Been through a lot since the last post..I'll post more in a bit

Alright...it's been a while. I simply couldn't figure out how to do the last one for the 'image adjustments' task, so I decided to just post what I have now and move on. At this point, all I have left is the perspective assignment of the room, and then I'll shortly be onto Term 2 ( which is quite exciting! )

For this one, I went for the castle ( and ALL images were my own! - I didn't want to search the internet for hours and hours looking for good photos )

..Well. Okay, this year has been quite hard to get through. Again, I had to go through a lot to get to this point. I just wanted to quickly do the perspective assignment so I could get it done and get back into my groove with TERM 2

Alright. I have gone through one of the classes, I'll try to do the rest by the end of the month. Here is a quick update on my progress with the gesture drawings

I have begun studying facial anatomy, and here are my initial sketches for each ( including the full head itself - from my imagination ).

Thanks Julia, your comments really helped. In the photo reference for the left eye the lashes were quite long, so in the photo they were natural. Perhaps there's a 'threshold' of the length of the lashes which if crossed make them appear fake ( or maybe that threshold changes for each individual character's eyes )

Yes, the mandible is quite long.. . For me, I wanted to let go a bit of making things super accurate and stylized since it was from my own imagination ( for photo references though accuracy is key )

I have begun learning 3-Point perspective, and this is my first real attempt at sketching out a simple drawing with basic shapes, forms, and lighting. I'm sure I've done a lot of mistakes which I can't see with my own eyes, so I'd be happy to learn how to improve. Also, happy holidays!

I took the feedback of creating thicker lines on my gesture drawings to add some depth, and I feel it worked out quite well. I also took more time in this session, and that certainly made it a lot easier to actually look at each reference image and force myself to learn to break each figure down into the most basic forms, shapes, and lines I could imagine.

As always, I appreciate feedback. Happy holidays

Thank you! I suppose it's all about the accuracy of the proportions and ultimately being able to fully visualize the human body and breaking it down into simple forms / lines now. Line quality is also something to work on.

This is just a simple post. I've been on the edge of burnout for weeks now and so I'm making the decision to take a complete break from social media for a while. I want to really take the time to get back to my senses and find out a strong 'why' for what I want to accomplish in my lifetime.

Art School has been fun. I'll keep on drawing and learning, but no social media usage. This break could be a few weeks, a month, a few months, or even longer. And that's okay. Sometimes in life you need to make tough decisions. I want to thank everyone who commented on my posts with feedback, it really helped me out and I'm grateful for all of it.

With all that said, Goodbye

I'm back! I've just finished my university semester and I'll be taking things slow, posting an update on my work once a week. I feel the best thing would be to just restart the assignments for Term 2. I'm starting with this sketch I made today of a face. Maybe things will pick up over the summer, but whatever the case I'll be mindful of my energy and will pace myself effectively. Feedback is appreciated.

It was hard to get my mind to be comfortable with working as I got back into this, but I feel things will improve as time goes on. I didn't do much work, but here's what I've got. This honestly feels immensely overwhelming, and so I'll be taking things a day at a time. This isn't something to be rushed.

The Photoshop knowledge is something I'll likely get back to later, since currently I work in Procreate. But I did try out creating the text and smart objects. Using 4-Point perspective was very tough for my mind to wrap around, and I'd need much more practice with it. The last image is a sketch I made as I created custom brushes in Procreate.

For anyone wondering, 'Kozub Art' is referring to my other online art accounts ( DeviantArt: https://www.deviantart.com/kozub-art, YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCesps3wEqTTOtawnTRpayxg )

I'll see you next week!

I am burnt out again..for real. I need to take a step back from social media, trying to build a career, grinding / overworking, and unrealistic / soul-crushing expectations and pressures. I see it as downright disrespectful to expect myself to keep working and have my body literally die and give up on me.

The biggest lesson is that work is not life, and it's not worth it to put work over one's health. You don't always have to have everything figured out in your life. It's okay to rest in uncertainty.

So I'll step away for the month of June ( at least ). I need to step up and heal. It's frustrating that as soon as I have the time to try and put in effort into this, I get burnt out. But it is what it is, and my health is my highest priority. Burnout came from things outside of this, from other areas of my life. I suppose recovering from burnout isn't as 'easy' as I'd thought.

I'll see you again when I come back and am actually refreshed and 'reborn' ( in a sense ). My aim would be to return in July, but I don't want to put any expectations on returning so soon.