I get some of the feelings you have, so best of luck to you during your break. I hope you eventually come back refreshed, no matter how long it takes you 
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?in24.2k
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 youin1.4k
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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!in794
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!in48.1k
4 months later
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.
Welcome back! 
8 days later
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.
Take care dude! I hope you're able to come back refreshed and ready to go.
The real issue is that I've just been afraid..
I've reflected deeply on myself and I realized the way I've been thinking about work and rest ( and the relationship between the two ) and my beliefs associated with them have been completely toxic. Taking time off entirely might seem good on the surface, but I'd just be back to where I was. Slow and steady is where it's really at ( for me ). I might reach 'success' faster if I worked more, but I'll be able to actually sustain myself by going slow.
I'll be recovering over the month of June, and I might as well learn to keep going and take it easy. I see this as a test to see how committed I really am to my art. I'm not backing down now. Posts will be once a week, showcasing what I've learned and my progress ( it won't be too much, and that's okay ).
I've been at this for over 3 years now (I think), in that time I've had different schedules to reflect on what I thought mattered. sometimes its a bit more work, sometimes its art. there have been times I've felt burnt out as well. Luckily I've been able to adjust, hopefully you can find a good balance. Good luck
Alright. So I got into TERM 3 and decided to go for the chest anatomy portion first. This past week I got through everything and went along with the class, finishing things off with the first portion of the assignment. Here's what I've done:
While I've been learning new things, I've also been making sure to go over older content. For now this has been getting back into gesture drawings and facial anatomy ( so much to re-learn and master! ). Here's a glimpse at where I'm currently at:
Overall, this past week has been tough because all of the internal fears I've had to overcome, reflect on, and release. Hopefully at some point things will get easier as I calm my mind with meditation ( been at it for a few years and it's helping me understand my mind now ) and rest. I'll see you next week. Oh, and feedback is much appreciated! Also, thank you for replying with your support.
The hatching style for your portraits is nice! The lines are so clear.
But for gestures, I'd recommend doing more long fluid lines
9 days later
I've had a rough week, and I'm taking this week completely off from ArtSchool. There are a lot of very high-stress and anxiety provoking things occurring in my life and I wish to gain some perspective on it all instead of forcing my creativity to come out. I love to learn and work, but I need to learn that the world isn't going to end if I simply have enough self-respect to take a break. Here's what I've created this past week.
I will post an update at the end of the month with my progress. I have internal things to figure out and external chaos to learn to live in peace with.
13 days later
I've learned a lot, and released a lot. And growing my 'muscle' of discipline ( if you can call it that ). I'll be posting an update monthly ( so I can focus more on the work itself ).
I can hardly believe I began art school almost a year ago ( last July, in 2020 ). But anyway, that's all I have to say for now. Here is a look at my progress since the last post:
I'm open to receiving feedback on these, so feel free to point out what I need to work on. I'll see you next time!
I think your work is really good, Joe! Especially the the anatomy deconstruction.
One thing that might help you: when you are doing 30sec and 1min gesture drawings, do not focus on drawing/copying the outlines of the pose, but try to „feel“ the pose and draw that then…. Probably not the best explanation, but maybe a quick look at Proko‘s figure drawing videos (I think its called How to draw gesture), might help you.
https://www.proko.com/course-lesson/how-to-draw-gesture/assignments
The difference between the two ways of drawing the gesture is, that with one you focus on copying outlines and with the other you focus on a very essential thing: the pose itself and what it tries to convey.
Also: do not get hung up on little details like the bump of a particular muscle thats sticking out, try to portray the figure using simple C-shaped, S-shaped and straight lines.
But the video will explain everything in more detail!
Good job, and keep it up!
1 month later
I'm about to enter my last university semester and finally graduate at the end of the year. I plan to finish ART School by the end of 2021 ( if not, by mid-2022 to the end of 2022 ), and I'll focus on characters, creatures, and environments ( these are the things I am most passionate about creating ). Thank you for the suggestion regarding the gesture drawings, I watched the video and it made a lot of sense ( though I'm still adjusting to that loose method of drawing them ).
Here is a glimpse of where I'm currently at:
I'll be working diligently on TERM 4 this month, and will post an update at the end of the month. Feedback is appreciated, and I will see you soon!
19 days later
Here's the work I've done on TERM 4:
I went for analogous colors for the character at the end. Otherwise, here's where I'm at for older content:
The faces were too much for me to learn all at once, so I've gotten back to the basics of simple shapes. Once I finish the anatomy portion of TERM 4, I'll extend the amount of time I spend on each gesture drawing so I can draw all of the muscles ( loosely ). So I feel by the end of the year I'll have much better knowledge of anatomy than when I began. My semester has been challenging for the first week or so, but now that I'm back in "school mode," it should be easier to to adjust and balance my time.
Anyway, I'll continue working on TERM 4 and getting my act together. I'll slow down as well, since patience is key ( and this will be a lifelong journey ). See you at the end of the month!
