Patricia - Art School Journey

[patrycja.lerch]

Some recent studies

I think I will try making sketches traditionally and then color them digitally. Also I need to slow down as I rush everything and end up with bad proportions/angles

Have a nice day!

[patrycja.lerch]

Hello
Creature concept - First I drew it traditionally then scanned it and cleaned it up a bit digital. Colored it with markers but something went wrong it blended wrong and upper body is darker than lower. They are blemmyes
and raven study

Good day to you!

[snakker]

Yo seeing lots of work, not sure what you are studying or implementing in your studies - which is not as much a critique but rather a pointer to remember that sometimes a lot of work doesn’t mean a lot of gains if you don't have clear goals (happens to me a lot :P) but I am sure you ate having fun with these studies - the birds in particular are great

As for your figure drawing, be wary of the tilt of the pelvis, it is usually higher where the weight bearing leg is. For example, even the fatter lady has this, but it is harder to see. Try tracing a line from one illiac crest to the other (illiac crest being the pelvic bony region where the fat from the abdomen ends and folds over the skinny area where the thigh begins)

Then attempt the same in your drawing and compare

Cheers!

[patrycja.lerch]

Thank you! I know that I need to work on my study schedule. I tend to do a lot of stuff that is not connected in any way because when I work longer on one thing I lose focus. I also need to set up a short distance goals

[gregorya]

Welcome to the forums. I like the deer, duck and raven studies.

[patrycja.lerch]

Hello
Figure studies I did recently.
Legs and feet are hard

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[Pauline_art]

Love the organic and natural feel of the figures! Also I gotta love your use of color!
As feedback I'd recommend checking the proportions of the upper body and the lower body, just to make sure the legs aren't too long- especially when drawing on paper or when you don't have a reference that's physically close to the drawing. My two cents is all!
Keep it up!!

[Gordon003]

Just me but your blue sketches is the best out of them. Can see different values of blues and is complemented by yellow/gold colour. Simple and yet contains a lot of details. Reminds me of that dress colour debate. XD

[patrycja.lerch]

Hello,
Thank you @Pauline_art and @Gordon003
I will try to pay more attention to proportions
I sketch mostly in blue as it is easier for me to notice values than in black and I don't overshadow everything as with charcoal

Face studies - these were supposed to be just a quick warm up sketches but I decided to color them

Have a nice day!

[snakker]

Yo these are some really cool studies!

I notice that in some the lighting changes quite a bit from what you initially render in blue. Out of curiosity, when you move to color do you paint over the blue directly and just use it as a blueprint or do you colorize it?

Cheers

[patrycja.lerch]

Thank you @snakker
Lighting changes because I sometimes need to group some parts (I think that's what I did there)
When it comes to color I use it as a blueprint and paint over it.

[patrycja.lerch]

Face studies - initially I wanted to make tears in red but it didn't feel right so I made them gold; hand came out too dark and it catches too much focus. I still wanted to use red so I made this demon/vampire lad. I had fun with it

Figure study - I messed up the left arm and now I see that right hand should be a bit bigger. Also I spent so much time on lineart and decided to do shading that doesn't need it... I left lineart on face, arms and feet to keep the details I lost. Colored with gradient maps

Have a good day!

[snakker]

Dang, nice job on these, I like how that figure came out. I think for me the figure’s right hand would look better if you enlarged it (even if not 100% accurate to the source). The shading looks cool - very contrasty, like he was a metal statue or emerald material

Cheers

[patrycja.lerch]

I tried doing something else. My lineart is not always clean and I cover it with painterly shading. It was a nice change of pace even though I kept Ctrl-Z every line.
I struggled a lot with curly hair and I am not sure about folds on sleeves. Right arm doesn't feel right

Have a good day!

[kainoa.knief]

Looks good! One thing to help practice hair is to draw ribbons. Practice straight and twisted ribbons and you will see some interesting similarities.

[patrycja.lerch]

Thank you @kainoa.knief! I will try with ribbons

[Pauline_art]

For the right arm, I think it looks great, proportionwise. But maybe it could use more construction, in the reference it can be interpreted as a cylinder that's coming towards us, so you'd be able to see one of its faces.
Hope this helps! Have a nice day too and keep this up, you're doing an awesome job!

[patrycja.lerch]

Thank you @Pauline_art I see it now; will try to fix it

I wanted to do a portait of my character but I hated it so I tried doing it next day and took totally different approach and I am satisfied with it now. So if something doesn't click it won't; it is good to take a break and come back after some time.

I shaded it in grayscale and colored it on multiply layer ( I need to figure out coloring while painting in grayscale) and it took me much less time shading than when I start instantly with color and it looks better to. I played around with some blending modes to do some small adjustments.

It doesn't look like I exactly wanted but I like this piece. He looks a bit too old and I will probably try different horn styles

Thank you for stopping by
Good day to you!

[patrycja.lerch]

I revised upper body muscles and did arm muscles recently. I haven't done legs class yet and haven't focused on them much in this study. I don't know why but my brain turns off when i try to draw serratus anterior and it is vey easy shape. Also I am trying to work on facial expressions as well; it is not right on the figure drawing

Have a nice day!

[Pauline_art]

Your characters are very appealing!! Love their expressions and poses!
As for the Serratus, drafting the overall direction of the ribs (from the spine to the sternum) could help find the attachment points for its characteristic zigzag shape. I haven't tried/practiced this yet though hope this helps!