Darts (Douglas)- Art School Journey

xdarts 2021-10-06 01:27:06 UTC #21

I've done some shapes for the start of the Anatomy class and watched some of the classes. Tomorrow i'm gonna draw some more and hopefully start making faces!

Kosmonaut 2021-10-06 15:48:57 UTC #22

that's some good form practice the only thing I would like to point out is that the sphere you have in the top right would have that square connection also be slightly curved because it's a sphere so it follows the form unless shown that there is a flat side. overall though good practice

xdarts 2021-10-06 19:14:38 UTC #23

Thanks @Kosmonaut! You're right and i think today i made the same mistake hahaha! I'm gonna try to give more attention to this in the future!
I ended up making some more shapes and made some shading. I've no idea what i'm doing and i feel that i don't have a good understanding of how light works, but it i did my best today!

Kosmonaut 2021-10-06 20:40:15 UTC #24

it's just a small thing so no big deal, also if I may point out something else it looks like you are doing some interactive shading but I'd play with more than three values though so that you can get a sense of where the darkest shadow is and how far away objects have a lighter or darker grey color depending on the light source you use. The darker greys could be used to differentiate value-wise from the shading color of the other form shadows if that makes sense. If it doesn't let me know I'm tired so I hope it makes sense.

xdarts 2021-10-11 20:19:11 UTC #25

I understand @Kosmonaut, i will keep that in mind, thank you very much !
I've been practicing some more of 1 and 2 point perspective in the last days, i have the bad habit of scraping things out when they don't go very good, so i don't have anything about it to show, but i will try to finish them from now on. I think i got better at it, at least i don't get confused with the many lines anymore, for me it counts as a victory! hahaha
I did some more shapes with the subdivisions this time!

Kosmonaut 2021-10-11 22:40:43 UTC #26

looks awesome nice practice!

xdarts 2021-10-12 19:20:11 UTC #27

Today i've practiced doing the head spheres for the Anatomy 1 class! I feel much more confortable doing so now! I'm trying to get a lighter line too.

xdarts 2021-10-14 18:37:08 UTC #28

Today i have draw some heads for the Anatomy 1 class. Some are looking kinda strange hehe. I'm going to spend some more time with the construction hehe.

Kosmonaut 2021-10-14 18:45:09 UTC #29

These are some nice faces like you said some of them are too wide while others are too narrow. I also think the nose area would pop out further than you have in some of these as well blocking more of the eye area. overall nice heads though.

also for extreme angles if you see yourself drawing those a lot then continue practicing those but if not I would stick to the more tame face angles so that you are really good at those and use ref for the more extreme angles

xdarts 2021-10-17 21:52:00 UTC #30

I've been learning more about drawing faces, i decided to go on to the parts and practice all together later because i really want to start rendering.

Then i tried the parts...

After this atrocity i decided to learn more about shading, so i studied that some more and i think i got slightly better.

The grind goes on!

Lukiesartventure 2021-10-18 11:42:54 UTC #31

These Look great mate! Very believable ears

Kosmonaut 2021-10-18 16:21:26 UTC #32

nice studies your noses and ears look on point

xdarts 2021-10-19 00:04:48 UTC #33

Thank you for the nice comments!

Today was a slow day and i didn't produce much, but i wanted to share something that made me really happy, i feel that i have overcome a obstacle that has been a struggle for such a long time.

I was feeling demotivated while trying to structure the heads and decided to see how it would change the way i usually draw.

It may look silly, but today was the first time that i ever felt real joy while painting. For such a long time i hated doing it, and because of that, i focused too much on doing just line art, because of that my pieces would never be trully finished, and i would not give everything i have.

The painting is far from being good and the page is a mess because i wasn't planning on posting it or anything, but i want to keep this as a register to myself.
I hope that this is a starting point, and from now on i can trully give my 100%.

Kosmonaut 2021-10-19 15:57:03 UTC #34

Great painting and that's good to hear that your having fun and giving it everything you have painting. I struggle with painting myself so I hope to eventually learn how to do it well someday but that comes with more practice and studies.

xdarts 2021-10-19 18:55:52 UTC #35

Thanks Kosmo!
This video of Sinix was very helpfull to me:

Today i finished learning how to construct the parts of the face:

Now, it's time to practice a lot!

Kosmonaut 2021-10-19 21:27:04 UTC #36

yep, it's a very good video I've watched it before but I just need to find time to do more studies for digital painting and distillation. also studying from other artists" paintings as well.

Lukiesartventure 2021-10-20 12:03:52 UTC #37

Looking great! Great shapes in the lips. The painting is a very good start, definitely something to be proud of!! I might have to work up the courage to do something similar

xdarts 2021-10-21 20:43:33 UTC #38

Thank you Lukie!

I started to dip my toes on rendering the face.
I'm trying to limit the number of values i'm using so i don't feel overhelmed, using only hard edges brushes, because i heard i will learn more this way...

I've introduced mid tones in this one:

I'm gonna have more caution to keep things less messy next time.
Let's keep practicing!

xdarts 2021-10-23 01:06:50 UTC #39

I've made some more drawings from reference... painting is difficult, but i will get there!

I've tried to construct some from imagination too.

For last, i decided to try to draw my D&D character, i applied some suggestions that i've received in discord, and gonna try to paint it next! I'm really happy with the result .
Wish me luck!

xdarts 2021-10-23 19:27:12 UTC #40

I've painted the character! I'm happy with the results, i think i'm going to make my friends characters too before stepping up to term 3, i believe it will be a fun practice.