• Gave myself 5 days to do something. This is what I managed to do. I'm trying to get better at illustrations, but I have patience to work on something for 3 days maximum :( Splash_Process.jpg5000x3140 2.21 MB Splash_Process-6.jpg3896x2429 2.83 MB concept list char copy.jpg5388x3000 1.7 MB
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  • Did a character concept for a course.https://www.artstation.com/artwork/P6gm3y - more:) list1.jpg3541x1920 2.82 MB
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  • Day 4: Star Wars May The 4th =] Queen Padmé Amidala in my art style! First time drawing her and I really enjoyed making this one! Used watercolours, ink pen, acrylic markers and gold paint for accents on my Canson mix media sketchbook. I hope you like it!
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  • Here is some more recent stuff, I need to make more body studies
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  • 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?
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  • 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 you
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  • memory 2min gartic phone, used ref 2m gartic, used ref for pose 2min gartic 2min gartic 2min gartic 2min gartic memory memory memory memory study memory memory memorymemory memory memory memory memory memory study memorystudy study stylized left memory, right study study memory memorymemory memory memory memorymemory memory, porportions r offmemory memorystudystudy memorymemorymemory memory memory memory memory memory memory memory, right leg is a bit broken The feeling of only getting 1 - 3 likes on a social media post will never not be discouraging. But nothing is discouraging enough to make me quit drawing. I think the strategy of drawing a lot of stuff and waiting a while to post is good though rather than posting it immediately and then feeling that sadness on the next set of drawing
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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.
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  • Neon Gambit This is a fan art of my all time favorite character Gambit from the X-Men.I made this a birthday gift (26.04.2024) to myself and honestly I really do like how it turned out in the end =] I hope you like it as well =]
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  • Art Blog - April to September 2023 Suffer a little burn out. Look at some memes. Here's some art from in between. critique.jpg1333x5736 1.77 MB
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  • And some more! Been painting over them a bit more this time. Some variants I tried for the old guy using mainly the liquify tool. Someohow looking a bit like Owen Wilson (not intended :D)
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  • 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!
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  • @patrycja.lerch Thank you I created another variant, which might capture the witch look I was going for better
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  • 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!
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  • Havent done much this year since I am focusing on learning programming and deving my own Indie Game . But here 's a New Year Piece 2024 , she 's the mascot for my Game Studio - Lucid Realm : Lucid Chan ! LucidChan_v001_sketches.jpg3072x4352 973 KB
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  • Long Crested Eagle studyI had so much fun making this one and honestly I love that Eagle! It looks so cool! Used for this one high quality watercolours, high quality watercolour sketchbook/ cold press and it was 300 grams paper.I hope you like it!
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Jul '18

Hey all ! figured i'd update.

After I finished the challenged I prepared to do a second 21 days of more studies of things i wanted to learn and keep a ball like that rolling. It didn't work out, after the 2nd day, i realized i wasn't learning or studying, just 'doing' which wasn't getting me anywhere

I decided to step back and adjust what I felt i needed. I'm currently studying still an hour each morning (at least) but its much more loose and realative to current projects. this approach has given me much more reserve and fuel to keep at it

I'm currently doing a master study related to a figure-central painting im finishing off. the figure has a similar pose and similar lighting to what i'm looking for.

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its a bourguereau (i think thats how its spelled XD)

i'll post more about the piece im working on later this week and probably past that. the piece is something from an idea ive had sitting since 2015, and i want to create a big observation on it on how style and creativity change over time.

Jul '18
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Good luck! You picked a doozie. There is one here that is similar in lighting in what used to be the google art project. (They didn't have your ref unfortunately) You can zoom in and get some clues to some of his mark making. The paintings are very smooth and layered in person.

He did one of these every week it was crazy.

Jul '18

@brohawx thanks + thanks for the ref! having a close up will be helpful :smile:
i had no idea he did these in a week each! they seem so delicate and precise. i'll have to try and visit the museum they are hosted at someday!

