Grant Sauer - Art School Journey

snakker 2024-02-10 03:58:33 UTC #113

Really good job all around mate, those lines are so clean 👍

Pattu_w 2024-02-11 15:12:31 UTC #114

Really great work on all of these! man those primitive shapes are quite fun to look at, i always struggle on those.

catsforsnacks 2024-02-13 15:29:02 UTC #115

Thanks @mitsuki-youko, @snakker, and @Pattu_w!
Now if I could only get this barrel to not look like a turd lol.

catsforsnacks 2024-02-17 15:35:29 UTC #116

Damn, 3d seems really fun. I struggled a bit on this barrel and it took me awhile to figure out why. I'm pretty sure my old PC just isn't up to snuff for it. All of the sculpting strokes would turn out lumpy (probably due to lack of processing) so I would crease/smooth over and over to try to get it so it dosent look like an abomination lol. I did use Blender for this because I already had it and could see myself occasionally using it. I'd rather avoid paying for a Zbrush if I don't get on that often. Anynoodle, its a good excuse to finally get a new computer!

And the fancy animation (guess you can't upload videos here.)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sV2PLBYkDRG4x2qMlxrXc5_UUcAufGL6/view?usp=sharing

Couple of torso muscle maps as well.

Thanks for stopping by!
Stay fresh cheese bags.

mitsuki-youko 2024-02-17 19:45:02 UTC #117

noice!! you could have turned it into a gif and uploaded it too but yea u cant upload vids here.

These studies look great!

u make me wanna say that too XD what does one say in response to that XD

snakker 2024-02-17 21:44:00 UTC #118

Damn, really nice job on those muscle maps, they are so clean and clear! Only things im not sure about are the last guy on the left’s armpit and the latissimus insertion direction on the one on the right

Good job on the barrel despite the difficulties also

Cheers!

catsforsnacks 2024-02-19 14:58:31 UTC #119

Thanks @mitsuki-youko!

Oh, duh. For some reason that didn't cross my mind
Thanks @snakker! Are you talking about these two spots?

This one should be going up into the arm - I hadn't noticed that botch. Thanks!

snakker 2024-02-19 17:48:31 UTC #120

The second one is the one you show in green and the first one would the opposite latissimus (the left latissimus muscle of the right figure XD) and the teres major which would go forward with it, giving a gap to allow for the passing of the long head of the triceps

catsforsnacks 2024-02-20 16:37:12 UTC #121

@snakker Ah, I think I see what you're talking about. I haven't gotten to the arms yet so not entirely sure how they are built. Opted to just kinda leave it open lol.

catsforsnacks 2024-03-02 19:38:08 UTC #122

Ok week 5 here we go!
2 min gestures

Clothed figures. I didn't have any naked people from previous assignments so I just used the gestures.

5 character heads from imagination.

And finally the 3d bust. Oh boy was the painting a slop fest. I think I needed a much higher pixel count with the UV mapping because colors not following the brushstroke very well. Also - incredibly laggy lol. I think it looked better before the painting but ah well.

Welp, time to go finish term 3!
Stay fresh cheese bags.

mitsuki-youko 2024-03-03 02:30:33 UTC #123

oooh! these look great!

and for some reason i thought Grand Sauer and catsforsnacks are completely different people until now XDDDDD LMAO

catsforsnacks 2024-03-04 21:27:46 UTC #124

@mitsuki-youko Thanks!
Yeah I gotta figure out how to fix that, its confusing

mitsuki-youko 2024-03-05 02:20:28 UTC #125

you could change your forum name to Grant Sauer aka catsforsnacks or Grant Sauer (catsforsnacks)

snakker 2024-03-12 03:10:56 UTC #126

Damn, nice job mate! keep at it

catsforsnacks 2024-03-14 12:56:35 UTC #127

Term 3 week 6 here we go!
Daily anatomy 2 assignment 2:

Copy a fully dressed character:
Ref: Jen Zee - Hermes from Hades

Really fun taking a crack at this render style. A lot of lassoing and some subtle gradients. They color matching may not be perfect - I was a lot more focused on the process.

A representation of me in a simple pose. Unamused and unclean.

That's it for term 3!
Despite there being only 6 weeks of assignments, I feel like it was a fairly heavy workload.
Thanks for stopping by gang!
Stay fresh cheese bags.

patrycja.lerch 2024-03-14 18:04:22 UTC #128

Great work! I had hard time telling which one is the ref. Love Jen Zee art

catsforsnacks 2024-03-22 22:22:29 UTC #129

Term 4 Week 1
5 Min gestures
I'm starting to enjoy these quite a bit.

Color Harmonies
I cheated and only used 2 different images to save time. Don't think it took anything away from the assignment - it was all about the color after all.

Cast Shadows
I got stuck a couple of times on these so if you see anything wrong let me know. I ended up watching a 10 minute video on youtube that seemed to explain the concept better than Marc's

Moar Color Harmonies Stuff
I started with this image then realized the layers weren't properly set up for it....so I just did the one and found a new image.

Anynoodle that's it! Thanks for stopping by gang.
As always, stay fresh cheese bags.

catsforsnacks 2024-04-03 19:17:57 UTC #130

Week 2!
Muscle Highlights

Color and light theory.
As some of you have already stated, this method of shadow mapping is unrealistically laborious haha. Good to know when a shadow looks wrong and you can't figure out why though.

Stylized upper body:
These are from the artist Soroush Barazesh. He goes by Koteriink.
https://www.instagram.com/koteriink/?hl=en
I like how he shows the tendons and veins...more things to study I guess

That's all for now - thanks for stopping by!
Stay fresh cheese bags.

mitsuki-youko 2024-04-04 00:46:33 UTC #131

LOLOL that last one looks like buff scooby doo XD

These look great btw!

catsforsnacks 2024-04-04 22:15:11 UTC #132

Hahaha! He's all outta Scooby snacks.