Julia - ArtSchool Journey

HANDRO 2021-03-29 10:19:22 UTC #41

Hey Julia, there a 2 things i noticed that you could improve.

1) the muscle mass for you arms & legs. they could use bit more volume to help define the shapes.

2) the muscle group in the arm (sky blue color). - you have them connecting the the wrong side of the triceps. i found an image online that shows the connection correctly. they should connect right below the brachioradialis.

Julia_J 2021-03-29 10:29:34 UTC #42

So cool! Thank you for taking your time to help me! I will change that

Julia_J 2021-04-11 12:57:41 UTC #43

Missed colour so much while practicing the human figure... needed to skip ahead My intention was to watch the environment class, but Marc recommended to first watch all light and colour videos as well as the composition one. So here I am, not quite satisfied... something is off and I can't put my finger on it Every help is welcome!

Frygidal 2021-04-11 17:37:39 UTC #44

That's not much but it's something
1) care about your shadows shape (ball, the core shadow is under sight line so it is an elipse [lazy one in my case])
2) strong light strong bounce shadows! Closer to the bouncing plane stronger the bounced light
3) there won't be an occlusion in the corners of the light plane, it is obliterated by the light

edit. this side walls are definitely far too bright for being parallel to the light direction! Even with the bounced light from the floor

HANDRO 2021-04-12 10:18:56 UTC #45

I definitely recommend watching the color stuff first - Before I did, my colors were lacking or looked washed out when drawing landscapes (even people).

Julia_J 2021-04-14 09:12:58 UTC #46

Thank you! You are so right about the sphere shadow, I knew something was off but couldn't see it
I remember Marc saying that there will be a little bit of "shadow" in the direct edges cause the light will be trapped, maybe I just drew it too strong?

Julia_J 2021-04-14 09:14:11 UTC #47

Thanks for the tip! Will do that! I also intend to watch some other courses on light/shadow and colours before moving forward.

Julia_J 2021-04-22 06:19:26 UTC #48

And here is my approach for the color&light assignment Any feedback is welcome as always!

Julia_J 2021-04-25 14:21:19 UTC #49

After watching the stream I did some adjustments Hopefully, it does look better now. Any feedback welcome!

Julia_J 2021-04-25 14:26:03 UTC #50

After watching some videos I tried to come up with my own lighting setting. Wow noooot easy, but I hope it looks "correct", especially cast shadows on round subjects, boooy.

Aw_Ralex 2021-04-25 16:57:12 UTC #51

I really like how you've added darker blues and values to make the shadows pop more! The contrast with the light from the interior makes a nice contrast between warm and cool. Maybe some darker shadows are needed for where the left hand pillar rests on the sphere - it sort of feels like the pillar is floating. Great work!

Julia_J 2021-04-25 16:59:14 UTC #52

Thank you! Yeah you're right the cast shadow of the box is darker than the occlusion shadow for the cylinder... Need to fix that

alrooke64 2021-04-27 10:27:52 UTC #53

great rendering work. I think maybe you might want to sit and do some objects separately though. you can always copy and paste them into the same context afterwards and then adjust the shadows so you have a still life setup. There's a great course by Charles Lin on rendering on https://www.geoartref.com/ for $4 that you might find more helpful. if you message I can always send you my notes on shadow casting and rendering that Ive picked up from various sources. Ive compiled it into a PDF. Just Dm your email to my Insta @alsartblog if you feel like you want them. you could always find How to Render as a PDF online too

alrooke64 2021-04-27 10:28:34 UTC #54

in summary, great work, keep going!

Julia_J 2021-04-27 10:48:52 UTC #55

Cool, thank you for that link! I will dm you on Insta right away

Julia_J 2021-05-01 08:12:47 UTC #56

Some rendering practice, following a tutorial from Charles Lin. Feeling strange, I tend to "dramatize" light and shadow obviously. His "half-to-black" method is quite interesting.

Julia_J 2021-05-01 15:03:36 UTC #57

I am watching the environment course right now, just cause I can't wait any longer
Tried to keep up with Marc and when squinting a looot, I am kinda positively surprised about the momentary state of this painting Hopefully, medium and small details won't let me down now...

mau.wamp 2021-05-01 15:28:00 UTC #58

Looking cool, Julia!
Looking forward to you adding some detail, I am sure it will look great!

Julia_J 2021-05-01 15:46:03 UTC #59

Thanks That is the scary part, isn't it? I will give it a shot using a different style than Marc... we will see

HANDRO 2021-05-01 16:29:08 UTC #60

welcome aboard the class.