I think the idea of initial photoshop exercises is to familiarize you with the software. And I think you done great work on them especially the composite picture good job!
Thank you! I finally cleaned that up. Meanwhile started 3 more ..I have a habit of taking too long to finish a piece, then I lose interest in it and just start something else. I found 8 from recently i started and abandoned, that are decent enough to not delete, but not finished. There’s also been a number of drawings I felt I “outgrew” - became better before I finished them, and it would be easier to start from scratch than fix them. Anyone else thinking that?in24.3k
Lady Death Fanart Collectible: Part 6 Polypaint and base Hi, it’s time to share with you another part of the process to create this fanart piece. Polypaint As this is my first collectible fanart I didn’t have previous experience with polypaint so I tried my best and played a bit with it.I wanted to give a ghostly and eerie look to Lady Death, she is beautiful and deadly, but at the end of the day she is a woman that died and was reborn at hell as an avenging spirit, that’s why I gave her skin tone a bluish very cold tone.As you will see I gave myself some creative freedom to deviate from the traditional color scheme that this characater has in comics and illustrations.To add a bit of sensuality by painting some freckles on the face and the chest. The dark nature of this character was the perfect excuse to gave her a kind of goth make up, very dark shadows around the eyes, blue lips and fingernails. I know that the original character includes sexy red lips but I wanted this girl to have a sexy but at the same time creepy look, that’s why we can see some thin veins emanating from her eyes. The biggest chromatic change I did for this character is at the hair. Lady Death has a characteristic white weavy hair but in my fanart I decided to gave her a very saturated blue color.The reason behind this wasn’t only an aesthetic choice. I want that the face area strongly pulls the attention of the viewer so this area needed a stronger contrast. Another reason is that I want her to have a more modern look, as I mentioned before, I’m strongly attracted to women with goth/punk look. I gave myself half an hour or more to analyse the work of experienced sculptors that create collectibles and I discovered that the use of darker values on the skin is often applied to create a greater sense of volume and three-dimensionality. I found that areas with heavy ambient occlusion are the perfect places to paint with darker colors in order to increase the separation between different forms. Even though she has a bluish skin tone, I used a bit of warmer hues in areas that, in real life, tend to go towards red and pink, this is very obvious in the nose, cheeks, and knuckles. Thinking with a logical mind it’s completely absurd to have warmer tones on the body of a zombie like creature but I didn’t want to limit myself by using only blue tones, it looks boring and artificial. In real life these colors are created by blood vessels in areas where the skin is very thin. ** Scythe **for her weapon I applied a cool gray with some warmer variations, this color scheme is influenced by the work of H.R giger. Base I’d like to talk about the design for the base which, to be honest, I forgot to develop along with the character.My main idea with the base is to show that Lady Death inhabits a very sterile and arid land, at the end of the day she is at hell.You can see a that she walks over dirt and rocks, a sign that she’s surrounded by death and loneliness. As part of the landscape we can see some bones and skulls to reinforce the idea of lack of living creatures, yet we can see three hands that try to reach her legs.This hands represent that all creatures are subordinated to her power and seek an evil blessing with a simple touch of the princess of the damned.1- The hand with skin burns represents the souls of those who are newcomers to hell, tortured souls that suffer for the sins comitted on earth.2- The hand with greenish rotten skin and pustules is the reminder of the decay that has infected the souls of those who have been trapped and have forgotten their humanity3- Last but not least, the hand of a demon shows that even dark creatures and entities bow before her presence. The cherry on the top, at least in my vision, are the simese twins that emerge from the ground, this malevolent creatures remind us that in hell there’s only perversion and any trace of innocence is lost. Thanks for reading till this pointI’m really happy to be very close to finish this creative journey, last but not least it’s mandatory to talk about splitting the sculpture in several pieces to be printed, this will be my last entry before showing the final rendered images. See yaMay Zbrush be with youin1.4k
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studies studies juri study imagination, how I feel before a speech imagination imagination study something I drew for my presentation also drew this for my presentation, didn't fix the one hand being bigger than the other imagination + study study studies study study, I need to fix the face a bit based on screenshot from anime but in my style study. except for the eye study studies studies study. changed some things tho imagination imagination imagination study studies, except top right samurai based on anime screenshot wolverine studies, changed some of the poses a lil, not very good at all, but first time i drew the character ever. semi study studies study imagination imagination imagination , for first time ever i tried to draw over 3d model for middle pose, I dont like the result tbh, but it makes it much easier than coming up with it from memory.imagination, except right figurestudies imagination + studies, coming up with action poses r hard, these are not dynamic enough, I will redraw better ones in future. imagination , imagination imagination study, except for eye imagination imagination imagination doodles except for the two chrollos imagination storyboard thumbnail, idk if i ever shared this. my storyboards end up being a little detailed since i usually just draw in one layer.in22.2k
