Vonschlippe - Art School Journey

Vonschlippe 2021-04-25 00:28:20 UTC #344

Everyone here literally gives me warm fuzzy feelings. Thanks SO MUCH it really means a lot to me <3

I'm working on another magical tome!

This one was a lot more complicated to sketch out and I had to look at a ton of reference - the book's spine is literally a human spine!

Now I'm at the fun part, where I render things. Color, light, magic.

HANDRO 2021-04-25 20:26:21 UTC #345

with my "amazing" skills of observation I've noticed you have a lot of visually similar drawings. is this for you "portfolio" class assignment? good stuff as always.

Vonschlippe 2021-04-26 02:44:31 UTC #346

Good question - I'm not really building a portfolio at all, with no aims to enter the art industry. I draw for fun! As such, it's fun to make little collections or stuff that looks like it belongs in the same universe.

HANDRO 2021-04-26 10:19:13 UTC #347

Gotcha. cool stuff, while you may not be trying to enter the art industry i find this interesting. almost like making your own D&D lore with your own ideas. I like it.

Vonschlippe 2021-04-27 23:58:37 UTC #348

I finished the other book. Started out as a box, and then I just kept adding stuff to it

I rarely add texture to my work anymore, but here I find it worked really well!

Cheers!

Julia_J 2021-04-28 05:29:54 UTC #349

Damn this is awesome I want it, although, I guess, it would burn my soul

HANDRO 2021-04-28 10:12:00 UTC #350

Von... great work once again. the smoke makes it pop but even without it this genuinely looks good a little too realistic (I initially thought this was rendered or something).

mau.wamp 2021-04-28 17:29:03 UTC #351

Looks really dope, Nick!
I love the warm lights and the eerie feel to it. Great work as always.
I love the book's "spine".

Vonschlippe 2021-05-01 03:37:48 UTC #352

Very simple line-art setup

While it's not a very original subject, the face and details are from imagination. I'm glad that things are starting to come together - of the faces I've drawn over the years, it's starting to stick in my brain.

I'm gonna render this moustache man as a carved effigy, etched into the sheer rock of a cliff face.

Vonschlippe 2021-05-02 01:53:38 UTC #353

And here is the rendered result.

Oh my god, this went by really fast - about 3 hours total spent between the line-art (see above) and this. Super happy with it!

milkcee12 2021-05-02 02:02:50 UTC #354

Damn that's amazing!!! And in such a short time too. Thank you so much for sharing your stuff, it's really inspiring.

mau.wamp 2021-05-02 13:58:45 UTC #355

Really awesome work, Nick - as always!
I love the colors on this one, really looks like a stone statue
Keep it up!

Vonschlippe 2021-05-04 13:57:56 UTC #356

I had too much fun making a carved stone face that I caved in and started work on another. Here's the (mostly finished) line-art!

Gonna render this boy like the previous, but with a different lighting setup!

LesleyCarol 2021-05-05 03:39:31 UTC #357

I'm coming back after a long break and I just went through your posts so far! It's really inspiring and humbling to see everything you've done up to now and the thought process behind it all. I can't wait to get back into everything now

Vonschlippe 2021-05-06 01:17:44 UTC #358

Thanks so much! I think slow and steady wins the race, especially the steady part. I try to paint at every single occasion I get!

I've finished rendering my line-art above. Another one done!

WeirdOwl 2021-05-06 18:33:44 UTC #359

Love the cracks as battle scars. Perfect finishing touch.

Vonschlippe 2021-05-11 23:20:15 UTC #360

I'm going back to the basics.

No rendering, only constructed anatomy, one of my weakest points so far. Everything you had seen so far leaned heavily on references and I felt unable to build a believable body from scratch, hence today's exercise:

Now, excuse me, I have a ton more of these left to do before I feel comfortable with my shortcomings. Then there's foreshortening, too... Comments and critique on anatomy most welcome! Cheers!

LesleyCarol 2021-05-11 23:51:19 UTC #361

These look really good! Each one seems like they have weight to them, the poses feel natural and relaxed. It's satisfying to look at

I don't know if it's just me, but I feel like the bottom leg on the sitting pose is off. It looks pushed too far and almost perpendicular to the other leg. It also looks like we're seeing the inside of the foot instead of the outside. Hope that makes sense

Vonschlippe 2021-05-11 23:58:23 UTC #362

Well spotted! Gonna have to fix that hahaha

alrooke64 2021-05-13 12:52:53 UTC #363

does it matter so much that you use reference for the poses? surely everyone uses reference for polished work. Your finished works are pretty much professional level and this is your hobby! Wouldnt be so hard on yourself about not constructing figures without reference, definitely work on it, but I wouldnt let it diminish what you have achieved already