Your getting better, Chains. Nice to see an update from you.
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Your getting better, Chains. Nice to see an update from you.
It all really depends on your style. I have an extremely messy style so I create rugged line weights that favor male form over female.
Been stressed from finals, really affected my work so this dump wont be too pretty, not to mention I havent had time to fool around with the scanner. The sketches are done in my usual hand held book at school with no references:
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...erDrawing6.png
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...rawing7001.png
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...rawing7002.png
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...rawing7003.png
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...Drawing5-1.png
You still need to work more about getting your basic proportions and poses done before going into finishing. For example, the guy with the shotgun has really good rendering, but pretty poor proportions, most noticeably on his right forearm. Not to mention, the gun is rather stubby, and the ejection port isn't long enough for a 12ga. shell.
I highly suggest taking a life drawing class.
To be fair, the shells that he drew in that picture would actually fit in that ejection port. Neither is realistically proportioned though, and I second everything ExAm just said.
i think if you're gonna continue sketching with the process you do [with the wiggly lines that you render out as you reach the bottom of the page or what not] remind yourself to make the outline for the shoulders/arm/ribcage like a third larger *_*
thirdeded with the life drawing stuff 8D it's always good
dude, some of that shit is amazing!!!
Ur use of shadow and value is excellent, but ur proportions still need work. Im no concept artist, but I would suggest you spend more time ironing out the position of the limbs and such in ur 2d space beffor jumping into heavy detail mode. There's no CTRL+Z with graphite. :(
Also, in your human drawings, ur completely forgetting about that extra mass a person has at the back of his/her head. Where the skull meets the spinal cord.
http://www.davincibio.org/images/drawing1/blue_head.jpg
We don't need Ctrl+Z for graphite...we have erasers.
Thank yall for the comments and criticism! I am planning to take lie drawing classes after high school, currently I am too weighed down with other issues. The forearm is too long though, and that results from me not placing the elbow at the bottom of the rib cage.
On the subject of the shotgun, I am ignorant of the workings and proportions of fire arms and I should have used a reference.
Also I suck with creating proper line weights.
Sorry this is copy and pasted to save time so the context of it might not make sense.
I would post this in my sketchbook, but people seem to view this more and it is for their benefit, so....~
This is the process of a self portrait I am currently working on at this moment.
The canvas is 1800X2000 in photoshop cs3.
The current time up until now took 2 hours.
First off I just create a generic background of the primary color I will be using. Unsure of what I wanted the piece to express, I chose a basic gray as I could easily add in any color later to complete the piece. As you can see I created this fill on a different layer then the base layer, so if I fuck up my background I can simply delete/ modify without any repercussions.
Next I create another layer for the line art. It is generally smart work flow to create a separate layer or anything that changes the piece for easy editing and organization, and as said before it acts as the ultimate ctrl+alt+z (undo). Usually I label these layers because as the piece progresses, many layers will form and I do not want to spend 15 minutes hiding layers chronologically to find the shading on one arm.
The line art was drawn from the referenced mind, (meaning I was constantly running back and forth from the bathroom to look in the mirror) and was done so to make it more of a challenge. I fully encourage you to use static references such as pictures and personal mirrors, but I felt like attempting something difficult.
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...s1/step1-1.jpg
Next comes the base colors. A lot of people decide to paint into gray scale then use a colorise overlay to color as this allows them to focus simply on values without the distraction of proper color matching. This method is perfectly fine and a lot of artists utilize it, but I prefer to work with the actual colors. The reason for me using this method is again I enjoy the challenge and also I love the tradition feel.
Again, another layer is created for this with the same previous reasons. After finishing the line art, I decided to no longer visit the bathroom and create my own light source. This is difficult because all details previously saw in the bathroom cannot be used and thus to create a proper piece I am going to have to imagine them in my head and rebuild them under this new light. Seeing as this is difficult enough as is, I decided to do a simple over head strong light.
So starting in, I choose a large brush and paint in the shadows, using ONE color (Shadows are uniform in color, never black, become blurred on rounded edges and sharp on angular surfaces) following the form of my face. I then proceed to paint in the lighted areas, again thinking of the form of my face, painting brighter on the things that jut out. Once completed with this I go in with a medium brush and define differences in light and add shadow highlights (everything reflects light, so even things such as the bottom of the jaw that are in complete shadow get some small highlight). Note I keep the colors very bland as this is simply establishing the base colors of my face and the lighting (and lack of).
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...s1/step2-1.jpg
The next phase consists of me going back and reviewing the anatomy some what now that light has been applied. Once that is done I will make a new layer and add more complicated layers. I will post more later.
An update mid process. As you can see everything is much more solid and I have pretty much entirely fleshed out the nose and now I am moving onto the cheeks and eyes. The once I flesh out everything like the nose, other colors and finishing touches will be added.
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...s1/step3-1.jpg
So I in my infinite wisdom forgot to save a .psd of the self portrait, so I was forced to move onto a new project. This is a painting of a comic character for the creator of said comic.
Canvas is 3000X3500
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...progress-1.jpg