Fakke's bizarre art adventure

lalondechance 2019-03-20 22:41:59 UTC #1

Welcome to the realm of hard work and improvement that is my journey through the art world, the hope here is that with time my post will amass and this will serve as a sort of road map for where I've been in the past and hopefully for where I'm headed. But enough of the writing now for the main course, my painfully mediocre artwork!

These were all studies done in about 15-30 minutes that were mostly to help with an area of anatomy that I still struggle with, the hands. (The working title of this series is "I suck at hands I, II, III respectively)

And this was more of a general anatomy practice, though I can't really recall how long this took. Kniwing me and how slow i work I'd probably put it anywhere from 1-2 hours.

If you've stuck around to the end of this lengthy post I whole heatedly thank you and encourage you to put any and all comments, criticisms, ect. where ever you see fit.

echoriel 2019-03-26 09:34:02 UTC #2

hi! Good pieces! i like the light and colours that you put into these especially the last one!
Can't comment much about the hands as I have 0 clue how to draw it myself ( i just copy hands from my hands when i need it haha)

But heading to the anatomy part of the guy. Overall it has a nice flow to it but I think that his deltoids are a bit off. I tried to paint on top of it. basically i think that the one on the right was a bit too far from where the actual shoulder should be.
When you use the reference try to picture the simple skeleton with the rib cage and joints and then build muscles on top of it.
To greatly improve the understanding of the anatomy it really helps to learn the attachment points of the main muscle groups.

Hope this helps

ps. i might not have it completely correct as idk the ref you used if you used any at all

lalondechance 2019-03-26 22:25:53 UTC #3

As I've been away from this blog for what I deem far too long let me be the first to welcome you to episode two of Fakke's Bizarre (art) Adventure! Last we left off, our intrepid hero had posted some studies, his first ever post on cube brush (wow!) this time sadly It'll be much the same. I know what you're thinking "Isn't it a little too early in the series for filler?" and to that all I have to say is, hold on until the next exciting installment of our series and I'm certain that the wait will be well worth it. So without any more delay, let's jump right into the art shall we?

This one here was a portrait practice with reference, clocked in at about 4 hours. This was a case of me testing my weak points, I don't normally do portraits and I think that point shines through with this piece but you can't get any better without trying.

Much like the last piece this was conceived to strengthen up the weak points of my technique, namely my ability to render metals.

Last but certainly not least is my little Funbunn as the file is labeled. This one is a sort of hybrid between practice and a piece that I personally wanted to do, as I find my ability to render fur lacking as well as enjoy working with animals.

Once more if you've made it to this point in my needlessly long winded post I'd like to thank you for taking the time out of your day to view my work and would kindly ask that you leave any and all criticism as well as anything else wherever you see fit.

And I'll see you on the next exciting episode of Fakke's Bizarre (art) Adventure.

lalondechance 2019-03-26 22:30:32 UTC #4

Thank you very much for the reply! Anatomy is one of those things that I would still consider myself learning so I appreciate the help with this piece as it tends to be quite difficult to see one's own mistakes until they're pointed out.

lalondechance 2019-03-27 23:31:37 UTC #5

Hello one and all, and welcome back to the next exciting episode of Fakke's Bizarre (art) Adventure! Today we have especially special episode as the piece I will be presenting to you was more a long form project than a daily study as much of what I've been posting here has been. Though as most everything that I do here has been this was designed to focus my attention to something I feel I'm lacking in, in this case mouths. More specifically though teeth, I've never really done a well rendered piece that involved teeth and so here we are dear viewer.

The initial concept for this piece was intended to be somewhat of a perversion of an otherwise holy-like entity but as my patience and my skills drew thin and so I scrapped the golden fur patterns and glowing eyes for something more innately sinister.

As always I'd love to hear what those of you who actually read these posts think, so feel free to leave your comments/criticisms wherever you see fit, and until next time I guess Fakke's Bizarre (art) Adventure is to be continued...

lalondechance 2019-04-04 23:35:43 UTC #6

Hello one and all to the next exciting episode of Fakke's Bizarre (art) Adventure, I'm your host and protagonist: Fakke. So It's certainly been quite awhile since the last episode of our little journey but feat not for my productivity knows no bounds! sadly the level of work I've been turning out is more... "interesting" than usual so I haven't much that I wish to share with you all today. Slump aside lets get into the meat and potatoes of today's episode, the art work.

So here we have an unfinished piece I lovingly titled "lord of the hunt" and really there isn't much that I have to say about it. I quite like how the head turned out as this was a piece that I started after being away from digital art for quite some time.

This, more than anything, was a practice of my ability to control line weight within digital confines, though not entirely impressed with the end results I nevertheless have a fondness for the more graphic style of this piece. It's not something that i get to do too often and served as a breath of fresh air.

Other than the massive influx of rather lackluster artwork that I've been producing, another reason for the slow progress would definently be the fact that I'm trying my hardest to build a relevant portfolio for the field that I want to enter. This means a lot of long form projects that take time and may not be the most interesting things to post here. And with that tonight's episode of Fake's Bizarre (art) Adventure has drawn to a close. As always feel free to leave any and all comments, criticisms, and whatever else you may want to leave wherever you deem necessary. Want to know what I'm working on next? Find out on the next exciting episode of Fakke's Bizarre (art) AdventureZ

lalondechance 2019-04-28 20:52:20 UTC #7

Hello one and all to yet another fantastic episode of Fakke's Bizarre (art) Adventure, last time we left our intrepid hero was in the midst of a long form project that promised to take up most of his free time while still taking the opportunity to explore different techniques and styles. On this week's episode we explore the recent absence and tide over our fans with another style study that was done between larger projects. Before all the real life stuff let's get into the art shall we?

This was an attempt at cell shading and a more stylized rendering style than i'm used to. While i do like the rather bold nature of the piece over all I prefer my more painterly style.

And now for the segment of today's post explaining my absence; I've been rather sick as of late and have been getting over it in my own way which means lots of tea and sleep but other than that and work there really hasn't been enough time in the day to keep up with the blog, hopefully this makes up for the silence.

Thank you for listening to my sob story and until the next exciting episode of Fakke's Bizarre (art) Adventure, stay beautiful and leave all the criticism and comments wherever you deem fit.