Ola - Art School Journey

[olashamala]

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]

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]

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

[olashamala]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

[olashamala]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Thanks @mitsuki-youko !!

[phamster345]

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]

@phamster345 Thank you so much!

[chomper2010]

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!

[olashamala]

Thank you so much! it means a lot

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!

[olashamala]

You might've heard of my absolute fear/hate of gesture drawing. I've done them multiple times before I joined the forum but this is the first time I'm posting one.. I'm facing my fear I don't know what is it about it that just make my skin crawl.. It might be my OCD tendencies that are against drawing something this messy and being okay with it.. I'm not sure

Anyway, in my eyes this is horrible but my eyes often deceive me when it comes to my work on gesture drawing (or anything really).. In any case, all feedback, criticism, and tips are welcomed, and even needed

Oh, and I know each person does it their own way to achieve the end result, but when the clock starts, I'm all over the place and hella nervous.. I don't know where to start and where to end.. Any tips on how to do it until I figure out my own way would also be appreciated

[olashamala]

Looking at it now....it's not that bad I always do this to myself