- Thank you! I finally cleaned that up. Meanwhile started 3 more ..I have a habit of taking too long to finish a piece, then I lose interest in it and just start something else. I found 8 from recently i started and abandoned, that are decent enough to not delete, but not finished. There’s also been a number of drawings I felt I “outgrew” - became better before I finished them, and it would be easier to start from scratch than fix them. Anyone else thinking that?in24.5k
- Lady Death Fanart Collectible: Part 6 Polypaint and base Hi, it’s time to share with you another part of the process to create this fanart piece. Polypaint As this is my first collectible fanart I didn’t have previous experience with polypaint so I tried my best and played a bit with it.I wanted to give a ghostly and eerie look to Lady Death, she is beautiful and deadly, but at the end of the day she is a woman that died and was reborn at hell as an avenging spirit, that’s why I gave her skin tone a bluish very cold tone.As you will see I gave myself some creative freedom to deviate from the traditional color scheme that this characater has in comics and illustrations.To add a bit of sensuality by painting some freckles on the face and the chest. The dark nature of this character was the perfect excuse to gave her a kind of goth make up, very dark shadows around the eyes, blue lips and fingernails. I know that the original character includes sexy red lips but I wanted this girl to have a sexy but at the same time creepy look, that’s why we can see some thin veins emanating from her eyes. The biggest chromatic change I did for this character is at the hair. Lady Death has a characteristic white weavy hair but in my fanart I decided to gave her a very saturated blue color.The reason behind this wasn’t only an aesthetic choice. I want that the face area strongly pulls the attention of the viewer so this area needed a stronger contrast. Another reason is that I want her to have a more modern look, as I mentioned before, I’m strongly attracted to women with goth/punk look. I gave myself half an hour or more to analyse the work of experienced sculptors that create collectibles and I discovered that the use of darker values on the skin is often applied to create a greater sense of volume and three-dimensionality. I found that areas with heavy ambient occlusion are the perfect places to paint with darker colors in order to increase the separation between different forms. Even though she has a bluish skin tone, I used a bit of warmer hues in areas that, in real life, tend to go towards red and pink, this is very obvious in the nose, cheeks, and knuckles. Thinking with a logical mind it’s completely absurd to have warmer tones on the body of a zombie like creature but I didn’t want to limit myself by using only blue tones, it looks boring and artificial. In real life these colors are created by blood vessels in areas where the skin is very thin. ** Scythe **for her weapon I applied a cool gray with some warmer variations, this color scheme is influenced by the work of H.R giger. Base I’d like to talk about the design for the base which, to be honest, I forgot to develop along with the character.My main idea with the base is to show that Lady Death inhabits a very sterile and arid land, at the end of the day she is at hell.You can see a that she walks over dirt and rocks, a sign that she’s surrounded by death and loneliness. As part of the landscape we can see some bones and skulls to reinforce the idea of lack of living creatures, yet we can see three hands that try to reach her legs.This hands represent that all creatures are subordinated to her power and seek an evil blessing with a simple touch of the princess of the damned.1- The hand with skin burns represents the souls of those who are newcomers to hell, tortured souls that suffer for the sins comitted on earth.2- The hand with greenish rotten skin and pustules is the reminder of the decay that has infected the souls of those who have been trapped and have forgotten their humanity3- Last but not least, the hand of a demon shows that even dark creatures and entities bow before her presence. The cherry on the top, at least in my vision, are the simese twins that emerge from the ground, this malevolent creatures remind us that in hell there’s only perversion and any trace of innocence is lost. Thanks for reading till this pointI’m really happy to be very close to finish this creative journey, last but not least it’s mandatory to talk about splitting the sculpture in several pieces to be printed, this will be my last entry before showing the final rendered images. See yaMay Zbrush be with youin1.5k
