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  • Lady Death Fanart Collectible: Part 6 Polypaint and base Hi, it’s time to share with you another part of the process to create this fanart piece. Polypaint As this is my first collectible fanart I didn’t have previous experience with polypaint so I tried my best and played a bit with it.I wanted to give a ghostly and eerie look to Lady Death, she is beautiful and deadly, but at the end of the day she is a woman that died and was reborn at hell as an avenging spirit, that’s why I gave her skin tone a bluish very cold tone.As you will see I gave myself some creative freedom to deviate from the traditional color scheme that this characater has in comics and illustrations.To add a bit of sensuality by painting some freckles on the face and the chest. The dark nature of this character was the perfect excuse to gave her a kind of goth make up, very dark shadows around the eyes, blue lips and fingernails. I know that the original character includes sexy red lips but I wanted this girl to have a sexy but at the same time creepy look, that’s why we can see some thin veins emanating from her eyes. The biggest chromatic change I did for this character is at the hair. Lady Death has a characteristic white weavy hair but in my fanart I decided to gave her a very saturated blue color.The reason behind this wasn’t only an aesthetic choice. I want that the face area strongly pulls the attention of the viewer so this area needed a stronger contrast. Another reason is that I want her to have a more modern look, as I mentioned before, I’m strongly attracted to women with goth/punk look. I gave myself half an hour or more to analyse the work of experienced sculptors that create collectibles and I discovered that the use of darker values on the skin is often applied to create a greater sense of volume and three-dimensionality. I found that areas with heavy ambient occlusion are the perfect places to paint with darker colors in order to increase the separation between different forms. Even though she has a bluish skin tone, I used a bit of warmer hues in areas that, in real life, tend to go towards red and pink, this is very obvious in the nose, cheeks, and knuckles. Thinking with a logical mind it’s completely absurd to have warmer tones on the body of a zombie like creature but I didn’t want to limit myself by using only blue tones, it looks boring and artificial. In real life these colors are created by blood vessels in areas where the skin is very thin. ** Scythe **for her weapon I applied a cool gray with some warmer variations, this color scheme is influenced by the work of H.R giger. Base I’d like to talk about the design for the base which, to be honest, I forgot to develop along with the character.My main idea with the base is to show that Lady Death inhabits a very sterile and arid land, at the end of the day she is at hell.You can see a that she walks over dirt and rocks, a sign that she’s surrounded by death and loneliness. As part of the landscape we can see some bones and skulls to reinforce the idea of lack of living creatures, yet we can see three hands that try to reach her legs.This hands represent that all creatures are subordinated to her power and seek an evil blessing with a simple touch of the princess of the damned.1- The hand with skin burns represents the souls of those who are newcomers to hell, tortured souls that suffer for the sins comitted on earth.2- The hand with greenish rotten skin and pustules is the reminder of the decay that has infected the souls of those who have been trapped and have forgotten their humanity3- Last but not least, the hand of a demon shows that even dark creatures and entities bow before her presence. The cherry on the top, at least in my vision, are the simese twins that emerge from the ground, this malevolent creatures remind us that in hell there’s only perversion and any trace of innocence is lost. Thanks for reading till this pointI’m really happy to be very close to finish this creative journey, last but not least it’s mandatory to talk about splitting the sculpture in several pieces to be printed, this will be my last entry before showing the final rendered images. See yaMay Zbrush be with you
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  • Thank you @daceronine! If I remember I save in google cloud, I will have to stick a note to do it more often. Lamp is from life. Poses are from refs but I look at refs for a while and then try to do it myself and look it up if needed. Outfits and rest is from imagination Something went wrong while installing system so we will have to wipe everything again... pc works but something is wrong. We will wait till internet is done and I will save everything on cloud this time Threads came out in eu. It's been 3 days and I had more engagement than after half a year on instagram. It feels really nice I hope it stays this way A portrait of old dude. It's the same character I posted a while ago. Inspired by Bayard Wu work. At first I thought of him as a bear but I named him Fenrir and I think wolf suits him better. Eye gave me a bit of hard time but I think it is fine now. I focused on face and forgot about area below. The way I draw hair clashes with greying hair. I had the same problem while doing Lohse's white hair. Does it looks like it is greying here? I love how desaturated red looks blue there. I keep lying to myself that I will use different color scheme but It all comes down to this blue and yellowish one it is just flipped this time Have a great day!
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Jan '24
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If you ask me, that looks pretty good, would be nice to see more of it!

