Mar '18

There's a lot to take in and get used to. I need so much patience to deal with the interface and find what I need. It's really hard to repeat something that you've done. Like I made this barrel a couple of days ago and was able to get the extraction to work, but I tried it again today and I couldn't get it to work. When I messed with the settings the program crashed >:frowning: I feel like once I get through these exercises it'll be easy to work with the program but there's a large learning curve to get through.

Mar '18

Here's my initial clothed figure exercises. I've really learned a lot about folds from these videos! They seemed so random and elusive before, but I think Marc did a nice job of breaking everything down. I still have a lot of work to do but I'm definitely improving. Constructive criticism always welcome!

Mar '18

Fantastic work as always. Especially the clothes. But I had this moment today. I have other art classes outside of here so I try to mesh them all together. I'm working on the smudge tool with it and it was an eye opener for me. It's a multipurpose tool. So I would suggest at some point do what I did and draw something for yourself only, but use what you learned. It will solidify what you know to second nature and add more knowledge. I'll post what I did when I finish it within the week. But try that and post it here, it's a mind blower.

Mar '18

Yeah I totally agree, the smudge tool is awesome! I'm trying to find a good balance between smudge and hard edges. I think working on personal work is a great way to apply everything too. I like randomly making things here and there, but while I'm learning I want to make sure my practice outweighs finished paintings.

Mar '18

Nice stuff! Clothes are very good and the muscles, too. Only thing I see which doesn't look like it's working are the obliques in the frontview and the gesture in the sideview one. I think the sillouette woud curve in faster and make the T-shape more dominant and the spine is a curve which you can especially see in the sideview and the latissimus usually don't make the seeable S-curve disappear that much. On the biceps, I watched you're pictures multiple times, but I did not catch any picture with a drawn/painted biceps, is there one?
Good work overall, keep it up! :smile:

Mar '18

Thanks for the feedback! Especially about the back curve, I didn't even think about that.
He didn't go over biceps yet so I didn't include them.

15 days later

Apr '18

I neglected studying and3dcough to work on a mini comic for a contest. Anyone else watch Forneverworld? Anyway, I applied what I learned from the class about anatomy and clothing so far! Critique always welcomed.
Also really excited about live streams with Marc in the future, hopefully I can make a few of them when they come around.

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Apr '18

I see that good work! The seratis (I'm confident I spelled wrong) on the sides I'm struggling to picture right without looking at the diagram. And the dress looks spot on too.

Apr '18

@BemezmorizeD Great stuff! Your lines on the anatomy diagram are kind of wobbly though. Other than that it's great except for the serratus, I can't quite read it... The clothing study is neat, you may want to consider to go darker in the occlusion shadows.

Apr '18

@patmast @ristarsonata
Thanks for the feedback! Maybe I'll go over my my sketches to get a better read next time. I totally agree with the occlusion shadows. I feel like I need to work on contrast in general because my highlights are lacking too.

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Here's the painted version of my study and the reference image. I seems like I missed a lot in my last torso paintings. I'll be doing this again on the skeletons like before.
After the painting I did a test to see how much I remembered. It turned out a little messy, but I think it helped with showing what I need to improve on and helped solidify where everything goes.
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Also, make sure you back up your files and usb drives :cry: I lost 10 years worth of files being neglectful. I heard from someone that if your files aren't in at least 3 different places then they don't exist. I thought it was good advice but I didn't take it as seriously as I should've. Very grateful I can re-download the lessons from here.

1 month later

May '18

I still haven't reached Term 3 but so far I like what I see! Once I start investing more time in Art School (I work at my town's movie theater and we will close for the summer holiday in a couple of weeks) I will be able to help even more.

P.S.1 Love the painting with the skirt!

P.S.2 Regarding your comic page. Try to change the panels layout. They are all square and symmetrical. Try more dynamic shapes. Use those panels to tell your story even better!

8 days later

Jun '18

Still trying to get my life together after moving. I can't believe it's been over a month since I posted T.T
@3dreamerevans Thanks for the comment! I made it for Instagram so I stuck with basic squares, but I'll remember that for another project!

I did some studies from Instagram photos while waiting on furniture to be delivered. I'm not too happy with how the woman turned out :stuck_out_tongue:

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Can't wait for the live stream!