that sculpt looks SO good!
It's amazing you can sculpt so well with clay!!
Thank you! I finally cleaned that up. Meanwhile started 3 more ..I have a habit of taking too long to finish a piece, then I lose interest in it and just start something else. I found 8 from recently i started and abandoned, that are decent enough to not delete, but not finished. There’s also been a number of drawings I felt I “outgrew” - became better before I finished them, and it would be easier to start from scratch than fix them. Anyone else thinking that?in24.4k
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 youin1.5k
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Hello! My name is Vithor, I am from Brazil, studied Design at a local college worked as an illustrator for more than 10 years. I took a time off around 3 years ago and am trying to get back in my art shape and maybe become professional again. Here are some recent pictures: You can find timelapses for most of them on my instagram: www.instagram.com Vithor Albertim (@vithor_albertim) • Instagram photos and videos 123 Followers, 638 Following, 19 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Vithor Albertim (@vithor_albertim) Comments and critiques are always welcome.Cheers!in804
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!in48.8k
@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.
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... 
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!
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!
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.
@daceronine Looks that unlabeled serial number in my Software folder was my Manga Studio EX upgrade to Clip Studio. 
Nice! There you go, now you got more options.
bruh dis is me XD
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
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.
