SkullaDesignsArt Sketchbook

ashtonsneedgamer 2022-01-28 16:19:05 UTC #1

Hello! My name is Ashton Sneed, also known as SkullaDesignArt on social media channels as well. I'm from Connecticut, USA. I've been drawing for as long as I remember trying to fill in sketchbooks, both digital and physical throughout the years but I didn't take art super serious until 2019.

As of right now, I'm primarily self taught with like 0 feedback on where I need to go as an Illustrator. I have dreams and goals to be a character design, concept artist and also work in video games and comics as well. I don't really see an improvement in my work and I'm looking for that pathway to get there.

If i had to say what sort of art goal I personally have, it is to get my art to look like that of a Capcom Street Fighter Artist who I admire like Bengus and Akiman, but to also make a portfolio that even Capcom, or any fighting game developer would want to look at and go "Wow, this guy has got it."

Below is some of the past art I've done in 2020 and 2021.

I'm going to be taking the Art School Program from the beginning, focusing on Nude Figure Drawing 1st though, since I feel like I can go to understand my CSP (Clip Studio) section anytime.

leeireo 2022-01-29 00:48:51 UTC #2

Welcome to the forums! This is an amazing start off point and I feel like you will get a lot from the art school classes. I like how you're not just drawing character art but including elements of storytelling and background as well. I need to start doing that more haha.. can't wait to see your progress!

soft.raincloud777 2022-01-29 00:50:39 UTC #3

Hey Ashton! I just started my Art School journey as well Just want to say I hope we'll meet our goals, and I wish you the best! Let's do this 💪

ashtonsneedgamer 2022-01-30 21:54:31 UTC #4

Finished watching the Visual Communications video and went onto doing the assignment, in order to actually get the gains with improvement. I decided to do Observation studies, 30 minutes of life, 30 minutes of an artist's work, and then 15 to 30 minutes of drawing from imagination.

I recommend watching Manga Materials video on studying, while input is important, so is output, so make sure you not only take in that information but practice and apply it was well.

I've given myself a deadline of 28 days on this assignment, so 3 days down,

Lockenheim 2022-01-31 15:08:17 UTC #5

Welcome Ashton, I am new also! You have a ton of skills already and can imagine how good they will be once refined! Keep it up.

ashtonsneedgamer 2022-02-03 01:12:29 UTC #6

Day 4, 5 and 6. So I'm moving onto the next thing which is Photoshop Introduction which I've been told I will blaze right on through so can't wait.

ashtonsneedgamer 2022-02-03 23:29:00 UTC #7

So I did the first part of the Photoshop for Digital Production but it seems like most of the assignments are undoable with Clip Studio sadly, so I guess I'll move onto Gesture Drawing/ Nude Figure.

ashtonsneedgamer 2022-02-07 23:37:08 UTC #8

HUGEEE Homework dump, been getting alot of helpful feedback on term 1 homework and where i need to push forward into. Also on here as well, please if you can critique give me insight on whether i should move on or continue on nude figure drawing. (even though i need to practice proportions.)

Lockenheim 2022-02-10 13:18:43 UTC #9

Very nice progress! If I was in your position I would give it a try, have you got a good feel for the proportion exercise? For me there was a big jump in difficulty from cylinders to proportions and another big jump from proportions to measuring. So if you haven't done the proportion exercises start with those and then once that feels easy move to the measuring exercise. That's what I would do. If you feel like you are struggling to much take a step back and focus more on previous content. Great work!

ashtonsneedgamer 2022-02-15 00:44:19 UTC #10

Practice/Assignments...So I've come to a big rut in my feelings of my art journey, I'm in my late thirties and its eating me inside cause of expectation of my future. So I decided to give myself an assignment/ project in order to practice something that i can do in a project.

First though I did Mina the Hollower fanart with Mina as a human.

I decided to make the project/assignment to improve my skills in be "Draw 500 Mannequin Figures." the reason for this project is to: 1. improve in figure construction, 2. improve in understanding how to draw figures in perspective.
I feel like this will help me overall with drawing figures.
So here are the first 20.

Hopefully this works out, cause I wrote a list of projects that build on one another, allowing me to work on a fundamental.

meme.aijou 2022-02-15 15:16:09 UTC #11

Wow 500 manikins, that's an ambitious project! no doubt you will have improved a ton by the end
Also I love your gestures, they look... flowy

ashtonsneedgamer 2022-02-16 22:32:07 UTC #12

Currently undergoing the structure of Marc's Character Artist Video, since that is mainly what I want to do.
Marc's Character Artist Starter Pack

So my plans for the future is to do 28 day focus of:
1. Gesture
2. Construction
3. Perspective
4. Heads
5. Torsos
6. Arms
7. Hands
8. Legs
9. Feet
10. Clothing
11. Design
12. Color Theory.

I felt that I needed a big focus, I will look through the classes related to the topic. and I will still be doing teh 500 figure mannequins until number 500.

ashtonsneedgamer 2022-02-16 23:07:52 UTC #13

40/500 Figures Done

ashtonsneedgamer 2022-02-17 01:05:52 UTC #14

So for Gesture Drawing/Construction/Anatomy, I plan on doing what Marc gave as exercises in his How to Practice Drawing Anatomy Video.
So for Gesture Practice, I will be doing level 2 focus with 1 min, 2 min, and 5 min pose session maybe for 1-2 hours?

For Construction, I will be doing level 1, level 3, and level 4 focus. Drawing simple shapes over photos. Drawing and Constructing characters from reference poses. and drawing and construction figures with muscles.

ashtonsneedgamer 2022-02-19 14:23:30 UTC #15

Practices of the loomis mannikin.
Trying to build a habit of drawing everyday, on day 3. 21 days to build a habit I have 17 days left, wish me luck. I'm really trying to improve.

Lockenheim 2022-02-19 19:09:29 UTC #16

Freaking loving this. Don't feel alone I am in my late 30's also and I'm in it to win it. You are killing it. Keep rocking this I see a ton of improvement already. If you ever need someone to chat with about life stuff you are always welcome to DM me since it seems like we may be in similar situations.

ashtonsneedgamer 2022-02-21 21:32:26 UTC #17

Psylocke Sketch

Studies done in the morning as well as during projects.
I've learned from Marc's new video on practice on a way to practice and improvement my fundamentals. So i usually start my day with a quick warm up for 5 minutes.
then do a study of a photo from life or artist's work for 30 minutes, then i study a fundamental related to something in the study for 30 minutes, and then i draw from imagination using what i just learned.

Lockenheim 2022-02-22 00:31:51 UTC #18

Looking great! Nice progress! Keep it up!

ashtonsneedgamer 2022-02-22 23:35:55 UTC #19

Thank you, I'm kind of going off the pathway of the curriculum but still going through certain things that deal with fundamentals pertaining to characters mostly.

ashtonsneedgamer 2022-02-25 21:05:07 UTC #20

So what have I learned these past few days.
1. when learning a fundamental, stay focused on whatever book/course you are doing until you finish/complete it. I've been jumping from resource to resource and I feel that's what's been messing me up. I need to stay focused.
So for right now I've been working only with Figure Drawing For All It's Worth.

I'll probably come back to Art School in the future, but personally I want to get through all the things that I've bought in the past ya know.