Cielas - Art School Journey

[Cielas]

Thank you for your kind words and your advice! I will pay attention to this in when i do my future gesture drawings.

[vstriferv]

These are really cool! Especially the 3rd one, good job on the rounded edges, those must've been rough.

[Cielas]

Thank you! It took me a few attempts to get them right.

[Cielas]

Week 7:

This week I concentrated on gesture drawings. I implemented the advice I was given as well as I could. I also used this week to practise box rotation. Last but not least, I did a draw along with LinesSensei.
2Min. Gesture Drawing:

5Min. Gesture Drawing:

Box Rotation:

Draw Along:

[Cielas]

Week 8:
Now that Week 8 has come to an end, it's time for me to look back at what I've learned over the last few weeks.

First I learned the basics of Photoshop or in my case CSP. I learned what tools are available to me in this program and how to use them correctly. I also learned how to get a feel for my pentablet by doing pen control exercises.

I then learned how to construct the human body using simple shapes and had my first experience with figure drawing. The line art studies also helped me to develop a better understanding of this. I also got to know gesture drawings which helped me to concentrate on the important elements and not get lost in the small details. I still have my problems with getting my gestures right but I am working on getting better at it.

Last but not least, I had my first experience with 1 point and 2 point perspective. From drawing simple volumes to environment studies, I've learned a lot about this subject and I'm looking forward to continuing with 3 point perspective in Term 2.

2Min. Gesture Drawing:

Perspective 1 Assignment 4:
I wished i had more time for this to add more smaller details but overall I'm happy with the result.

Environment Lineart Studies:
Study 1 (The Krusty Krab from Spongebob):

Study 2 (Cyberpunk 2077 Official Concept Art):
Original:

Copy:

Study 3 (Cyberpunk 2077 Concept Art by Alicja Uzarowska ):
Original:

Copy:

[vstriferv]

Congratulations on finishing Term1!

[Cielas]

Term 2

Week 1:

Despite the fact that gesture drawings are not on the agenda for this week, I decided to do 2min. gestures anyway.

Gestures:

Photoshop for Digital Prod 2 assignment A:
1. Title:

2. Monster:

1. Box:
   

Self Portrait (using a mirror & good lighting):
This was the very first time for me doing a self portrait . I have tried to apply what I have learned from my draw along as well as possible.

[Cielas]

Week 2:

2Min. Gesture Drawing:

Anatomy 1 Assignment 1:

Anatomy 1 Assignment 2:

Photoshop for Digital Prod 2 assignment B:
Getting the chain brush to work took me quite some time. Unfortunately it doesn't work perfectly but I think it's close enough.

Own Shapes:

Head Lineart Studies:
Characters i used:
Vegeta | Dragonball Super
Sasuke Uchiha | Naruto Shippuden
Liko | Pokemon Horizons
Serena | Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V
Hinata Hyuga | Naruto Shippuden
Son Goku | Dragonball Z
Roronoa Zoro | One Piece
Izuku Midoriya | My Hero Academia
Kiana Kaslana | Honkai Impact 3rd
Raiden Mei | Honkai Impact 3rd

[Cielas]

Week 3:
10 Min. Gesture Drawing:

Anatomy 1 Assignment 1:

Anatomy 1 Assignment 2:
Here I wasn't sure if all the heads were drawn correct. I had initially tried to determine the perspective with the help of boxes, but then left it as I didn't know exactly how big I had to make the box for this.

Anatomy 1 Assignment 3:
The biggest problems I had with this exercise were with the eyes and noses.

Portrait Study (from Reference):
This was the second most difficult exercise for me this week. I have definitely made progress compared to my previous portrait. I think the anatomy exercises helped a lot.

Heads from Imagination:
This exercise was by far the hardest for me this week. I had the most problems drawing the eyes correctly. Apart from that, I think I need to pay more attention to drawing the chin correctly. It feels off on some of these heads.

[Cielas]

Week 4:

1 Min. Gesture Drawing:

I've decided to throw some 1 min gestures into the mix this week as the last time I did these was in Term 1.

Primitive Drawings (first exercise):

Perspective 2 Assignment 1:
I had a lot of fun doing this exercise! At first I had problems with setting up the perspective grid correctly, but after a few attempts I think I got a good result. I wasn't 100% sure about the shadows, but I think I can still improve in the future.

Anatomy 1 Assignment 4:
I am quite satisfied with my result on this assignment.

[Cielas]

Week 5:

5 Min. Gesture Drawing:

Perspective 2 Assignment 2:

3-Point-Perspective:
I'm quite happy how this one turned out.

4-Point-Perspective:
This one was quite challenging for me. I'm not 100% sure that I got the curved, converging lines right.

Photo Reference Lineart Studies:
That was the most difficult task for me this week. I still have some problems drawing the eyes and mouth correctly.

[Cielas]

Week 6:

1 Min. Gesture Drawing :

Hair Drawing Practice:
Even though Marcs video on this topic was quite informative, I was missing something. I then came across a video by kuroshiro which helped me a lot to understand what I hadn't understood in Marc's video. This was the hardest exercise for me this week.

Perspective 2 Assignment 3:
This exercise was fun! I'm still a bit unsure when I construct the 4-point perspective grid, especially when it comes to which converging lines are curved and which are not.

Portrait Study:

[Cielas]

Week 7:
1 Min. Gesture Drawing:

Anime Eye Practice:
Since I want to do art in the anime artstyle in the future I decided to practice eyes in this style. I still have problems with getting the upper eyelid right but I can already see some improvements. If anyone knows better exercises for this I would be open to hearing about them.

