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  • Day 4: Star Wars May The 4th =] Queen Padmé Amidala in my art style! First time drawing her and I really enjoyed making this one! Used watercolours, ink pen, acrylic markers and gold paint for accents on my Canson mix media sketchbook. I hope you like it!
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  • Thank you! I finally cleaned that up. Meanwhile started 3 more ..I have a habit of taking too long to finish a piece, then I lose interest in it and just start something else. I found 8 from recently i started and abandoned, that are decent enough to not delete, but not finished. There’s also been a number of drawings I felt I “outgrew” - became better before I finished them, and it would be easier to start from scratch than fix them. Anyone else thinking that?
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  • Lady Death Fanart Collectible: Part 6 Polypaint and base Hi, it’s time to share with you another part of the process to create this fanart piece. Polypaint As this is my first collectible fanart I didn’t have previous experience with polypaint so I tried my best and played a bit with it.I wanted to give a ghostly and eerie look to Lady Death, she is beautiful and deadly, but at the end of the day she is a woman that died and was reborn at hell as an avenging spirit, that’s why I gave her skin tone a bluish very cold tone.As you will see I gave myself some creative freedom to deviate from the traditional color scheme that this characater has in comics and illustrations.To add a bit of sensuality by painting some freckles on the face and the chest. The dark nature of this character was the perfect excuse to gave her a kind of goth make up, very dark shadows around the eyes, blue lips and fingernails. I know that the original character includes sexy red lips but I wanted this girl to have a sexy but at the same time creepy look, that’s why we can see some thin veins emanating from her eyes. The biggest chromatic change I did for this character is at the hair. Lady Death has a characteristic white weavy hair but in my fanart I decided to gave her a very saturated blue color.The reason behind this wasn’t only an aesthetic choice. I want that the face area strongly pulls the attention of the viewer so this area needed a stronger contrast. Another reason is that I want her to have a more modern look, as I mentioned before, I’m strongly attracted to women with goth/punk look. I gave myself half an hour or more to analyse the work of experienced sculptors that create collectibles and I discovered that the use of darker values on the skin is often applied to create a greater sense of volume and three-dimensionality. I found that areas with heavy ambient occlusion are the perfect places to paint with darker colors in order to increase the separation between different forms. Even though she has a bluish skin tone, I used a bit of warmer hues in areas that, in real life, tend to go towards red and pink, this is very obvious in the nose, cheeks, and knuckles. Thinking with a logical mind it’s completely absurd to have warmer tones on the body of a zombie like creature but I didn’t want to limit myself by using only blue tones, it looks boring and artificial. In real life these colors are created by blood vessels in areas where the skin is very thin. ** Scythe **for her weapon I applied a cool gray with some warmer variations, this color scheme is influenced by the work of H.R giger. Base I’d like to talk about the design for the base which, to be honest, I forgot to develop along with the character.My main idea with the base is to show that Lady Death inhabits a very sterile and arid land, at the end of the day she is at hell.You can see a that she walks over dirt and rocks, a sign that she’s surrounded by death and loneliness. As part of the landscape we can see some bones and skulls to reinforce the idea of lack of living creatures, yet we can see three hands that try to reach her legs.This hands represent that all creatures are subordinated to her power and seek an evil blessing with a simple touch of the princess of the damned.1- The hand with skin burns represents the souls of those who are newcomers to hell, tortured souls that suffer for the sins comitted on earth.2- The hand with greenish rotten skin and pustules is the reminder of the decay that has infected the souls of those who have been trapped and have forgotten their humanity3- Last but not least, the hand of a demon shows that even dark creatures and entities bow before her presence. The cherry on the top, at least in my vision, are the simese twins that emerge from the ground, this malevolent creatures remind us that in hell there’s only perversion and any trace of innocence is lost. Thanks for reading till this pointI’m really happy to be very close to finish this creative journey, last but not least it’s mandatory to talk about splitting the sculpture in several pieces to be printed, this will be my last entry before showing the final rendered images. See yaMay Zbrush be with you
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  • memory 2min gartic phone, used ref 2m gartic, used ref for pose 2min gartic 2min gartic 2min gartic 2min gartic memory memory memory memory study memory memory memorymemory memory memory memory memory memory study memorystudy study stylized left memory, right study study memory memorymemory memory memory memorymemory memory, porportions r offmemory memorystudystudy memorymemorymemory memory memory memory memory memory memory memory, right leg is a bit broken The feeling of only getting 1 - 3 likes on a social media post will never not be discouraging. But nothing is discouraging enough to make me quit drawing. I think the strategy of drawing a lot of stuff and waiting a while to post is good though rather than posting it immediately and then feeling that sadness on the next set of drawing
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  • studies studies juri study imagination, how I feel before a speech imagination imagination study something I drew for my presentation also drew this for my presentation, didn't fix the one hand being bigger than the other imagination + study study studies study study, I need to fix the face a bit based on screenshot from anime but in my style study. except for the eye study studies studies study. changed some things tho imagination imagination imagination study studies, except top right samurai based on anime screenshot wolverine studies, changed some of the poses a lil, not very good at all, but first time i drew the character ever. semi study studies study imagination imagination imagination , for first time ever i tried to draw over 3d model for middle pose, I dont like the result tbh, but it makes it much easier than coming up with it from memory.imagination, except right figurestudies imagination + studies, coming up with action poses r hard, these are not dynamic enough, I will redraw better ones in future. imagination , imagination imagination study, except for eye imagination imagination imagination doodles except for the two chrollos imagination storyboard thumbnail, idk if i ever shared this. my storyboards end up being a little detailed since i usually just draw in one layer.
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  • Neon Gambit This is a fan art of my all time favorite character Gambit from the X-Men.I made this a birthday gift (26.04.2024) to myself and honestly I really do like how it turned out in the end =] I hope you like it as well =]
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  • Hello! My name is Vithor, I am from Brazil, studied Design at a local college worked as an illustrator for more than 10 years. I took a time off around 3 years ago and am trying to get back in my art shape and maybe become professional again. Here are some recent pictures: You can find timelapses for most of them on my instagram: www.instagram.com Vithor Albertim (@vithor_albertim) • Instagram photos and videos 123 Followers, 638 Following, 19 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Vithor Albertim (@vithor_albertim) Comments and critiques are always welcome.Cheers!
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  • @patrycja.lerch Thank you I created another variant, which might capture the witch look I was going for better
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  • 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!
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Oct '20

