cedricgoModerator
May '19

I think you're doing good. Your figures have necks, so that's already better than some of my gestures :smile: Also the proportions generally looks good and I think you've captured the poses well.

Honestly, the only thing I could maybe see you trying to improve is drawing with less lines, if that makes sense. By that I mean not going over the same line multiple times and also trying to draw longer lines in a single stroke instead of doing multiple smaller ones. But that will probably come naturally as you do more :smile:

Beyond that though, nice job! I really like them.

May '19

thank you! I will try to improve on amount of lines that I use haha :smiley:
practice makes perfect

May '19

I've been dealing with my depression strikes lately that is why I produce less artwork and I feel less enthusiastic.
Either way here's my participation in Mermay. I might change this gesture of his hand as this one expresses the wrong thing.. like "oh dear, here we go again.. harpoon.."
Or maybe it is fine?

Let me know what you think

malcomModerator
May '19

I'm no doctor but with the depression thing, I think you should take a break and just hang out with friends and family and reset yourself.

This is a good start. I would agree with working on the gesture more though.

May '19

thank you :>
I pretty much spend a lot of time on my own haha, boredom kills the will to do anything i guess.

and yes, must work on this gesture and see what comes out of it ;D

cedricgoModerator
May '19

Like Malcom said, maybe just taking things a bit easier for some time might help. Or just doing other things that you like. I know when something like that strikes me I work on music and eventually I just naturally start drawing again eventually.

About the drawing, I agree about reworking the gesture a bit, and maybe the facial expression too. He looks a bit too chill for having a harpoon in his shoulder :smile: But maybe you actually want that and do a more funny piece.

May '19

Well, I am just trying to set some kind of routine that helps me get in a right state of mind for work coz I'm a bit messed up ever since I quit my job.
I've recently switched from listening music in my headphones to listening it with my speakers, as when I paint some music just gets too annoying and speakers are further from my ears so it is easier now. And I'm getting back on track slowly.

And yes-yes I'm thinking to maintain this funny gesture and the face. I want it to be a bit like those classical paintings where people have ambiguous expressions haha :smiley:

cedricgoModerator
May '19

Awesome! Glad that you're getting back on track :smile:

I look forward to see what you do with that merman.

May '19

Since I've started this painting in greyscale and i tried to use gradient maps and It just ended up being not as i wanted it to be in terms of colours I had to seek a different approach. And It just seemed too time consuming to do a paintover on top of gradient maps

I decided to go back in with a lineart and then do some colouring by selecting different planes of my picture and having them at different layers for now.

I am still figuring the stuff out. Never like the hands -> need to search for references.
(if you by any chance have a reference of the hand from this angles that i have, pls hlep )

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and now that im posting it here i see that chest muscles are a bit too high and at a wrong angle

Hopefully I will finish this piece soon.

May '19

I am in love with this mermaid piece ! can't wait to see how it will look at the end !

cedricgoModerator
Jun '19

Haha! You're welcome. I'm glad I could help

You did a great job :smile:

1 month later

Jul '19
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I am back from my holidays. Oh boy it is hard to get back on track.
I have a bit too much in my hands atm so I've decided to start with a little study with a ref screenshot from "Mary Queen of Scots" film.
I was mainly focused at understanding how foreground and background work

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