Viktoriya—Art School Journey

lip3chi 2020-08-22 18:02:13 UTC #41

Really nice job :D. Maybe the shape of the blades should look harder and the character should be more contrasted with the background to make sure she stands out in the illustration, but this is my personal preference of course xd.

dangras-almeida 2020-08-25 04:37:52 UTC #42

Wow, loved the linework here! The final piece and composition turned out amazing as well! 😍 Congrats!

I'm almost on term 3 so looking forward to getting to the torso anatomy as well. I like your poses 👍

WeirdOwl 2020-08-25 18:32:47 UTC #43

Wanted to do something silly and fast for a change, yet still practicing Marc's techniques. Yesterday was also Ukraine's (my country of birth) independence day. So here you go, my most patriotic friend with a slight touch of her original personality :

Mimhesis 2020-08-25 19:24:38 UTC #44

Hahaha the picture turned out great
Didn't even know that you are ukrainian.
Your friend's facial expressions look great!
Has become very expressive.
Looks like you had a lot of fun drawing the picture.
Am I interpreting too much or should the picture be meant more sakastically?
Sorry for the stupid question.
How to celebrate Independence Day in Ukraine?

WeirdOwl 2020-08-25 20:56:59 UTC #45

@Vampamingo you got it right. She does actually look like that on most of her selfies, that's why I used her as a reference She's now using it as her profile picture (I don't think anyone noticed the difference )

As for Independence Day in Ukraine, you wear a national costume, you fly the flag and celebrate with friends and family with some good local cuisine!

Mimhesis 2020-08-26 05:23:45 UTC #46

Laugh
I like your humor. Yes, it can be possible if you always present yourself in your photos that nobody will see a difference.

Ah yes that sounds like a nice holiday, even if you may not be so patriotic yourself. At least friends and families are getting back together😊

lip3chi 2020-08-26 22:01:06 UTC #47

Really good painting . I love those vivid and saturated colors, it makes the image so cheerful and lively. Sorry for my bad english, I don't if I have said that correctly xd

WeirdOwl 2020-08-26 22:12:07 UTC #48

Thank you @lip3chi . I am trying very hard to get out of the bad habit of drawing dark. Don't worry about your English, I'm a foreigner in the US myself, so I'm not judging anyone's language skills. Only your art! MUHAHAHA!

@Vampamingo yes! That's why I picked her. She is a fun character to draw. As for Ukrainian holidays, the most fun is the local cuisine for sure. I miss it so much! We don't have any Ukrainian restaurants where I live now.

WeirdOwl 2020-08-31 16:36:23 UTC #49

Updated the book cover illustration after Marc's comments and the author's feedback. What do you guys think?

Link to the first book in the series on Amazon Kindle.

chiara.arcidiaco 2020-08-31 16:58:02 UTC #50

This is awesome, I will start reading the book this week haha It's also a way to improve my English Thanks for sharing it

WeirdOwl 2020-08-31 17:02:12 UTC #51

Awesome! Let me know how you like it. I'm finishing up on the Altered Carbon series, and was planning to try this one next.

Frygidal 2020-09-03 00:32:48 UTC #52

Legs read way better now, I really like right guy face and he has very interesting armor, there is some slight perspective issues with blades and armors would be shinier in strong light like this but it is nitpicking

WeirdOwl 2020-09-03 01:55:01 UTC #53

Thanks Peter. You are right of course with your critique. One day I'll get better... maybe

lip3chi 2020-09-04 20:35:05 UTC #54

Great work as always!! The girl is the same character you posted earlier, right?

WeirdOwl 2020-09-04 21:08:21 UTC #55

Yup, supposed to be her as well. Thank you!

WeirdOwl 2020-09-11 16:55:20 UTC #56

Hey guys, I haven't posted in awhile, since I've been messing with Zbrush so much. Here's my more or less finished first sculpt. I did him more detailed so I can use him for some future drawing reference. What do you think? Because I don't know how to do flowy hair, he ended up looking like Guy sensei

WeirdOwl 2020-09-11 17:11:36 UTC #57

Also, if anyone knows how to deal with mannequins, I'd be happy to hear you advice. Here's what I get when I apply Adaptive skin to a pre-made mannequin in Zbrush. All those seams take a while to smooth out without losing all the volume, so I've been sticking to creating my own Zsphere models.

Frygidal 2020-09-11 17:50:27 UTC #58

This Guy Lee is really awesome, for the body I think only the left triceps is a litte flat and elbow not as well refined as everything else, there are 2 epicondyles of the humerus on the both side of ulna (elbow) and they seem gone

For the seams try to CTRL + W whole model for polygroups to merge into 1 and then z-remesh with the lowest polygon count for nice starting topology, then smoothing is very fast

WeirdOwl 2020-09-11 17:58:34 UTC #59

Ah, yes. I see what you mean. Thank you. I also cheated and didn't really polish the feet (maybe I'll come back to him one day).

And thank you so much for the mannequin trick. That worked nicely. I felt that there should be a different step after posing a ready mannequin, but couldn't figure out what it is. Much appreciated.

WeirdOwl 2020-09-20 04:58:55 UTC #60

Hey guys, so here are my studies of Moxxi. Lineart and some color. Feel like I'm doing glorified fanart for sure.