Aug '18

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starting to lay down basic colors and finish the underdrawing. im seeing that i consistenly like working with tight underdrawings; but, i really hope that doesn't steer me away from this studies' focus! ill have to write down the core for this study and put it on the wall or something! lol

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this is the pose im going to be using in combination with the ambient lighting style and composition as bourguereau's.

i will probably be putting up design thumbs for critique soon!

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Aug '18

It's coming along nicely. I also like the pose you've chosen for your own piece. I'm looking forward to see how the piece will look like once you'll apply what you have learned from studying Bouguereau's work. Keep it up!

Aug '18

@cedricgo thanks so much for your comment. As good as studying has been going, its still tough now and then to get up and push everyday. Reading this helped me out with that!

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The render is going strong so far! I'm having a gnarly time trying to lay down the shapes of the tummy. I've been recently working with the philosophy that problems, no matter the complexity, can have simple solutions. I'm trying to lay down the critical, simple brushstrokes of the stomach.

Otherwise, the only thing I see is my colors muddying up from rendering. I could filter it of course, but where's the fun in that! :smiley:

Aug '18

Finished the study! I did not go for the full render; but, I feel I did stop at a solid place. I will let this sit for now :smile:

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Also beginning the illustration I studied in the first place for!

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To break this down:

  • Piece is about anxiety and fear pulling the life out of the body and manifesting it into a physical mass.
  • S curved composition, I used tall grasses to counter the weight of the cloth/goop leaning left
  • I'm using toned reds/oranges/blue so far

I have the piece at a branch. I was thinking of using classical cloth for the "dark mass" but 1) not great at rendering cloth and 2) Its not very striking. I have a second option to use a flowing, goopy mass which conveys the idea better. I'm leaning towards goop; but, I'm hoping to get a second opinion

(Goop is the right)

Aug '18

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menacing orb snuck into my study! i really like drawing creepy dripping orbs in my spare time

this is some work im doing to accompany artschool's perspective 2. i like to push the lessons and find my personal weak points. the study itself is done, but i may render it in my spare time and see how my values are looking! :smile:

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Aug '18

Your art reminds me of my art school. You experiment a lot and think out of the box! LOVE it!

Aug '18

@shia thanks so much! i try to be out of the box as much as possible :wink:

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update on this, I've pushed it a bit more. I really like the vibe and composition, so I may render it enough to label a piece, or portfolio item :smile:

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Major update on this piece! It has been going really well as of late. I've had a tough time with the right palette and tones, but I think I have something good down. Most importantly, I can feel the depth of the body, something I was really pushing for!

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Also began an assignment for Terrm 2 Perspective. Its going well. I'm looking to add giant pillars and detail. I based my design off of the ancient ruins at/of Karnak :))))))))

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Sep '18

Wow! Can't believe its been since august since uploading. I evacuated from my city for Hurricane Florence, and have been away from my beautiful painting supplies for 2 weeks! O the pain!

Just before leaving, I did however finish this :smile:

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I'm quite happy with it. It well exasperates my current skill (fresh meat to pry apart and learn from lol) Most of what I'm missing is depth, probably through color and space.

ShiaModerator
Sep '18

Wow! Really loving the dynamic in the last painting!

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Oct '18

Hello hello! I've been here and there doing quite a bit of acrylic work. I'm currently working on a series surrounding Trans youth from the rural demographic I grew up in. Its mostly portraiture and as mentioned in acrylic! Affording canvases is the only thing holding me back! :smile:

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I'm picking up some compostion work again! I'm hoping to work on a major personal concept art project following the Trans Youth series. The studies (10 min) were on the left, with created scenes on the right.

There are many niches in scene design I'm finding I like so far. Like placing light at the pinnacle of the work, or using heavy shapes.

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Jan '19

working on this more! really challenging, but im loving studying with very direct intent

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Dec '19

Holy guacamole! A year out.

Experimenting with this oil study. I have a lot of options for texture vs. 'negative space' (lack of texture since beyond this, the final will have gold leaf on it as well. Will probably push the trees back and give them a more neutral place. Pushing them into a more realistic impression in the circle.
Done with a zorn palette, very nice one! Within it I need to push my warm darks and oranges better, the portrait needs a goldddddddd look more than a yellow one :)))))