Leonarto - My ART School Journey

leonarto 2023-02-06 06:45:49 UTC #1

Hi, my name is Leon.
I'm a 21 year old self-taught artist based in South Africa, and I'm hoping to improve my art with Marc Brunet's ART School.
I also have an interest in 3D sculpting/animation so I'm planning to teach myself how to do that as well.
I've never been part of an art community before, so I'm nervous, but also very excited to start my ART School Journey.

I don't have much to show yet but I have this digital art piece that I made of Billie Eilish in January of this year. This was my first proper digital art piece I ever made.

I can't wait to share more with you all!

snakker 2023-02-06 13:55:55 UTC #2

Nice job and that piece!
Welcome aboard!

Pattu_w 2023-02-06 13:58:49 UTC #3

Welcome to the forums what a cool piece you have there, looking forward to see more

danielwerede123 2023-02-06 14:14:28 UTC #4

Impressive for your first work, Happy to have you.

mitsuki-youko 2023-02-06 20:38:53 UTC #5

welcome to the forums!

Glad to see another fellow aspiring animator

leonarto 2023-02-07 07:52:52 UTC #6

Here are some construction lines and cylinder exercises I did today:

snakker 2023-02-07 13:00:55 UTC #7

These are spot on, good shadow choice too

Cheers

leonarto 2023-02-07 13:18:45 UTC #8

My attempt on the Andrew Loomis body proportions. I struggled a lot with this one @.@

mitsuki-youko 2023-02-07 20:35:56 UTC #9

ooh your studies are so good!

leonarto 2023-02-08 05:14:47 UTC #10

Thank you @mitsuki-youko, I'm trying my best

Gordon003 2023-02-08 12:03:06 UTC #11

Already commented on it via Discord but love the usage of negative space to set up the pose.

leonarto 2023-02-08 13:34:26 UTC #12

I spent a lot of time on the first 2 measured figure drawings because I was being too perfectionistic. When I did the 3rd drawing I just went for it and finished it way faster and enjoyed the process more.

snakker 2023-02-08 14:32:20 UTC #13

Great job! There’s nothing wrong with taking a long time. At this point I think the major objective is to simply control that stylus and be able to copy outlines and measure. It’s a plus that you draw the figure as you always learn some anatomy even if you aren’t sure what x or y is called - you just get familiar with it

At least that’s how I see these initial studies

It’s really clever when you think about it, memorize the overall proportions, learn to see the basic 3D forms in space that describe the body, learn to copy the outline and learn to spot the flow

Cheers!

leonarto 2023-02-08 14:48:39 UTC #14

Thank you for the reassurance @snakker!
I felt so frustrated while doing this because I kept making sure my lines where as similar as I could get to the reference photo. (I would take my line art and put it over the photo for comparison the whole time)
I'm glad that what I did actually helped me with the 3rd drawing, because I back tracked a lot less and just tried to make confident lines and I was surprised with the end result.

leonarto 2023-02-09 11:09:22 UTC #15

I did some gesture drawings.
I'll need to practice more daily to improve my confidence in placing my lines.

leonarto 2023-02-10 11:47:50 UTC #16

Here are a few 1 and 2 point perspective drawings.
I'm planning of doing my street corner next week as well as practicing my convergence lines using photo's on the internet.
I'll also be repeating the above exercises weekly as well to compare my progress, and post it here if I'm satisfied with them.

Hope everyone has a blessed weekend!

leonarto 2023-02-14 12:02:22 UTC #17

I did the 2 Point Perspective street corner and 1 Point Perspective room drawing.
It looks a bit basic, but I honestly have no idea on how to draw any interior or exterior things.

Pattu_w 2023-02-14 14:20:04 UTC #18

looks pretty good to my eyes. only thing that i would suggest is to put the vanishing points way far off the canvas, otherwise will look a bit squished, that said, it works as it is, so good stuff.

leonarto 2023-02-14 15:23:59 UTC #19

Ah yes I see what you mean, I'll try it next time and show you guys. I'll see if I can give the next drawing a bit more more detail, but perspective at the moment is such a headache haha.

mitsuki-youko 2023-02-14 21:13:39 UTC #20

these look great

I honestly have no idea on how to draw any interior or exterior things.

BRUH Same XD tho i find that i can't just "draw a building" i need to design it first..

what is it used for?
what shapes would look good for this building
is it a building with lots of windows?
practical uses?
what would a character see if they walked up to it, went in.

as i answer these then i will know how to design the building and thus then know what to put in, on, and around the building.. most of the time i find that i am not good at drawing enviros cus i didnt design it in detail.. but once i do.. it makes it much easier to draw

Like for example with this one i had such a detailed image of it in my head that i could draw it with relative........ not quite ease... but it wasn't as hard as it used to be either.

Like with this one, i gave the background very little thought XDDD

my goal is to design some buildings for my world in each city so that i know roughly what the buildings would look like then when i make more art i can just be like eyy its that building or that type of building

but with this its more evident i just copied and pasted the buildings on the right side and flipped them on the left side

I realllly like your interior drawing btw it looks so cozy... i wanna live there lol