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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?in24.6k
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
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Term 1 - Photoshop Practice
Not a lot of apples, but I really wanted to focus on making it look convincing.
And as you can see, I took some liberties on the stamp/heal brush assignment. XD
This assignment was by far my most favorite. I adore sci-fi fantasy scenery and I wanted to try my hand at making my own. I had a hard time figuring out the placement of the airship, but a friend of mine suggested that I shrink it down and put it closer to the castle so the center of focus was easier on the eyes. All in all, I love how this turned out.
Term 1 - Figure Drawing Practice
I'm no stranger to figure drawing, but the tips and tricks Marc shared really changed my approach on the concept especially with foreshortening.
Daily Gesture Drawing - Day 1
Daily Gesture Drawing - Day 5
Term 1 - Perspective
The fear of many (next to hands), but after doing these assignments, I feel a little more comfortable tackling this subject and I look forward to what lies ahead in mastering it.
Squares/Shapes in Perspective
Meant to show this again without the rough lines, buuuut... you know you work hard on a layer but realize too late you were on the wrong one?... Yup. 
Street Perspective Studies
This is the first room I've ever done in a long while so I kept it simple. Referenced from the house kitchen.
It's supposed to be two point but it looks kind like 3 point. haha
It's so uncanny how seemingly complex doing shapes in perspective appears at first until you realize that it's all just a matter of dividing squares into smaller squares/triangles until you get the angle you need. This course never ceases to amaze me and I can't wait for what's next in Term 2!
se perspective drawings look amazing!
Thanks! Happy to hear! 
Term 2 - Visual Communication Study of the Elements:
The first thing that came to mind that I wanted to review first was Judith Leyster’s “The Last Drop, (The Gay Cavalier)”. It’s an interesting piece that depicts two men carelessly indulging themselves in drinking and smoking, while unaware of the presence of the skeleton (Death), who appears to be warning them that their time is almost up. Aside from the symbolism of the painting there is a lot to take in based on the eight elements.
“The Last Drop, (The Gay Cavalier)”
Leyster, Judith - Wiki.org 4/5/2023
The first thing that appears to catch attention is the standing man’s right arm/torso which is the most illuminated by the candle and guides the gaze up and down the man’s body and gradually towards the skeleton’s head or pants of the sitting man. From there it leads the view to the bottle which the drinking man is holding due to its overlapping scale, and as we look down, the highlights from the sitting man’s pants lead towards the bright red colors of the standing man, thus looping back the to the starting point. As our gaze continuously follows the loop we also catch details on the side such as the standing man’s cup, his pipe, the skeleton’s hourglass, and the skull it’s carrying. While the painting is being made by organic forms, if we were to simplify it, we can see lines that direct our vision as well as the dots that create Dots that catch our view, some more so than others.
The scale of the figures take up the entire space of the canvas, likely to cover up the baren background and maintain focus on the three characters in the foreground. While it’s a good use of space, I feel like it makes the scene a bit cramped, especially with the skeleton barely peeking out between them. Though it could have been intentional to depict the carefree perspective of the two drunken men that are completely oblivious to the presence of “death”. Out of sight, out of mind as they say.
The colors are also very murky and some areas dark, like that of a chiaroscuro scene, except for the standing man’s contrasting red jacket and pants, the blue colors of the sitting man’s pants, and the skeleton’s skulls and torso who is being lit up by the candle it holds. With that, it’s clear that Leyster wanted the standing man to be the main focus in guiding the viewer, especially when the bright colors on him show the textures and details of his clothes. In second, the skeleton is the next center of focus to clue the viewer into the narrative of the painting, while the sitting man is there to obscure it. Though because the standing man’s red attire stands out so much, it appears that it lacks some volume in terms of darker darks, compared to the sitting man, making the composition lack balance, and breaking the chiaroscuro theme.
Even so, Judith Leyster’s piece is an intriguing and ominous piece to behold that displays many elements that compose it.
What do you think? Agree or disagree? Hope your studies are going well!
Term 2 - Photoshop 2 - Logo Assignment:
Something I made based on an OC character. Also working a bit ahead for the box art project which I can't wait to put together.
First off, it sounds like my high school art study when my assignment was to analyse a famous painting on its meaning and techniques lmao.
Anyway, you capture a lot of interesting detail and viewpoints on that piece. I may suggest that the key object that is far outside the main lighting and deserves more attention is the skeleton's hourglass which is hard to see unless further inspection. Perhaps that indicates that we do not consider to use our life time effectively or maximise it to be productive; rather we use our time to enjoy ourselves instead.
Haha, yeah I had to do quite a few Art History classes, so the influences of them is definitely prevalent.
I definitely see what you mean that the colors of the hourglass is more muted and difficult to see, as well as the narrative of over indulgence.
Thanks for the input.
Term 2 - Pen Monster Assignment
Made a suspicious looking little cyclops spider.
Term 2 - Box Art Assignment
Fun little something I made with an old render of my original Character Rig, Aurora.
oooh that is a very nice rendering!
Thanks! It's amazing what you can do with Blender now a days.
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Term 2 - Photoshop 2 Assignments:
Line Weight
Shade Practice
6 & 7 - Color Blend and Fence Brush
Really good color blend Ricardo!