I think it's normal to kind of doubt yourself, happens to me all the time as a solo creator as well, but I try to remind myself we are our harshest critics, and that's it all part of the learning process. I know for a fact it happens to the pros as well, except they usually have a deadline to meet and barely have time to look back.

That's all fine and good, trying different styles is a great learning experience, and even if it doesn't stick you still get stuff to incorporate back into your pipeline. I love inking lines myself, but looking around at other artists I also tried to eliminate lineart in different exercices to see how it works. Still not my preference, but I think I understood better line weight and terminators thanks to it.

Feb '24

Hey ya'll!
Weekly Check-in Time!
Term 1 Week 3.5
Overall, it was a very busy week and I was not able to complete everything I had hoped. The goal was to finish up the material from Marc's free year-long drawing recommendations for April and May, finish the 5 character art studies, paint on a personal project, and maintain daily pen control and gestures. I was able to keep the daily stuff in place for the most part, complete one character study and do rough layouts of the others, get the general layout down for the personal project, finish my head sculpture, do some color studies, study the foot & lower body, and do a decent set of 2min gestures. For the most part, I used pencil and paper to do most of the work, only using my graphics tablet on occasion - mostly to make sure I wasn't going to suffering from neglecting it.

And now, the photo dump. And man, now that I see it all like this… It was a lot. LOL.




Five Character Lineart Studies - Only completed one, but sketched in some of the others.

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And lastly, one of the blocked in designs I was trying out for my personal project.

So yes, it was a full week and fairly productive, so I deserved to take a bit of a break on Saturday and Sunday. However, even with taking a week to catch-up, it was just way too much trying to juggle the two learning programs at the same time as I attempted to make some personal artwork. So I am going to put the free program on the back burner and focus on the Art School curriculum, and perhaps get some work in on the personal projects as time permits. Bottom line is that I've got to let go of the 2024 plans I made before receiving Art School for Christmas. Besides, I doubt that the free program covers the same stuff and probably not at the same depth. So I'll pick up with Week 4 now.

Another factor that got thrown into the mix on Friday was the arrival of my new Huion Kamvas Pro 16 (FHD) and the acquisition of Corel Painter 2023 through Humble Bundle. I decided against the XP-Pen Artist Pro 16 Gen 2 due to hobby budget issues, as I also need to upgrade my GPU sometime soon. I think if I ever start making money from my art I will probably need to re-evaluate the display anyway. I like the Kamvas well enough, but there were some challenges that I've already noticed. Most are technical blockers that are too boring to mention here and honestly almost feel like distractions and excuses - which I find annoying. So I may not try to resolve those issues as long as I can still use everything reliably. However, Krita does not like my current setup and becomes unresponsive with brush strokes so I'm working on re-learning Painter (which I haven't really used since Painter 11) and trying to find the tools to match what I have been using in Krita. So that complication has been a little frustrating, as I'd like to keep using Krita because it is on my Android tablet so there would be a sense of platform stability. So there's some adjustment there…

Also, I want to mention that I find analog drawing to be way more satisfying and significantly less frustrating than drawing with either graphics tablet, android tablet, or pen display. It may just be because that's how I learned to draw in the first place or it could be that it has higher resolution, more intuitive interface, and amazing haptic/auditory feedback. So while I am definitely going to use my new device, I have a feeling that I'm still going to have a preference to pencil and ink using traditional media.

Man, what a week...
-Jim

Feb '24

Congrats on the new tablet, hope it works out for you. It's a very subjective thing for sure, but I feel you on tactile and auditory feedback - from my tests, at least in digital, wacom wins in that regard for sure - but they carry a heftier price tag too. Painter is pretty solid, and yeah, it can definitely be hard to juggle more than one course. What I'd do personally is follow Marc's school and read books/watch youtube videos during each term in a way that the videos and books complement what I learn. Also, I don't follow the weekly guide, I started before it existed so that's also part of the reason, but mainly because I just don't think I'd be able to in this moment in my life.

