KC - Art School Journey

levelhead14 2025-01-30 01:00:12 UTC #52

These look good as hell. The only thing I can notice is that the reference has straighter line for folds in the fabric.

Ilovecheesecake 2025-01-30 12:23:39 UTC #53

Thanks for pointing that out. While sketching or painting my hand jerks a little bit, especially when drawing geometric shapes. That causes my lines to give a rougher and uneven look instead of straight lines. But thanks.

Ilovecheesecake 2025-01-30 12:24:47 UTC #54

Second attempt in clothing study, looks a bit rough but I just need more practice. What are your thoughts?

kalienator 2025-01-31 00:59:30 UTC #55

It might be worth doing some value studies. These are very nice, but the values need a bit of work. The darks are too dark and the lights are too light. Convert the drawing to greyscale and compare it to your study. You won’t see any areas of bright white or black in the reference images when you do that and can compare where you are off in value.

Ilovecheesecake 2025-01-31 14:31:07 UTC #56

Cloth study for today, will work on improving my value study as mentioned above. I already started working on these unfortunately so will start with greyscale references tomorrow. Thanks for the feedback though!

snakker 2025-02-02 17:42:48 UTC #57

these lookgood I agree with kalienator here. some of these are a bit hard to simplify value wise, but doing value distillations or simplifying values into shapes and usind few values is extremely useful

cheers!

Ilovecheesecake 2025-02-05 16:37:33 UTC #58

Continued with some more cloth studies with references. I went ahead with the idea of using black and white references to get the values right and not have extreme points of complete white and black shades. This has been challenging. Would love to hear your thoughts on these reference studies. I feel I still need more practice in order to get the highlights right.

I also did my first attempt in doing the 2nd exercise for cloth study, most of the clothes I did on the images are not from references hence the folds, creases and some of the light falling on the cloth texture was imagined by me. Feel free to give inputs on these too.

Ilovecheesecake 2025-02-10 06:30:22 UTC #59

Cloth exercise I did yesterday, apologise for the delay since I didn't get time to upload the task earlier. Would love to hear your feedbacks on how I can improve this or what else I could work on to focus my shading skills.

Ilovecheesecake 2025-02-14 06:38:54 UTC #60

Analyzing historical references to understand fabric types, drapery, and layering. By closely observing reference images, artists can learn how different materials, such as wool, linen, and velvet, fold and interact with light. The focus is on practicing light and shadow placement to enhance depth and realism—highlighting raised areas where light hits and deepening shadows in folds and creases. This study helps in mastering texture, contrast, and the natural flow of fabric, essential for creating believable medieval attire in digital or traditional painting. Would love to hear what your feedback is regarding this.

snakker 2025-02-15 14:01:06 UTC #61

I think it looks great! The harsh light on the first one really leads to a pleasing shadow render effect. One area i notice a bit off is ij the softness of the edges and the value (tending to be too dark) on some of the more matte textured cloths like the first shirt and the second guys lower pants thingy. Try going for a more diffuse gradual soft edge with a slightly lighter value on those to capture the texture better

Cheers

Ilovecheesecake 2025-02-26 04:53:59 UTC #62

Material study for this week, would love to hear your feedback on the outcome. I initially started out with man made materials like metal, bronze, gold and then went ahead with natural and organic materials such as wood, water, rocks and much more. Really had fun doing these and share my work process here.

Ilovecheesecake 2025-03-17 06:17:35 UTC #63

Series of texture study, focusing on helmets mainly. Trying to get the correct texture for metal studies from various references. I also experimented with different brushes, starting from the default photoshop brushes to texture brushes. What are your thoughts or any feedback on this study?

Ilovecheesecake 2025-03-27 11:14:09 UTC #64

For term 3 clothing exercise I decided to take a reference from Elden Ring and went ahead with Messmer. This one took quite a lot of patience and wasn't confident that it might not turn out as I expected. But I did come really close to how the original was supposed to look. I would love to hear your thoughts on this or any areas of improvement.

kalienator 2025-03-28 23:40:46 UTC #65

Great progress with the painting. The fingers on the left hand look like they need more definition. It looks like he has only 3 fingers there. You should focus on learning how to use hard and soft edges in your brush work. Everything in your painting except for the smoke stuff on the ground has hard edges, but the original has a mix of both hard and soft transitions. The original also uses more texture brush work in the background and on other elements. The values also look a lot brighter in your painting in many areas.

Ilovecheesecake 2025-04-02 17:11:39 UTC #66

Yes I'm actually still experimenting with different brushes, earlier I was using the default photoshop brushes but I have been having issues using soft brushes. This is why I usually end up using a mixture brush to meld colours.

Ilovecheesecake 2025-04-02 17:15:25 UTC #67

Felt a bit disconnected with environment design hence I decided to revisit it, currently just did a few quick artboards in greyscale. Trying to get the values correct using only shades of black. Some of these aren't refined much but I took like 10 min to do all 4 of them. Would appreciate any feedback on these.

Ilovecheesecake 2025-04-08 17:20:42 UTC #68

Diving into the world of Elden Ring with my unique rendition of Midra! As I painted him in Photoshop, inspired by the game’s rich lore and atmosphere, I used his reference as it was different from my past references and also challenged the use of color and the way the shades blended with each other. It’s fascinating how concept art allows us to explore and reinterpret iconic characters, making them personal and fresh but also add a playful twist of your own. Any thoughts?

Ilovecheesecake 2025-04-14 05:46:54 UTC #69

Delving into the intricate world of Elden Ring with my study of Malenia, Blade of Miquella! This character is a masterpiece of design and storytelling, making her a perfect reference for developing my concept art skills. My process involves breaking down her armor, weapons, and flowing fabric to capture the unique details that make her iconic.

While painting from reference, I’ve faced challenges like mastering the dynamic poses and understanding how light interacts with various textures. Would appreciate your take on this and any room for improvements?

kalienator 2025-04-15 21:13:55 UTC #70

Really nice job on this! Your painting is really great. The only areas i see that can be improved are the values. I quickly did a comparison to show you here. There are actually no white highlights in the reference image at all, but maybe you brightened them on purpose?

I think if they were brightened on purpose though, there would be more areas of stronger highlights on the cloth and armor as well. Not just the skin.

Value comparison - original is on the right

Very quick adjustment to show you what i mean

Ilovecheesecake 2025-04-24 05:29:11 UTC #71

Revisiting upper body anatomy again, this time focusing on the muscles and studying the muscle fibres. Would like to hear your feedback as this was done from memory and not any reference. The only reference I used was a skeletal figure as a reference in the background for me to trace the muscles on.