Danilo - Art School Journey

dangras-almeida 2021-06-23 19:53:08 UTC #342

Trivia that nobody asked for: in Brazil, when we say "larga do meu pé", it literally translates to "release my feet / ungrab my feet", and it means to "to stop teasing or annoying someone else".

Anyways, here's more feet:

mau.wamp 2021-06-24 18:14:07 UTC #343

Your feet look really good, mate! (Never thought I‘d actually say sth like that to anyone )

I love how you first did the construction and then cleaned it up! Good job!

dangras-almeida 2021-06-29 19:25:40 UTC #344

More feet practice.

Part of me says I need to practice more... and part of me feels like moving on to mannequin construction. Decisions, decisions. 😅

@mau.wamp hahahaha thanks man! Much appreciated (and also never thought of "reading" that from someone else 🤣).

dangras-almeida 2021-06-30 19:58:16 UTC #345

More feet practice, with a little twist on playing around with rendering skin tones:

Was following this tutorial here, in case you're interested:

dangras-almeida 2021-07-01 05:32:59 UTC #346

Suddenly, after the skin tone tutorial, playing around with feet became more fun!

LesleyCarol 2021-07-01 11:42:51 UTC #347

Love it! The skin looks a lot more vibrant now.

dangras-almeida 2021-07-02 05:09:07 UTC #348

Finally moving away from feet and into body construction - female

dangras-almeida 2021-07-06 04:52:43 UTC #349

More body construction

Repeating breakdowns. I can already feel that moving away from "isolated elements" and focus on the whole thing will be quite the exercise:

mau.wamp 2021-07-06 05:01:49 UTC #350

Looks solid, Danilo!
I like how you show the structure of the pelvis and rib cage by making the pec major and the iliac crest wrap around the form! Good job!

dangras-almeida 2021-07-07 05:10:12 UTC #351

Finished the study from yesterday.

Off to more poses.

@mau.wamp thanks man! Honestly I'm still having a hard time with those, that's why I'm making everything show to be sure I don't miss it but overall lines tend to get REALLY messy in the process (as soon from the last study). But well... one day at a time

dangras-almeida 2021-07-08 05:25:10 UTC #352

Decided to give the last pose another go, to be sure I really understood the process. Tried to play with some angles, but still getting there.

dangras-almeida 2021-07-09 05:34:17 UTC #353

More poses!

dangras-almeida 2021-07-13 04:57:26 UTC #354

Resuming the pose studies

dangras-almeida 2021-07-27 04:54:41 UTC #355

And the construction journey continues.

This last pose kicked my butt more than I like to admit.

dangras-almeida 2021-07-29 04:50:33 UTC #356

Work in progress link portrait

dangras-almeida 2021-08-02 05:00:51 UTC #357

Back to poses. Breakdown + exercise.

The plan is to do a few more female poses, then move to male construction.
After, I'm tempted to start playing around with some rendering.

But well... one step at a time.

dangras-almeida 2021-08-09 06:40:35 UTC #358

Back to poses. Breakdown + exercise. Again!

Phew... this is taking longer than I expected. But it's alright. All good fun (and some progress). I'm trying to be more mindful about the 3D shapes, cylinders, etc. (Risking making a stiffer pose, I know, but one step at a time 😅)

mau.wamp 2021-08-09 07:42:32 UTC #359

I think you can definetly see that your considering the 3D shape of objects more, Danilo! Also your lineart is super clean

dangras-almeida 2021-08-10 05:03:31 UTC #360

Moving on to male constructions now!
Similar "idea", but construction is definitely different: chest a lot wider, narrow hips, and not as many "patterns" that you can find on the proportions, so trying to rely a lot on the past anatomy studies.

Still work in progress of breakdown + study:

Thank you @mau.wamp!
Yeah, really trying to nail those cylinders. Something that I need to improve on those male constructions now 😊

dangras-almeida 2021-08-19 05:03:27 UTC #361

Slowly but surely, Link is coming together. Taking my time, as I'm also planning to fully render this piece. Let's see how it goes. 😀