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  • 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 you
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  • 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.
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9 days later

Jul '24

Continuing to fill up my sketchbooks until I need to buy new ones.

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Added in two horses from ref after the imagination drawing.

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Imagination and Ref, front view and eye were referenced. The rest are from imagination

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Figure/Gesture Drawing! Again!

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Imagination stuff

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Pinterest figures and some from imagination. The ones in pencil are imagination.
I'm also working on proportions and placement of things since that's what my figure drawings suffer from the most.

First month and a half of my 9-month software development course is done. I had my first team project and it was a nightmare D:.

I think I might continue onto the next unit since I already do animals on the side occasionally. And the next unit deals with more figure drawing and foreshortening which is what I'm currently interested in.

19 days later

Aug '24

Continuing on with figure and gesture drawing. Though admittedly I should be doing quick gestures every day.

Sketchbook

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I tried to use a box to get proportions right but it ends up being too tedious and rigid. And some random iguana I found on pinterest.

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Setting some goals for myself in a notebook which I bring with me, starting off with simple stuff so I don't get overwhelmed. I've finished the task of "Draw 3 figures" with focus on accuracy and shading.

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And finally some fun sketching my race project. I realize now I should've put a bit more effort on gesture rather than structure. I focused a bit too much on structure and the whole drawing/process was very long and tedious. So, Gesture->Structure, and keep the gesture lines light.

Digital

Doing the same tasks I set for myself but digitally, as well as changing up the focuses a bit.

Though, I was very inconsistent. So it just means I need to write down what I'm focusing on so I don't get carried away or finish too early.

And finally a personal piece!

Had this idea bouncing around in my head for a bit, and its a magical girl character for a D&D campaign. I actually created my own reference by posing a model in blender but it still needs a lot of work. The head and eye really took way too long compared to the rest of it, and I'm still not satisfied with it. I think I might do a major rework to make it seem more anime/manga style even though I've never drawn in that style.

That's it for now, I'm in the last week of the first semester for my course after which I get a break. Though I've been enjoying the first semester a ton since we work with C (the programming language).

Oh and I hate my job; the definition of a dead-end job. No improvement/growth, minimal pay.

26 days later

Sep '24
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Almost a month gone huh? Feels more like a year though, time crawls very slowly for me which is a good thing I'm told.

Sketchbook

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Trying to do anatomy studies traditionally. Hardest thing is shading with graphite.

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Basic Reptile heads, focusing on shapes.

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For fun drawing, found some sort of cape on pinterest and turned it into something,

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Gesture sketching using the technique inspired by Brohawx's.
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First page of the sketchbook I've been sketching in. 19/08/2022 - 03/09/2024, 2 years of sketching on and off.
After this, its a "new" sketchbook (old one I haven't been using).

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Used a ref of a dinosaur skull to get a basic shape done then imagination took over. Spent ~2 hours drawing on a train.

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Most recent gesture/figure drawings. Again, thanks to @Brohawx I've got a much better grasp on gesture and rhythm so my figures come out much better.

Digital


Spontaneous sketch after getting inspired by the "pillow" method of gesture drawing. No refs.


Another inspired thing, I wanted to know which kind of brush to use to get results similar to another artist. Still figuring out which ones to use and how. Left to right, top to bottom: Standard paintbrush, dry textured, wet paintbrush, watercolor brush.


Longer figure drawing, untimed. I'm putting into practice the pillow/shape method for drawing abstract rhythms. Then applying structure


Same as above but shading instead. I really struggle with the smaller softer shadow shapes, as well as thin soft ones caused by the ribcage. That and I kinda don't know how to use the pencil brushes properly.

I'll also formulate a post in the critique section sometime soon when I have time. I've been bit by the art bug recently and really want to improve.

To finish off I'll link to a Muddy Colors article. The author talks about how to approach drawing and how to think more like an artist. It really helped and gave me a new perspective on how to approach drawing, recommend to give it a read.

2 months later

Dec '24

3 Months later...

Time still crawls for me, guess that's for the better eh?

Not a whole lot to show, things have picked up exponentially with getting a 2nd job and working 7 days a week now. I'm moving my hours around though so it won't be like that forever.

