Hermidraws - Artblog

hermidraws 2016-10-07 21:53:07 UTC #22

Original Location :
http://randomstreetview.com/#pplk3_elmxm_8p_a_5

Brushes used :
Big Softie + Acrylic from https://gumroad.com/charliebowater

Really dig the combination of those two. Used softie for the sky, and acrylic for the other parts.

Ignition2k 2016-10-08 19:57:41 UTC #23

Cool style, your colors really play well with the silhouette shapes of your comps, lots to see, they both could play well on presenting a concept

pixelsnplay 2016-10-09 03:26:21 UTC #24

I really like seeing your thumbnails- a lot of them are so dynamic and interesting even in just the thumbnail stage. Are you doing Inktober digitally or some kind of mix?

Tutuja 2016-10-09 10:13:05 UTC #25

Woah! Those Environmental exercises are so cool. Great stuff! I'm gonna try to do these exploration studies if you don't mind

cedricgo 2016-10-09 19:05:07 UTC #26

I'll echo what everybody is saying about the environment exploration. They look very interesting and I can easily see how they can bring new and unusual ideas. I'll have to try it for myself.

hermidraws 2016-10-10 23:34:24 UTC #27

Hey @miguel_nogueira2k @pixelsnplay @Tutuja @cedricgo
Thank you for your kind compliments. Really appreciate it.

To answer your question @pixelsnplay its a mix of both. Drawn in pen, then fill in with flat colors in photoshop.

Hey you don't need my permission, ha. @Tutuja

@cedricgo For sure buddy.

You know there are some thoughts lingering around my mind right now and I want to put it out there. As you all know, I am doing both design and art.

So as I was taking a full day sabbatical yesterday, which was snorkeling, something I haven't done after 6 years of not doing it, I came to realize how fun that was due of the underwater world, you know.

So yeah, to make it concise :
I am doing design to see if I can make money out of it, but that initially possibly kills the excitement for it? Not sure, because I am not really enjoying it that much per say.

And then there is art, which I like doing, but not investing a whole lot of time into it yet. So possibly, the biggest source right now that cause this whole over complication is not having means to get income.

Why is that? I finished high school, late July 2016, and now I am living with my parents. My parents mentioned (mother) that she will help me go to vacation next year in Netherland (at my sister), which will happen in May 2017.

Possibly this might be related to mindset, like probably just stick with art till the day I go on vacation and see what happens, instead of diversifying my attention to both art and design ( a craft that I do not have a love for), I mean you can even see it in the stuffs that I am most interested in.

So yeah, a long thought ramble with no end... who knows maybe someone can make this whole thought more sense for me if they read, unless I came to a conclusion.

ESL 2016-10-11 01:00:08 UTC #28

@brianhermelijn Hey man, seems like you're in a cross-paths. Not too sure what you mean by 'design', but you just recently graduated from High School. With that in mind, you have plenty of time to decide where you want to head with your future/life! There are many things you can explore to earn income, aside from design, which like you said, isn't what you enjoy per say. Never trade money for a peace of mind unless there's no other choice. In your case, there seem to be various options. I honestly recommend assessing where you are in pursuing art and make a mental/written map of how to get there. If what you see isn't what you'd like, it's easy to switch and find/check another option, simply because you're technically in your collegiate years right now. There's honestly no rush. Think of it as switching Majors in college and pursuing different fields of work/passions. Best of wishes-

JesterSeraph 2016-10-11 01:43:31 UTC #29

@brianhermelijn You don't have to decide what you want to do for the rest of your life so quickly, especially if you're just coming out of high school. Seriously, take it slow and see what's enjoyable now.

One of the factors to life is that you may end up in any career and looking back, have no idea how you got there. I work for a software company, and the different people I'be met have been very interesting. You have developers, like myself, who mostly went through school learning how to code, but then you look to people like our lead product manager, and he's got a degree in animation. Our marketing team's social media manager went to school for fashion, and our front end web developer is a graphic artist.

You'll end up somewhere doing what you enjoy, no matter what path you took to get there, so long as you're open and perceptive.

So if you don't like design, and you like doing art, then try doing art for a bit. Practice all you can, paint all you want, and see if you can boot up a freelance career. Make connections with as many other artists as possible, people in various industries, and see what people need. Maybe you'll get asked to make an environmental piece with a setting sun as a gif, and learn you love animation. Maybe after that you'll find you have more interest in animating characters, rather than scenes, and then you'll find you like 3D animation over 2D. Then you'll learn you love rigging the models, but hate some of the scripts and tools available. Maybe you'll learn how to code to try and make better tools, and learn you like writing scripts to help animators.

Or maybe you'll volunteer at an animal hospital, and learn you love working with animals. Then you'll learn about how comforting animals can be to people in need, and start an animal therapy retreat. Who knows?

