Joseph - My Art Journey - Term 2

As Week 7 comes to an end, I'm taking the opportunity to practice some of the things I really enjoy, such as drawing shapes in rotation and drawing poses, in addition to reading books on how to improve on them. (For posing, I read a book called Figure Drawing: Design and Invention, by Michael Hampton).

As well as for the fun of it, I draw my OCs to see how much I can apply my artistic skills to them.

As far as the quality goes, I think it's pretty good. I know there are a few omissions here and there, but it's good to see I am getting better each week. I also could have touched on perspective and environment, but I didn't want to get too overwhelmed.

Nevertheless, I am pleased with how things are moving forward, so I will continue to do so.

In Week 8, I have been making steady progress as usual. However, I do feel slightly sluggish due to mental exhaustion from work this week, but I have managed to complete my assignments and read and watch videos about perspective and background in addition to working on my assignments.

However, I still need more practice and time with the details as I slowly adjust to the perspective, and I've also learned how to copy backgrounds, which I think has helped me better understand how it's drawn, even though some are traced, but I still haven't mastered drawing backgrounds well despite having references.

The first term of my studies has ended and I'm starting term 2 next week, and I feel more determined than ever to succeed no matter how little has been acknowledged or improved in my accomplishments. Whatever the case may be, I look forward to improving even further!

Week 1 Term 2:
In all honesty, this week was a bit more challenging than I anticipated. In spite of being able to adjust to the study happening around me, I encountered difficulties catching up with my studies. Inkscape and Photopea were the alternatives to Photoshop for me, so I used them to draw and use tools after watching those lecture videos.

Ghost:

GameBox:

On the other hand, this assignment took me two days to get a good grasp of painting from the shades and the lighting of the portrait while using a mirror and my existing Oc to draw this out.
Self-Portrait:

Overall, I could use more practice when it comes to using more tools. While it could help me in the long run, it's up to me how to use it properly and add it to my arsenal to draw out great artwork and animation. On the artistic side, I'm feeling a bit confident about how my progress goes on drawing out characters up close, just to practice more on lighting and later on their poses, construction, etc.

As always, I look forward to improving even further on my journey.

Week 2 in, term 2: So far things have been pretty hectic this week, so I barely made it through progress, nonetheless, I was able to draw up for this week:
2 Minute gestures

PS2

Heads

Custom brush

10 heads

Still needs more practice on the heads since I took a while on other assignments, but can't rush my progress, so I'm a little satisfy with how things are, and focus further through.

Anyways, as usual, I'll keep on improving!

Term 2, Week 3 review: when it comes to the facial features, it still needs more practice, but I got the gist of it and I know to draw out the basic, shading and small proportion in certain details still needs to be fixed as I look over any mistake, I believe I made-

10 Minute poses

One of my best volume perspective practuce

One of my head studies

5 characters from imagination

Defoe's Head/lighting study

That's all I got for this week, and of course, I'll keep on improving as always.