Patricia - Art School Journey

[daceronine]

oooof, sorry to hear that, no internet can be rough, though as you said, you still have your phone to keep in touch. It's something.

Those are good studies. I've also had to check feet and legs recently for some drawings for some frames, and they can be pretty rough to get at first, but as other's said, once you get the basic construction nailed down, it's usually not that bad. It feels like there's more leeway for proportions compared to arms and hands (unless they're the main focus).

[gregorya]

Nice work on the feet studies.
Good luck on the internet.

[patrycja.lerch]

Thank you guys! Feet aren't that bad once you get the basics. More focus is usually on head and hands

Not having internet wasn't that bad. My pc suddenly went off and I couldn't get it on. My knowledge ended when I entered bios so I needed help. At least my brother made it work so I could save some stuff but CSP said no you won't get that files (i got some of it later). I needed new drive so everything is wiped out and I had to set up everything on internet from phone which randomly disconnects... Well I have lots of space so that's a good thing I guess

I did a study of a lamp with pencils. The glass thing doesn't look good and I probably was too close to it. It looks much different in my sketchbook.

Some warm up sketches and thumbnails while I search for brushes as I didn't save Clip files. It was just way too big

Have a good day!

[daceronine]

These are really nice works and exercices! I think I recognize that texture over the sketch on the right, definetly from CSP.

I also fear losing my files and work, I have most of it in 2 google cloud accounts, but the size quickly starts to add up. I'm still considering buying a dropbox suscription, but I struggle to justify the cost with so much local space. I wanted to setup a hard drive as a mirror, but then my pc doesn't have any remaining space inside.

I'll say, when CSP complained of one corrupt file I had, google cloud did have my back and I was able to restore a working file from an hour earlier.

Curious, are the lamp seems to be from a reference, for the other sketches are from memory? hard to tell. Even as just sketches the basic lights in white make them look really pretty.

[patrycja.lerch]

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!

[gregorya]

I like how refined the portrait is.
The color scheme looks pretty good with the shades of brown.
You're doing very well on the facial features, and I think the graying hair works with the details on the beard. Good luck with the storage.

[Sthingz]

Amazing 🙌 . I like the distinctive dark ambience to your last piece.

[patrycja.lerch]

Thank you @gregorya and @Sthingz!

I started working on another Baldurs Gate fanart - Aylin. I wanted to make sure if the anatomy is correct before moving on. I am not sure about sword holding arm the sword. Boobs will be covered so I don't think to much about it

Have a good day and happy holidays!

[gregorya]

It looks pretty good so far. If you're not sure about the sword, you can move the sword a little closer to the bottom left for a little foreshortening.
Maybe something like this:

Happy holidays to you as well.

[patrycja.lerch]

Thank you! It looks nice I will move things around and make better foreshortening

[patrycja.lerch]

It's already been a week huh. Spent a lot of time with family during christmas and I didn't do much art. My pc still does weird things but internet guy came a week earlier so I finally have internet

I can go back to art. Finished sketch and did quick greyscale. I hope the sword foreshortening looks good now. (I need to move the blade) I used 3d models for it. I am slowly hating that armor, shoulder piece confuses me. I planned to go with helmet but I can't cover her hair so I might go with both.

Composition wise I try to use 30/70 rule for most. From what I heard that one is enough and its easy to apply. I always used it but now I try to think more while doing so

Have a good day!

[mitsuki-youko]

yoooooo that lighting looks AMAZING!! it looks so epic!!

[gregorya]

The picture looks better. The lighting and grayscale look amazing.

[alejorey.1995]

So nice, she may break Lorroakan with her beauty

[patrycja.lerch]

Thank you @mitsuki-youko, @gregorya and @alejorey.1995!

So nice, she may break Lorroakan with her beauty

Yeah!

Colors! I didn't want her wings to be just white with blueish glow. So I made this pretty combination. And I turned the shoulder piece it is fine I think but the angle and foreshortening gives me a headache. And I forgot about one finger...

The good thing armor is getting easier to do I have a better insight how it overlaps, bends etc.

Have a great day and Happy New Year! May it be a great one!

[mitsuki-youko]

ooooo thats such a good rendering!

[alejorey.1995]

Thank you, and nice Warm/Cool color harmony

[funslub1996]

Happy New Year! the color and lighting composition getting better, NIce.

[daceronine]

Its lookiing good! Those wings look really impressive, like they go from fire to dark.
I do feel the sword could be foreshortened a bit more though.

Maybe something like this? the angle is different but the idea is there

here's a messy sketch of what comes to mind

Foreshortening in general can be tough.

[patrycja.lerch]

Thank you very much @mitsuki-youko, @alejorey.1995, @funslub1996 and @daceronine!

Happy new year!

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New year has come so here are some of my goals
- learn blender and work on perspective I want to make better enviro and perspective stuff and I will probably have to learn 3d anyway
- try animation and work on storytelling
- hopefully start taking commisions and/or open print shop I prefer prints, well I could open it right now it doesn't hurt and maybe if people seen that I have product to offer they would come
- try to grow social media - teoretically I know what I need to do but my anxiety stops me and it isn't a priority but it can possibly help getting an art job later
- improve whatever I am currently working on but it is more passive and I hone it with each work
- and more stuff but I don't want to make it more lenghty

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I got schoolism subscription, right now I do master studies following Nathan Fowkes, its a nice warm up. I like it so far will post it later

Thank you @daceronine! Foreshortening is hard and this more dynamic angle too. I adjusted it and will play with it more

Background is too bright and I need to bring some colors and saturation back. Now I am sure I won't make helmet even as another option just look at her. And need to work on sword


Have a good day!