Fira's Sketch Fest!

[generic_human]

i like this one a lot !! it came out great

[Mace]

No problem!
I'm in the middle of studying value and most of the value lessons i got are from Anthony Jones. If you don't mind me asking, how is your approach when your doing value study or any studies that you like to do.
Also you can check Jonathan hardesty lesson about value on youtube as well, i'm sure it'll help.

[Firathion]

Thanks for the suggestion!

So here's my process.
To begin with, i do a rough lineart of the character/creature i'm about to study. Next, i use an opaque brush to block in the local colors on a layer underneath the lines. After i'm done i hide my referance, merge the color and lineart layers and start rendering, trying to define form (painting form shadows and cast shadows).
When i get to the point where i feel that the painting is finished (or im stuck) i reveal my referance and i make correction and adjestments by copying.

As for my actual technique, nothing special there. I use a regular round brush and one layer. As for the brush modes, i sometimes find myself using overlay and multiply (overlay brings out some sweet color varietion by saturating colors) but i still try to avoid them as much as possible. I want to learn and be able to paint everything by myself. Kinda as if i was painting traditionaly. I feel like modes and fancy tools are only there to help you paint faster, not better.

Anthony Jone's 'Painting like a sculptor and 'painting with confidence 1' have helped me a lot.

So yeah, i hope that helps. feel free to ask if you need more info

[Firathion]

Trying to paint fur. Fail. (Might of the grizzlemaw skin from world of warcraft)

[Firathion]

Sylvanas painting. So i tried using a high pass overlay layer to make the image a little bit more 'crisp' but i feel like i overdid it. ouch xD

[Firathion]

So i randomly found this bar creature pic on google and fell in love with it. I don't know who the artist is but i love the design and so i decided to paint it. Here it is so far. Needs some more work but it's getting there.

[Firathion]

Ryan Metcalf illustration study. Prob needs a face :P.

[Firathion]

Ryan Metcalf illustration study 2.

[Firathion]

Ryan Met study. This one is haard .

[Firathion]

Having fun with some demon sketches.

[cedricgo]

Those looks really interesting. I like the the different approaches you took for all three.

[Firathion]

Garrosh Healscreem study.

Here's the link to the original picture and the artist's portofolio https://staplesart.deviantart.com/art/Garrosh-Hellscream-Wow-430783762. He's artwork is incredible and he has a great youtube channel that i'd recomend you to check.

So yeah i decided to study some of his stuff .This one is still in progress and it's taking quite some time but it's turning out alright. I'll think i 'll use my referance now.

[sasha-c]

The rendering on it is so good! I hope to be able to draw like this one day. Very impressive and look forward to seeing more

[Firathion]

Here's a bear i'm currently painting. Needs a lot of work.
Not sure where i'm going with the design and so it's taking a while. However i'm pretty happy with the colors and the actual painting so far.

By the way it's been a while since i posted here.
That's because i started sketching a lot again.
Plus i've found myself revisiting some of my old paintings and improving them. I'm thinking of finally starting posting online. Like deviantart or something. Will see.

But hey, hope you enjoy the bear so far. Feedback is always welcome <3 .

[Firathion]

Thanks you .You'll definately get there if you keep at it. Well, you and me both considering that this is a copy of another artist's painting. But hey, i believe that this is a great way to improve so i'd definately recomend doing it from time to time.

[Firathion]

So i drew these demons a while ago and i finally started painting the big one.

I'm still figurine out what to do with his design. I'm thinking of adding skulls on his huge colarbone/horns.
The idea behind it is that he melts his enemies inside that volvano thing on his back and then their melted skulls grow as part of his horns. The more he has the more powerful he is.
Not sure yet tho xD .It's a silly but fun idea.

I'll play around with him for quite a while i believe. Really enjoying this one.

[malcom]

Ah man this is awesome so far. Love the rendering of it so far. Those studies prove again and again that its helping. You don't make the lower body as dark as before now as well. It really helps in my opinion. Great color scheme and awesome silhouette for all of them in my opinion. Awesome stuff overall. I can already imagine a fun boss battle with the idea. As he gathers up skulls on the battle field he gets stronger so the goal is to beat him before he can one shot you or something like that. But there are a few things I wonder though:
1.) How does he get the skulls to his back? With his big arms and bigger upper body, it seems he would struggle to do so.
2.) Maybe he eats the skulls and the more he eats, the more his fire revs up on his back. When having a lot of skulls his back explodes with a big fire.
3.) Maybe the little demon guy can help him collect skulls and he is the one dropping the skulls into the bigger demons back(This doesn't sound right )
4.) Design wise, the skulls protruding out of the horns might be weird as far as being an indicator of him powering up. In my opinion, having horns grow in different areas on his body like his forearms as he gets melts skulls might help. I think putting the extra work into extra sketches to show his progressing stages might help in the long run. It's gonna be hard to showcase what he can do in one still image. So even doing an evolution scale with this guy would be awesome. Do that for the big demon and finalizing the other 2 can make for 4 great portfolio pieces.

As a collective group they all work great together. They feel like a unit which is great. Keep up the awesome work. This is a great start.

[JannaSophia]

Man, that looks amazing! Love the rendering!

[Firathion]

Thaanks :D! <3

[Firathion]

Thanks a lot for the great feedback!

You make a really good point about him getting the skulls into his back. I didn't really think about it but i need to start figurine out such things if i ever wish to become a concept artist.

I actually loved the 3rd scenario, in which case the little demon gathers and drops the skulls into his back. It might sound weird but it's really interesting and unique.
However i will go with solution number 4. Having skulls protruding out of his skulls probably is a weird indicator of him powering up. Plus, can you imagine him at his full power. In theory he should have so many skulls that they could potentially distract from his actul design.
On the contrary i love the idea of him having horns grow in different sizes and places and it would allow me to create some great alternatives in case there are more of these demons in the hypothetical game.
I'm going to work on his evolution stages after i finish the other two demons.

Again, really helpful advice. Keep em coming <3