Kai R. - Art School Journey

kairechtern 2022-01-23 16:01:41 UTC #21

Hey, thanks for the feedback! You're absolutely right, I forgot to add those lines in the window.

kairechtern 2022-01-25 20:56:10 UTC #22

Added more details to my perspective study. The pipe in the front was a really good exercise to draw circles in perspective! Pretty happy with the final result.

kairechtern 2022-01-26 19:34:02 UTC #23

Today I challenged myself a bit more with a figure drawing. Instead of having the reference on my iPad, I opened the reference on my pc. Then I used the straight arm pencil measuring method. After that I mostly drew mostly with looking at vertical/horizontal lines, negativ space and compared different body parts with another. The result has way more errors than my previous ones, but overall I think my eyes getting more trained to see mistakes.

kairechtern 2022-01-27 20:22:14 UTC #24

Finished my first colored drawing today. I‘m still in term 1 but have seen one of Marc’s coloring videos on YouTube and tried my best. It’s an algae whip for my pnp character buffed with aqua magic

Any feedback is welcome!

kairechtern 2022-01-30 18:05:54 UTC #25

Since I always struggle to draw a proper hand when doing figure drawings, I decided to start drawing some hands from reference to improve my skill in this aspect.

I also moved on to term 2 Finished the Visual Communciation Part 2 today. Pretty excited for the anatomy lesson!

kairechtern 2022-02-04 18:19:59 UTC #26

After finishing the second “photoshop for digital artists” video, I tried too improve my shading skills. Any feedback here is very welcome

Also drew a second hand to study the human hands more.

daniellynch1000 2022-02-04 22:26:50 UTC #27

Looking good! keep up the hard work

kairechtern 2022-02-07 16:43:45 UTC #28

Started with the first anatomy lesson and tackled the basic shapes studies Marc suggested. Looking forward to draw some heads next.

kairechtern 2022-02-13 14:14:31 UTC #29

Finally found some more time to study. Tackled some more gradient and shading studies. This time I tried to not use the smudge tool.

I also started with the anatomy 1 course. But I don't have something to show just yet.

kairechtern 2022-02-13 20:19:19 UTC #30

Found some more time today and drew some basic heads. Had some trouble with the guidelines for the cheekbones on the second and third face. Does anyone has any tips how to draw these guidelines in this angles? And as always, feel free to add some feedback

kairechtern 2022-02-14 17:26:00 UTC #31

Added some more heads. Getting the hang of it.

Lockenheim 2022-02-16 14:51:55 UTC #32

Nice work so far! Keep it up! I am working through the same content that you are and I find it quite challenging. Lets do this.

kairechtern 2022-02-16 20:37:41 UTC #33

Thanks man! Your studies look awesome! Looks Like a lot pratice time, pretty cool. Let's see how much progress we can make in the coming months

kairechtern 2022-02-19 14:22:07 UTC #34

Jumped back so the very basics today and wanted to fill a page with simple boxes. And I was shocked how bad my accuracy was when drawing horizontal lines. I practised mostly drawing circles and ellipses in the last weeks. I think I should tackle my straight lines a bit more. Or should I simply rely more on rotating the canvas?

Here is an example how much worse my horizontal lines are.

Lockenheim 2022-02-19 19:27:15 UTC #35

I heard someone say a while ago, get really good at drawing an ellipse from one angle so you can draw one effectively, then add the others angles as you progress. I would assume this would apply to lines also, but I am definitely not very experienced. I rotate my canvas a lot for angles I find hard personally.

kairechtern 2022-02-21 19:15:58 UTC #36

Started to study the first facial features. It‘s interesting to learn all these parts. Have to admit that I wasn’t aware our nose is split in half!

While studying the ears it was super instructive how important small shadows are to really give the ear a ear form.

kairechtern 2022-03-10 20:40:40 UTC #37

Hey hey! After having some serious motivation problems the last weeks, I finally found my fun in drawing again

To not overcoming, I took some steps back and drew some boxes and cylinders. Actually had quiet some fun filling the canvas.

Will jump back into the course soon!

Lockenheim 2022-03-12 15:08:25 UTC #38

Looking good, keep it up!

kairechtern 2022-03-13 20:39:57 UTC #39

Another round of drawing some basic shapes. But this time with some morphing and interactions. It’s really challenging to get everything to look quite right. But I had fun with this exercise.

kairechtern 2022-03-15 19:47:21 UTC #40

Back with some heads. Will definitely do some more of these since it doesn’t went to smooth. And please, any feedback is welcome! If there is anything wrong, let me know!