Niko - Art School Journey

NikoM 2023-04-19 13:05:36 UTC #21

To answer your question no, I did not get any notifications about new stuff (yet). Regarding this worksheet you would not get notified anyway, since I made it myself and it is not officially part of the course. Feel free to download and use it though!

olashamala 2023-04-19 16:54:39 UTC #22

Thanks alot! it'll make things easier

mitsuki-youko 2023-04-19 23:16:24 UTC #23

oh wow lol thats pretty cool! it looks so official that i thought Marc made that XD

NikoM 2023-04-20 20:21:14 UTC #24

Hey guys

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here are todays gesture drawings (1 min poses). I feel like im able to better understand and get the gesture, allthough it still feels kinda stiff. Getting some volume (even wrong volumes) on the page seems to help me. ALso i tried to focus more on legs because imo it makes my gestures more expressive. Still it feels like its very much a hit and miss game. Some poses i like, but most I don't. However the little improvements i see keep me motivated!

olashamala 2023-04-20 21:39:28 UTC #25

I can definitely see the improvement from the post a couple of days ago, keep at it. it helps me as well to add volume to the thighs and hips, don't know why lol but it works for me

NikoM 2023-04-23 17:08:34 UTC #26

Thanks

NikoM 2023-04-23 17:09:12 UTC #27

NikoM 2023-04-23 17:12:14 UTC #28

Here are some shading exercises i finished today (took me way too long ). I would really appreciate some critique. So many shapes and shadows feel out of place/wrong, but I tried them often and this is the best I can get. I just don't know how to get them right . Thanks you all!

mitsuki-youko 2023-04-24 04:48:46 UTC #29

this cross hatching looks amazing!!! wow - your ability to convey shadow and light is so good!

NikoM 2023-04-24 19:24:11 UTC #30

Haha Thanks! really glad you like it

NikoM 2023-04-24 19:25:20 UTC #31

NikoM 2023-04-24 19:26:49 UTC #32

The first cubes in perspective I did. Apart from my non-straight lines, I think it turned out alright. Using the krita vanishing points feature made it really simple.

olashamala 2023-04-24 20:23:12 UTC #33

Great job!

mitsuki-youko 2023-04-25 12:42:30 UTC #34

these cubes are beautiful!!! it really is so cool looking into a space of cubes, its got such a scifi vibe! <3

NikoM 2023-04-25 14:48:20 UTC #35

Thanks. Funny enough that you said that. I actually have a unfinished sketch for a spaceship somewhere because when I first did this exercise (before joining the artschool program) I too got these space vibes and wanted to draw them so badly
I'll try and work on it so I can atleast share a finished sketch ^^.

NikoM 2023-04-25 14:49:39 UTC #36

In the meantime, here is my first exercise of the human proportions.

NikoM 2023-04-25 14:50:10 UTC #37

NikoM 2023-04-25 14:52:13 UTC #38

Idk what happened to those faces . Looks like she has a garbage can somewhere in her ancestry line. And his head got artificially inflated (during the upload, i swear ). Anyway, looking forward to improve!

NikoM 2023-04-26 13:33:01 UTC #39

NikoM 2023-04-26 13:36:02 UTC #40

I thought I'd share some more gesture drawings with you. I feel like my volume and proportions are improving. Also I noticed I started thinking in shapes, idk if thats good or not though