CYP2C19's Art School Journey

mitsuki-youko 2022-12-20 03:44:26 UTC #102

Thank youu ^u^

Yay! Glad you are feeling better

CYP2C19 2022-12-20 20:00:13 UTC #103

Hopefully Daily Update #17

After a rough last week, I'm hopefully back to business, that is until all hell breaks lose again xdd.
Before I get to the little bit I did today I wanted to thank you all for your kind words and feedback once again, You guys really make this community so much better, I hope none of you give up or burnout on your journey to better your Art!♥.

As Always C&C Is greatly appreciated!.
Let's just jump straight to the good 'ol Gestures, on Saturday I squeezed in a little 1 hour gesture session whilst I didn't have anything to do, And I also tried an alternative way of Gesture drawing on 3 of my gestures the 20th December, where I tried using basically whole limbs simplified. It came out fine, but I spent around 10mins per gesture doing so, compared to my now average of 2.5-3.5 mins per gesture.

Also proportions got a little rough on some of them.

Then I did a little 1 hour session of basic head constructions, It's been a while since last I did these so I was rusty on these as well.

And to finish this days little session I did just a few ears, only 2 from references as I slept for a measly 3-4 hours and woke up a bit late, trying to fix my schedule cause weekend happened XP.
Shading the ears is something I'll need to put way more time into getting right, or to reach a point I feel satisfied with.

Also regarding what @snakker said about using another line to give thickness to the ears, I tried to get around this by erasing the first line I use to construct the initial Helix, whilst keeping the extra line I use to add thickness, I do think it really helped in making the ears rounder, and they look way less stylized or "box-y".
And the 2 ears I did without reference were just me messing around and seeing what would happen if I messed with the shapes/proportions more so than normal, results were horrible but It was fun regardless.

Thank you for checking in on this little update, hopefully there's more to come tomorrow, and I wish you the best of Art gains onwards!.

snakker 2022-12-20 20:31:56 UTC #104

Yo good stuff all around, I think your mannequins are actually pretty good, proportions like legs being too long is easily fixed and you are already noticing it. I think the mannequins are a great way to visualize the figure in 3D and a valuable tool to have

The ears are looking very good! The one in perspective, I understand is from reference, so I guess the antehelix is kinda flat, but you can definitely make it pop a bit more by using overlap

Cheers

prinzmoana 2022-12-20 21:28:22 UTC #105

I love the line weight in this and the shapes look very... 3D xD
Good job ^.^

mitsuki-youko 2022-12-21 04:30:31 UTC #106

nice job on those studies

smudged_ink 2022-12-21 15:31:50 UTC #107

I think the head constructions are quite impressive, look quite accurate and the lines are clean. Its tricky to get the proportions just right with gestures but things like that improve with frequent practice. I do like what you have done with the ears, they are looking good! @CYP2C19

CYP2C19 2022-12-21 19:57:49 UTC #108

Thank you @snakker as usual for your kind words and valuable feedback!, I feel my biggest problem with ears is that I'm scared of making the antihelix pop "too much", as the majority of references that I've found have relatively flat antihelixes (barely sticking out further than the helix) that could also just be person specific, but I guess when drawing it's best to amplify that outwards effect otherwise it looks too flat like you're saying, much appreciated!.

Thank you @prinzmoana for you kind words (that is if you meant my drawings, snakker has hella good volumes so who knows xd), regardless I wish you the best of Art gains!.

Thank you @mitsuki-youko for you kind words!, wish you the best of gains!.

Thank you @smudged_ink for your kind words, proportions are indeed hard to get right especially with gestures, wish you the best of those sweet art gains!.

CYP2C19 2022-12-21 20:06:21 UTC #109

Daily Update #18

Todays session was a slightly slow one, my circadian rhythm is still tortured so my brain was essentially a sticky sludge trying to swim across the Baltic sea. nevertheless I still got some stuff done.

Jumping straight in to gestures, maan I'm really enjoying gestures, though I haven't picked up my Force books yet as I got a letter today about their arrival, I never received an email or anything about it's transport status so I guess something went wrong there, which is why they've been slightly slow, but it happens xd.

I also did another 1 hour session of basic head constructions, today I felt like I got way less wonky looking heads and they felt easier to draw for some reason.

