Nevena A. - Art School Journey

Nene89 2020-11-19 23:53:19 UTC #1

Hey everyone

I started with art school in September and until now I did not have much time to go through all this forum thing, but now I will be posting her, since everybody needs another pair of eyes to look at their work

I will try to help and give you feedback on your work too... I am in term 2, and I did some anatomy practice, so I would appreciate if you tell me your thoughts... I put some of ref pic next to it, but it doesn`t necessarily have to look same, I would just like to know if anatomy is good

thanks guys and I wish you an amazing day/night

castonia 2020-11-21 11:15:59 UTC #2

Welcome! I suggest you focus more on the noses, I feel like you're still not understanding the planes as well, but everything else looks great, good job!

WeirdOwl 2020-11-22 05:22:17 UTC #3

I feel like your most successful study is the first lips study. The thinner lips and noses still feel a bit more like symbols than a drawing of what you see. One thing I found useful is tracing the construction lines over the photo and then attempting your own drawing.
Hope this was useful. Keep up the good work! These studies are extremely helpful.

Nene89 2020-11-26 11:22:41 UTC #4

Thank you for your comment 😊 and I agree about noses, I did some more practice and study, I feel like it's getting better... by planes you were taking about values? I have problem with that when it comes to digital painting, it's just so harder for me to do it than with traditional painting, maybe it's just matter od getting use to screen instead of paper...anyway practice is the key 😊

Nene89 2020-11-26 11:27:15 UTC #5

Actually I did tracing on reference and then I tried to do the same on my blank paper 😅 apparently didn't work out completely well, but it is a good way to start 😊 thank you for suggestion, I will keep practicing 😊

castonia 2020-11-26 12:36:08 UTC #6

Not the values, but the planes, like the nose with the side view, the outer contour looks ok, but once you've started rendering it, everything just became one and flat. Here are some images that I found that might help you understand what I meant
https://www.proko.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/nose-drawings-major-minor-planes-with-anatomy.jpg

Hopefully I'm not overwhelming you. Keep up the good work!

Nene89 2020-11-26 13:54:54 UTC #7

Oh ok, I get it 😊 thanks for pics, it will be useful for sure... no worries, you are not overwhelming, I like to get costructive critiques, that's how you get better 😊 thanks again for explanation 😊

Nene89 2020-11-29 15:58:59 UTC #8

After yesterdays stream I tried to fix what Marc suggested. Time to move to next step - put all pieces together and draw whole head

WeirdOwl 2020-11-30 02:46:58 UTC #9

That's a great study. I see you are improving with the noses, I feel like the lips need a bit more work. The eye came out great!
Looking forward to seeing how the head study turns out.

Nene89 2020-11-30 16:16:17 UTC #10

Thanks, I really work hard on it! And I agree 100% for lips, it was really struggle, I tried to fix it, but I still don't like how it looks.

Nene89 2021-01-04 23:35:23 UTC #11

I decided to move on on term 3 and keep practicing what I have learned until now... I did some clothes study and after Marc`s feedback I tried to fix what he told me and I hope it looks better

WeirdOwl 2021-01-05 02:06:02 UTC #12

I really like what you did with the black skirt. Do you think it could benefit from giving it some thickness to the bottom rim?

Nene89 2021-01-05 17:33:39 UTC #13

Oh yeah, I completely missed that part! Thanks for suggestion, definitely it would look better. Every time I look at it again, I see sth that I missed...

geckoink 2021-01-05 18:46:24 UTC #14

Really effective. I had to zoom in to notice there clothes were drawn over the figures

Nene89 2021-01-05 21:48:48 UTC #15

Thanks, I am glad to hear that

Nene89 2021-01-07 00:49:23 UTC #16

I am still struggling with head, so for now probably the best I did... It is not good as it should be, but I can see improvement after longer time...

dangras-almeida 2021-01-10 11:05:42 UTC #17

Great study!

The mouth turned out a bit smaller than the ref picture (I think) and the upper lip can also use a bit more shadow (thinking about the planes of the face and how it is placed) but other than that I'm blown away by how similar it turned out. Congrats!

Nene89 2021-01-11 23:01:57 UTC #18

Thanks for feedback, I really appreciate it! I do have problem with the planes, I do understand them, but I have problem to paint them right way... next one should be better, I hope so

Julia_J 2021-01-12 07:11:04 UTC #19

It could help to switch the reference to black and white as well.. maybe

Nene89 2021-01-19 23:44:39 UTC #20

My skeletons are getting some muscle! I actually really enjoy this assignment, and while I was drawing it, it really did stick in my head. I definitely needed an anatomy class, and I hope this will improve my drawing skills at least one level up.
I think now is time for arm workout