Ryan's - Art School Journey 2 - New Game +

Ausirias 2021-02-15 02:21:43 UTC #1

Okay so me trying to delete my old Art School Journey Post and redo it was actually met with valid criticism and the main one of these was "Its a diservice to everyone on this course for you to try and pretend that progress never happened" so to meet you all halfway I am going to start this new one and let the old one be where it may. So with that out the way I hope to keep this one a lot more organised and on track as opposed to my last one which was all over the place that is pretty much it.

My name is Ryan I'm 20 from England and I draw a few months ago I quit my job to do Art Full Time I think I have made significant progress to that end I mostly like hanging out on Discord talking with other Artists and sharing knowledge and long term want to get into Concept Art, however if I manage to garner any kind of substantial success freelancing I'd be happy to continue on that track.

Nice to meet you, again!

Link to the old Blog for future reference: https://forums.cubebrush.co/t/ryan-larner-ausirias-art-school-journey/9669/39

Ausirias 2021-02-15 06:25:09 UTC #2

Ausirias 2021-02-15 19:29:00 UTC #3

Ausirias 2021-02-15 19:36:01 UTC #4

Moarrr, its fun going back on the stuff I struggled with and comprehending it a load better

Ausirias 2021-02-16 01:10:32 UTC #5

Redo of Nude Figure Drawing really rough here but I enjoyed relearning it, definitely think I could of went with a better ref but what's done here is done!

Frygidal 2021-02-16 11:14:59 UTC #6

Very nice study Ryan! Maybe just get shadows a bit darker, some of them look ike like dark midtones and we don't want it for the strong light read And I think it was a good choice to start again, your progress now really got a solid pace, instantly can see hours put in!

HANDRO 2021-02-16 20:03:43 UTC #7

Hey Ryan, I had to take a break from the Courses in ART SCHOOL for a while so I know it can be daunting. Just remember to keep pushing forward. Don't be afraid to take a break if you need it, don't want to burn out.

Anyways looking forward to seeing your progress.

Ausirias 2021-02-16 23:27:13 UTC #9

Thank you so much for the kind words @Frygidal I had another look at this with your advice and a fresh set of eyes and I 100% agree the image was really lacking in dark tonnes which is in abundance on the reference after a little adjustment and clean-up I think the result is a lot closer to the reference then before

Sorry for the double tag I messed up the first time around and hadn't realised I'd darkened the ref!

Ausirias 2021-02-20 10:58:37 UTC #10

I won't really say its been a lazy week for me because I've done a tonne of theory and reading but the only thing I have done this week which I feel I can be proud of is this shield study even though I know there are glaring issues going on, hopefully I can reset for next week and get much more into practical

Frygidal 2021-02-20 11:49:08 UTC #11

The shield came out really nice but don't make my mistake about reading and theory, because it will halt your progress. I am the type of the person that need to know everything before starting but drawing isn't science, you need to develop manual skill for this, so read a bit and then just practise. I think I have lost about half of the year researching and drawing only a little in the beginning, you won't remember most of this stuff if you won't sit and just put it onto the canvas. Just do it

Ausirias 2021-02-22 02:14:26 UTC #12

One last prop before I'm back on track with assignments, I was reading a bit about metal and how it reflects the light around it and it was a really interesting concept to me because I didn't want to shade with black I think it looks very ugly so I did my best to dip into neutral purples and blues and added a warm light of yellow I think it still looks too chrome like for my taste however this was done off of a reference.

dangras-almeida 2021-02-22 19:36:10 UTC #13

Altho I'm a total noob on renders, It turned out amazing to me, honestly. Congrats!

Ausirias 2021-02-24 07:02:18 UTC #14

Spending a little to much time on this, almost redone Term 1 now and Lighting should more be for Term 4 anyway but I couldn't resist trying my hand at a little Ambient Occlusion

Ausirias 2021-03-01 11:37:26 UTC #15

I've been getting a lot more into Head Construction in preparation for Term 2, really happy with how hard I managed to push this Freehand Reily Head

Ausirias 2021-03-02 14:55:07 UTC #16

Some Environment Thumbnails I did this morning for a upcoming Commission sheet, honestly I was happy with the first one but I let myself just be free for the others and just saw what happened, Thumbnails are ridiculously fun!

dangras-almeida 2021-03-02 17:02:13 UTC #17

They look amazing. Congrats!

HANDRO 2021-03-02 19:07:27 UTC #18

I like the one in the top left and the bottom right the best. the other ones look good too though. curious which one you going with? good work.

Ausirias 2021-03-05 00:50:08 UTC #19

Annnnnd done, had a tonne of fun taking something from a thumbnail and breathing more life into it I hope it looks okayish I was noticing a consistency issue between my tablet and monitor but it is what it is

Julia_J 2021-03-06 08:11:41 UTC #20

Your brush strokes are really nice!

Ausirias 2021-03-10 19:17:35 UTC #21

Some eyes from imagination and an Environment Study from reference I worked on the past few days, tried to get a better feel for how values interact with saturation so I could be more free with my colours