Hello! My name is Vithor, I am from Brazil, studied Design at a local college worked as an illustrator for more than 10 years. I took a time off around 3 years ago and am trying to get back in my art shape and maybe become professional again. Here are some recent pictures: You can find timelapses for most of them on my instagram: www.instagram.com Vithor Albertim (@vithor_albertim) • Instagram photos and videos 123 Followers, 638 Following, 19 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Vithor Albertim (@vithor_albertim) Comments and critiques are always welcome.Cheers!in797
Thank you @daceronine! If I remember I save in google cloud, I will have to stick a note to do it more often. Lamp is from life. Poses are from refs but I look at refs for a while and then try to do it myself and look it up if needed. Outfits and rest is from imagination Something went wrong while installing system so we will have to wipe everything again... pc works but something is wrong. We will wait till internet is done and I will save everything on cloud this time Threads came out in eu. It's been 3 days and I had more engagement than after half a year on instagram. It feels really nice I hope it stays this way A portrait of old dude. It's the same character I posted a while ago. Inspired by Bayard Wu work. At first I thought of him as a bear but I named him Fenrir and I think wolf suits him better. Eye gave me a bit of hard time but I think it is fine now. I focused on face and forgot about area below. The way I draw hair clashes with greying hair. I had the same problem while doing Lohse's white hair. Does it looks like it is greying here? I love how desaturated red looks blue there. I keep lying to myself that I will use different color scheme but It all comes down to this blue and yellowish one it is just flipped this time Have a great day!in48.3k
Thanks. I'm glad I took the time to ease back in and it has fed the flame - I'm excited to make something everyday!
I hit the first figure drawing lesson today, I love the human form, it's a beautiful machine, wonderfully made.
Feel very much as if I've been training my eye to observe which feels satisfying and I'm expecting to sharpen that eye the more I dig into practice.
I feel pretty good about what I did today, I think the Pelvis box and hip joints could be more on target. That will come with practice.
The cylinders became smoother and easier as I did them and once I enter a flow, and stop overthinking the prominent angle comes easier.
Another good day with a pen. Much love. 
Nice work with these! Those photoshop exercises are sooo on point! Really nice job!
Thank you kindly, I really enjoyed these - about to start some more. Hope you're good mate.
I hit the nude forms again today. I want to get myself familiarised with the lesson before I move on to the next part.
Pelvis boxes still elude me slightly. I have a lack of confidence in my ability to identify them clearly and know precisely what I am creating a box around. I think some study into the anatomy of that area will help a lot.
I've been thinking a lot about when one should move on to the next session.
Highly creative people seem to have two demons that whisper in their ears constantly when trying to progress and express themselves.
The first whispers "But is this one tiny part PERFECT though?" and the other whispers "Be FREE from form and structure! The rigid world contains your creative whims of genius! Spontaneity! Chaos! Follow these winds and divine inspiration!"
I think to truly harness the creative spark within us that begs to be expressed in manifest form (be it painting or some other form of consumable media) we need to know when to tell the one to shut the hell up and to demonstrate to the other that the chaos of the unsaid needs a word, pen, and page to harness it.
If we fixate on a perfect step then we'll never take the next one to learn the skills to express ourselves.
If we run in the wilderness with no boundaries to contain us then we'll have no road to direct us to our dreams.
Be encouraged at every step you take and don't pitch a tent too long in any one place in case you never start moving again. The road you are on is a structure to a dream you have. Go get it.
Decided to go further and deeper into the rabbit hole today.
I watched the male proportions part of the tutorial and then tried it with Marcs finished product next to me for reference.
It was okay and I was eager to move on (getting the dopamine hits from learning new skills) so I attempted to do it from memory right away.
I wanted to highlight the gaps in my memory so afterward, I did a paint-over with Marc's reference again and made some notes of what I needed to solidify in my grey matter.
I distilled that into what I considered lynchpins; 3 easily triggered things that would have a knock-on effect and would mean I didn't have to remember all the orange notes (just the green ones.)
The next two pics were again from memory.
I'm pleased with them, and I'm hoping it all gets filed into the long-term stacks in my archive (won't be letting any redheads with a candle in there ... wondering who gets that reference 
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When operating from memory I felt so loose and free. It was very much a pleasure to be drawing. I think I just got a taste of what working from a visual library feels like, the sense of flow and freedom was both relaxing and fulfilling.
And to make sure the previous part of the lesson is refined I got in some lines of action, head, shoulders, hips, and then cylinders.
I figured I'd push myself a little and tackle some overlapping bodies. I liked having to push my observance and think about them both in a 3D space.
Having understood the Pelvis in relation to the rest of the anatomy after the proportions exercise I tried circles instead of boxes. It clicked so much better.
One lesson compounds on another and it feels goooooooood.
