Nude Figure Drawing - Reference Drawing 2

Had a little break from work today so I did some figure drawing on paper. I didn't get around to taking pictures though so maybe I'll get to post those tomorrow.

I did another long reference of a pose that was more challenging than the first one. I find drawing the faces of people laying down very difficult. I had to block off everything else and focus on just that in order to get it right. I think I probably spent the most time on that. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out!!

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Nude Figure Drawing - Reference Drawing 3

Did another long reference drawing along with my usual life drawing routine. This time I did it all freehand, no boxes or guides. I was able to do it pretty fast and accurately so I'm pretty happy with it!

Hey Stratocastus!

Thanks so much for the compliments! I'm working really hard.

I'm a long time CSP user! I don't think anyone could ever convince me photoshop is better for drawing. I'm glad to know there are others that use it too.

Photoshop 2 - Color and Blending

I decided to start some of my term 2 classes despite still working on perspective one. Working on only one class at a time tends to leave me feeling burned out and I finished everything else from term one.

I started with the blending and color assignment because it was easy to complete with my current busy schedule. I first started with spheres because I wanted to test the abilities of some brushes. The first set of spheres all have a dark gray base. The second set of spheres is the same as the first, but I experimented with what effects I could get by changing the base color. Color association is pretty amazing!!

For the blending assignment, I tried to pick colors randomly because I wanted to see if I could blend colors even if they matched poorly. I used CSP for this assignment. CSP's blending tools seem to be superior, so I feel like I didn't have to put as much work into blending as Marc did in the video. I still don't feel very confident with painting.

Overall, I had a lot of fun with this assignment! I welcome any feedback anyone has!

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Figure Drawing

Here's a couple long study poses I've done over the last couple weeks. I feel like doing long poses has recently been more beneficial than the 1-3 hour sessions of quick figure drawings.

In order to make them a little more fun, I sketched characters with the same poses after I finished my study. It was a fun way to wind down after studying, even if I didn't have anytime to make them more finished.

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A couple experiments into character design using what I've been learning from my figure studies and visual communication.

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Thanks!!

I'm pretty bad at rendering but I'm hoping I can finish this as practice if I have time with work!

It's been a long time since I last posted!
I've been doing a lot of self guided study using some of the things I learned from art school and other courses.

Here's a couple of environment studies I did:

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I was focusing mostly on color, texture, and lighting so they aren't incredibly accurate. I gave myself about an hour for each one.

Here's some character design work I did the past couple months:

I tried out a lot of different things using shape design and references.

I've completed most of term 1 and moved on to classes in term 2, but I've gotten stuck on the perspective assignment in term 1. I understand the content and have no problem executing it in my work, but actually doing an entire room drawing exhausts me. I got this far but I just haven't been able to summon the energy to finish it. I need to push through!