Day 51 of Daily Figure and Gesture Drawing: Figure Drawing using a Combination of Spherical, Box and Cylindrical Forms

I have been supplementing art school with other courses, yesterday's poses 1-3 are my first attempt and poses 4-6 are from this morning after watching Glenn's (the tutor's) approach. I used different poses and opted to give myself 20-mins for each pose to really give myself time to study the poses.

My own personal observations are, on the first 3 poses, I focused heavily on drawing the full boxes and cylinders; after watching Glenn's approach, I realised that I should be suggesting the spheres, cylinders and and boxes as well as drawing much lighter. On the first 3 poses, I also tried to add black lines on top on the coloured lines; this used up time that could have been better spent else where.

On the second set of poses, I am drawing much looser and my figures are less stiff. With that said, my knowledge of anatomy is lacking and I still struggle with perspective; I also need to work on scaling my drawings. I am going to continue working on these exercises before moving on.

Critique is more than welcome and would be very much appreciated.

Oct '20

I really like your gesture drawings they have tons of character with good flow/motion to them. I think the 3 minute ones get a little scratchy in the line work but still pretty good overall. Don't be afraid to move on to longer figure studies to help you better grasp some anatomy. Gesture and figure drawing will always be something you should practice often. Well, pretty much forever lol. Good stuff though looking forward to more.

