Kyu Caloh- Art School Journey

Kyu_Caloh 2021-09-03 18:48:36 UTC #1

Hello everyone I'm Kyu. I started studying art seriously around the end of 2020 and switched to digital with Clip Studio Paint in May. I joined Art School in August after finding myself stagnating in my studies, and since joining i've been more motivated to improve. I'm particularly interested in character concept art/design, splash art and general illustration. I'm currently sitting at the end of Term 2 where I see myself staying for a while to practice the skills covered so far. I plan on posting updates at least once a week, probably toward the end of the week, I look forward to the feedback.

Kyu_Caloh 2021-09-03 18:54:03 UTC #2

I only have a couple of pieces pre Art School that arent just gesture drawings or figure breakdowns, here they are. The first pic contains a lot of firsts for me like basic shading and color on a human figure and drawing hair and clothes

Kyu_Caloh 2021-09-03 19:06:00 UTC #3

And here are some practices post Anatomy 1 course

Kyu_Caloh 2021-09-05 03:14:29 UTC #4

3D form+ shading Practice

Kyu_Caloh 2021-09-05 17:16:49 UTC #5

Went back to T1 to work on my pen pressure and ellipses, especially tight curves like ovals

Kyu_Caloh 2021-09-05 23:20:39 UTC #6

1 minute poses- trying to use fewer, cleaner lines

Kyu_Caloh 2021-09-07 00:23:27 UTC #7

Practiced ellipses and cylinders, need more practice with abnormal ones

Kyu_Caloh 2021-09-07 19:25:13 UTC #8

Did a figure breakdown, not sure about the torso the more i look at it

Kosmonaut 2021-09-08 00:48:10 UTC #9

I feel like the ribcage box would start lower than the shoulders and you wouldn't see the bottom of the ribcage box as much as you have in your drawing, but overall looks great!

mau.wamp 2021-09-08 04:26:31 UTC #10

As @jpbennett02 already said, you'd see less of the rib cage's bottom plane. also you might want to make the pelvis overlap the top plane of her right leg a little more to show that it is under the pelvis.

Apart from that, I think you did a decent job

Kyu_Caloh 2021-09-08 14:40:08 UTC #11

Thanks for the feedback @jpbennett02 @mau.wamp, the lower ribcage was the main thing throwing me off, but i didnt even think about/ notice the other things pointed out

Kyu_Caloh 2021-09-11 02:59:30 UTC #12

Proportion Grid Practice

Kyu_Caloh 2021-09-12 04:39:24 UTC #13

Did a gesture drawing then tried applying basic forms to it, i think it came out pretty good aside from the limbs being a little on the thin side. i also tried using the two lines connecting the shoulders to show the slight tilt back and also outline where the clavicle would sit instead of just extending the ribcage box to include the shoulders like my previous figure breakdown. Any feedback on things i missed or got wrong is welcome

yaigrie 2021-09-12 11:25:39 UTC #14

That form construction looks great! Good stuff!

Lukiesartventure 2021-09-12 12:48:56 UTC #15

This is great! Just be mindful that the box for the ribcage would cover the cylinder of the clavicle a bit more from this view. and maybe just add some extra line weight or hatching where we see the bottom of the cylinders to make it easier to read.

Kyu_Caloh 2021-09-12 13:17:57 UTC #16

I'll keep that in mind, thanks @Lukiesartventure

Kyu_Caloh 2021-09-13 03:22:35 UTC #17

Same exercise as last time but this time i wanted to see how fast i could construct a readable figure, specifically in a non-standing position since i havent had a lot of practice with these poses recently. The gesture part took a minute, and the construction part took 30 minutes, about 10-15 of which was spent on trying to get the head angle correct.

Kosmonaut 2021-09-13 15:44:30 UTC #18

looks great! I like how you did the feet and the construction looks solid. I will say that it's good that you are testing how fast you are at constructing a readable pose, but try to go for accuracy over how fast you can do something. If you focus too much on how fast you can do something too much that can lead to you rushing and not making things as accurate as they can be. The more you do construction or anything for that matter the faster you tend to get because you have done it accurately so many times, so just a heads up to not focus too much on speed at first. Great work!

Kyu_Caloh 2021-09-23 23:47:34 UTC #19

After a week of procrastinating, i've decided to change up what I'm focusing on before i fully burnout, so I'm jumping back to the anatomy 1 lesson where i last left off before I started posting here on the forum. With that said here's a practice i did to start to get back into a normal flow

I did this from memory to see how much i actually retained, and to sort of reestablish a baseline of where i am with this topic.
I think the head shape is fine, though do point it out if it isn't, the facial feature placement/proportions on the other hand all feel off in some way but i cant put my finger on a specific thing so all feedback is welcome

Lukiesartventure 2021-10-17 05:58:49 UTC #20

Hey! I'd say they look to flat, because the face is turned the eye further away will be smaller. same as the lips. Keep up the drawings!