Then finally some more ears, I feel like I'm getting better at quickly constructing the ears then doing some poor-mans shading.
I still need to adjust the antihelix so it sticks out a fair bit more, but we'll get there!.

That's it for today, not as much as it could've been but better than last weeks "daily" doings, wish you the best of Art gains and health!.

snakker 2022-12-21 21:06:31 UTC #110

Great work all around! These head constructions are lookimg very clean and nicely structured.

I do recommend to subdivide the lower segment of the face in thirds rather than halves for an easier time later on (nose base to chin segment: you have center of dental sphere or middle of the lips and below that the top of the chin)

Cheers!

CYP2C19 2022-12-23 02:51:42 UTC #111

Daily Update #19

Didn't get much done today, woke up at 3-4am and couldn't fall back asleep, so I rose up and did a quick little 2 hour session, 1 hour of gestures, then 1 hour of shading random shapes again before heading back to bed to force myself to sleep, then disaster struck.. I slept away the WHOLE DAMN DAY, I have no clue how I did that but I'm amazed by myself.
It's not 3:30am and I've been fiddling with another perspective attempt I came up with while half-awake in bed, nothing from reference this time.

And thank you @snakker for the feedback!, I'll make sure to split the bottom of the simple head constructions into 3rds in stead of halves from now on, much appreciated!.

Here's the little I got done.
1 Hour of Gestures, no defined time limit, but roughly 2-3 mins average per.

And just a few more shaded shapes in my "collection".

And last but not least, my completely out of nowhere perspective idea that's still very work in progress, I have NO clue on what this is supposed to be, but my brain said "that sounds cool, let's do it!"

Alright that's it for now, wish the best of xp gains to you!.

mitsuki-youko 2022-12-23 04:14:39 UTC #112

That looks so cool! it looks kinda like a fancy high tech potion bottle......... with solar panels XD

it could be a solarpunk thing XD

snakker 2022-12-23 05:00:00 UTC #113

Yo that perspective concept looks really interesting! form shading is looking goood

PS the gestures page is very faint on my screen X_X

CYP2C19 2022-12-23 05:24:59 UTC #114

Haha thank you, your fantasy is seriously amazing!.

Yeah that's fully on me being very light with my pen strokes, but thank you nevertheless for your kind words!.

snakker 2022-12-23 05:49:04 UTC #115

I think if you bunch up the gestures in one layer then duplicate it twice it should make the contrast pop (I just tried it on photoshop to see if that works, seems to work)

cheers

smudged_ink 2022-12-23 14:47:13 UTC #116

The gestures have exceptional line quality and you have a good sense of proportion. The shading is well done and there is enough contrast.

Your perspective piece is really interesting to look at, it looks like a futuristic structure or perhaps even some kind of generator on a starship.

prinzmoana 2022-12-23 23:07:44 UTC #117

Uhhh this looks interesting ^.^

Gordon003 2022-12-24 04:09:53 UTC #118

Man I wish I can wake up that early...

Anyway, the gesture drawing looks good so far. Just make sure when showing, make it a darker colour so we can see it and help critique on it if required. [NOTE: Somebody already mentioned so you can disregard it]

The shading looks noice! Im currently working on my shading but yours have a bunch of interesting shapes that I should have a go at. And your perspective drawing looks noice so far (can't help much on as I barely study on it atm).

Sthingz 2022-12-28 00:29:58 UTC #119

Great work w/ your anatomy and shading studies. I will soon tackle these two and hopefully add some value to the conversation. And also, I second what @Gordon003 says: "Man I wish I can wake up that early..." I am a night owl, not a morning bird lol.

CYP2C19 2023-01-03 07:47:52 UTC #120

LUL I keep screwing my schedule so it's not on purpose, but I just can't fall asleep at night.. That's when I shine the brightest xd. And thank you for your kind words, and feedback on the gestures, much appreciated!.

Thank you for your kind words, and I 100% agree on this.. I just can't stand the day, I get my mind juices flowing at night and I feel the most at peace then too.

Haha thank you!, not sure I'll ever get around to "finishing" it cause I never had a plan on what to do with it xp.

jasminerosepowell 2023-01-03 23:05:48 UTC #121

really nice construction of the ears & shapes, some super good shading too!
that perspective piece you did turned out well