Oct '20

Thanks for the critique and tips; I often fall into the trap of messy line work in timed studies when I become underconfident in my strokes. I need to remember that keeping a drawing "loose" does not mean I should stop being conscious of how and where I place my lines.

Absolutely; that has crossed my mind, as I begin to study modeling form, I will introduce long poses into my routine.

Thanks again, I appreciate the feedback

Oct '20

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French Portrait Artist, August 1st 1725 - 4th March 1805

What I am going to start doing moving forwards, is write short entries about artists, both old masters and contemporary artists whose works have triggered an emotional response within me, have influenced my work and approach, and have spurred me forwards in continuing to pursue my aspirations. This, in part, is to begin working towards developing a visual style, as well as to start identifying where I see myself within the creative industry and what role would truly be suited to me.

I would like to begin with Jean-Baptiste Grueze, I enjoy his paintings, but, I adore his portrait drawings. Two of my favorite pieces of his work are, Head of a Girl Looking Up and Head of a Young Woman. The aspects of these works that appeal the most to me are, the soft and light values in contrast with his wonderful hatching that flow across the form of the models. The hatching adds so much to the drawings and rather than distract you from the piece, they are vary subtle and really do make the portraits interesting to look at and study.

I would like to try and implement this hatching style within my artwork; when I have finished modelling the form, I will subtly add hatchings across the surface of my portaits and figures to complete my drawings and try to add texture and variety to my work.

Oct '20
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Portrait Study: 28/10/2020

This is my latest portrait study, consistent observational practice I am working alongside the Art School; focusing on angles and measurement, value matching and tonal shifts. There are aspects I am happy with and aspects I certainly need to be conscious of on my next study; though, I am looking forward to when we are able to attend live portrait sessions again.

Firstly, though the likeness and values are an improvement over my last study they are still off by a country mile; particularly on the (models' left) left side of the models' face and neck, as well as the models hair. I should have gone much darker, but these will be things to consider moving forwards. The likeness is closer, but still off, considerably; I need to spend more time in the planning and measuring phase of the study next time.

The tonal shifts, plane changes and gradations are an improvement over my last study.

I am happy with the progress of my 3-minute gesture drawings, marc's approach with marking the top and bottom of the line of action has helped quite a bit.

Critique is always welcome, and very much appreciated.

Notes

Critique received for this study:

"Beginner here, so take it with a grain of salt: eyes and nose look very good. The lips look shifted to the model’s left a bit, especially the lower lip. I know the neck isn’t a focus, but it looks a bit flat, may have needed more differentiation between the front and the side"

" It sounds like you already know what you need to do next! I love the soft shading on this, the softness of her hair, and the soft shading of the background. There is a definite tone and mood in the drawing, that of a silent contemplation. The one thing sticking out to me is her eyes -- her right eye is a lot darker than her left and it's attracting far more attention. I think darkening a few key areas could help add balance."

"For the portrait, I think you have to make her face thinner, and pay special attention to the contour of the face. Not sure if it's digital but if it is, flip the canvas and reference together and even try overlapping them to check."

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Oct '20

You pretty much already know where to go next. Adding to the above, I think the likeness is there overall just a few missteps, for me it's mostly the shape of the nose and the lips values are way off. I personally prefer high contrast so I appreciate your brighter light source however as you said the hair needs to be darker. Finally the ref image has a really sharp nose, I'd like to see a harder edge on yours particularly the nostrils. Overall though a great effort, anything more is nitpicking. Also I find it really helps converting to black and white for these kinds of studies.

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Oct '20

Ah yeah, I see it now, on the nose there are two sharp angles, where as I have rounded it. I am going to spend more time in the planning stage, and work on being less heavy handed. I tend to rotate between black and white images and colour, as to develop value matching and observational skills; if I was drawing from a live model, I would have to be able to identify these values as I wouldn't have access to a black and white image in that situation.

