Welcome! These are really cool - I love your use of dramatic lighting, depth and your brushwork. I'm sure this course will be a great help as you work towards your goals!
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?in24.2k
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.in22.1k
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!in792
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!in48.0k
Hey there!
Welcome aboard! You're in the right place to make some great art gains. If you have not checked it out already, I recommend you also join the Art School discord. It's very active and there is a lot more action/feedback/critique/hanging out than over here on the forums.
Your understanding of color, light, perspective and rendering is far beyond what I could do at your age. Keep working on it! Over time you'll develop shortcuts, stroke economy, and a deeper understanding of the fundamentals - Art School is a great platform to work on fundamental skills and revisit things you may have been taking for granted.
I like that you're a computer science major - I'm an aerospace engineer! I'm not here to give career advice, but I think it's a smart move to have a lucrative day job and to paint as a hobby - lets you build up a portfolio while having some financial security. One day you might just well take the plunge into full-time art, if that's the path you choose, but you'll already have a following and made contacts in the industry!
Until then, I hope to see you around, and I look forward to your homework assignments. Cheers!
welcome. I cant add to what was already said so ill keep this short. great pieces.
[Term 1] Photoshop for Digital Production 1
I'm already familiar with digital editing softwares so I skipped most of the photo manipulation-type homework. Line quality and pen control can always be practiced though!
Reflection
- I tend to offshoot my vertical lines slightly to the right.
- Grip the stylus lightly! You don't want your carpal tunnel to act up again!
- Lock your wrist for basically everything; use your shoulder/elbow.
- Look ahead to where you're aiming for instead of the line itself; it increases accuracy. Use a medium speed that feels natural to your hand.
- My hand got tired towards the end of the 2nd exercise but I still pushed on—take breaks.
- I kept zooming in unconsciously when drawing the lines. Probably an indicator that I should zoom out more in my personal work.
I'm not sure how consistent of a practice schedule I'll keep up, but here's to day 1! 
[Term 1] Nude Figure Drawing
Still in a honeymoon phase with the class right now so I want to draw a lot, but it's starting to take a toll on my hand and arm. Usually, I use shapes to draw people so thinking in 3D again was a challenge. I messed up my proportions quite a bit too, but it's all good because it's fun. 
Page 1 Reflection
- Stop zooming in!!!! Make sure the whole figure is on the screen when you're working.
- I think ovals work better for me to indicate the major bones - just make sure to establish the tilt of the oval.
- Clip Studio brushes are a lot more sensitive than Photoshop; makes it harder to maintain line quality but it makes for nice tapers when inking.
Page 2 Reflection
- Wow my skeletons are off when I'm drawing from reference. It's hard to draw it without even a gesture as a base sketch.
- Ovals are nice as ribcages if you're tracing, but they lack structure that is nice when you're measuring and using the pose as a reference. Maybe use rectangles or ovals with more measuring.
- Hip joints might be attached to the ends of the pelvis, but there's not a very large gap between the legs. Muscles don't wrap uniformly around bones.
I like your approach to this. hope it yields good results.
Me too, haha. Thank you for your kind words!
[Term 1] Nude Figure Drawing
Whew, art is a lot of work! It feels good to work hard though. I have a lot of free time since it's my senior year and I'm at home all the time, so all I do is draw lol. I'm slowly working my way through the exercises...
Page 3 Reflection
- After you draw the skeleton first pass, take the time to CORRECT it! The proportions get a lot better when you do...
- Seems like I'm fairly accurate at drawing the position of the ribs/pelvis. The biggest problems are the head position and hips/legs.
- Don't be afraid to overlap cylinders; it's probably even better when you do because it gives depth to the image.
I'm used to seeing myself draw unbalanced figures, so I was surprised that the proportion drawings turned out...well, balanced. Granted there's a whole grid system to keep you in check but I'm still pleasantly surprised lol. It just goes to show how measuring and proportion is also important for those who want to draw from imagination.
[Term 1] Nude Figure Drawing
Not sure how I feel about my gesture drawings right now. They don't capture the figure as nicely as I want to (like Marc's I suppose). Well, this is my first set of gesture drawing homework so I expect I'll improve if I keep at it.
Page 5/6 Reflection
- I like the confidence and rhythm my lines have, it's more of making the lines accurate to the pose now. Gesture drawing is about choosing which lines communicate the figure the best. I think I'm relying on skeletal structure too much so I'm losing a lot of the silhouette that makes a figure readable.
- My 1-min gestures are noticeably scratchier than my 30-second drawings. Be more deliberate with my lines?
Used these two pages as a drawing warmup today--going to attempt the figure measuring assignment after I post this!
[Term 1] Nude Figure Drawing
Starting the perspective lecture today! Here are some figure studies I've been doing over the last couple of days. I'm not satisfied with the proportion studies yet but I think I should start on perspective anyways to have more exercises to mix and match between.
04/26/21 Reflection
- I'm not interested in grid techniques and more fine-art approaches to measuring because I don't see myself using these techniques at all in the future. However, to reach the same level of accuracy, I have to be a lot more careful in placing the landmarks I learned in the proportions lecture (specifically the navel, shoulders, and hips).
- The general shapes in your proportion studies are almost always off; if something looks wrong in your drawing, it's will almost always be a general issue, not a detail.
- If you get nothing else correct, at least get the tilt of the limbs accurately.
Finally, I'm also attaching a portrait sketch/piece I've been working on the side. After trying to study art a number of times over the years, I've learned that it's EXTREMELY important to always be drawing for fun. Never forget why you started studying art in the first place!
Thank you so much for reading!
Michaela
You are right! Never forget why you love drawing
