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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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  • Here is some more recent stuff, I need to make more body studies
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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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  • 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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  • Havent done much this year since I am focusing on learning programming and deving my own Indie Game . But here 's a New Year Piece 2024 , she 's the mascot for my Game Studio - Lucid Realm : Lucid Chan ! LucidChan_v001_sketches.jpg3072x4352 973 KB
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  • Long Crested Eagle studyI had so much fun making this one and honestly I love that Eagle! It looks so cool! Used for this one high quality watercolours, high quality watercolour sketchbook/ cold press and it was 300 grams paper.I hope you like it!
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Oct '16

hello my name is joseph you can call me jojo ( if you like :sweat_smile: ) im from the meddle east and i have taken art as a hobby but it grew on to me and im thinking to pursue it as a career though im 22 now its been 1 year and a half since i took art seriously and i would like to read your feedback about my progress and take tip from pro artists

this one is from my early starts

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im self taught and i would like to get better so plz dont be shy about your opinion
and thank you cuberush for making a place where i can get help

Oct '16

Hi! You made great progress! You will keep growing like this.
For the last drawing - her ear is a bit off, squashed and unfinished. I think the neck doesn't have that of a sharp point and the neck could be shorter anyway.
Keep it up, you improved immensely on the values :smile:

Oct '16

The first art is a little messy, I think there was no sketch before the inks? I dont know Im just guessing by looking at the line, try to have a pencil sketch, something that you thereafter will ink and then errase that sketch that was below, this way you will have a better structure and you cold have a more clean result.
The line is something you need to work on, that will separate you from the amateurs, if the line is clean, and it has some weight to it, like bolder lines on the outside of the drawing but thinner lines on the inside detail, also that a curve or a straight line renders as a single line, not a composition of many lines that create that curve, is really hard to explain just with text.

On the second art, apart from what enalya mention, what will take you to the next step is shading, try to be as smooth as possible with shading, try to get some tutorials in youtube about pencil shading and that will take you to another level, use the same technique of creating a sketch, do it with some 2H pencils, that are super light and dont draw any hard, try to be as transparent as possible with the sketch, then use 2B for the basic lines and as you go darker in shadows use darker pencils, like 4B and 8B for absolute dark parts.

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Oct '16

Hi, Joseph! Great to have you here! :smile:
Nice start. The two drawings have different styles but I like the line work of the first a lot! So light and looks a bit like a draft for a shoujo manga panel.

Keep on posting ^-^

Oct '16

Hi Joseph! As it stands, this is almost two years of progress in two pictures, and that makes it a bit difficult for us to critique and help you get better! Both pictures are vastly different as well, not only in terms of quality, but with style and method.

There is a huge difference, mainly in the type of drawings these are. I suggest you put up more sketches to really flesh out your progress so that we can help you better!

For now, I'll try to point out a few things about your newer sketch.
First off, the anatomy is a bit iffy. The neck is long, and the head seems distorted. Her ears are very vague, same goes for eyes (very little details), almost as if this is a small drawing. The lines are thick and rough (which I love), however, you should try to work on them to get a better line art quality. You manage to capture the gentleness in very rough lines, which I am very happy about. All in all, this is a small sample of everything you've done throughout the years, but working on your line art will be key. Try to step out of your comfort zone and draw the details (such as ears) instead of letting them stay vague, focus on expressing FORM when drawing--this can be done by sketching vague lines before actually putting them down with a rough pencil. You have gotten really good lately, hopefully this was helpful! Sorry if I sounded too harsh :smile:

Oct '16

Definitely a huge improvement so far, but as others said the anatomy is iffy. I would suggest doing studies and life drawings to help you learn.

Nov '16

thank you all im so happy to read all the replays and its awesome to see all different opinions , i will work and improve with the help of your tips

Nov '16

Hi Jojo, looks like you're doing well so far. I also agree with some of the previous posters. As you get some new drawings done, toss them up and we'll be able to cater our critique to help you better.

If you've got some spare money to spend, I really want to recommend Stan Prokopenko's tutorials to you. He has some here on the site, some on his site, and free versions of tutorials on Youtube as well.

They were an immense help to me when I was starting out, and I hope they can help you get a jumpstart on how to proceed and navigate through getting better at art. Self teaching can be like a maze of mirrors if you don't know what goals to shoot for.

They'll help you with learning how to simplify complex forms, use gesture, and think in a 3D perspective.

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Nov '16

here is a new sketches well the best i did after i practiced on what you guys help me notice and after a long thinking im going to start a blog of my own in this forum later on to make my progress more ogranized

Nov '16

Awesome, looking forward to that blog :smile: Glad to see that we helped you progress!

Nov '16

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Nice faces! Was it on purpose that the females look quite the same?
Also, try to make a picture up front, not tilted :>

9 days later

Dec '16

i dont get how the females look the same but its not intentional all the faces was drawn while i was looking at pictures , and sorry about the pics but ill try scan them

Dec '16

That'd be great!
I think the females look mostly the same because of the facial elements placement - their eyes are pretty far apart, their mouth opened in the same way, a bit wide and flat noses.
(They look beautiful, don't get me wrong!) :smile:

Dec '16

hmm....that is good point ill work on my proportion and no problem that is why i ask for feedback your point is taken in mind :+1: