Francesco daminato- art school journey

francydah2005 2023-01-30 18:53:27 UTC #42

today's exercise! i spent the rest of the time gathering and sorting references following marc's guide on how to create your own art stile

snakker 2023-01-30 19:55:23 UTC #43

Nice work, improving those lines, just don’t burn yourself out with exercises (unless they are enjoyable) - make sure to have fun!

Cheers

francydah2005 2023-01-31 14:55:03 UTC #44

thank you! i don't think i'm gonna burn out anyways because in this period i'm exercising my discipline too and I get an incredible amount of joy when i finish doing the work i planned on doing and i feel like i'm actually using my time and not wasting it

francydah2005 2023-01-31 17:40:10 UTC #45

today's work: some pen control exercises and a 2 hour study of an art i liked, i used the remaining time to gather more reference to try and find an art stile

snakker 2023-01-31 18:08:22 UTC #46

Nice job on that line art!

francydah2005 2023-02-03 19:55:28 UTC #47

colored it following only marc's guide on gradient maps and on light

snakker 2023-02-03 20:48:57 UTC #48

Nice job! Keep it up

francydah2005 2023-02-06 18:37:51 UTC #49

today's exercises

snakker 2023-02-06 18:59:54 UTC #50

Nicely done, I like the way you use values

Cheers

Pattu_w 2023-02-06 20:29:48 UTC #51

oh sh*t, it's Willem Dafoe, the likeness is 100% there, good stuff

francydah2005 2023-02-07 19:08:13 UTC #52

tried a face study session. i can feel the struggle when i try them from memory, any tips?

snakker 2023-02-07 20:47:41 UTC #53

It can be very difficult without any reference, even a skull model can help. Drawing the construction within a cube can also help

francydah2005 2023-02-08 06:15:37 UTC #54

okok thanks

francydah2005 2023-02-08 17:55:14 UTC #56

daily practice : lot of faces

snakker 2023-02-08 20:44:23 UTC #57

Woah those are a lot of heads, are these all iterations frim reference?

francydah2005 2023-02-08 21:22:52 UTC #58

Yes they are, I just opened Pinterest and went towards the ones I liked more

francydah2005 2023-02-09 19:14:35 UTC #59

today i focused on just one portrait. i've done it using copics

snakker 2023-02-09 20:26:17 UTC #60

Oh my, great job on this!
I don’t know how the reference is so can’t really tell if the model or the portrait needs a little bit extra tip projection
The values seem very well grouped together and the result is very pleasing!

I’ve never used copic markers myself, what are your thoughts on the medium, do you find it is easy to get value gradation with them?

Cheers

francydah2005 2023-02-09 21:02:31 UTC #61

They have pros and cons, it's quite easy to shade but this also implies that it's difficult to have a clear edge, I think that overall they re quite like a mixture of Marc s soft and hard brush, I couldn't really explain it better, anyway here's the reference

francydah2005 2023-02-10 21:22:42 UTC #63

today's work