes a bit more
Proportion torso / hips are often a bit off