With that in mind, on my next study I will have a black and white and colour version of the next reference to help me. I would also like to create my own lightsource, so I will draft some thumbnails, and potentially alter the composition and background slightly to begin thinking creatively.

Thanks again for the critique Ascent; it's always much appreciated.

10 days later

Nov '20
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Term 1.2: Nude Figure Assignment 1: Drawovers 08/11/2020

These are my drawovers for term 1.2: Assignment 1. Again, I took my time to properly get to grips with observing the perspective of the cylinders, drawing the cylinders in perspective and properly placing the line of action.

My choice of references were solid, as some of the foreshortening was very subtle which really got me thinking about how I should approach the cylinders.

Drawing ellipses is a struggling point for me; some of the cylinders are solid, with decent cross-contour lines, others are quite shoddy. There is definitely inconsistency in the quality of my shapes that I need to work on.

Nov '20

Journal Entry: 08/11/2020

As of today, I want to start writing the occasional Art School Journey journal entry, just as a way of documenting what I'm up to, what I am thinking and what directions I am taking.

Pursuing art has been as much about strengthening myself mentally and physically, as it has been about developing my skills as an artist. I have been joining in group voice chats in an art Discord server, primarily to meet new people and other artists, but, I also want to build my confidence working with and learning with others. So far, it's going well, I am just taking it slow.

I have been consistent with having my work critiqued; I am also planning on taking on their monthly art challenge, this months challenge being, drawing a self-portrait using a mirror, not photo references.

I feel that my 5-minute figures are improving, and I am starting to think more carefully about my lines and structure.

I have been using various mediums, including digital, fountain pen, charcoal, col-erase, polychromos and water-soluble pencil and wash.

My next steps are to move on to practicing cylinders, continue working on my next long portrait, work on my contest entry, finish my digital portait, continue working through supplementary courses and to continue engaging with various groups.

Nov '20

Hello ! how cool , there is some discord server for art student on their journey ? Good practice keep training !

Nov '20

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Hey Teddyousr; yeah, there is the Art School Discord Server, here's the link below:
https://discord.gg/SfEJQeXB

To my knowledge, it's an unofficial server run by fellow students; they are a lovely bunch, and very helpful, it's a nice group.

Then there are a couple of other servers I use related to other
courses I am taking, or even just dedicated art servers that vary
depending on the kind of server you're looking for.

I certainly will, thank you.

10 days later

Nov '20

5-Minute Portrait Studies:

Though, looking at the quality of my work, my pride may be misplaced, I am proud of these studies. Drawing quickly and accurately is a big struggling point for me; it has taken me a few weeks of practicing this exercise to begin to get comfortable with the process, but it is beginning to sink in.

There is a considerable amount to improve upon, but they are a step in the right direction. I will be practicing this exercise regularly.

Nov '20

Term 1.2: Nude Figure Assignment 2: Cylinders 19/11/2020

Nov '20

Always flashed by how neat your work is! :smile:

Nov '20

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Paulda

Critique received for the Cylinders, and examples:

"I don't know if you want crit for those since it's just like daily practice, and like, you probably know that already.

But I'm noticing for some of them the minor axis is not aligned with the axis of the cylinder's center, which makes them look more like extruded ellipses than cylinders

A very exagerated example of what I mean"

Nov '20

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Julia_J

Haha, I am probably a bit too precious with my work sometimes and borderline obsessive when it comes to attention to detail at times—but thank you :smiley:

Nov '20

Term 1.2: Nude Figure Assignment 4—Construct 5 figures from Photo or Imagination (I chose to draw them from imagination) 29/11/2020

Figures from imagination; I drew three poses using construction and two poses using the basic procedure. I prefer using the basic procedure as it feels more natural but I will be continuing to practice construction.

I am not familiar with how these weapons were wielded and used in a real combat situation, so that is something I will be researching; I pulled what I could remember from books and films from memory to draw these poses.

I tried to combine both simple and characteristic shapes; characteristic shapes are still quite difficult as I have just begun to explore anatomy.