Aug '20

@chiara.arcidiaco I personally like the "C" composition the most. My only suggestion would be to maybe curve the tail up to redirect the viewer's attention back to her head?

@IndrawnArt yeah, I was thinking about posting everything related here, including ideas, thumbnails and critique. As for the live stream feedback, I had two ideas in mind:
1. We post our own art with the big name Translucent Skin Challenge, so Marc knows they're all related.
2. If we have less than 6 people participate, we can make a compile of all finished pieces with the artists' names below and submit it as one for critique and comparison of who nailed what.

What do you think?

Aug '20

I went for an underwater/ deep cave theme.

The idea is that the tentacles on his back glow on the inside, so I have a nice light source behind him.
I'm still not sure what kind of face and hands I should give him, but I think that I wanna give him some cool horns.

I threw in some values to make it more clear for you guys how the light will work.
What do you think?

Aug '20

Reply to

chiara.arcidiaco

Very nice, Chiara! I actually wanted to draw a mermaid....pardon....abyss queen sorta theme as well. You were faster. XD
I like "C" a lot, too. The focus will be more on the character and the translucence of her skin in the end.
I would definitely advice you, too, to curve the tail of her up. Otherwise the eye follows her tail out of the frame.

Can't wait what you'll come up with while progessing with this image! :smiley:

Aug '20

Indra I think that I will dream your character this night hahahah it's so scaryyyy, I love it hahaha but very difficult angle, you've been very brave :joy:

And a question for the challenge, should it be like a character design or maybe an illustration? I was wondering If it should be just a standing pose showing the design elements or maybe something different with more storytelling. Probably it will be a personal choice but I would like to ask you your opinion :sweat_smile:

Aug '20

Reply to

IndrawnArt

Daang, that's a difficult pose! Seems like you picked an anatomy challenge as well. So previous art was a hearbreak, this one is a scare, going for emotional roller coaster here? :joy:
I think this will be awesome to to to research tentacle structure as well. Go for it. The only thing I'm unsure of is the left arm right now. Not understanding the position at this point.

@chiara.arcidiaco I personally think we should go for an illustration as a final piece. After all, we're practicing translucent skin, which would be difficult to emphasize on, if it is a static character sheet.

Aug '20

Just wondering on whether this challenge is open for everyone despite their art skill level? 0-0

Aug '20

For sure! Join in! If we were super skilled we wouldn't be here in the Art School. :joy: The idea of the challenge was to learn to draw translucent skin on characters and help each other. We just came up with it during a live stream chat.

Aug '20

So this is my rough idea for the challenge! :smiley: And as you can notice my anatomy other than the torso part is still ehh.. >.< But yeah this challenge reminds of creatures from Marianas trench so yeah. Heavily inspired from an angler fish and other translucent creatures from the trench.

Aug '20

That's a great start Ivan! Will you be competing with Indra here for the creepiest sea creature? :smile:
2 suggestions: her midsection looks extra long and I think you forgot the trap muscle where it connects the neck to the shoulder (which makes her neck look too long); also, maybe curve the tail a little more upward, so it's not pointing the viewer to look off canvas?

Love the creepy eyes and the hairstyle!

Aug '20

Not sure about competing but I'm a fan of creepy stuff so I'll definitely try. ^-^ Thank you for pointing out some mistakes, really appreciate it! Though that's not really the final concept since I kind of wanted to have her in a much more dynamic pose(for learning purposes).

Aug '20

Hello it's me again! ^=^ I just finished my rough draft the actual piece that I'm gonna work on for the challenge. I'm currently having a hard time working on the anatomy of top of the shoulders and her breast >.<. I would really appreciate it if anyone can help me adjust it incase I did something wrong.

"What's beneath"

Aug '20

Reply to

WeirdOwl

Yes. The pose is hard indeed. Gonna check some more reference to get it as correct as possible.
But rollercoasters are nice, aren't they? :yum:

Okay! Thank you. His left arm or the arm on the left side?

I definitely have to study some tentacles.

Aug '20

Really cool start! I love that you used the angler fish as a reference.

Will you use the design you showed on her arm and throat everywhere or only on some body parts? Thinking of the "Rule of Thirds" the design might be overcrowded if you apply it everywhere.

Aug '20

@ivancatamora15 those are super cool!! The first one inspired me so much, great reference :heart_eyes:

The second one, damn what a difficult pose hahah I never do this kind of stuff :joy: I think that the head should cover more the neck probably and keep attencion to the scapula and clavicle overall shape, I allowed myself to do this, hope that could help you :sweat_smile:

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Waiting to see your progress with this character!!! and learn about his background story more :heart_eyes:

Aug '20

Hello! Thank for for this awesome feed back! :smiley:
I'm having a hard time looking for actual reference for some of the stuff which often ended up just hard guessing it. >.< This helps a lot! Thank you again

Aug '20

Reply to

IndrawnArt

Not really sure what the "Rule of thirds" is since since I'm still in term 3, or maybe I miss it? o-0 But I'm planning to have different stuff for her chest, lower abdomen area, and face. :smiley:

Aug '20

I think I will deviate from the deep sea theme here and go with the crystals :grin:
Rough sketch for positions and overall composition of my crystal weredragon (don't make him angry)

I have to admit, that I'm somewhat stealing from another artist. This art has been my inspiration for many years and I always wanted to do my own spin on the idea. Let me know your thoughts/ideas/critiques.

I think we're doing good progress guys!

Aug '20

Hello guys! Here's my progress so far on the challenge. :smiley: As you can see I take lil bit of a twist regarding her "Tail" in which instead of it just glows, it now also take shape depending on her prey. I also tried fixing the said problem earlier so I would love to get some feedback regarding the anatomy on her shoulders.

"Greed make mans blind and foolish, and make him easy prey for death."

Aug '20

Reply to

WeirdOwl

Not sure whether this will help or not but personally I think breaking symmetry by adding some crystals throughout his body will sort of balance the piece, especially together with the crystal dragon. o-o This could probably help you point the eye of the viewer to the character first before the dragon.