Grubmunch (Paul) - Art School Journey

Grubmunch 2021-09-30 04:31:23 UTC #1

Hey everyone! My name is Paul and I am a Minneapolis based Developer/Graphic Designer and former art student (Photo major and painting minor). My focus was really photography (and graphic design) in college, but since then I have become much more interested in drawing/painting and got in to digital art.

I have had a few good 3-6 month periods in the past 8 years where I really work on my art nightly, but didn't stick with it long enough. I want to fix that this time, so I decided to get Art School and get a good structure to my practice/progression. Plus, I've really been making art in isolation and I am really excited to be part of a community again.

My big goal is to eventually be good enough to make the art for an indie game that I want to develop. Can't wait to share that journey with everyone!

Here is some of my work from the last couple of years:

mau.wamp 2021-09-30 05:02:10 UTC #2

Welcome on the forums, Paul! It's to see that you have such a clear and personal goal going into this! I am excited to see your progress!

Grubmunch 2021-09-30 05:02:24 UTC #3

I've been at it for a few weeks now, so I'm going to post a little extra the next couple of days to get caught up . Here are some figure studies (ranging from 30 seconds to 10 minutes for a couple) and some exercises to get me back into perspective:

Grubmunch 2021-09-30 05:06:32 UTC #4

Thank you for the welcome! I'm excited to really start putting in work to make the dream a reality and to share it with everyone.

Kosmonaut 2021-09-30 19:06:53 UTC #5

Nice studies and welcome to the Forums and Art School! I will say that for your perspective practice you may want to to make your 2 point perspective vanishing point farther away from each other because if they are too close together it makes the forms look distorted.
Your art now looks great it has a very graphic shape style to it.

Grubmunch 2021-10-01 05:53:15 UTC #6

Thank you for the feedback and the welcome! I will definitely make sure I consider the distance between vanishing points better when I do my bigger 2-point studies soon.

Grubmunch 2021-10-01 05:55:35 UTC #7

Some more figure studies (ranging from 1 minute - 1 hour) and some practice with the Loomis head/a study examining how to adjust the Loomis head for different head shapes.

Grubmunch 2021-10-02 05:43:17 UTC #8

More figure studies (1 min - 1 hour) and a rough turnaround sheet I did for a different 3d modeling class I'm taking.

Grubmunch 2021-10-03 05:41:33 UTC #9

Couple of warmup sheets (45 minutes long with studies ranging from 30 seconds - 3 minutes) and two longer figure/portrait studies (2 hours each). I'm going to start limiting my figure studies each night to 30-45 minutes and spend the rest of the time working on my longer 1 and 2-point perspective drawings.

Kosmonaut 2021-10-04 14:04:00 UTC #10

Nice studies, keep up the good work!

Grubmunch 2021-10-12 06:29:21 UTC #11

Couple of warmup sheets (30m each - poses ranging from 30s to 3.5m). I've been doing these everyday, but this is just a couple from the last week and a half. Mainly I've been working on my 1-point perspective assignment, as well as a couple of longer character drawings.

I plan on adding values/color to them eventually, but I want to work through the course a bit more before I do that. I'm planning on starting on the 2-point assignment next and continuing figure warmups/adding in some specific anatomy studies (working on a sheet of hands right now). Any feedback is appreciated!

Norma 2021-10-12 08:38:38 UTC #12

I can understand, why you drew the floor in that way. The room is maybe in a spaceship. You direct the gaze to the floor with these many parallel lines. It sticks to it. Is that what you wanted?

Kosmonaut 2021-10-12 14:30:40 UTC #13

also for the two people you drew above the man feels like he is about to fall over unless that is what you intended then I would try to redraw him to look more sturdy/grounded

Grubmunch 2021-10-12 15:12:51 UTC #14

Hmmm, I was hoping the perspective caused by the grating in the floor would help lead the eye to the vanishing point/the bed area. So, if the lines are too distracting that would not be what I want. Thank you for the feedback!

Grubmunch 2021-10-12 15:15:30 UTC #15

I wanted them to look like they were floating a bit/ with their toes pointed slightly downward, also that they were leaning back and putting their weight against each other. But, I agree I didn't push that enough so it doesn't come across. That's an easy fix anyways, just have to rotate him a bit to bring the legs under the center of balance. Thank you for the feedback!

Norma 2021-10-13 08:31:40 UTC #16

I love the cosy bed-area. The cans on the floor are cute. The resident is a little messy. That brings life to the picture.

Grubmunch 2021-10-30 06:20:55 UTC #17

Finished my 2-Point building's drawing. Next, I'm going to work on a value study of my 1-point room and fully painting the 2-point building. After finishing those I'm going to move to Term 2 and focus on anatomy for a bit. These perspective drawings have taken me a ton of time, but I've learned a lot and I think future perspective drawings will go a lot faster. Any feedback is appreciated!

Grubmunch 2021-11-03 04:16:13 UTC #18

Did a pretty quick and rough value study of my 1-Point perspective room. I may come back to this one and do variations/more rendering, but I'm going to set it aside for a bit to do my 2-Point rendering and move to Anatomy. I've been excited to get back to doing more figurative stuff this month.