Rather what I did was structure it similar to a university course, where each term is about 6 months, so 1year in and I finished terms 1 and 2, these 6 months term 3 and so forth. I feel it gives me more time to do the assignments, repeat them if necessary, apply concepts, read up theory and add a trick or two even if it is a bit more advanced (I started rendering and using color from term 1 cause my goal was always to get to painting)

I guess that's the beauty of online courses where you don't pay a membership but rather a single purchase, you get to determine your own pace and really take your time if you want to. I feel there really is no need to rush, and sometimes a slower pace can beat the faster one.

cheers!

Feb '24

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@mitsuki-youko Thanks! It was also extremely satisfying. It's been a long time since I sculpted more than simple shapes. I learned a ton and look forward to doing more.
I used SuperSculpey Living Doll, which was too soft. I wish I had used the Firm because I kept losing details as I work on different sides of the head.

Feb '24

Thanks for the reply!
I'm pretty sure the pen display will work out, it's not really my first. I had a Surface Pro 4 but it's battery swelled up and threatened to explode. I "replaced" it with a Kindle Fire Max 11 and one of the 4k pressure pens available for it. It works okay for sketching while on the couch. I recently put a "paper-like" screen protector on it and WOW, it really feels and sounds like drawing on paper.

This is a great idea. But on an instinctual level, I'm afraid that if I don't stick close to the weekly schedule that I'll completely rabbit hole onto something else entirely. "Fighting against distractions" is my heroic theme. LOL
But I do watch tons of supplemental videos and tutorials on pretty much everything. I don't see that changing.

Very true. I need to keep that in mind without introducing negative self-talk. I put a tremendous amount of pressure on myself once I decide I want to do something. And that winds up making me rush through things just to get them done. Which means I'm less likely to make necessary adjustments and miss opportunities to learn more. It's kind of hard to pause though because I have the "Done is better than perfect" mental script on infinite loop. Plus, that harsh inner critic has some pretty mean things to say when I slack... :sweat_smile:
I could benefit from a more relaxed approach. I appreciate that you shared your experience, because it made me reconsider some basic assumptions I'm hold about some of this.

Thanks and have a great week!

Feb '24

Jebus that's a lot of work man! You've been busy! That's good to hear.

Yo high five! That's exactly what I use! Though I use clip studio, because, you know, manga and stuff.

I love it, You can tell it's pretty used up because of the faded stamps.

Having preference for pencil and ink is all good too. So many people have different preferences, whatever makes you comfortable is the right choice.

Same with how to follow the course, as @snakker said, each of us tailors the course and tools to our circumstances and preferences. I personaly follow the companion guide, not weekly, but more as a checklist to go through, so even though the guide says to do something "daily for a week", I'll generally do it once, though I usually adjust the excercice to expand on it and practice something else at the same time, for example, inking and shadowing when doing the hands excercice, since inking and shading is really important for me.

It's normal to put pressure on ourselves too I guess, I originally aimed to do a manga chapter once per 15 days, and for a short time I did, then 1 per month, and now it's "whenever I get a chance". I'm still grinding it out, but learned to be more leanient with myself, since I'm also working on different proyects at the same time. Not necessarily art proyects (most of it is work related), but still, it's the pace I can allow myself, that is, on top of frequent breaks to keep that spark and love for art alive.

Point is, be reasonable with yourself and situation, if at some point you feel frustrated and unhappy, then maybe it's time to adjust something. As long as you enjoy what you do and constantly feel that desire to keep going, then you're doing something well!

Feb '24

The Kamvas is a great tool and I'm happy to have it! I'm out of desk space now and have to break out the Razer Nostromo and remap keyboard shortcut keys (or just keep the keyboard in my lap)... and reconfigure my work computer footprint too. Good problems to have.

