Patricia - Art School Journey

[patrycja.lerch]

Thank you @Kaz_0! I turned their heads because I really want to draw their faces I hope it doesn't look off this way.

Also, I am not sure if it is because of the big belt, but the way the guy on the left leans forward feels broken.

I lost the sketch of his anatomy in a pile of it and I didn't save the pose I did in magic poser. I may have exaggerated it too much and accidentally broke him. I will fix him I see what is wrong

Thank you @daceronine! Will try to make it more anime so it feels more like him. It just my more realistic style and a habit but in this case it makes a difference. I haven't really noticed it before. Probably another thing that kept bothering me
For foreshortening I think am going for something in between. I try to make it more interesting than realistic but not so exaggerated

Thank you guys for the help! Will do all the fixes and double check everything

[Kaz_0]

I turned their heads because I really want to draw their faces I hope it doesn't look off this way.

I think it still works! They seem to be gazing in the direction of Sephiroth. Just be careful to not turn away their heads too much from him.

[mitsuki-youko]

Oof sorry to hear about the scam thing that is terrible

Your pieces look great! not much more feedback for me to add at the moment tho XD

[patrycja.lerch]

I think it still works! They seem to be gazing in the direction of Sephiroth. Just be careful to not turn away their heads too much from him.

That's good

Thank you @mitsuki-youko!

I did the changes you suggested and I think it is better. I poked Sephiroth in the shoulder. Made him slimer and slightly longer. Fixed big belt guy torso I hope. With his floating arm will deal while painting. Thank you very much for the help

It's easy to miss a lot of stuff with 3 characters in one piece. But I am sure it will get easier to work on such illustrations after this one

color refs

Color base, still need to change a lot but the idea is there very soft and glowy

[gregorya]

So sorry to hear about the scams.
Your final fantasy piece looks great so far with the colors. I don't have any other feedback to offer.

[daceronine]

It's coming along great!!!

[patrycja.lerch]

Thank you @gregorya and @daceronine!
I caught flu and wasn't doing much this week. But I am feeling better so let's get back to work.

I will finish warcraft animated shorts studies in a moment. I love the style of these and I would love to make such thing in the future

I included the base with blocked in shapes. It takes me 3-5 minutes. Each shape on separate layer. I carve the shapes with a brush and eraser not necessarily in correct colors yet. Lock in layers and render the rest with big brushes first. With this process I go when I can clearly see shapes
The one with clouds I did from blobs of paint and then it just refining it. Both approaches take pretty much the same amount of time but each work for different things

fanaaart it keeps giving me a headache. I struggled with the red coat and this fellow anatomy. Their pretty faces are also pretty hard to get. I started with more purplish tones but I warmed it up. Ignore the not touched Sephiroth I don't feel like painting him yet.
Clouds look nice. I am starting to like painting them

And I have a comic update for you
From 6 chapters it grown into 2 big parts and 2 possible one shots.

I thought about showing problem from the other side. And these 3 popped out. Packing them into main storyline would mess up many things so they might get one shot between parts. They will still appear in the main comic
They are soldiers from 'the human kingdom' (Alioth friends). Wizard, knight and rogue.

Wizard might be fun to work on. I want their face to be hidden under the cape. Pointy hood and white eye shapes will be a way to show expressions

And a pretty lady from the main cast. She is beautiful moon priestess. She enters the room and you instantly look at her.

Have a great day!

[gregorya]

Glad you recovered from the flu.

I carve the shapes with a brush and eraser not necessarily in correct colors yet. Lock in layers and render the rest with big brushes first.

That's an interesting idea.
Nice work on the studies. For the fan art, it looks like the character on the left's arm is pretty short. I think you should increase the size a little bit.

The character sketches look pretty good. Is the elf based on Gladeriel from Lord Of The Rings?

[daceronine]

Hey! glad to hear you're feeling better!

Your studies are always really great! And very impressive how you can churn them out so quickly.

I'm loving the FF7 pieces! I think it's coming along really well so far!

I personally have some challenges doing fanart myself. When doing an original piece, there's really no bar to meet other than your current level, but when doing fanart, I get this feeling that the official art has set a bar I have to either met or exceed, and don't feel satisifed unless I do (which I don't think is the right mindset to have).

Instead, I think the most interesting part about fanart is the artistic interpretation of each person doing it, like seeing new skins of the existing characters. It's fun to see.

Funny enough, I can't help but appreciate how pretty the clouds look. Characters are coming along good as well, but the color and lighting on the clouds is REALLY pretty.

From 6 chapters it grown into 2 big parts and 2 possible one shots.

haha, ain't that the truth. That's what usually happens xD.

Moon priestes reminds me of the priestess of the moon from warcraft. I'm sure it's due to the name resemblance, I played so much War3 back in the day the image is engraved in my brain. Looking forward to hearing and seeing more!

[mitsuki-youko]

glad you're feeling better! these sketches look awesome! i rly like your shading on the moon priestess

From 6 chapters it grown into 2 big parts and 2 possible one shots.

Haha yes, my megaproject story used to be 5 different story ideas with similar settings so i merged them together and now its a huge story with about 24 arcs, 100+ side characters, 2 worlds with 30+ cities XD

[patrycja.lerch]

Thank you @gregorya! That arm keeps giving me troubles

Thank you @daceronine! I feel similar about fanart but it is always nice to see how others see it.

Funny enough, I can't help but appreciate how pretty the clouds look. Characters are coming along good as well, but the color and lighting on the clouds is REALLY pretty.

I am glad you like them

The character sketches look pretty good. Is the elf based on Gladeriel from Lord Of The Rings?

Moon priestes reminds me of the priestess of the moon from warcraft. I'm sure it's due to the name resemblance, I played so much War3 back in the day the image is engraved in my brain. Looking forward to hearing and seeing more!

Galadriel and elves from warcraft are the main inspiration for her. Well lotr and warcraft are a big influence on the whole story

From 6 chapters it grown into 2 big parts and 2 possible one shots.

haha, ain't that the truth. That's what usually happens xD.

Haha yes, my megaproject story used to be 5 different story ideas with similar settings so i merged them together and now its a huge story with about 24 arcs, 100+ side characters, 2 worlds with 30+ cities XD

I had 3 characters first but each got their own arc so they needed some supportive characters which also got their small stories and so on. I want all characters to have their own problems small or big even when there is that one big bad thing happening. It keeps growing but it is fun to work on
On top of that I have the whole god pantheon thing that merges all stories into one

[patrycja.lerch]

I think I am done. I was so drawn into this that I forgot to save images during process

The atmoshpere came out much more 'lovely' than I intended but I like it. I had to tone down some pink stuff because it was way too much. I am still not sure about some parts but I may be overthinking it and maybe I will catch it once I post it here

I changed Sephiroth's cloak. I like it folding this way better. Used Witch Hat Atelier as reference; haven't read it yet but its art is soo pretty.

I had to redo Sephiroth face like a thousand times. His likeness is so hard to get. And his face is so small that you probably don't even see the details there. Made Angeal (the left guy) muscles more rough. And tried fixing arm size

I really like how clouds came out on the first try and I didn't want to change them much. I added a bit of movement to make it more dynamic.

I struggled a lot with ground. It always looked wrong. I tried detailing it by drawing all metal plates but it wasn't it. I made some action lines and brushstrokes go towards Sephiroth and I think that's it.

His shadows bothers me slightly and is probably wrong. I thought what @daceronine said about wing in clouds and I added wing to shadow and some feathers that are pretty much not visible next to it. It was catching too much attention

I got stuck didn't know what to do so I slapped purple overlay on top and it just set the whole piece. Later played with the fancy effects that I am quite satisfied with. Shine, floating particles and the speed line things from swords

At the very end I did a bad thing. I left it very happy and content and looked back at it after an hour. I started comparing it to professional artist works and found all the flaws and things I could do better... I could have better designed light and shadow, better distrubuted colors etc.

Enough of my babbling. I like this piece a lot, ye I could do a lot of things better but I also did a lot of things good. I will leave it for a while and try not to think about this painting too much

Have a great day!

[mitsuki-youko]

Yoooo love the finished version!! it looks gorgeous with all the special effects!! That's some WLOP level stuff!

[daceronine]

It looks lovely! The effects really bring it to life.

At the very end I did a bad thing. I left it very happy and content and looked back at it after an hour. I started comparing it to professional artist works and found all the flaws and things I could do better... I could have better designed light and shadow, better distrubuted colors etc.

Yes! this is exactly what I was refering to when I mentioned I struggled with fanart. Because there's like a main "model" everyone draws, it's hard not to compare what other artists did, and it feels discouraging to not at least met what they do.

You said it by the end though, there's a lot of nice details here, and it does look great! And the great thing about fanart is to just appreciate different takes from different artists.

[patrycja.lerch]

Yoooo love the finished version!! it looks gorgeous with all the special effects!! That's some WLOP level stuff!

Oh thank youu!!

It looks lovely! The effects really bring it to life.

Thank you! Effects are my favourite part

I slept with it. Saw it with fresh eyes and I am happy with it. I love the mood and effects. Sephiroth face doesn't look as bad as I thought. I will keep the errors I noticed later in mind and try to avoid them in next paintings

I will leave it for a while and try not to think about this painting too much

Also me sets it as a wallpaper

I tweaked some things. Adjusted colors and added a bit of glow in some parts. It's a subtle change but I think it adds to it

[JimSt]

Nice!
I really like the compositional balance: the swords in the corners frame and spin the eye inward, there's an interesting color balancing - warm vs. cool from those same corners, and the light flare also balances the tonal density of Sephiroth.

[catsforsnacks]

It turned out great!
Those clouds are very nice

[gregorya]

It looks great. the composition, the poses, and the colors look good.

[patrycja.lerch]

Thank you @JimSt, @catsforsnacks and @gregorya!

Studies! I try to observe how values are distributed. How light and shadows are designed. What makes it interesting and how it enhances composition. I observed Toni Infante works and read some of his tutorials, very helpful


Back to Shiva, I did a new sketch. I had a problem with hands then just used photo of mine as ref. Making hand this big makes me doubt in myself.
Putting into practice what I learned. Making more interesting lighting and this one looks pretty nice. I had more light on face eariler but I think it looks better this way. Should remember that face doesn't need to be always fully in light

I tried both color schemes from original ff7 and remake and I think I will go with og pink one. I like this one better.


Have a good day!

[daceronine]

Great studies as usual!

Btw, I bumped into your FF7 piece in reddit looks great there as well. Left my own upvote.

The Shiva piece looks REALLY good! I see you did some adjustments to do the foreshortening more dramatic, looks much better as a result. I also prefer the pink color scheme, more eye catching and "warm". I feel like the hips/torso could use some adjustment... but to be honest I'm not sure what I would adjust.