Gregory - Art School Journey

[Lukiesartventure]

I'm not sure about rendering materials but I think Trent has youtube videos on rendering materials/material studies

[gregorya]

Here is a work in progress rough sketch of Cupid for Valentines Day. Just have to sketch the wings

And here are some more gesture drawings .

[Lockenheim]

Dang nice valentines pic! Also loving the lampshade samurai

[gregorya]

Thank you @Lockenheim. The Lampshade Ninja was prtty random.

Here is Cupid with some rough grey tones underneath the sketch with some reworked line art:

Here is Cupid with some rough flat colors on top of both of them:

I also have been working on the Term 2 assignment with the castle with a three point perspective. It's still a work in progress, and very purple.

[gregorya]

Castle Grey scale.

[Xybb]

Heya, I really like the amount of work you put in and all the different ideas you come up with.

One thing that all your pieces have in common though is that you are still lacking in fundamentals. For example I couldn't find any 1-point-perspective assignment. While your 3-point-perspective assignment looks kinda cool, it is very clear that you don't quite understand it yet.

I'd really recommend working more on the basics, that'll probably give you the most return for the time invested.

Looking forward to your progress =).

[amorsea19022]

I can feel your passion from your massive work, this is great!
But I agree with Xybb that you can start with the 1-point-perspective assignment at term 1.

[gregorya]

Okay @Xybb and @amorsea19022 I guess I can do that One Point assignment again from term 1. I did them before, but I never Posted them. I'll take the class again.

Here is the last part of the Three point assignment with the colors.

[Lockenheim]

Keep it up! It's definitely OK to do these assignments more than once. I had to do the perspective one assignment multiple times to get a better feel for it. I feel like I am a slow learner so I generally have to do each assignment many times. You are doing great so far!

[gregorya]

Thank you @Lockenheim. Here is My cupid painting with gray tones and some designs with the Bow and arrows and some design with the wings. I'm making pretty good progress so far.

This is the second one with shortned wings. I wasn't competly sure which one I should do.

[gregorya]

Here is another update: The cupid picture has a little color.

[gregorya]

Here is my colored version of Cupid from the Heros of Olympus Series. It was pretty fun to paint.

[LesleyCarol]

Congrats on finishing!
That's a really interesting character design with the red eyes. Are his wings meant to be metallic?

[gregorya]

Thank you Lesley. The wings were supposed to look like feathers.
Here are some two minute gesture drawings.

I think this was a gesture drawing with shading.

[gregorya]

Here is a rough sketch of an aftermath battle on March 15 of Julius Caesar fighting off his assassins. I'm combining a sketch from last year with some rough designs. some tips are helpful.

[gregorya]

I have been working on the Assignment one for the one point perspective. Here is what I have so far.

[Xybb]

Hey =) It's nice to see that you are tackling 1-point-perspective again and it really speaks for itself, that you are willing to go back to the basics to improve your art. Good job!

I've done a quick check on your convergent lines (blue) and a pass on how it should look like instead (in red).

For now, I want to leave this without further comment, but would like to ask a question instead: How would you describe 1-point-perspective if you were to teach it to someone else? What would be the major things to focus on?

[gregorya]

Okay, I would describe a one point perspective as a single direction where the perspective would be the focal point of the image or drawing. The major thing to focus on would be the proportions to make sure that it fits the converging lines.

[Xybb]

That's a fair description I'd say, but I'd try to think more about it in terms of how sets of edges are arranged.

Basically, in 1-point-perspective the image is arranged in a way, that there are only 3 types of edges. 2 types that are perfectly parallel to the image plane or viewer, going up and down and to the left an right. The other type are edges that are perfectly perpendicular to the image plane, so they'll point straight away from the viewer.

The first to types are the easiest, since they have no perspective and will be either horizontal or vertical lines in your image. That means that in it's simplest form (so no tilted edges), ALL lines that are not perfectly vertical or horizontal would be point towards the single vanishing point.

And that's basically what I'd focus on the most in 1-point-perspective: Make sure, that all lines, that are neither vertical nor horizontal converge to vanishing point, which is the common point of interception for all those lines). To really reinforce what I am trying to say: If you'd extend all lines that are neither vertical nor horizontal to the horizon, they'd all hit a single point. That is the vanishing point.

In your image it kind looks like you kind of know this concept, but use it more like an approximation. No blue lines, only red lines! =)

[gregorya]

Okay I think I have some progress here I Just rearranged the area: