Pauline - Art School Journey

leo.glt95 2023-04-15 15:37:47 UTC #52

Your art is so clean !! great job Loved C-18 and Peach !!
Also great job on rendering, is the course from Steven zappata worth it?
Don't have the money rn but I hesitate to get it in the future cause rendering isn't my strong point lmao

Anyway good job keep up the work !

Pauline_art 2023-04-15 20:11:08 UTC #53

@patrycja.lerch Thank you Patricia! I'll watch out for the alignment of the anatomy moving forward in that area! The fish knows everything.... everything!

@Norma My plan is to release snippets of the story as I post the visual development images! Which I'm sure will be really soon!

@leo.glt95 Thanks a lot Leo!! :DD It's a great course imo- the lessons are valuable and Steven is active in the community for feedback! Personally, I find rendering easier to understand now and I've noticed improvements! So to me, it's worth it.

leo.glt95 2023-04-17 13:58:58 UTC #54

Just to be sure, it's the one on proko right?

Pauline_art 2023-04-19 03:20:08 UTC #55

Ohhh no, I don't think so I'm talking about Form From Imagination (which is hosted in its own site)- but my opinion stays the same! Steven is a good teacher and he explains things very carefully- FFI was an eye opener for me in many ways so I'm sure he's got some awesome secrets in his Proko courses or in Gumroad!

leo.glt95 2023-04-19 19:08:44 UTC #56

thx for the precision shit i just realised his course on proko is 25 dollars lmao, well i guess he goes way more into detail on his website

Pauline_art 2023-04-22 03:52:15 UTC #57

@leo.glt95 Yw! There are more lessons and assignments in FFI, that's true! I have no idea what sort of secrets are in the Secrets of Shading course tho :0

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Another week another update!

Some warm ups! I am considering to do something else on fridays, like observation exercises based on shapes. I clearly need those!

A Sphere Group for FFI!

And some portrait exercises. Damn, these are the reason I'll do something else on fridays lol
My takeaway from these is that blocking and value groups are the most important things. I got lost in details in some portraits and that kinda ruined them lol some faces may even look a bit cartooney... so I'll definitely work on my observation skills moving forward. Any advice to improve stuff like this?

Aaand my story and the characters are written! Now I'll make a list of everything I need to draw and hopefully I'll start the production stage next week!

Anyway thanks for reading! :)) have a lovely week!

Gordon003 2023-04-26 08:50:26 UTC #58

Man your gesture drawing looks so fluid and expressive. I do recommend to try exaggerate the pose a bit more (e.g. push the hips further if you feel that's what the character want to do) to further define the pose.

And your portrait studies look so damn good. Just me asking but how you determine which style you want to do for each portrait as I notice a mix of different art styles.

Pauline_art 2023-04-28 02:24:16 UTC #59

Thanks a lot for the kind words Gordon! I'll play around with those action lines some more to convey more energy, I'll do this starting tomorrow.
The thing with the styles is that it all happened by accident I drew 2-3 heads a day and some days I was more focused at the beginning of the session and some others I started off pretty weak and gained confidence as I drew more. I'm having a hard time with proportions, which is why the styles are different. My intention with this exercise was to sharpen my observation skills, it worked in a few of these and failed in most. But I still learned a lot!

Pauline_art 2023-04-29 03:30:09 UTC #60

Warm ups for this week! Today I tried to exaggerate my gesture lines! I think I'll research some more into this topic!

Some head / face studies! I don't think I remember all the parts now but at least I memorized the structures which counts as progress maybe!

A picture of Ashe from Fire Emblem 3 Houses... my favorite game ever! The neck - sternum area is still a zone of conflict

Anyway! That's all I've got for this week! Next week will have more updates, I assure you! I drew other things but they're not finished atm

Have a nice weekend!

patrycja.lerch 2023-04-29 10:30:25 UTC #61

Great piece! I like his expression. I would tilt his hand a bit so he holds the whole grip

And there is a fish which operates machine thing with a scheming face

Have a nice weekend too!

Pauline_art 2023-05-04 01:54:36 UTC #62

Omg you're right! I'm currently drawing another character holding a weapon so I'll put special attention to how the hand is placed
That fish is an engineering mastermind!!!
Thank you so much Patricia :DD you too have a great week!

Pattu_w 2023-05-05 20:04:46 UTC #63

Holy forum page, your's studies look hella dope, awesome stuff.

Pauline_art 2023-05-06 02:59:13 UTC #64

Thank you so much Patrick! :DD

Pauline_art 2023-05-06 04:14:49 UTC #65

Heya!!

After doing some exploration, I think the key for gesture is turning everything into curves so Imma do that!!

This week's assignment was to draw some character heads from imagination! This was so much fun!!

Have a nice day!

patrycja.lerch 2023-05-06 09:12:38 UTC #66

That's a lot of heads! All of them look interesting and colors suit them.
I like how some of them interact with each other

Great job!

Pauline_art 2023-05-15 00:19:45 UTC #67

Thank you Patricia! :^D
That was unintentional but I guess it's part of the charm!!
Have a nice day!

leo.glt95 2023-05-27 17:06:33 UTC #68

Great job pauline ! How's FFI going ? im ready to get some courses and work hard on them, still hesitating but i think i'll get FFI, Proko Figure drawing and Anatomy course. Still need to think about it though cause it's quite pricy

Good job on the head drawings tho

Pauline_art 2023-06-01 20:16:24 UTC #69

Oh hey Leo!! Ty so much! :DD

I finished watching the entire course last week (I bought it back in early February) and now I'm revising my notes! It covers everything you'll need when it comes to form- plus some bonus content on transformational anatomy with a focus on design.

I got stuck in one exercise but I'll get back on track soon I still have 18 left to do. Steven mentioned that the course should take (at least) 10 months to complete, and I believe him lol. You get an assignment book and the freedom to take as much time as you need with each drawing.

Overall, great course, I enjoyed watching it a lot!! But like you said, it's quite expensive so the decision depends on your interests and your budget!

I hope this helps!

kohkeeree 2023-07-25 20:17:07 UTC #70

Character heads are awesome!

snakker 2023-07-25 23:18:46 UTC #71

Dang, great job on all these exercises!