Pattu - Art School Journey

daceronine 2023-11-01 18:05:26 UTC #262

Damn amazing as usual. Seems you are more comfortable with people than with environments. Not to minimize the env work, it looks really nice, but those potraits are just mesmerizing. Clearly a great eye for stylizing people.

Pattu_w 2023-11-01 19:24:20 UTC #263

That's for sure one of my (MANY) shortcomings, i simply have no idea of what is the right way to approach those and i'm sure it's gonna come back to haunt me in the future lol

daceronine 2023-11-01 19:31:54 UTC #264

About envs? Oh no no, it's good, and I'm sure it's just set to improve. I also struggle with envs a lot, especially when trying to set specific perspectives. Them potraits are something else though.

gregorya 2023-11-02 15:37:07 UTC #265

I like your environment I think you should do some more line art. I like how you draw the facial features in your portraits.

Sthingz 2023-11-02 21:11:01 UTC #266

Love your clothing studies, the shading is so clean. It seems like you start with a solid shade of gray and then refine the drawing. How exactly do you tackle these kinds of studies and how do you make them look so realistic? Also, I am curious to know if you continue to use PS or if have you ventured into other software.

Pattu_w 2023-11-03 00:19:01 UTC #267

Thank you!

Long story short, i just do exactly what Marc teaches on the clothed figure lesson.
First do a flats layer separating the pieces of clothing to be easier to make a selection of a specific piece.
Then duplicate this layer and lock it. Use the flat layer to select a piece of clothing and do the shading on the locked layer.
The process itself consists of doing the BIG shadows shapes first and a lot of color picking to do the soft gradient transition.
To get a better looking shading there must be a balance between the soft and hard edges, to much of either one of them looks... not great. It IS possible to get a hard edge even using a soft brush, tho what matters is the size of the brush
Small Brush = Hard Edge
Big Brush = Soft Edge

Oh yeah, the better is your initial sketch the easier everything else is, i normally make marks to indicate the shadows in the sketch itself.
Other thing to note, is way easier to use a soft round brush to do these, but i personally am not a fan of the digital feel it passes.
And patience, you gonna need a LOT of patience, because those take forever and a half. Hope this Helps!

Pattu_w 2023-11-03 00:38:52 UTC #268

So, to not have a humongous post at the end of the week, i'm gonna post what i did in the past two days already. Here it is.

Daily Gesture 2 min

Daily Clothed Figure Assignment 2

I'm trying to not spend too much time on those, that's probably why the look a tad muddie.

Clothed Figures From References

Refs

Study 01

Study 02

Study From Professional Artists

Both of those are from TB Choi, i really love her style.

Refs

Study 01

Study 02

And that's it. Thanks for passing by!

Pattu_w 2023-11-03 18:57:19 UTC #269

@Sthingz Oh yeah, i forgot to answer that, sorry lol. Yeah i still use Photoshop, at this point i'm too used to it to change it, that said i never really tried the other options.

mitsuki-youko 2023-11-03 19:58:15 UTC #270

yoooo your lineart is gorgeous!!

daceronine 2023-11-03 22:18:57 UTC #271

Great studies. You really have a sharp eye to capture the esence of the reference.

snakker 2023-11-05 02:11:45 UTC #272

Absolutely great job on these!

gregorya 2023-11-06 23:18:13 UTC #273

I've never heard of her. I like her style as well. Nice studies.

Pattu_w 2023-11-12 22:41:08 UTC #274

Thank you all for the nice words people, i appreciate it

Update time, i finished most of those some time ago, but i've been way too busy to post lately.
Brace for a flood of images

Daily Gesture 2 min

Daily Clothed Figure Assignment 2

03 and 04

05 and 06

Clothed Figures From References

Refs

Study 03

Study 04

Study From Professional Artists

I was supposed to do 5 of those in total, but i'm way too behind the eschedule. Long story short, only did 3 (2 from the last post and 1 now) C'est la vie.
This one is from Christophe Young, another artist that i really admire.

Ref

Study 03 - Construction + Lineart

Study 03 - Close up

And that's about it, gonna cut this week short and proceed to week 3. Once again gonna be hella busy so next week may have more than 7 days lol

Thanks for passing by!

Sthingz 2023-11-12 23:14:54 UTC #275

As always, your gesture drawings are impressive! The study you conducted also turned out very well. You really captured the dynamic pose of the ref as it looks like the character is mid action. I don't have much to say about the clothed figure drawings since I haven't tackled the subject but the clothing you added looks pretty believable. How many of these do you tackle a day? And do you set a time limit like you do with your gesture drawings? I would love to hear about your process.

funslub1996 2023-11-13 03:21:51 UTC #276

Nice study as always dude, pretty gooood.

mitsuki-youko 2023-11-13 03:36:39 UTC #277

i LOVE how you shade your drawings!!

patrycja.lerch 2023-11-13 09:39:42 UTC #278

Great work!

daceronine 2023-11-13 18:47:50 UTC #279

Oy, these look GREAT! Really nice work, and it's interesting to see your workflow with the constrcution and lineart breakdown.

Pattu_w 2023-11-13 19:55:16 UTC #280

Hey, thanks everybody!!

@Sthingz Since i'm following the weekly guide so the amount of stuff i do vary from week to week, on week 2 for instance, i started a day with 10 min of gesture (5 figures, 2 min each), i only did one of the clothed 2 assignments per day and i would intercalate between doing 2 clothed figures from reference or 1 copy study from professional artist.
But since life sucks sometimes and workers gotta work, not everyday i could do it, when that happens i usually just add a day to the week.

The way i approached clothed figure 2 is the exact same as the one i was doing last week, this one:

Pattu_w:

Long story short, i just do exactly what Marc teaches on the clothed figure lesson.First do a flats layer separating the pieces of clothing to be easier to make a selection of a specific piece.Then duplicate this layer and lock it. Use the flat layer to select a piece of clothing and do the shading on the locked layer.The process itself consists of doing the BIG shadows shapes first and a lot of color picking to do the soft gradient transition.To get a better looking shading there must be a balance between the soft and hard edges, to much of either one of them looks... not great. It IS possible to get a hard edge even using a soft brush, tho what matters is the size of the brush Small Brush = Hard EdgeBig Brush = Soft Edge

Oh yeah, the better is your initial sketch the easier everything else is, i normally make marks to indicate the shadows in the sketch itself.Other thing to note, is way easier to use a soft round brush to do these, but i personally am not a fan of the digital feel it passes.And patience, you gonna need a LOT of patience, because those take forever and a half. Hope this Helps!

The only difference is that, since i imagining a clothing, is way more care free cause i don't need to focus on replicate anything. Just put on pinterest "shirts", look at a bunch of images to get inspired and see how the folds react.
And i don't really set a time limit cause i hate the pressure, but i try to not overwork it and do them fast"ish".
Damn, lots of words... hope it helps tho

snakker 2023-11-14 02:45:55 UTC #281

Yo! Great work all around, but I gotta say.. your lineart/black and white studies are excellent! I feel they have a very nice balance of line weight, level of detail and shaded/non-shaded areas that makes them very pleasing to look at!

Cheers and good luck on the next week of assignments