Kamil - Art School Journey

WholeMilk 2022-08-02 05:08:51 UTC #21

Hello! I practiced doing some basic head drawings mostly from imagination. Some of them look a little weird to me, but I suppose I'll get better at it the more I practice! Feedback on these is appreciated!

Did some gesture drawings today too. These were roughly 1 minute each.

Lockenheim 2022-08-03 14:10:21 UTC #22

I really love your line confidence! Looking great! The head constructions are looking quite solid too! You might try putting some super simple features on them if you feel ready for it. Keep it up!

WholeMilk 2022-08-12 05:23:26 UTC #23

Hello! I haven't been posting anything for over a week, but that's because I've been trying to tackle shading. I have little to no experience with it on pencil and paper, so doing it digitally was definitely a challenge. I've had numerous failed attempts over the course of the last week before I arrived at this painting.
The middle nose is my 3 value block-in of the image and the one on the far right is the final result after doing some edge work.
I'm far from being good at this still, so any feedback is appreciated!

One more thing...
If you or anyone you know is struggling with shading, I recommend giving this video (particularly starting at 8:25) a watch. It really helped clarify to me the "process" of shading. Without this, I probably would have continued to be completely lost.

qdominois 2022-08-12 07:33:13 UTC #24

Well i dont know anything in shading but your nose drawing is really beautifull , keep it up you progress a lot !! Thanks for sharng the video too !

WholeMilk 2022-08-13 07:14:38 UTC #25

Got another nose drawing for today. I don't think this one turned out as well as my previous one did. There was a lot less contrast between values in the reference image for this painting which is why I think it looks more smooth.

I'll probably be moving onto eyes tomorrow because I've been on noses for quite some time.

Feedback is appreciated!

WholeMilk 2022-08-15 07:19:49 UTC #26

Hello! I said in my previous post that I was going to move onto eyes next, but apparently Marc goes over the mouth before he does the eyes, so I practiced drawing the mouth today. I did a 5 value block-in using a reference image of a nose and mouth. I probably won't be fully rendering this image because it'll take me many hours to do (and I'm also pretty sure that I'll make it worse if I try).

Feedback is appreciated!

WholeMilk 2022-08-16 08:09:02 UTC #27

I practiced some line art with the mouth and nose combined. I'll probably be focusing more on line art from now on rather than shading as I think it'll help me improve faster.
Although these drawings look volumetric, I'm not particularly sure if I drew the planes correctly, especially for the mouth.
Feedback is appreciated.

WholeMilk 2022-08-18 09:56:13 UTC #28

Hey! I tried doing some work from imagination today, so I decided to give it a shot with noses! I didn't manage to draw much today, but I decided I should make a post nonetheless.

Since I don't have a reference to check it up against, I would really appreciate any sort of feedback. Feel free to draw over my noses to make any corrections.

WholeMilk 2022-08-20 10:42:39 UTC #29

Alright, big step today. I decided to do a portrait for the first time in months. This took me roughly 4 hours or so to do. I'm hoping to greatly reduce the time it takes to do these as I practice more.
I am rather proud of this portrait; however...
I don't think captures the "cuteness" that the reference model has. I know that the more details you add, the more of age your drawing will look. I tried to eliminate a lot of the ones I had before arriving at this. I'm not sure if that's what the issue is with this portrait or not. If anyone has any idea, please let me know.

Lockenheim 2022-08-20 21:03:20 UTC #30

Lovely work! I think the more lines that you have, especially on a a female will make it look a bit more manly. It is hard to capture some of the cuteness with just lines in my opinion. That being said I think your portrait looks wonderful and think you did a great job!

WholeMilk 2022-08-22 10:40:17 UTC #31

I managed to do two more portraits from the reference images provided on the left. I like how the faces came out in these, especially for the first one since I think it resembles the reference model well.

For the second portrait, I think she has a somewhat of a disgusted expression probably due to me raising her lip up a little more than normal. I decided to keep it like that since it felt more expressive.
I don't think the hair came out bad on both of them, but I can definitely see how it could be better, so I'm going to have to work on that at some point. I'll probably be working on grayscale shading within the following days for these portraits so I can more effectively capture the models' personality.

These took ~2 hours each

Any feedback is appreciated!

k_idraw_ 2022-08-22 20:56:35 UTC #32

Great work. These drawings are very well done.

WholeMilk 2022-08-23 10:17:29 UTC #33

I tried shading the face of this portrait for a couple of hours and came up with this. Most of it ended up being aimless shading without any real process, so it didn't manage to turn out that well... Shading is gonna be a challenge.

WholeMilk 2022-08-26 11:59:42 UTC #34

Hey! I managed to do more drawing than I normally did. I decided to take a day off of trying to learn shading so I tried to do something new. I've heard it's important to do studies of other artist's work in order to improve your own, so I picked the cover art of one of the animes I'm currently watching and did a ~2.5 hour study.

I also did some portraits from reference images aswell.

Feedback is appreciated.

WholeMilk 2022-08-28 04:28:11 UTC #35

I was pretty lazy today, so this is all I've got to post...
I'm planning to work on shading tomorrow.

WholeMilk 2022-08-31 09:54:02 UTC #36

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.

jasminerosepowell 2022-08-31 09:58:51 UTC #37

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!

Lockenheim 2022-09-04 02:07:04 UTC #38

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.

WholeMilk 2022-09-11 06:30:07 UTC #39

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.

WholeMilk 2022-09-11 06:35:50 UTC #40

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!