Eugene - My Artistic Journey

[br00dley]

I just found it plain boring to draw landscapes so imma have to think of a way to make these perspective studies fun

If you're not a fan of landscapes then you could try making accessories for your characters. Could start with some simple boxes, bags, pendants, armor, helmets, glasses, weapons, tools, and so on. You could show how they function if they have any moving parts maybe. Just a thought.

I like 'Sketch Book' for drawing perspective as it's got loads of great tools for perspective drawing that work very similar to real-life tools (*Sketch Book App is free, Sketch Book pro is payed).

[Sthingz]

@snakker Thanks for sharing your drawing process on Procreate. This gives me a good idea of how my own drawing process should look like.
@br00dley I love your idea! In fact, when I first looked at your comment, I decided to study a sword from reference. I found it really enjoyable as opposed to landscapes.

This past week has been a mess. With being so close to the end of this year, business has picked up quite a bit, and, as a result, I have been pretty busy. On top of that, focusing on more than just one goal has caused me to output work without consciously learning from it, that is, drawing for the sake of doing so. In light of this, I have decided to limit the number of weekly commitments to just one oer week as well as limit the number of study materials to just one reference per day. Hopefully, not only will this allow me to actual learn from my work but also make it enjoyable. And here's what I worked on the last week...

Gesture Drawings (3 minutes):

Head studies (plus hair):

Trad portrait:

Digital portrait (corsshatching attempt, disregard hair):

Asset studies (sword in perspective):

Next week's commitment: Study texture and volume of hair, and how it interacts with gravity

[mitsuki-youko]

these studies look great! good luck with year end!

[Pattu_w]

Now, those studies look sweet!

I might be speaking some heavy popo here, but on the head studies, i really like those sketches but i feel like, on the line art stage, the lines lose a lot of their weight, i might be wrong but i think they should be a tad thicker. Oh and that sword looks sharp as hell, i've been avoiding props, but that sword makes me wanna draw some.

[patrycja.lerch]

Nice studies! I agree with @Pattu_w about the lineweight. Some line variation could add to portraits. Swords look really nice!

[Sthingz]

@mitsuki-youko and @patrycja.lerch thanks for your lovely comments!

@Pattu_w you are right! Funny enough, prior to posting, I watched the bellow video on how I can improve my line art by thickening my lines. I liked the YTuber's approach - creating two layers: one for fine line art and the other one for the thicker areas. I will give this a try. Thank you for pointing that out.

[Sthingz]

Hi everyone! Let me start by saying that I have never felt as happy about posting my art progress as I have for this week. My renewed approach to delivering on a single commitment a week kept me motivated and geared my focus toward learning. I learned a lot more about how to draw hair from this week than all the other weeks combined. I attribute this positive outcome to my prioritization of studying the form and volume of hair ALONE. Apart from my studies, I watched lots of videos, namely vods from Kaycem and Mike Mattesi on how to draw hair—they were instrumental in my learning. I now present to you this past week's work:

Gesture Drawings (3 min):

Hair study #1

Hair study #2

Hair study #3

This Week's Commitment: Learn how to shade hair

[mitsuki-youko]

eyy these look great! a single commitment a week is a good idea for scheduling.......... maybe i should try that at some point lol

[Pattu_w]

Really great stuff man! Keep on the grind!

[patrycja.lerch]

Nice work!

[Sthingz]

Hi fellow artists. A little bit late with my post - sorry. This past week I focused on how to shade hair, although I think it is more appropriate to say that I focused on shading as a whole. After putting my skills into practice, I realized that I still don't understand how light and shadows interact. And despite my lack thereof, I focus on the details. Nevertheless, I am satisfied with the results of my studies as I would not come to know my shortcomings otherwise. Hence, I will shift my attention to drawing, or better said, painting in broad strokes with a very limited range of values. More on this below. In the meantime, enjoy my work from this past week.

Gesture Drawings (3 mins):

Studies:

This week's commitment: Conduct 2 value studies of human and nonhuman models (objects, animals, etc.) and quick sketches with smudge tool.

- Although it may seem that I am setting up two commitments instead of one, my plan is to pause gesture drawings in order to try something different and, most important of all, focus on the big picture, that is, avoid detail-oriented thinking

[mitsuki-youko]

yoooooooo these look great!!! I love how you shade!

[patrycja.lerch]

Great work!

[funslub1996]

Pretty good studies. Nice

[Sthingz]

@funslub1996 @patrycja.lerch @mitsuki-youko thank you all for your kinds words. Shading is complicated but fun. Imma put more time into understanding the fundamentals of light and shadows. In fact, I got the book titled as such from Scott Robertson. I will have a look at it this weekend and report back at beginning of next week

[Sthingz]

Hello peeps! Sorry for the tardy post. It has been pretty busy and I got a pink eye (I still have it ) I will make this quick since staring at the screen hurts my eyes. I will go back to this post and add the references I used, but here are my first attempts at painting and smudging (ever). With each painting, I explored different techniques, hence their dissimilarities. It is not the bet of my works but I feel proud that I tried something different.

As you may have noticed, I did not attempt 2 value studies after I realized my ignorance in the subject of shading. Therefore, my new commitment, which may take some time, is the following…

Read and put to practice Scott Robertson’s “How to shade” book

Once I have completed this commitment, I will formally move on to term 3.

[mitsuki-youko]

these look really nice!! hope you feel better btw!

[patrycja.lerch]

I hope you will feel better
These look very nice! Love the brushstrokes

[Pattu_w]

Really great job! the second one in particular is my favorite, hope you feel better soon.

[snakker]

Yo, nice work all around, keep at it! I personally find hair to be really challenging to render right, not to mention the different types of silhouettes that it can give off and the thinness/thickness of strands and their interactions with the face/ears/shoulders/wind XD

For 2 value studies I feel Synix design on youtube has a really good video on the topic

highly recommended!

cheers!