Connor Fishcat - Art School Journey

connorlefchak 2022-05-02 15:04:55 UTC #1

Hiya!
My name's Connor and I've been drawing as a hobby for a couple of years now. But I've wanted to take it more seriously and try to turn it into a career, so that's why I'm here! I never used forums before so bear with me if I make some mistakes lol. Advice and criticism is always welcome

balagteyscottbradley 2022-05-03 00:35:07 UTC #2

hello! nice meeting yah, welcome to the forum and its fine XD i will be looking forward to your progress! and i will give my best advice and criticism on your progress.

alwaysneedsleep 2022-05-04 01:44:48 UTC #3

Welcome aboard @connorlefchak!

Lockenheim 2022-05-07 23:45:59 UTC #4

Welcome to the forums Connor! I look forward to seeing your work!

connorlefchak 2022-05-09 20:20:04 UTC #5

Term 1: Photoshop for Digital Production Assignments

Overall, I felt pretty good about these assignments. However the face transplanting one really kicked my butt. Even now it still looks super off. But it is what it is. Criticism is welcome!

connorlefchak 2022-05-10 17:52:05 UTC #6

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connorlefchak 2022-05-12 16:11:18 UTC #8

Just finished the 8-Head Proportion assignment. The first one on the left were my notes when watching the video. 1-4 are then my attempts at trying to draw it from memory but using my notes when needed. 5 was fully using memory to draw the proportions. As usual, criticism is always welcome!

Lockenheim 2022-05-14 15:29:50 UTC #9

Fantastic work Connor! This is exactly the way to start the program! Really fantastic job. Love to see those cylinders and great work with those color corrections too!

connorlefchak 2022-05-15 13:58:32 UTC #10

Thank you! I appreciate the encouragement

danilo_tedde 2022-05-15 22:37:49 UTC #11

Good job on the basic figure structure assignment. I noticed you kept the lines clean and confident and added some weight on certain spots, great work!
One thing I would suggest is to avoid symmetry on the human body - here is a recent video on Proko's channel that explains that subject more in depth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twKho61aS7c

Keep it up!

connorlefchak 2022-05-18 14:13:40 UTC #12

Hey that was a pretty good video. I took some notes from it and I'll try to incorporate it. I mostly got from it to use straights and curves in tandem in order to avoid a "bubble figure". Thank you for the suggestion!

connorlefchak 2022-05-27 15:28:48 UTC #13

The past week I worked on some art for a contest. I didn't do any studying, but I feel this piece is a good landmark of my current skills. In the future I'm hoping I can look back on this and note my improvements, hence why I'm posting it here.

alwaysneedsleep 2022-05-28 10:47:52 UTC #14

Looks awesome @connorlefchak. Love this style.

Lockenheim 2022-05-28 22:00:04 UTC #15

Very cute scene Connor! Well done!

snakker 2022-10-29 02:52:32 UTC #16

Hey there, snakker here, just landed on your sketchbook, very nice start and I think your art work for the contest is pretty sweet, reminds me of point and click adventure games. I hope you're still at it. I know these forums are kind of an external motivation which can be addicting and all that, but I think any motivation is good if it's making me draw anyways, I think these forums are really valuable and I have already learned quite a few new things that I otherwise would have missed

hoping to see more of your work

cheers