Here's the arts I've done and might still be doing:

Sketchbook

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"An Experiment" and rightly so, after I got the base shapes down. Saw a nice ref on Pinterest, copied down the important shapes, then experimented. Ended up looking like a familiar raptor meme image...

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Figure with some anatomical shapes. Done in quick bursts when I had free time. I don't really do a whole lot of figure drawing now but I should probably at least one sometime this month to stay sharp.

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Trains sketches. You can tell by how rough and loose the lines are. Though I've found that even on a train I can get fairly nice smooth lines, assuming the train carriage doesn't shake too much (or the conductor slams the brakes).

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Experimenting with gradients and graphite shading. Actually went very well, and for a couple weeks I setup a mini-atelier in the living room to sketch and draw. Don't got the time for that nowadays, maybe one day?

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So I remembered there was a mod for a game called Hearts of Iron 4, and had a period of obsession with it. I wanted to draw some fanart so I decided to draw some WWII vehicles to prepare. Passion has worn out though after working 7-day weeks and having minimal time. I also fudged the proportions, which is why I left it alone.

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Random train sketches. You might recognize the art-style in the top right. Yup, that's MLP:FiM. The mod mentioned previously puts ponies into Hearts of Iron 4. Very well done mod I gotta say, and a strong community has built around that. Guess that's the magic of friendship eh?

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Copying an Inspiring artist's work. Copying feels wrong and I stopped because of that. But only because I was blindly copying without any goal. Now I properly define my goals before jumping in to copy. Also experimenting with graphite techniques, shading, line weight, etc.

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HOMSE. But yeah, I saw a pic on pinterest and had a burst of inspiration. Once again I fudged the proportions and at this point I started making a conscious effort to improve my proportions and ability to eye-ball proportions.

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The fruit of my labor. Carefully measuring everything and making sure things are in the right place. Started it on the train, developed it during a LOUD birthday party (that I was dragged into) and finished it at work during break. Also went ahead and shaded and rendered it using all the knowledge I pooled on shape, form and graphite drawing techniques.
Its called "power-leveling", sweetie.

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Inspired piece by my favorite artist. Ref from pinterest, get the main idea down and get to work. Sketch, render, sketch... After getting the figure down and the main idea, I put my own spin on it. The drapery in the back is pure imagination and the additional figure on the right is also mostly imagination. Some refs for stuff I couldn't completely imagine but otherwise I'm pretty pleased, except for the torso proportions (yikes!).

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Same inspiration as before. Found a nice dramatic ref on pinterest and practiced careful measuring. Cloth from imagination is kinda hard though, I get the principles but the overall shapes might not be correct.

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Quick skull study with alcohol marker experimentation. I stopped doing the studies early as I realized that dragon heads are a mish-mash of different animals, and not one particular animal. Basically, it wasn't doing me much good copying animal skulls when I should be combining them.

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Latest piece, started only 2-3 days ago (I should really be dating these). Copying my favorite artist and putting those expensive copic markers to use.

Digital


So yeah, that little mod for HoI4 got me into MLP. At least for a little while anyway. Dunno who this guy is but he sure looks... ominous. Smug too by the looks of it.


Spontaneous sketch! I love when these happen because I don't even think and my hand moves on its own. Some draconid from the unwritten universe I have planned. He doesn't like humans very much...

So what else has been happening? Surprisingly, I now have a student that I am teaching. Well not officially, basically someone who has a passion for art and is looking for guidance. In a month I did more teaching that I did in my whole life. Guides, assignments, critiques and even recording a lecture with voice-over. And its been a joy to do it as well since I learn some stuff myself.

I really gotta thank @Brohawx for this, your prompt and detailed critiques inspired my own. Albeit they're not posted here.

I feel like I've graduated from beginner to intermediate artist, and I can go out and do whatever I want. Still have room for improvement, but I can now guide others who were once beginners like me.

The joy of making mistakes and failing is that I always learn from them and do better next time. Get out there, make a mess, and learn from it.

Next post won't be for another couple months. As mentioned previously things have rapidly picked up, but even so I'll have a slew of things to share here in this diary.

'til then.

S (aka Strelok).

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