Gave myself 5 days to do something. This is what I managed to do. I'm trying to get better at illustrations, but I have patience to work on something for 3 days maximum :(
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Day 4: Star Wars
May The 4th =]
Queen Padmé Amidala in my art style!
First time drawing her and I really enjoyed making this one!
Used watercolours, ink pen, acrylic markers and gold paint for accents on my Canson mix media sketchbook.
I hope you like it!
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?
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.
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**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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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 drawing
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Hi there. My name is John. I keep hitting a wall of frustration because I'm not making my living off of art. I am, admittedly, selfish and impatient and tired of not getting paid for my art at at least double the rate of my highest-paying day job.
This paints a bad picture of me, and I am fine with that being out there. I want to break out of whatever shell is standing between me and giving my greatest passion the power to take care of my family.
This link is my Instagram profile. I have been posting just about daily for a year from today. Please consider reviewing the work there, both the rough work and the polished work and describe the most glaring problems so I can design an effective plan to develop my talent.
My plan at the high level is to show up every day (except Sunday because I'm a good Christian boy) for two years (and you can see some helpful stuff about that concept herehere and here. Failing everything else, I want to be able to say that I've put in work for my goals every day for two years on November 1, 2019.
I realize that one year of creation does not merit a high level of audience attention. I realize that I am not on the level of many of the artists who are out there getting paid for their work.
Tear my art apart.
I am here because I want to get a specific idea of how to take my work from okay to great. I want to hear multiple points of what needs to get better, and if multiple people observe the same proble, please say so. The more people notice something, the better it needs to get.
I want to contribute too, as much as possible, but I realize that I am not highly qualified to speak authoritatively on a lot of the great things that are being made here. I will do my best as much as I can.
It's always a long journey to go where you want to go and get the things you want to get as an artist, but I'm ready to learn what's standing between me and making great work right now.
Tl;Dr: Please examine my art and tell me what I need to improve on to make things that will earn me a living.
Thank you. I hope we can have a constructive experience here together.
I'll be speaking to you personally and to many people who may read this in the future because it can shed some light for many. Just know that this may end up being more of a discussion that I will try to keep focused on positive and helpful.
Personal journeys where learning new skills that pay you happen to all be different. Like relationships. Especially with art because there are so many different ways to do it. Graphic Design, Muralist, Car Painting, Concept artist, Story Board Artist, Character Designer, 3d Character Design, Environment Design and 3d Environment Design, Photography, Sculpture blah blah blah we get it.... Just in graphic design i could go on all day about the specializations individuals have.
Break out of your shell of frustration and impatience and know that you are in for the long haul for whatever you choose. And know those of us working we've all been there having to support ourselves and families for years while trying to find work in art in an 'overskilled' and over saturated market for well more than two years. Not to mention sacrificing having familes or social lives beyond social media.
Art school for 18 hours a day for three years, also including Sunday, is a more realistic place to start for the successful working artists like myself and the ones I personally know making varied incomes of 25k-90k US a year. It wasn't school they were just doing either, they crammed in low paying to no paying freelance to cut their teeth at the same time. None of us had social lives.
And get ready to be a monk of patience because after all that they worked for crap pay until they got noticed and built a reputation in the five years since we graduated. No you don't have to go to school. But it helps to have that motivation because you paid for it. Or even find an online mentorship or classes like Schoolism or Cubebrush would be benefit you more than just showing up and making a sketch for instagram for every day for 2 years.
Okay. I looked at your entire Instagram. All of it. I DIDN'T READ IT. I can only speak for it on a whole though and nothing specific. You can see that I've spent a lot of time trying to help people on just single concepts, theories and pictures in the critique section. So I can only offer to look at this entire work like a teacher and art director would and hopefully like you wanted.
"Most glaring problem" Based on only instagram feed: I cant tell what it is that you specialize in specifically. Or what exactly your future goal is. From what I can tell I think your goal is to post a cartoon sketch to Instagram every day. I see a lot of sketches and roughs that seem somewhat manic, rushed and inexperienced or maybe 'sketchy' in their line work. I just have to see more finished pieces in one place before I hire you for anything or know what it is I'm buying. I get that you are and want to be dedicated to your craft by posting every day for two years. But what I see is that you need lots of practice in anatomy, perspective, linework, painting, composition...the whole gamut. But thats not exactly bad, because we all need that. But you need a clearer focus.
Suggestion: Maybe make your instagram focus on something. Like focus on developing the intellectual property of Mr.U (if he's yours i dunno), or redesign Sonic, or only post finished works. The thing is you don't have to prove to us that you show up every day, by literally showing up on instagram every day. You have to show up every day for yourself. From what I've seen you need to study figure anatomy, gesture, motion, composition, sequential story telling, environments, story boarding, character design, masters, digest it and repeat over and over. And make posts that show your skill and growth and time put in for us to appreciate and want to share with others. You don't have to show the public anything bad ever if you dont want to. But I really honestly think the fastest thing to specifically help you and your style would be Schoolism classes.
I think your doing a great job and have made huge leaps since the start of your Instagram just over a year ago. Just know that those huge leaps, happen less, and less and less and less the more you master.
I watched Johannes Voss on conceptart.org become a concept artist and digital illustrator that others only wish they could be. I'm not saying thats what you need to aspire too. I'm saying that people share, or people dont. And what you give by sharing is inspiration for people who want to learn similar skills. They will see that over time anyone can do it. But there are plenty of people who don't do that and still make a living.
Greg Manchess said at a Spectrum Live convention, that Its the ones who don't quit drawing and painting who find success.
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