I actually have a license for Clip Studio Paint and it's a great program. But my license is currently on an inaccessible SSD and I can't find any documentation emails. I might try the key I have for Manga Studio EX 4 sitting over there... hmmm... Distraction or worthy of effort...?

Good tips and advice about being reasonable, seems like that's the biggest release valve for stress, especially when it comes to doing something that you enjoy. Otherwise, you will stop enjoing it pretty quickly.

Feb '24

@daceronine Looks that unlabeled serial number in my Software folder was my Manga Studio EX upgrade to Clip Studio. :smile:

Feb '24

Nice! There you go, now you got more options.

Feb '24

bruh dis is me XD

Feb '24

Hello again, fellow students!
I hope you all have had a great week and managed to achieve what you set out to do.
I'm posting stuff today because I'm taking a break tomorrow and hopefully doing a big pile of nothing. Wish me luck!

Week 4: Perspective 1
Overall, it was a good week. It was definitely more laidback than last week. Spending time working with the Kamvas was important, as was getting a laptop stand that puts it 4in higher and keeps me from hunching over. I did the daily pen control, but I don't feel like sharing those as they are just warm-up exercises. All of those exercises are good to get loose, and I added making straight lines by connecting the dots at different lengths.

Perspective
I feel like I'm pretty familiar with perspective, but struggled with what to practice drawing in perspective each day. I've study a bit of the technical aspects of perspective with projecting forms from the 2D ground into space and I tried to recall that a little bit (I think it was a Scott Robertson Gnomon video). Though I tried to do a few more freehand to keep it sketchy and to practice without the aid of the software's guides or snapping. So those straight lines aren't great, but I can always go back with straight lines and tidy it up. And speaking of sketchy, a lot of my line work lacks confidence as I try to find the form, gesture, or whatever. I've done this for so long, I feel like it's almost "my style." But when I see the clean and tight linework others are doing, I can't help but think maybe I should try to be more confident and accomplish with one stroke what would take me 20 tiny feeler strokes.

Gesture
Some of these do a good job, while others I got stuck drawing individual items. It's pretty easy to tell when that happens, because the figure isn't complete. I'm using QuickPoses and am getting close to completing the time for the Beginner Certificate at 89.5% (17.9/20h).

Proportional Studies
I admittedly struggled with this exercise. Probably means I need to rewatch the video (again) and keep doing them. They just feel so stiff. I draw comics for fun, so I wanted to capture what my default breakdown is before I rewatched the video. That's the first one and then the second is after watching the video. Not sure what the third and fourth ones are, but the last one is me trying to be more intentional with my linework. I tend to draw dudes buff, so I felt like they were way too cramped in that tiny little box, which becomes evident in the images themselves. Though I probably should have slowed down, now that I look at them again, they look like crap - for the most part.

Lineart Studies
I'm still working on these and will further share them with the references once I get them done, but I wanted to share two of them that I did significant work on this week. First is Cohen the Barbarian after Paul Kidby for Terry Pratchett's Discworld and second is Lobo after Simon Bisley's for DC Comics Lobo's Paramilitary Christmas Special. I don't like how messy the leg linework is on Cohen, I must have been half asleep chopping those lines. I will need to clean that up. And I feel like I'm spending too much time on Lobo. It's a fun image, but I can't help but think I should be working on something else.

Let me know if you have any tips for eliminating hairy, chicken scratch lines. Or if you have any insight into what I might need to work on (besides slowing down).

I'll dive into Week 5 on Monday morning. I hope you all have a great week!
Cheers!
-Jim

Feb '24

These are all great studies mate, I like your perspective doodles

As for lineart quality, if you want to be more flowy and less scratchy then the rules of thumb are to try to use the shoulder most of the time, propping up the surface and always trying to simplify everything into the biggest shapes possible. When doing so, you also simplify the lines to I, C and S lines. Even if an object has a jagged or detailed silhouette, if it encompasses a simpler shape, you simplify that edge with the simple line first, maybe lightly, and then go over it, intentionally for the smaller details or breaks in the silhouette.

For videos on the subject I highly recommend Proko, Bauman and watts atelier videos on youtube.