Patricia - Art School Journey

[catsforsnacks]

Lookin good!
I like the texture in the background. Something that stands out for me is her leg that is not in shadow. I feel like it could use a bit of defining.

[daceronine]

this is turning out really good!
I do kinda share the sentiment from @catsforsnacks, The leg bent over the rock seems smaller that the leg on the back, but if it's closer I would expect it to be the other way around. Doesn't seem very bent, perhaps increasing the shadow under the knee a bit might help?

[patrycja.lerch]

Thank you very much @mitsuki-youko, @catsforsnacks and @daceronine!

only critique i have is the tip of the sword doesn't look that sharp so adding a bit of shine to the tip might help since the shading makes it look like its more in the bg.

I thought it might look better this way but you are right, I will bring back light an sharpen it

I will fix that leg, the knee was breaking my head and I wasn't sure how to do it

Now when I look at it I feel like it lost all the details I did yesterday

[catsforsnacks]

Foreshortened knees....I think they have broken my head many times as well

[gregorya]

Nice work on the picture. I think a glowing eye on the dragon might help.

[patrycja.lerch]

Thank you @gregorya! Eye on the dragon was very distracting. She has all these small gems on armor that one circle on dragon made it too much

Thank you very much for feedback @mitsuki-youko, @catsforsnacks and @daceronine! Did few changes to sword and fixed that leg. I hope it looks better now. Also decided to work on background added some details to rock in the front and made the rest more misty. I wanted to make a beam of light but it doesn't work here so there are some bits scattered around. It feels like snow. I started to just put random dots and think too much so I will stop there. Unless I will see something tomorrow

I really like this piece. It just screams EPIC. Lady with a big sword and a dragon what more do you need. I started to like that dragon it may be off but I like him anyway.

I consider getting Schoolism subscription. Price seems fine for a year and I am very interested in Nathan Fowkes courses and there is many more. I want to use the time I have now to level up my art. I thought about taking a random course so I just could land any job but it seems pointless. I could use the same time to hone my art and hopefully get a job I want. Eh that's just life no one will give you instructions so you have to figure out that one on your own...

Have a great day!

[Pattu_w]

It came out epic indeed, Great stuff!

[mitsuki-youko]

Eyyyyy this looks hella epic!! great job and glad you're happy with it

[daceronine]

Turned out really great!! The leg does indeed look better, shadows do help quite a bit. The dragon does look really good, though personally I really like that armor and the overall composition is epic indeed.

[patrycja.lerch]

Thank you very much @Pattu_w, @mitsuki-youko and @daceronine! I am glad you like it

[catsforsnacks]

Hell yeah EPIC

[gregorya]

That's pretty good so far. keep it up.

[Sthingz]

Pretty good piece! I love how you are moving away from your tendency of using abstract objects/forms for your backgrounds - they are definitely becoming more interesting. This last one nails it! The only thing I will point out is the female subject's neck. It looks a little bit too long but that's only because I am nitpicking. That can probably be fixed with liquify in a matter of seconds. Anyhow, you are making some amazing progress - it inspires me

[patrycja.lerch]

Thank you @catsforsnacks, @gregorya and @Sthingz!

I love how you are moving away from your tendency of using abstract objects/forms for your backgrounds - they are definitely becoming more interesting.

I need to leave that comfort zone finally and start making proper pieces. I will be working on it slowly one step at a time. I can see the neck being too long

Some minor problems arose so I will wait till christmas with getting schoolism. At least the discount will still be there (and the taxes...) I try to make a plan because Nathan Fowkes alone has quite a few courses there.

Some studies before I find a way to start a new piece.

The painting took about 5hours. I lowered the contrast on the bottom so it doesn't steal attention from the face. Trying to experiment with values. I couldn't get the face right so I just ignored the ref. Now I see that arms have slightly different angles. Hands are smaller compared to ref but the head is also smaller which is probably the reason for it

Have a good day!

[Pattu_w]

Dahm, that contrast looks really nice!

[Sthingz]

The painting, albeit in the beginning stages, is already looking darn nice. As @Pattu_w mentioned, good job with the contrast.

[alejorey.1995]

Amazing artwork of lae'zel , the use of the values and the edge control make it easy for us to put our focus into the character, congrats.

[patrycja.lerch]

Thank you @Pattu_w, @Sthingz and @alejorey.1995!

The painting, albeit in the beginning stages, is already looking darn nice.

It is just a study and I wanted it too look better but not to the point of super refined painting. So it unfinished finished work but it looks pretty nice. I could spend more time on it but I will leave it for other artworks

I will have to wait till January for Internet... so I need to use connection from phone which is slooow. I hope they will be able to make it earlier

Since I refused to do feet on last piece I made some studies. They came out pretty good. Some angles are just confusing and look off. I am suprised how much construction I did and results are better

Have a beautiful day!

[Inkpendude]

That's pretty good! I also did a few studies on feet just to get the main idea for now, and once you figure out the main shapes you can basically start drawing a lot of feets. The male foot is more complicated for me since it has more "structure" and women tend to have more curves

[mitsuki-youko]

I will have to wait till January for Internet... so I need to use connection from phone which is slooow. I hope they will be able to make it earlier

OOF Internet is life.. rip

these studies are really nice tho