May '21

Thank you! The packaging project is usually supposed to be like box branding and more modern/sleek stuff, but I stretched the rules a bit haha. I figured that book covers are packaging too and squeezed in the chance to do some digital painting in class :stuck_out_tongue:

May '21
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[Term 1] Perspective 1
AHHHH I FINISHED MY ONE POINT PERSPECTIVE ASSIGNMENT!!

I learned so much doing this assignment, from workflow to design to having patience. So many hours of painstaking drawing and referencing later, this is definitely a piece that I'm proud of. Thank you guys for looking.

Michaela

May '21

I'll just echo @Doomblick's words on Discord: this is definitely one of the best 1p perspective drawing I've seen so far in this course. Congrats Michaela, this turned out SUPER amazing. Straight into your portfolio.

9 days later

May '21

Finished the Viscomm 2 lecture. I've been watching through the Term 2 Anatomy 1 and slowly taking notes, but recently I've finished two more pieces! I'm not studying as I'd like to, but that's not something I want to stress out about. No big deal, just keep making art :smile:

May '21

So good! only thing that stands out to me is the hands on the second drawing. not sure they should rotate as much as you have them drawn. at least I wasn't able to replicate that angle in person. Great rendering style.

May '21

Ooh, these turned out nice! I really like the lighting in both of them. I also like how you executed the blue tips in the hair on the second one, it's really beautiful.

May '21

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milkcee12

Wow those two pieces are really great, Michaela!
Theres just one thing I am not quite sure about:
In your second piece, the girls hands as she is tying up her hair are extremely pronated. I‘ve tried to do that pose myself and, as I am an inflexible dude, couldnt do it. It feel a little unnatural to have the thumbs turn upwards. Letting them point to the floor feels more natural and easy.
Hope that helps✌️✌️

May '21

@HANDRO @mau.wamp
Yeah, I realized the pose is kind of hard/impossible to do in real life. It is possible to rotate your hands in that direction (and I often do when messing with my hair) but not as far as I have them drawn haha. I guess the only thing to do is get references next time :smile: .

17 days later

Jun '21

[Term 2] Anatomy 1

It's been a while, but I'm back with another set of study pages! I'm officially on summer break now too! It took a long time but I finished taking notes for the facial features part of the lecture. I'm going to do studies of each facial feature in sets of 10 + 2-3 from imagination. Here are my lecture notes and ear studies :smile:

20210516_anatomy1_p1.jpg2400x3600 1.65 MB

20210516_anatomy1_p2_A.jpg2400x3600 1.96 MB

20210516_anatomy1_p2_B.jpg2400x3600 2.8 MB

For the ear studies, my basic method was:

  1. Sketch
  2. Base silhouette + shadow shapes
  3. Overpaint focusing on:
    • Midtones
    • Occlusion shadow
    • Highlights
    • Accent color/color variation
  4. Any final touches with a hard brush (no opacity).

I haven't done painting studies in a long, LONG time so it was really fun to do these. Usually people see their improvement in their personal pieces, but I'm seeing improvement in my studies instead because I don't do them as often hahaha.

Jun '21

I think you did a great job on those assignements, michaela!
Your heads have good structure and I really love you ears, especially the sketches, they already convey a good sense of depth even without any rendering👍👍👍