- memory 2min gartic phone, used ref 2m gartic, used ref for pose 2min gartic 2min gartic 2min gartic 2min gartic memory memory memory memory study memory memory memorymemory memory memory memory memory memory study memorystudy study stylized left memory, right study study memory memorymemory memory memory memorymemory memory, porportions r offmemory memorystudystudy memorymemorymemory memory memory memory memory memory memory memory, right leg is a bit broken The feeling of only getting 1 - 3 likes on a social media post will never not be discouraging. But nothing is discouraging enough to make me quit drawing. I think the strategy of drawing a lot of stuff and waiting a while to post is good though rather than posting it immediately and then feeling that sadness on the next set of drawingin
- studies studies juri study imagination, how I feel before a speech imagination imagination study something I drew for my presentation also drew this for my presentation, didn't fix the one hand being bigger than the other imagination + study study studies study study, I need to fix the face a bit based on screenshot from anime but in my style study. except for the eye study studies studies study. changed some things tho imagination imagination imagination study studies, except top right samurai based on anime screenshot wolverine studies, changed some of the poses a lil, not very good at all, but first time i drew the character ever. semi study studies study imagination imagination imagination , for first time ever i tried to draw over 3d model for middle pose, I dont like the result tbh, but it makes it much easier than coming up with it from memory.imagination, except right figurestudies imagination + studies, coming up with action poses r hard, these are not dynamic enough, I will redraw better ones in future. imagination , imagination imagination study, except for eye imagination imagination imagination doodles except for the two chrollos imagination storyboard thumbnail, idk if i ever shared this. my storyboards end up being a little detailed since i usually just draw in one layer.in22.4k
11 days later
I know I have proportion problems, I've ordered a book that will arrive in a few days and I hope it will help me.
I actually have marc's course as well but his anatomy class is...really good, but i feel I need more "tips" for the flow of the work without thinking too much. And his course in anatomy is SO overwhelming to me. I have a feeling its not supposed to be THAT complicated as he made it look like...
I have this thing that when I (for example) drew Toothless, I didnt think too much about it, it it turned out my greatest painting (imo).
But I tried harder in other paintings I did, and they turned out less better.
I think Its because I lacked this general "flow" and "confidence" I had with Toothless painting.
So i hope this book I ordered will help me study anatomy in a less complicated way so I can just, let the art flow in my work.
Cuz I really want to also learn how to draw humans correctly, not just monsters/animals.
You are on the right path. You have analyzed what you needed, and you are correct. You are looking for a construction technique that is repeatable and consistent, to allow you to express yourself.
You will experience that proportions are manipulable as well and you can push and pull them to your will for design purposes. Proportions will also teach you to measure from landmark to landmark and you will memorize the landmarks and their lengths. Anatomy just teaches you what those landmarks names are, and which lump should go over which according to the skeletons position.
Good luck with your new book and studies.
BTW very enjoyable color.
I think the hard part of anatomy (or any new subject you learn) is memorizing it well enough that you don't have to think so much about it which gives you that flow and confidence you mentionned. That will come with repetition and experimenting to find what works for you. So I'm sure you can do it if you keep at it. 👍
Best of luck to you!
3 months later
I've realized that I've painted less than
15 paintings in 2022(!!!!)
since when I started my journey, so I decided to pick up the pace in 2023 and paint at least 3-4 piece every month because i really want to get better...
That's what I've done so far, I have problems with coloring/shading so my next piece I'll try Marc Brunnet's tips and i even bought his advanced brushes ...
I have so much to want to learn ..I need 2023 to be productive...
I don't want only to study anime style, I want to study drawing backgrounds and nature and animals...
Please, if you have any tips/advice to get better, I would appreciate it so much!


25 days later
I
haven't drawn for almost a month, due to IRL stuff, so I was kinda
reluctant to draw (this happens to me after a long hiatus, because I'm
afraid to see myself digress instead of progress), so I forced myself,
but as I drew and progressed, I started to feel better about my drawing,
and I'm actually suprisingly really happy with how it turned out for
now ^^"So I was so excited to share, even if I didn't finish it yet XD
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