Marco Blanco - Art School Journey - Get a load of this guy

[marco_blanco]

I've had the perception, and often times feedback from others that my figures are a bit stiff and lack movement or dynamism, I'm sure lots of you can relate

I've always felt when trying to learn about it that I was missing too much information to understand how others make dynamic poses, didnt matter what videos i'd see or what advice I'd listen to

But context is everything and for the first time I feel like i'm slowly tearing that barrier down, having a feel good about my art day, those dont came around very often, so let's post it online and let people ruined that for us 🤣

[marco_blanco]

This is a long one! had a banging week of practice, hope you all like it

[marco_blanco]

Another long one, have been drawing along to Andor, their character design is amazing, it stands out tenfold when you look into the details

Trying to practice Folds, Expressions and Hair, so doing it from a TV show makes finding references easier

Lets get back to practicing, onwards to glory

[matthewwemes]

I love the Andor studies! You did a really good job in capturing the characters and moments from the show.

[Lockenheim]

Cool studies! I definitely like to do fan art as well as you don't have to worry about the design aspect which is pretty scary!

[snakker]

Hey there, snakker here.
Man your work is very impressive, keep it up!

[marco_blanco]

These last few weeks have really been satisfying in the progress I've made, I wanted to put it all together in practice with some original characters and try and do develop a character sheet that shows what I feel is an aproximation of what my "style" would be... really happy about it, I really think this will be a landmark work I will be looking back on

[mitsuki-youko]

ooh this looks so good! if you made a comic i'd read it (assuming plot is in my taste ofc but ur art is rly pretty)

[marco_blanco]

You have no idea how much that actually means, you're very kind! Hope to do something well beyond a comic some day, just pretty art in the horizon for now 😁

[mitsuki-youko]

I am creating my own world and characters, and one day aim to be Head Honcho in the studio that animates those very characters!

Eyy me tooo! haha! I've been working on plotbuilding my story (5 mcs across 2 worlds - roughly 24 arcs) and im planning to make 6 trailers for it, one for each main character + 1 for the overall plotline. I'm also planning to make my own music for it its cool to see others who want to do something similar

[prinzmoana]

Man this has soo much personality :} Love the color and expression ^.^

[Lockenheim]

I really love this little bird!

[marco_blanco]

It is actually a flightless bird in this story, so thats why they go up to the clouds together ☁️☁️🌤☁️🙂🐦☁️☁️☁️☁️

[snakker]

Oh wow, that little detail you mention just added a huge amount of character and emotion to this

[mitsuki-youko]

awe that is so cute!

[marco_blanco]

alright this is a cute one, a friend asked if I could make illustration of his childhood drawing to gift his father for christmas

[CYP2C19]

This is amazing!, I love how this came out, and I absolutely adore how you kept the original little rat head for the bar's logo!, such a small but amazing little touch.

[snakker]

This is really awesome
Love how you implemented value for the foreground and background plus the perspective to give the image depth

Cheers

[marco_blanco]

I must say posting it here and getting this feedback from my piers has been more satisfying than any social media interaction
So thankful to you for noticing

[Gordon003]

Love the sketching process to make the final piece!

If there's one I want to say, i don't know what's the main attention seeking thing in the piece. Like, what's the main story of this picture? If it's about the fighting on the right, then you can place more detail on fighting cloud (e.g. more shading depth) and be a bit more darker on the left hand to focus the audience eye on the fighting scene.