Joe - Art School Journey

[Lockenheim]

I hope you are safe.

[joseph_k]

Thank you. Here are gestures from today, 15 seconds each as a warm-up. I use pen because I can see where I mess up clearly and get better much faster than with pencil. I'm continuing to show up every day and keep moving forward. Feedback is much appreciated, I'm here to be the best artist I can be.

See you soon.

[joseph_k]

The crosshatching marks were added later on

[joseph_k]

I've made a speedpainting that I felt called to share on here
[ https://forums.cubebrush.co/t/joe-art-blog/9486/16 ]

[joseph_k]

I'm blessed with the spirit and mindset to keep going no matter what, but cursed with a mind that overthinks everything. Such a tough thing to overcome and learn from. Anyway, here's the beginning of my assignments for TERM 2. I'm focusing on Anatomy 1 ( with face studies and practices - like the one below! ) and Perspective 2 ( A little of 4D, mostly 3D - I just want to get to a point where I fully understand 3D perspective ).

As for feedback, I'm interested in hearing whether the overall proportions look off or not ( I know it must be a bit hard to do so without seeing the reference images themselves ). With all that said, I'll see you soon!

[joseph_k]

Here's another face practice session ( really quick! ).

I'll see you soon.

[joseph_k]

The more I am practicing drawing the assignments with shorter time periods, the more I am beginning to see overall forms and "patterns" ( breaking things down - like faces, for example - into simple lines and shapes ).

It's like I can now look at some very complex object and simply break it down much more easily ( at this point ). I guess I've grown a lot since I began my ART School journey back in the late summer of 2020. Here are some more faces:

I'll see you soon!

[joseph_k]

Okay, more faces. I tried blocking in the hair on the first one, and decided to stick with it for the rest of them ( that was done after the initial 30 sec. of sketching the face and hair itself for each of these ).

See you soon!

[joseph_k]

A simple ( and very quick! ) face session for today. For these, it was 30 sec. for the initial sketch and then I went in and blocked out the hair color ( afterwards ).

This ART School journey is life-long for me. There is no destination to reach, and there is always something to learn ( or re-learn ). No matter how good I manage to become as an artist, I will always be sure to keep learning with a beginner's mind.

See you soon.

[joseph_k]

This post is a big one for me, because the art I've made here was actually made in Photoshop ( not in Procreate as before ) via a Wacom Tablet. Granted, I've gone back to TERM 1 for a bit to learn Photoshop and how to use it properly, but for now I wanted to do some simple gestures and post an update here:

All of these gestures were 1-Min long. And, that's all I have for now. There is an ocean filled with knowledge for me to lean, and I'll go through it all slowly and surely. See you soon.

[joseph_k]

Here are more basic ( 1-Min ) gestures:

See you soon.

[joseph_k]

I'll be taking a break from the forum for about a month.

[joseph_k]

Time to get to work...

See you soon.

[joseph_k]

[joseph_k]

• "Success is 80% action, 20% planning"
  This is my philosophy of working, if you will.

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• "The master is the first to walk on the mat, and the first to leave"