Petrus - Art School Journey

[petrus.prinsloo]

Hi! I'm a software engineer that wants to learn to make art. I have drawn a bit over the years to try and learn but feel like I really need some structure if I'm going to improve, so here I am. My goal is to be able to make art for games and eventually maybe some simple animations.

Below is a cherry and a cup I did. I want to translate this basic skill into being able to also paint people and full scenes and not just single simple objects.

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This was good practice for getting used to my old tablet again. At the moment using an old-ish Wacom.

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The last one was really tough. I've been using Krita so it's also a case of finding the same tools.

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The first thing I paint from imagination. Not very good, it's much harder without referance to see how the light falls. I didn't really know how to shade it. This was a funny idea my wife and I had, wondering what an actual person with wings would look like.

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More practice. I did a few this week but not uploading them all.

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Added the house here. I like the idea of living out in nature but still in a nice big house with big windows.

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Added only a few apples.

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I made the actor on the left younger.

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I just realised I gave him a double nose

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Some of the practice I did over some poses. This hurt my hand!