Vonschlippe - Art School Journey

Vonschlippe 2020-05-06 21:31:48 UTC #22

Quickie one for today, it's just a bunch of motorcycles in 5 point perspective. Anatomy in 5p is for tomorrow!

I know next to nothing about motorcycles and these are done without precise reference, in the spirit of artists like Kim Jong Gi. The perspective is a bit janky at places but it's okay to wing it.

alrooke64 2020-05-08 10:26:01 UTC #23

hey man, did you use squares for the ellipses? also these are great.

Vonschlippe 2020-05-08 17:56:57 UTC #24

Speaking of the motorcycle tires? I did not make construction lines, I just winged it. Once you've got a box, you can kind of "tell" if the wheel is in the right shape. If anything, you make a simple ellipse, free transform it until it feels right, then build the tire around that like you would with a cylinder.

Vonschlippe 2020-05-08 22:08:59 UTC #25

Here's a few "Loomis" heads from Term 2's Anatomy lesson. I find that when I use a Loomis construction structure I always end up with a nasty case of "same face syndrome", due to the rigid guideline.

I think that my endgame here is to eventually stop doing these entirely and focus on free-handing. I want to avoid circles, which are less appealing and not as organic-feeling as rounded geometric shapes; something similar to what's seen here near the end:
https://youtu.be/QBv5z0Y2odE.

For the purpose of the assignment, however, I followed the Loomis proportions as requested. I'll be doing a lot more faces in the near future, so this never hurts when used as foundation work.

alrooke64 2020-05-09 17:08:04 UTC #26

Ah nice, Ive not been doing this haha thanks for the tip

Vonschlippe 2020-05-11 20:38:11 UTC #27

It's time to start practicing individual anatomy bits for Term 2 - Anatomy 1 - Assignment 3.

I drew a bunch of noses from imagination after watching Marc's video lesson, and then painted over a copy of the line-art in a "Sinix" style. I wanted to render them quickly to make the shape and construction pop a bit more. I must say I feel a lot more confident now when constructing noses, and I feel like my next batch of "Loomis heads" will reflect that change.

Hope you like em!

javavenos 2020-05-11 21:36:56 UTC #28

These look awesome!! For some reason, noses are something I really struggle with. I can't wait to get go term 2 and practice them with all the knowledge from term 1!

Vonschlippe 2020-05-13 01:29:16 UTC #29

Continuing the assignment with an assortment of mouths, done in the same process. Went surprisingly quick once I got the tempo, but I still took most of the day with this set.

Vonschlippe 2020-05-14 21:45:14 UTC #30

Carrying on with eyes, I'm still at Term 2 - Anatomy 1's "individual anatomy bits" assignment. I'll need to do another set with more variety of eye poses, more male eyes, and skin tones. It's a matter of time as well, as eyes are a bit more time consuming than anything else in the face.

I'm not as happy with these as with my noses and mouths, but eyes are my problem area in the face, so hopefully I've started to grasp some notions about em.

Here's today's work.

dangras-almeida 2020-05-15 03:43:58 UTC #31

How are you not happy with them? They are amazing!!! 😱😬
Congrats tho. They turned out wonderful

Vonschlippe 2020-05-15 20:08:30 UTC #32

Hey! Glad you like em!

I did another set today - I'm happier with this bunch and I hope you'll see what I mean. They're less like symbols and more like the real deal, with actual anatomy going on.

Here's Eye Study 02 - Epicanthal fold edition.

Vonschlippe 2020-05-18 15:14:59 UTC #33

After reviewing the individual anatomy bits for the last few days, I felt ready to move on to the full-head render assignment of Term 2 - Anatomy 1 - Assignment 4.

Don't get me wrong, this is not my first time painting a face, but it's never been this easy so far in my life. I really feel like reviewing the anatomy and practicing the shading and rendering for individual bits gave me the confidence and experience I needed to turn this portrait into a breeze.

So the sketch took about 30-45 minutes, and the rendering about 3.5 hours (including pointless nitpicking near the end). I decided to check how the final result worked with the original lineart overlapped on it and... damn! It's not bad! I think that just means the local contrast on details like hair, eyes, lips, and so on could be pushed a bit more in the darker values, since a black line seems to benefit the "read" of the thumbnail.

I might do another one for a male face, take a break, or move on to the remaining assignments of Term 2. Not sure yet!

Kaabe 2020-05-18 22:48:11 UTC #34

I absolutely aspire to be able to make the head features look so effortlessly and naturally placed. So prettyyyy

JP 2020-05-19 01:19:32 UTC #35

Hey this is some nice stuff - I'm a fellow Montreal city dweller - so it's nice to see Atwater drawn so well in perspective. Keep at it - it's motivating to see this while just starting out

dangras-almeida 2020-05-19 03:35:29 UTC #36

Good Lord, this is amazing! Congrats!

Vonschlippe 2020-05-20 19:46:00 UTC #37

Thanks so much for the kind words everyone!

Today's drawing is for the last assignment in Term 2, which is drawing a character in 5 point perspective. I used the provided grid and instead of simply having a standing person, I went with a study of Kim Jung Gi's bike chick character.

Hope you like it!

dangras-almeida 2020-05-21 04:45:38 UTC #38

Loved it!!! 😍

Looks really, really amazing!
Do you post these anywhere on social media? Would love to check out your work there as well.

By the way, may I ask what brushes are you using for line art and colors?

Cheers

Vonschlippe 2020-05-21 12:34:11 UTC #39

I just post on my private facebook, and my ig is way behind but you can find it at @nico_kudeljan

As for my brushes, you'll probably be disappointed but I use very basic stuff.

For line-art, I use a basic round brush with 100% opacity, pen pressure controls diameter but at 70% minimum diameter. For painting color, I typically use either one of two square-ish texture brushes I made a while back. But sometimes I use the basic round brush too. Brushes are overrated

Vonschlippe 2020-05-22 17:35:19 UTC #40

Starting Term 3 with a torso anatomy study.

There are some minor mistakes in there, and I learned a LOT about the overlap of the muscle structures. No fancy rendering, just attention to proportion and position of the muscle groups, so it's pretty simplified. I just painted over a skeleton 3D model image found on google!

Vonschlippe 2020-05-26 22:51:28 UTC #41

Here's a clothing render session gone too far.

That's my girlfriend's cat, Patchouli, wearing a historical samurai outfit. Yeah I don't know Took about 12 hours, very happy with it!