LesleyCarol - Art School Journey

Da_Bingus 2021-07-08 14:44:49 UTC #141

What the caterpillar doing tho xddd

LesleyCarol 2021-07-11 11:04:56 UTC #142

I finished the principles of design assignment from unit 6. After this I'm scaling back my use of the selection tool. When I tell you I'm sick of straight edges, I mean it! My work is starting to look like 3-D models with mediocre paint jobs

Despite all that I like the way this came out.

My overall goal was to tell some sort of story if I could. I used references for some of them:

I also colored some of the previous bug drawings! I love these colors and textures

LesleyCarol 2021-07-13 02:28:53 UTC #143

I rage quitted on this. I started to hate the process I was using and the time I was wasting. I need to just do proper line-art and focus on the perspective during the early stages. Trying to do perspective and color while using the select tool at the same time is a nightmare. On top of that, someone thought my interior was made with 3-d. I'm glad I understand perspective, but on the other had I don't want my work to be that clean.

And on top of THAT, after learning that Loish only uses one or two layers and reading Von's post the other day, I want to move toward a more simple process. Unless I'm doing basic exercises I only want to use the selection tool 10%~20% of the time. Hand to vent lol

I ended up taking some random texture brush and adding the rest of the details.

mau.wamp 2021-07-13 04:41:33 UTC #144

Good decision, Lesley! Simplifying a proces is always good, especially when the process frustrates you
I am sure you can find a strategy that works for you!

Da_Bingus 2021-07-13 10:57:25 UTC #145

YO Lesley I recommend you chill a bit my dude, art is about having fun and doing what you like if you are gonna be heated like this you will get art block I recommend you do the stuff you dont like first and then try to do something you like what ever it will be for example maybe a quick sketch of a person or go with something easy like shapes in perspective Any ways it looks 999 times better then what i would do so just keep it up

LesleyCarol 2021-07-16 00:23:39 UTC #146

So I start doing personal projects like Sebastian suggested and did a paint-over of a previous painting. I got ROASTED for this If you have any further critique let me know. The eyes and symmetry were a little difficult.

Look out for more redos.
Here are the refs:

Da_Bingus 2021-07-16 01:03:05 UTC #147

Thanks for using my advice! The paint over looks great! much better than from 2 years ago

You said you had problems with the symmetry of the eyes but it might be the structure it self that is not "good" (I'm not insulting you I'm just trying to help with the limited knowledge i have )I recommend you check out Angel Ganev structure vids they are very good, he tells you how the planes of the face look and how to learn them, so far in my opinion he explains the structure of things in the best wayvids I had great improvement by just watching a couple of his videos here are a couple of links to the videos im talking about it might help I recommend you check out his other videos as well because most of the are very good

Also I'm not on that lvl yet so I might be talking out of my ass but isn't it a bit too many references? Shouldn't you find 3-4 references to make it easier? I don't know like I said I'm not on that lvl yet so i don't know much about portrait painting but When I see people paint something they usually use only a couple of references

That's a great improvement over all keep it up!

LesleyCarol 2021-07-16 13:18:48 UTC #148

Thanks for taking the time to collect all off this!

I didn't mean eye symmetry, I had trouble with eyes (like getting the size right and the bottom lids) and symmetry of the face overall.
Is there anything you noticed specifically about the face or eyes that look off?

I saw a video of Angels about how to practice the face that I want to follow. I'm familiar with the planes and structures, but I haven't practiced enough with angles and rotations to make something without a 1 to 1 reference.

I agree and disagree with having 3-4 references. For each component (blonde hair in cool/dark light, red ribbon, Japanese face structure, etc.) I have 1-3, but bringing it all together makes it seem like a lot. When work on it I only focus on one or two at a time.
It could depend on the style, but if you're going for something realistic it's good to have a lot.

Here's a board I found and the painting they used it for.

LesleyCarol 2021-07-20 23:28:42 UTC #149

I finally start my CGMA course!
Here are some value studies and exercises I made for the first week.
We had to make compositions from cylinders, so I tried using the compositions mentioned in Term 6 for art school.

I also did some value studies from movies, artwork, and Map Crunch. I learned a couple of techniques to make them a little clearer, like using the lasso tool and keeping to a solid and smooth brush. I had a lot of fun with these!

alrooke64 2021-07-25 21:29:55 UTC #150

great stuff, I like the CGMA stuff youre doing, I just did a few studies like this myself all the scenes you picked were great too

LesleyCarol 2021-07-25 22:15:36 UTC #151

Appreciate it! I think it took me longer to find the right scenes than it did to study them

alrooke64 2021-07-25 22:16:26 UTC #152

lol same, what a mood

LesleyCarol 2021-07-27 03:12:53 UTC #153

Quick 'n dirty night version.

LesleyCarol 2021-07-27 03:47:00 UTC #154

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Term 7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I watched the material video and decided I was going to paint 4 studies a day. That turned to 2 in 2 days To be honest I got too caught up in the small details for the gold. In the future I'll just choose something with one or two objects. I kind of wish there was another section or video about color picking and brush techniques on creating texture : /

I just did everything on one layer, picked the colors myself, and used the selection tool a couple of times. It was a lot more fun than what I've been doing lately.

LesleyCarol 2021-07-29 00:15:21 UTC #155

New set of materials! I was able to get these done in a day so that's cool, now to aim for 4!

I tried to not be a photocopier for the silver pot but I failed. Not saying it's a prefect one-to-one, but the variances were on accident. I want to try and push things and give more of my own interpretation.

I've also been working on gesture. I finally got around to watching Proko's video that @mau.wamp posts everywhere lol. For some reason I thought I watched it in the past, but I didn't and I ended up learning a lot.

The first batch is 1 min, and the second is 2min after sketching along with Proko.

LesleyCarol 2021-07-30 03:45:15 UTC #156

I'm trying to find ways to apply what I learn, so I decided to paint form based on the materials I study.
These came out okay, I think the cylinder is my favorite. Let me know any ways I can improve!

dangras-almeida 2021-07-30 07:42:38 UTC #157

Cylinder also my favorite! Loved how the colors dance in the surface. Very dynamic and interesting!

LesleyCarol 2021-07-30 12:20:41 UTC #158

Glad to hear it!

LesleyCarol 2021-07-31 03:27:44 UTC #159

Today I bring you gold studies, one of my favorite materials!

The cylinder was the most difficult to figure out and I learned simple is best when it comes to metal.

I also want to share the designs I made for CGMA! I'm gradually learning how to plan and think about what I draw and put technique on the backburner in the initial phase.

I like the way the soldier came out, it feels more like a character design compared to the warrior and witch I did a month or two ago. She could use more work but combining what I learned here, at CGMA and from random places made the process a lot easier.

LesleyCarol 2021-07-31 21:09:23 UTC #160

Which style/method do you think shows the action and pose better?