(09-09-2022, 10:23 PM)darktiste Wrote: Doing great doing great.


The only thing i don't really like is the confusing yellow spot i don't think it necessary so i check to see how it would look without it.


I did a small paint over i thought a few place where to dark to bring in the cool factor in play so i brighten up the face i exaggarated a bit more the lightining brightness and i added a few splash of highlight on the leg face belly face.I added a bit of secular to bring up the staff and added some specular to the hair metal piece.

I did this to try to create a value hierarchy which help bring certain area to the front.

(09-17-2022, 12:08 AM)JosephCow Wrote: that one is really cool! I agree the foreshortening could use a little work, just some tweaks to the hand and the sword to really make it look like its coming towards us. I also would say I'm not sure I read smug from his expression. I see it a little bit in the mouth, but the brows make it read as sad or tearful. I think smug expression usually has the asymmetric smile as you've done, eyelids half closed, and possibly the one eyebrow raised (smarm brow). but having the inside of the eyebrows go up usually makes someone look sad imo.

Really nice execution of the lifhting and scenery, though. Your paintings always have really nice painting technique and color.

(10-03-2022, 05:17 AM)darktiste Wrote: Hey i been there i think we all going to have to learn to deal with it some of us do this because we enjoy seeing wereself grow some other do this because they want to show something or for other reason you just have to figure out what important for you and ride the wave you are on... i have been playing with some Ai stuff recently to see what was all the buzz about so i can feel what you are experiencing it certainly bring alot of fear or questioning for some people but i still think it part of growth to be face with new tool to master not everyone adapt to change and not everyone as to be on the same wave.We artist have always been unconventional in a certain way but when it come down to business it business.It can certainly shape the way you work and think.Time you enjoy doing something is time you enjoy doing something it depend if you do it for the process or for the result is it personal or is it for someone else there is many thing that shape why we do the thing we do.

I still see beauty in the world just because there is an Ai who can do beautiful thing doesn't mean there is no more beauty to share or that there is no value in doing something that let you express yourself in a positive way.

(10-05-2022, 11:44 PM)cgmythology Wrote: Great updates here!  Your character designs are generally well done and detailed which I really enjoy.  They also have a very solid quality to them in terms of visual depth which makes them more natural looking, and it's something you seemed to have improved on with your latest studies.  Keep it up!

(10-15-2022, 09:19 PM)darktiste Wrote: Those are pose taken from a series of book called ART MODELS life nudes for drawing painting and sculpting by maurreen and douglas johnson it a 10 book series.

I share this with the idea that they can inspire you to explore pose a little further in your work.I think the last few piece you had were kinda static.But i think you made an effort in foreshorting so i gotta give you that.I just think that if you are going to go as far with a drawing you might aswell take care of giving it ''more life''. 

One notion i want to bring up is contra posto which is to say the balance in the body.Look at the feet and how each other part play it role to balance the weight above it.

Last advise is if i were you i would look more into an artist call wayne reynold and study is work when it come to character design and posing.

*Write me a message if you feel uncomfortable with nude in your sketchbook and i will delete this reference.

(11-09-2022, 12:25 AM)darktiste Wrote: Super great commission.One thing i want to point out is the principle of repetition and giving hint of object origin.

Ok so what i mean is let say that leaf near her hair there is little to no other leaf to establish a proportion relation this is why repetition is a great tool to establish your scale making sure element that should naturally repeat in a landscape repeat is important such as rock, tree and vegetation.You wouldn't put just a single blade of grass.

Now for object origin you include leaf yet it a very desert like environnement if you don't put a single tree in the background it not making alot of sense for the viewer the more time he look at the piece.

For work you can sign up to artstation and look into the studio section if you know what type of game or art style might be better suited for you to find work. Making yourself a profile and a porfolio would also increase your chance to catch someone eye but the best would be to find where you want to go instead of waiting them to come to you.So definitevely do research on the studio section but remember to target studio that make sense applying to apply just won't work if your work doesn't reflect what they are know for.So research is important sadly to break in you also wouldn't hurt you to have contact that are already working in the industry somewhere make lips service for you if not  absolutely find out more about there compagny and if you don't have any contact well i would say you need to start to be more socially active meaning going to convention putting your work there and making commission and learning more about what role you can fill.

(11-10-2022, 10:02 AM)Damien Levs Wrote: I really don't have much input to give you. I just really find your work inspiring. Especially your studies right now. I love the "Stay a While and Listen" piece. Deckard Cain spinning vinyl just seems to work.

Try not to let the AI stuff get you down. It's actually the AI stuff that got me drawing again. I was playing with midjourney for a while, made an instagram account and started to get a lot of likes etc...it does come up with some really cool looking stuff. However, I feel like it just wasn't satisfying enough within myself. There was no sense of achievement, no challenge, no determination or passion. I was just doing it just for 'likes'.

It was when Kim Jung Gi sadly passed and the AI community immediately started training AI on his style. Within hours of the news breaking. That really pissed me off for a number of reasons. It also gave me that nudge of "Hey, you're not achieving anything, so you're taking the easy route". That's the moment I deleted all my A.I accounts and picked up my pencils again.

You're working hard and you're good now. You've dedicated time,  patience and persistence. You have developed a skill that many wish they could have. No one can take that away from you. Not even an AI.

Keep going! You're stuff is awesome! Thanks for sharing!

(11-20-2022, 04:15 AM)cgmythology Wrote: Excellent updates!  Loving your two latest pieces, great color choices and use of light.  Compositions have a ton of depth as well, very impressive!

(11-24-2022, 03:53 AM)JosephCow Wrote: This last one has really cool lighting. It has a really solid sense of space as well. I'm assuming it's like the person's own character in the battle of hogwarts, or something? I would be pretty concerned about the castle being on fire but they seem pretty confident

(11-30-2022, 02:32 AM)cgmythology Wrote: Great work with your latest, I absolutely love how you handle perspective in your images, always very dynamic.  Great work with the figures and lighting too!