Aug '22
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Hey! Didn't get around to working on shading yet, but I'll be doing that soon. In the mean time, I decided to try and working on an "art style". For the entirety of my time drawing, I've never really attempted to stylize anything (or maybe I have without knowing it). When using reference images, I try to replicate everything I see, but I wanted to change it up a little bit this time.
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The middle portrait is in the heavily referenced style I usually draw in. I didn't bother putting in as much proper detail as I'm only using it for comparison.
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The portrait on the far right is my stylized version. I gave her bigger eyes, a smaller nose, smaller mouth, and a more narrow neck and mandible. I think I achieved a cute-look with this stylization.
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I might try something similar like this soon where I try deviating from the reference by using a different pose while maintaining the model's likeness.

Aug '22

This is really good! I also do the same and have the regular proportioned version next to the stylized so I can see how far I'm pushing the proportions. Keep up the good work!

Sep '22

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WholeMilk

These portraits are really on point! I love the expressions and the accuracy! Shading the face is mega tough, probably one of the toughest things to shade I think. I found this playlist mega helpful personally when it comes to portraits.

Ok, as an edit apparently it didnt link the playlist, but if you go to his channel then go to playlist and select the portrait section. I think those are some really good informations.

Everything I know about Art References.
Sep '22

Thank you! I think I've seen this video before, but it's been a while since I've seen it. I'll go ahead and give it another watch cuz I've forgotten most of it's contents.

Sep '22

Hey!
It's been a while since my last post. College had started back up again for me so I kind of neglected drawing for about a week or so, but I'm ready to get back on the grind! I'll try to make a post every 1 - 3 days or so.

I did an asaro head value study to get a better grasp of the planes of the head as well as getting a feeling for paining. Marco Bucci has some nice video lessons on Youtube as well as on his website on painting fundamentals, which I would definitely recommend to watch.

The one on the left is my painting without the use of soft edges and the one on the right is after I did some edge work.
Feedback is appreciated!

Sep '22

Hello! I managed to do a painting from a reference model for this post. I'm a little disappointed with how it came out, as I don't think it really captured the model's likeness. I've been staring at this painting for a while now, so maybe that's why I'm not very pleased with it, but I can definitely recognize an improvement in my ability to paint, so that's an upside.

I would appreciate feedback on how I could make this painting resemble the model more. I'm pretty sure the way I painted the eyes contribute to the problem a little bit as they're not as narrow, but the rest I'm clueless on. Tips on where I could shade better / add better forms would be appreciated!

Sep '22

I have to say this is a very nice painting ^.^
Maybe next time you can give your painting more contrast and make the dark parts darker. Since the reference is grey scale you could even color pick it, if you are unsure :}

For the likeness, I would say a huge part besides the eyes are also the eyebrows, bc they change the expression extremely. In this case the eyebrows of the ref are more like a line (not so narrow) which makes her look more calm ^^
Nevertheless you nailed the anatomy and overall look 😄👌

Sep '22

Moving on to term 3 cuz I think I'm spending too much time on term 2. I'll be working on shading facing and stuff still, I just want to switch directions for a little bit.

I've studied anatomy a lot before taking this course so I think that's why this one came out good. I switched up the position of the head a little but cuz I thought it'll look better that way. I appreciate any sort of feedback!

Sep '22
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What's up! I did some figure drawings today to get a better grasp at drawing people.

The first drawing was done from imagination while the other 3 were from reference images.
I'm not sure if I did the 1st drawing (from imagination) correctly or not since I had nothing to compare it to, and it's a pose I don't ever remember drawing. I would appreciate feedback, thank you.

Sep '22

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WholeMilk

You did a really nice job with this. One thing I would suggest is to focus on the simple side of the asaro head for females. Personally I think their features are so much softer that the detailed side really lends itself more to a male face. In terms of this painting you did a wonderful job. I can tell you focused on identifying the shadow areas, light areas and mid tones. I would suggest trying a block in based on the planes and then blend them together works pretty well for me. This is how I have been starting out my faces and I think it works really well.

The only other thing I would suggest is check your values, I can tell you didnt color pick which is great! but some of the light values you have are pretty dark and some of the shadow values you have are really dark. One thing I do a lot is to squint when painting the values, it will help you identify which value is lighter and darker. That will get better with practice. In terms of likeness I was told that for every 100 portraits you do you get about 10% closer to likeness. So once you do about 1000 you should be pretty close on likeness, so I wouldn't worrying about that for now. You are doing great and these are really lovely studies! Keep it up!

Sep '22

Thank you, I can definitely see the difference in values when compared to my references. I feel like I get overwhelmed by all of the different values even when I limit myself to only 5 or so. As must as I hate doing these value studies because they don't come out the way I went them to usually, I'll keep on at it!

Sep '22
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Here is my attempt at painting cloth from the reference that Marc used. It definitely didn't turn out as well as Marc's did but it at least resembles cloth, so I'll take it. I definitely need to work on my values more and adding more contrast to my painting as a whole. Some parts look as if they blend in together because of the lack of contrast...
Feedback would be nice.

Sep '22
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Hello! I used a technique on Youtube that I saw from Sam Does Arts to make this painting. I can definitely see progress coming along, so hopefully I can keep it up!

Sep '22

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WholeMilk

You did a really nice job with this, Don't be discouraged by clothing, in my opinion its one of the most difficult things to tackle that relies on a ton of skills that come later in the program. Clothing is my least favorite thing to work on so I understand! The main feedback I would give for the dress is to use a darker black in the deep folds, don't be afraid of using nearly pure black in the deepest recesses it will help give more depth and volume. Also same thing with the shirt! Take a look at the armpit area on her left, dont be afraid to go really dark! I know its hard and I also have to break my habit also I do the same thing. Keep up the good work!

Sep '22

This one took super long, but I managed to do this figure drawing from imagination. I had a lot of trouble mostly with the neck / shoulder area when it came to placing it properly, so it might be a little bit off. My anatomical knowledge when it comes to arms isn't great either so they may look a bit off too.... but overall I'm pretty happy with the result especially since I did this without a reference.

Sep '22

This is some really great work. You do have a point about the hands but overall it looks really natural. The fact that you did this from imagination is even more impressive since it is a complex pose. Great job!

Sep '22

Hey! Thanks for the nice comments on my last post, I appreciate them :smile:
I did another drawing from imagination. I'm getting the feeling that something is off with this one, but it's hard for me to exactly pinpoint what that is. It's definitely a sign that I should go back to drawing from references for a while. I'd appreciate any sort of feedback!

Sep '22

Really lovely job with these recent poses! I did a quick trace over to see if I could isolate some of the issues and I think this is where the problems may be. I think most of the issues are coming with the perspective of the chest. The chest is pointing away from the viewer at a pretty good angle because we can see the top of the chest box. So the chest box is being forshorttened quite a bit and the pelvis is pretty close to front facing. But the length of the chest box here is normal length maybe even a bit longer and the pelvis is pretty short. I think this contributes to it looking a bit off, I think if the torso was forshorrtened more and the pelvis extended a bit more it would be more balanced. I think there is also some issues with how the deltoid is connected, they appear to be a bit out of perspective for me, but not 100% sure. Also, the bicep tricep area on her right arm feels a bit short. I erased her hair to get a visual for the skill and I think the face may be a bit large as well. This is a tricky pose for sure and Im not 100% sure on them but thats what stood out to me. Great job with these poses from imagination and keep it up!