Asaro Head Study:
After realizing that I had slight problems with the values in my last portrait, I thought it was time to study the Asaro head. Since the 3D model on ArtStation unfortunately didn't work for me I looked for references on Pinterest. Unfortunately they were a bit pixelated which made it a bit challenging to recognize the planes of the face correctly. I also made minor mistakes when it comes to the shape of the head but I'm happy with the results of this study.

Skull Study:
Last but not least I decided to do a study of the skull, having never done this before. I had so much fun with it that I decided to do several angles. I am very happy with the result.

[Cielas]

Week 8:

Another term comes to an end this week. I've learned a lot in the last few weeks.

The photoshop exercises have brought me closer to some of the tools in CSP. Among others the vector layer tool. But also how to create my own custom brushes. I also learned more about blending colors and values.

In visual communications I learned more about the elements of art, where they can be found in art and what effect they have on the artwork as a whole. I've also started to see more in shapes than just the outlines of the things I see which helps me improve my observation skills.

My first introduction to anatomy which is about the head was something new for me. Learning the Loomis method as a basis for constructing the head and placing all the facial features correctly took some practice. Learning the individual facial features and how they are constructed was also a very new experience for me. I think I will need more practice in this area but I am on the right track.

In perspective it was very interesting to learn 3 point, 4 point and 5 point perspective. I had the most fun learning 3 point perspective. 4 and 5 point perspective are interesting but something I probably won't use too often in the future.

Overall, I think I've made a lot of progress since the end of Term 1, but I think I'll be practicing portraits for a while until I feel ready to move on to Term 3. Especially in anime style I think I still have some practicing to do.

1 - 5 Min. Gesture Drawing:

Primitive Drawings:

Self Portrait (using a mirror & good lighting):
This time I decided not to tie my hair up for the portrait. When I compare it with my first self-portrait, I think I've made a lot of progress. However, my shading still needs improvement as well as painting realistic hair.

Creature/Monster Portrait from imagination:
I am very surprised how this portrait turned out. I had used several references for this. I had actually planned to give the engravings of the horns and the eyes a glowing effect, but unfortunately I was unsuccessful and left it as it is now.

[Cielas]

Week 9 (Extra):
As I mentioned last week, this week I have been concentrating on doing portrait studies. I did both realism and anime style studies. My main focus was to get better at placing the facial features correctly and having a correct head shape and hair.

1Min. Gesture Drawing:

Head Studies:

I had the most problems with this portrait this week. The head shape in combination with the glasses caused me the most problems. It also took some time to draw her right eye correctly. Apart from that, however, I am quite happy with the result.

This study took me by far the most time with 9 hours. It took me a lot of time to understand the hair structure correctly and to draw it correctly. Apart from that, I really enjoyed this study, especially with the necklace he has and the perspective you have to use, even if I didn't get it 100% right.

In this study I tried to keep Lineweight more in mind. I think there are some places in this study where I could have done a better job, but I can already see some improvements.

Overall, I'm very happy with how this week went. The main problem I noticed this week is that I have to learn how to correctly divide the hair into chunks in the realism studies, which is still quite difficult for me compared to the anime artstyle. The only other thing that would bother me is the time it currently takes me to do a study, but I think that will get faster as I get more practice. I think I'll spend another week doing head studies and then move on to Term 3.

[Cielas]

Week 10 (Extra):
1 Min. Gesture Drawing:

Portrait Studies:

I am very pleased with how this study turned out. The flowers and butterfly elements in the design were fun to draw. Her headpiece was a bit of a challenge but I'm pleased with how it turned out.

The hair in this study caused me some problems. It was difficult to divide the hair into chunks, especially as the model's hair is very messy.

In this study I only had minor problems with the angle of her head. Apart from that, it was a lot of fun to draw her hairstyle.

This was the most difficult study for me this week. I had some problems getting the wings on his head aligned correctly. The eyes also caused me some problems because of the shape. Otherwise I think I could have done a better job with his halo.

All in all, I am satisfied with how this week has gone. I've noticed that I'm slowly but surely getting faster when it comes to realism studies. I've also improved a lot when it comes to placing facial features and the shape of the head. I think my biggest weakness at the moment is drawing hair in realism. Apart from that, I think the last two weeks have achieved their goal for me. And with that I will now move on to Term 3 and am excited to learn about folds and the torso.

[Cielas]

Term 3

Week 1 (Part 1):
This week marked the start of Term 3 for me. I divided the first week into two parts due to the high workload scheduled for this week.

1 Min. Gesture Drawing:

Clothed Figure Drawing Assignment 1:
With the introduction to drawing folds, I sought out additional information and came across Bortek's video, which delves quite deeply into the subject matter. It was very interesting to learn about all the different types of folds and where they are usually found. I also used this video of theirs to understand the rendering of clothing a little better and found his method quite easy to follow. In general, I find that drawing folds has a lot in common with drawing hair. Since these are my first attempts at rendering, any feedback you may have is welcome.

Folds Study:

Daily Exercises:

Primitive Drawings:

[JimSt]

Those clothing studies are
So good!
Might want to watch out for the AI stuff that surfaces in searches for image references - sometimes they aren't really all that reliable in reflecting folds. i've been going to clothing store websites or Cubebrush sources to reduce the amount that pops up.

[Cielas]

@JimSt Ty for your kind words! Yes, I used some references from Pinterest for these studies and was a little unsure about two of them as to whether they were AI or not. I will use your advice for future studies, thank you!

[Nosnibor]

Amazing clothing studies! I especially like these trousers that you did: