Francesco daminato- art school journey

[francydah2005]

i don't know guys, today just sucks. I tried doing character designs exercises and I liked the silhouettes but i hate how it turned out. the character is supposed to be a sci-fi kind of interstellar botanist. i'll accept any critique on this

[francydah2005]

guys I got some issues: i definitely got better than yesterday by sticking more to the method Marc explained but it took me like 6 hours to get to a lineart that i don't even like that much. it took like 2 hours to get to the hero shape. I think that the first part of the process was good enough, but after the silhouettes, when i have to get on the way of the end result, suddenly i don't know how to draw. i don't know what brush i should use to refine the silhouettes and i have problems keeping all of the figure on the same layer because i feel like it takes me forever to get some details, maybe i should just try to paint like i have to sculpt the figure but i don't know which brush i have to use.

[patrycja.lerch]

I like these silhouettes! Hairstyles are very interesting

You will get the hang of making lineart. When I started making linearts it took me ages to finish and the results weren't satisfying. Maybe studying some artists you like will help

For silhouettes I use a basic round brush with pressure opacity (I use it for almost everything) it is easier for me to 'sculpt' character in more sketchy or painterly way

Great work!

[francydah2005]

thanks for the tip, i tried to apply it and i think it helped a lot even if I don't have a lot of practice with brushes. i think tommorrow i'm gonna spend some more time on this

[francydah2005]

today's work

[francydah2005]

today's assignments : I did some animals from reference then tried to do a horse from memory and then did other animals from reference

[funslub1996]

Pretty nice how u still draw/apply bone even in drawing assignment no.4. Nice

[francydah2005]

thank you, i do it to keep in mind where everything is. today i did the creature from imagination assignment, here's the process:

[francydah2005]

i want to get much better at character design, because that's what i want to work as, but this took 4 hours, so please give me every feedback that you think could help

[patrycja.lerch]

I like the idea of using scale for mediator. I think right leg is a bit too heavy for this type of character.

Some questions I ask myself why designin characters:
- what is the setting, culture, place - do they need warm clothing or maybe some armor
- who is the character - profession, personality
- can someone else tell that it is this character I had in mind while looking at it

Ask yourself right questions and design should come itself. If you are stuck search for more references, maybe read something about some culture, animals, anything that comes to your mind. Look up some movies or games you are interested in and see how they create such characters.

Nice work!

[francydah2005]

ok i didn't liked how the heads turned out on my previous designs so today i practiced head. I also forgot to post the 23th work so i'm posting that too

[francydah2005]

ok today i mainly practiced how to draw the face: i started from some proportions, continued with some heads from imagination, how emotions impact the face and some character heads, some more stilised than others, from imagination

[francydah2005]

i found a more useful structure for my sessions: basically, i warm up with gesture, then I follow marc's schedule for a third of my sessions, for the second third i practice a general art skill that i feel like i could improve and for the last third i practice an art skill more pointed towards character design, since that's what i want to work as. the thirds don't need to be in this order and i'm combining this with a 3 min pause every 30 minutes. i also planned the skills monthly so that i actually get better at them. i still got to implement this method in my journey but feel free to try this and let me know if it works for you. here's today's practice

[catsforsnacks]

basically, i warm up with gesture

Gestures are a perfect warmup. If you're ever feeling saucy try making the ribcage and pelvis out of boxes. For me it helps a lot with the perspective and which direction the parts are facing in regards to twists and bends. I understand everyone has their own preferred skeleton and you feel its not for you though.

The muscle study's legs are very large in comparison to the rest of the body. Term 1 has a proportion map for males and females, it might help to check it out.
Unless this is a worm's eye view, then I can see why the legs are larger. If that's the case a 3-point perspective box around the figure should help as a guide.

Those texture studies are killer! I really like the wood and iron ones.
Great work! Keep it up!

[francydah2005]

today i basically spent all of the time i had drawing or watching drawing tutorials. i still have troubles rendering iron and stone but i feel pretty good about wood

[francydah2005]

today's studies

[francydah2005]

ehy guys this week I'm at my girlfriend house so I bringed a sketchbook and I'm going to be drawing there. Also I forgot to post yesterday's work but since I don't have the file here I'll post it next week

[francydah2005]

Today's work

[francydah2005]

Today's work

[francydah2005]

i forgot to post yesterday so now i'll post today's stuff, yesterday's stuff and wednesday's stuff