Shellac - Term 1

rubengardiner1992 2020-04-25 16:23:39 UTC #25

Hi shellac, awesome matte paintin love the composition and the scale of the picture. In regards to the shadow of the godzilla figure you should try looking at the shadow the original godzilla picture is reflecting and follow the direction of that, in order to make it look more believable. Awesome work regardless!

Shellac-Belly 2020-04-27 00:22:23 UTC #26

Perspective One - One Point Perspective Room

I've moved on from the sketch to the finished line work now. Still a big work in progress though.

Shellac-Belly 2020-04-27 00:23:56 UTC #27

Hey Rubin!

Thanks for the compliment!

As for the Godzilla, there was no shadow in the original picture. It was a product photo with a totally white background so there wasn't much for me to work off.

Shellac-Belly 2020-04-30 02:19:14 UTC #28

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!!

kodaigon.go 2020-05-02 08:21:42 UTC #29

Hi Shellac, I really like the linework you did for this!! It has a really gentle and flowy feel and her face is drawn so well!

Shellac-Belly 2020-05-02 22:07:38 UTC #30

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!

Shellac-Belly 2020-05-02 22:08:32 UTC #31

Hey Kodaigon!

Thank you so much! I'm glad my hard work paid off!

stratocastus 2020-05-03 01:32:23 UTC #32

Hey, Shellac. Glad to know i'm not the only one using CSP in this curriculum. Your work is really good. The two point perspective project looks really funky and your latest project seems spot on for freehand.

Shellac-Belly 2020-05-03 01:58:28 UTC #33

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.

Shellac-Belly 2020-05-04 00:06:23 UTC #34

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!

Shellac-Belly 2020-05-17 17:09:00 UTC #35

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.

Shellac-Belly 2020-05-17 17:10:45 UTC #36

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

dangras-almeida 2020-05-18 05:12:50 UTC #37

Just loved this last one!!! Would love to see a complete render of it <3

Shellac-Belly 2020-05-18 15:00:52 UTC #38

Thanks!!

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

Shellac-Belly 2020-07-28 19:08:38 UTC #39

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:

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!

chiara.arcidiaco 2020-07-28 21:44:55 UTC #40

Perspective exercises makes me feel exhausted too hahah the carpet is so wow, did you do it in perspective or you twig it later with the move tool? Sorry it's not well explained hahah

And I want to ask you how have you done the "bioluminescent" environment, in procreate there is the adapt brush, I think that it's called luminescent brush, but I don't really do how to do that in photoshop.

Thanks in advance And keep posting! Your art is awesome!!

Shellac-Belly 2020-07-28 23:52:57 UTC #41

The rug is a vector that I downloaded and was using as a placeholder. I was going to design my own pattern after making sure everything looked nice. I used the distort tool in Clip Studio Paint. I don't know what the equivalent is in photoshop or procreate.

As for the bio-luminescent effect, I just used regular soft round and hard round brushes in Clip Studio Paint. No layer effects or anything. The colors are what make it appear bio-luminescent!

Thanks for your kind words!

Shellac-Belly 2020-07-30 03:09:27 UTC #42

Figure study using photo from Grafit Studios mermaid photo pack. Took maybe an hour.

scriventus 2022-05-11 19:39:46 UTC #43

This is great. I am new on Term 1. I am glad there is a dedicated community to check progress with everyone.

scriventus 2022-05-11 19:40:46 UTC #44

I can see lots of dedication here, good job!