TL;DR: Do what you enjoy, and be open to enjoying new things. There's no rule saying you have to do one thing for the rest of your life.

hermidraws 2016-10-11 12:37:19 UTC #30

@ESL
You're right, the term design is vague when I put it like that. Which initially is what I learned from the internet (studied IT from school, not what I expected it to be after nearly finishing it, since you can learn almost 95% of it from the interwebs now)

But definitely as in having time. It's funny how I gather all these wisdom from other peoples, like Gary Vaynerchuk, Seth Godin, Cal Newport, Robert Greene etc. and when I face the situation they referred to, its like your mind do a 360 turn, instead of been okay where you're at and let yourself test the waters.

I guess the main frustration would be is the whole money subject that can make you feel like sad maybe, for not been able to contribute to your family (in this case parents), but I shouldn't let that get the best of me. Because I know the current economy issue, and all I have to think about right now while using that patient threshold is improving my ability and experiment with crafts as you said.

@JesterSeraph
I am not too sure if it's choosing what to do the rest of my life is what I am going through, rather its more related to means of making pennies.

After all, when you're at home and not been able to earn anything, definitely starts taking its toll on your mind, especially when you see your household situation ( not been able to contribute in the house (parents house ) ) etc.

But yeah, mentioned to ESL as well, its a matter of in my case been patient with it and let the flow of life go on its own, while still remaining vigilant of opportunities, things I can apply etc.

Because I do know about like different seasons for different interests (cultivating passions) for however long it last etc. but its like even if you have all those knowledge you gathered throughout the years from different sources, when you face the situation, your mind takes a 360 u turn, ha.

But overall, I will just have to remain patience, and cultivate the seasons, and if there are means for me to be able to make income and help, then can do that, for now will just have to focus on improving/practicing/experimenting and see what happens.

Thank you for sharing your own insights @JesterSeraph @ESL , really appreciate the time you guys took to respond to this whole ramble thought that I put up there.

Thank you

hermidraws 2016-10-11 12:38:14 UTC #31

sanguine 2016-10-11 16:24:29 UTC #32

Oh my gosh, those thumbnails are just beautiful.. I love the designs on those purple and orange ones in the second post... awesome!

hermidraws 2016-10-11 23:45:51 UTC #33

@sanguine
Hey Thank you for your kind compliment.

fathomcube 2016-10-12 02:30:31 UTC #34

It's Great to see an environmental artist

since I main character design I'm not particularly strong on environments.....
but like Feng Zhu said......Character and environmental design are essentially the same, your just painting form!

I'm pretty crappy at critiques soooo....got any tips for environments?

hermidraws 2016-10-12 18:34:26 UTC #35

I can only share the things that worked throughout these few months of focusing on environments, and still learning more.

A. PERSPECTIVE
B. NOTAN

A. PERSPECTIVE

When you start understanding how perspective works, it becomes much easier to develop your own scenes. A good video that explains in simple terms what 1/2/3 point perspective is
1,2,3 Point Perspective by Alphonso Dunnn

And if you're interested in books you could check
Ernest Norling Perspective Made Simple

There is also Atmospheric perspective which you can find more info about in this video
Understanding Atmospheric Perspective by Scot Robbertson

B. NOTAN

This is essentially the exercises you keep seeing me repeat above, specifically the dark/white ones. What this allows you to do is find interesting composition/placements that works.

Could also be considered as thumbnail, which is finding ways to make a scene work. You can find more information about Notan here

Composition Design Notan

And of course, the other thing is to do mini-studies of photography/paintings etc. of landscapes, to find out what works, and play around with the piece you're studying from. Even better if you can sketch from real world interaction (plein-air) , but even though I say all of this, I am still learning and slowly applying what I just wrote here. Notan been one of them, and also overall structure of landscapes.

I am still exploring how to make landscapes work/interesting to look at, and what is interesting for me.

If you have any other questions let me know. Will try my best to answer, to the best of my current experience so far.

cedricgo 2016-10-12 19:50:36 UTC #36

This was a very interesting post. Thanks a lot for the explanations!

hermidraws 2016-10-13 02:59:05 UTC #37

You're welcome @cedricgo

Was originally going for a virtual plein-air but eventually the landscape turned into this.

hermidraws 2016-10-14 00:48:04 UTC #38

derkodos 2016-10-14 00:58:33 UTC #39

I love how much dynamic and atmosphere you can create with these simple thumbnails. I think I have to join the club of stealing your exercise

JesterSeraph 2016-10-14 01:17:54 UTC #40

It's a good club to be in. I had the most fun in years with my art doing Notan.

hermidraws 2016-10-14 01:21:16 UTC #41

Welcome aboard to the club @derkodos and awesome @JesterSeraph

Right now I am experimenting/learning more how to continue making the landscapes looking more polished. Not really content where I am at right now.