Ola - Art School Journey

olashamala 2023-04-20 21:36:33 UTC #17

Thanks Alex! Those words give me some comfort that I'm not alone in this.. and it's pushing me to keep going.. I hope you don't mind if I'm taking some info from your practices (like the size of the page you're drawing on and how it's organized) I just get lost in the smallest of details so it helps to follow someone's steps, so that I don't worry too much about trivial things and focus on the practice.

chomper2010 2023-04-20 22:11:16 UTC #18

Oh no, never worry about that, whatever helps you is what matters! I'm happy that some of my work can even help you with that, so power to you.

Keep up the good work and yea, its nice to not be alone on this journey. If I can ever help with something, please feel free to reach out whenever!

olashamala 2023-04-20 23:02:26 UTC #19

Appreciate it!

olashamala 2023-04-21 22:41:01 UTC #20

Pen control practice for today. Circles are better, and I just discovered with the pressure practice, it should be drawn from top to bottom, I have been doing the opposite I think that's why I was having a hard time with it hehe.

And I did the image adjustment practice. I still can't figure out what the curves and levels represent so I keep trying till it's close enough, but I don't think that's helpful... I need to understand it. And my ignorance was especially obvious with the last image

chomper2010 2023-04-22 12:58:59 UTC #21

Things are looking good! Don't stress too much on the circles or the pressure sensitivity parts, those will come with time and practice. I still struggle with them at times, but I've found that I am far more competent than I used to be due to the daily practice.

As for you image corrections, I think you did good. Probably could have upped the highlights just a tad more on the top one. The 2 in the middle look good. The final one is a challenge for everyone, and I think you got yours closer than I got mine hahah. It's a little less saturated then the target image, but I think you did good.

Keep up the good work Ola! You're doing great!

olashamala 2023-04-22 15:47:43 UTC #22

Thanks @chomper2010 Yeah I need to do the pen control practice daily (I skip some days )

olashamala 2023-04-23 21:37:38 UTC #23

Another box in perspective exercise. This time I did it properly, with horizon lines and everything! If anyone noticed a mistake I would love to know, so please feel free to give feedback. This took me some time. apparently, perspective is not my friend!

Gordon003 2023-04-26 01:00:48 UTC #24

For feedback, it will be nice to see the horizon lines and perspective you drawn to make those boxes (Make sure to drop the opacity so we can see the box after all lmao). But looking at if so far, it's looked structured and makes sense. Keep it up!

olashamala 2023-04-26 23:32:45 UTC #25

Thanks @Gordon003 ! yeah that makes sense, here is it. but some of the lines I erased because they were overlapping and confusing me (still getting used to Phototshop and all the layering business )

olashamala 2023-04-28 19:17:54 UTC #26

First Action Line Practice. This was harder than I expected Would appreciate any help on whether anything is wrong with which should be blue and which should be red (I changed so many multiple times some lines were hard for me to figure out)

Pauline_art 2023-04-29 04:06:37 UTC #27

You have a great eye for this stuff! The cylinders look nice and make sense to me

olashamala 2023-04-29 17:12:12 UTC #28

Thanks @Pauline_art I was a bit discouraged while doing it cause it took me a long time, so glad to hear I didn't mess it up

NikoM 2023-04-29 20:12:40 UTC #29

Hey Ola,
these look good so far . The only one I think could use some extra work is the secound pose, the right side. I think the arm has to go back as well so she can hold on to her foot. But its a tricky one for sure! Also, please take my advice with caution, I could be wrong too.
If you want to post some of this excercise again I'd recommend to post the cylinders beside the reference, as I sometimes had a hard time to read the pose. Anyway, keep up the god work and be inspired!

olashamala 2023-04-30 18:55:21 UTC #30

Hi Niko,
It's one of the ones I changed a couple of times because I didn't know which is it and I think you're probably right.. thanks for the feedback!

I like the idea of putting it beside the reference, I saw people do that so yes that might help me.. I'll do that next time

olashamala 2023-04-30 22:48:16 UTC #31

A little practice with cylinders. This time I was deliberate with where I was turning the shape. The lines are messy and I was gonna clean it with a layer on top but I thought what for, It's practice after all Any and every feedback is super appreciated!

mitsuki-youko 2023-04-30 23:32:15 UTC #32

oooh noice! dulicate these and flip it around and pop em in order frame by frame and you've got urself an animation

Awesome job!! these look so crisp Mmmm

olashamala 2023-05-01 01:41:12 UTC #33

Thanks @mitsuki-youko !!

phamster345 2023-05-03 02:26:01 UTC #34

I really like how you turn the volumes by shifting and altering the shapes of the ellipses on the sides of your cylinder closer and closer to each other and making the shapes more foreshortened as we move to the right. I still feel that sense of consistent volume with each cylinder turn. Well done.

olashamala 2023-05-03 16:46:09 UTC #35

@phamster345 Thank you so much!

chomper2010 2023-05-05 04:26:23 UTC #36

Those cylinders are looking great! That's a great exercise, I need to get more ambitious and give that a shot at some point. Awesome work, keep it up Ola!