Snakker's sketchbook - My Art Journey

[snakker]

@holyjosh Thanks for the kind remarks, and yes you are right about the terminator line (had to look that one up )
Thanks @Lockenheim

So, today I was a bit ambitious. In preparation to move on to term 2 I set out to do various things:
1. Use medieval instruments (graphite and ink)
2. Apply construction, gesture and color studies to a subject I've never done before - I picked pigs
3. Study how some artists used perspective in their paintings and do a couple of line sketches of those perspectives

So far I've done 1 and 2 (just one color study for now)

Any comments are highly appreciated cheers!

PS the vintage filter in adobe scan is good fun

[snakker]

A little bit of perspective practice >_<

[mitsuki-youko]

WOW Snakker! These studies are super impressive!! esp the medieval stuff

[CYP2C19]

SNAKKER CALM DOWN THESE STUDIES ARE TOO GOOD!.

No but for real Snakker, where in all that exists did you learn how to render anything so ridiculously well?, absolutely insane work!.

[smudged_ink]

Your doing some amazing work Snakker, you are really thorough in your studies. I do want to see if i can learn to be as meticulous in my own work. The rendering is looking exceptional.

[snakker]

@smudged_ink @CYP2C19 @mitsuki-youko Thank you guys so much for the very kind remarks I am currently at work but wanted to see if those studies really stick so I painted a pig head from imagination to try it out (used square brush all the way trying to use large brush size most of the time)

Cheers!

[mitsuki-youko]

ooh very nice!!

[snakker]

Thanks @mitsuki-youko

I did some doodles for now to keep getting used to traditional and been doing some exercises on perspective but just experimental to keep getting my head around it X_X so not gonna post those just yet

Cheers

[mitsuki-youko]

This is cool af XD it looks like some kind of structure where spider-humanoids live....

I'm like immediately coming up with like worldbuilding ideas lmao

[prinzmoana]

Eyyyy ✨ This painting style looks so good. Where did you learn to paint like that? xD

[snakker]

Haha, those are actually very interesting ideas.l @mitsuki-youko I used to doodle a lot of those head things as surreal environments, but just as Marc says in one of his videos and others like him have said as well - your style may well be a crutch you use to avoid facing your weaknesses or the discomfort of heading to uncharted waters. In school that’s exactly what happened to me, I developed that atyle but never advanced beyond that because I copied a couple of artists and understood crosshatching (back in conceptart.org days) and read andrew loomis’s fun with a pencil (hence my heads in profile) and once I developed a look I liked I kept iterating in it so much that I got atuck there.

Then came med school

Now I’m here learning beyond what I used to do and with structure. But those doodles still do come naturally to me at this point

@prinzmoana I have no idea 😅 these are literally the first few colored pieces I’m ever doing. I think it’s a mix of watching some videos on youtube by sinix and following james gourney on instagram. I’m also reading art fundamentals (3dtotal publishing - but it’s mostly just theory concepts)

Haven’t had a chance to do anything art related today, will post as soon as I can

Cheers

[snakker]

Here's a couple of perspective attempts using two point perspective

The first I combined 1 point perspective for the entryway as a frame and 2 point perspective for the temple ruins in front. I went with one layer just painting over using the hard round brush

In the second one I attempted using two point perspective by sketching and using the lasso tool to get clear hard edges and strong drop shadows. I also added some cubes that have different vanishing points (most 2 and one 3) but these were just approximated by eye (I didn't actually trace all those lines physically) and finally I tried to give the illusion of them moving towards the viewer by using the motion blur filter

any comments are greatly appreciated

cheers!

[CYP2C19]

Very nice studies Snakker, I really like the "blur/motion" effect you gave some of the cubes!.

[snakker]

Thanks @CYP2C19

So, took a break yesterday and back to it today (although I did see a bunch of videos in youtube about perspective kn comics before going to sleep)

Doodled a bit today to warm up, I’ll post more once I got something more substantial

Cheers

Still making some mistakes with these

Cybernetic mantis like parasite transformation thing. The face comong off is slightly off perspective wise X_X

[nikolinkanikolova]

Great work. In general is correct and interesting. At first I thought something is off but I checked it only little issues which will be overcome with practice.
I didn’t count a little difference because my check isn’t that accurate. I was really confused in the beginning because of the rotated box

Everything is well placed, only this stand out a little bit. When it’s correct you really can fell the rotation of other object

One of the thing I noticed was back sides. You can’t see that much from bottom side, especially from the one which is close to the horizon.

The last are the tops of the building. Your horizon is low and the building are really tall.Your lines in the middle and on top are almost the same and you are loosing the effect.

In this pose pelvis rotate up on the standing leg. Other leg was a little bit high. Your foot was not on the ground, I mean like one of them is in the air. I noticed it also in other figures you have done.

[snakker]

Ohh thank you very much, these were very insightful observations, I will definitely take into account 😃

[snakker]

Tried some iterations on drawing the figure from profile and ended up reviewing some anatomy to get a better grasp as to why some areas are very difficult for me to get right (mainly legs!) getting the right size thighs to rest of the body, knowing where to make the curves bend and getting the lower leg just right is kinda difficult at this point

Also another perspective practice also getting familiar with some mechanical / electrical stuff. Referenced from life

cheers

[mitsuki-youko]

these studies look amazing! esp the electric pole one

[matthewwemes]

I love the details in this! The studies are very good too, they feel really organic.

[snakker]

Hey there, starting the day with some sketches from imagination, I feel they are getting a bit better, also got a new pensil so tried make a figure from imagination and shading XD I think I failed but felt more confident than before. It definitely takes some effort to do what you do on digital to physical and vice versa

Any comments or critique always welcome

Cheers