Darts (Douglas)- Art School Journey

[xdarts]

@Lockenheim @Lukiesartventure @gellenvera Thank you for the kind words .
I will continue to work on gesture and anatomy on a regular basis, and finish the last assignment when i'm ready.

I wanted to go back on perspective and structure, because i want to do it more. From time to time i try to work on some environment or building or vehicle, and i aways end up frustrated. It's time to put an end to this !

I started to work on Scott Robertson How to Draw book, but i feel i'm lacking precision, so, before that, i will work on Draw a Box course, because i think it will help.
I've ended these lessons today:

As we can see, my lines are imprecise! I will work on Drawabox Lessons 0-3 and see if i get any better.
On The Draftsman Show, Proko and Marshall point out the following structure that someone put toguether for self-taught artists, i will drop it here, maybe it can be helpfull to someone else:
https://www.reddit.com/r/learnart/comments/dapk62/from_the_guy_who_made_the_most_comprehensive_list/
I will use it as a complement for Marc's lessons, where i feel i need it.

Also, this is my latest Gesture drawing session, i think i'm finally able to do it daily. I'm doing 30 min class sessions with http://reference.sketchdaily.net:

i still strugle with the really short ones, but i fell that i'm getting better.

Lastly, i will show a character that i've been sketching. It's Silgre, a Half-orc Druid that i've been playing in my friend's D&D campaing. Orcs and Half-orcs are so cool, people should play them more often haha.

Let's grind!

[Lockenheim]

I find the short gestures very difficult but these are really good! Simple, clean and you are even showing a good amount of volume information. Well done!

[Lukiesartventure]

Super great stuff. Really nice design for the half orc. That self taught artist program was what I was using prior to art school! It's very similar and really really good as well!

[xdarts]

I will be working on Drawabox for some time, I feel that it will teach me how to have more control and to do things more conscious.

I just finished the first lesson and will now move on to the 250 Boxes challenge, here is my homework if anyone wants to see it:

https://imgur.com/a/ZGt0sNZ

I already got some critique over it, but i would love to know if you have something to say!

Of course i will also be practicing ArtSchool stuff, i want to get more used to anatomy and proportions so i can work on the last assignment for Anatomy 3 and i want to try to be more helpfull to other students when i can!

[Lukiesartventure]

Great stuff! That homework brings back memories, some good some bad ahahaha. Keep it up doug!!

[Lockenheim]

I havn't done draw a box but I did a lot of exercises similar to this! You are doing great keep it up!

[jasminerosepowell]

Such amazing skills! Awesome work

[xdarts]

Some Quick updates!
I've been busy with work in the last weeks, but i'm still doing the 250 boxes challenge, currently at the 100 box! I'm doing a little every day so i don't go crazy. I don't know if i got any better, but i feel that at least i'm getting more confortable and less resistant with the idea of drawing objects and stuff.
I've also done this painting, it's an npc from my Dungeons and Dragons campaign.

Let's go!

[danilo_tedde]

Good job on the studies, they look really good.
I can see the confidence and quality on the lines you built with DrawABox, it inspires me to get back to it and finish the assignments! Keep it up!

[000_peanut]

noice.!!! doing the 250 box challenge is a pain when I did that.! LOL
but it taught me consistency to draw everyday..
nice character too, darts.. tho the hands are,, yeah. still, its a great art!!

[Lockenheim]

Nice work! The dress feeks really poofy, feels really good. Keep up the good work! Maybe I will try that challenge it sounds fun, kinda. lol!

[xdarts]

Hello! I've finished the boxes challenge!
https://imgur.com/a/ZZ9q0q1

I have watched the Color and Light class from term 4 too! Here are my cast shadows assignment:

Things got a little slower this month, but i'm still here !

[Lockenheim]

These shadows are looking good! Nice work Xdarts!

[000_peanut]

Lezz gooo!!!!

[Lukiesartventure]

Congrats on finished the challenge doug! It's no easy feat that's for sure. Looking forward to seeing how much it impacts your future work!

[jasminerosepowell]

I remember doing this and I found it so hard (still do) haha! You did a great job

[xdarts]

Hey! There's been so much time since i've last posted! i've been busy with work from college and a new job so i couldn't focus as much as i would like on the terms and the community. I'm hoping to get more free time soon and get back to make art as much as i can.
But i didn't stop working, here are some gesture draw from the last 3 days:

I think that i got better with my line quality and with the overall proportion, but i still make some mistakes.

Also, here's a portrait that i'm working on, she's a character from my D&D campaign:

I have also bought and read the "Color and Light" book from James Gurney this month, i'm trying to give more care to shading and stuff.

To finish it all, i'm also still working on the drawabox course, i'm currently on the final assignments from lesson 2. I feel that the course is helping me a lot to strengthen the basis.

Let's keep grinding, slowly but steady!

[Lockenheim]

Glad to see you are keeping up with it! I am looking forward to going through the book as well! I have several books I go through and some I understand and some I dont. then I come back to them a few months later and I understand more. I just keep circling back around. Anyways Lovely job with this character! What class are they?

[xdarts]

Thanks for the tip @Lockenheim! I will make sure to come back to this book later too, it was definitely too much stuff for me right now haha!

The character it's actually a villain from early on in the Tiranny of Dragons campaign, (Frulam Mondath) in my table she is a cultist cleric of Tiamat that was almost killed by one player but managed to run away. She took a knife in the neck and the people of the cult of the dragon made a ritual to turn her in a half-dragon.

My players are expecting her to come back anytime and i'm thinking what i could do to surprise they. She's been following them for a long time, trying to find a chance to get revenge, but they are just too op right now, she know that she would die.

The thing is that she is an opposite of one of the players, who hate dragons with all his might, and he's not being too reasonable with this for some time, so i'm thinking of making her repent for the bad things she done and see how they will react. She has been recruited in a young age to a cult and brainwashed, and now the same cult is looking into ways of getting rid of her, because she has been failing to stop the players for so much time. The player character in question knows this and that it could have been him in her place if he wasn't lucky and he said he dosn't care. She discovered this things just recently, after coming in contact with a corrupted "well of clairyvoiance" that the player's refused to use because it required a sacrifice.

They will probably end up killing her, and it's alright, but it may be cool and i would like to see if the said player really don't care haha. I have plans to what can happen later if they just kill her too. The table likes this kind of stuff haha.

[xdarts]

Hi! I've decided to try to make the same character again, more evil and how her initial concept was. For some time i've been drawing without using reference, and after giving it a try again i remember how important it is!